[78-L] Where were the dubbed Caruso records made?

[Jeff Sultanof]

Yes, they did.

Jeff Sultanof

On Wed, Feb 27, 2013 at 8:04 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:

> Some were definitely done by HMV, like O Paradiso/Flower Song (Victor
> 14234).
> Didn't Pearl once do a set of all the dubbed versions?
>
> dl
>
> On 2/27/2013 7:44 PM, Michael Shoshani wrote:
> > I was always under the impression that the Caruso re-recordings with the
> > orchestral overdubs were made by Victor, either in Camden or New York.
> >
> > British Pathe, however, has a small snippet of one of their newsreels
> > that shows the process being carried out in London, presumably at Abbey
> > Road since the film is from 1932.
> >
> > The unidentified "master of ceremonies" presents an original acoustic
> > version on an open-horn gramophone, then its electrically-overdubbed
> > version. Curiously, the acoustic version is a later pressing to which
> > the eccentric groove had been added.
> >
> > http://www.britishpathe.com/video/voice-grafting/query/hmv
> >
> > Michael Shoshani
> > Chicago
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