Zelie De Lussan Carmen-Habanera. Recorded Carnegie Hall. 5/17/1903.VG condition
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After collecting for over 50 years...Its time to starting clearing out a number of my recordings. Most of these will be in the 1898 to 1910 period with a few exceptions going up into the 1930s. I've enjoyed these recordings and I hope you will too. These records will be shipped in a new box wrapped with cardboard and bubble wrap to protect them. Tracking info will be provided.........
Zelie De Lussan Carmen-Habanera. Recorded Carnegie Hall. She was the second artist to make domestic Red Seal recordings for the relatively new Victor Talking Machine Company. Victor had just started its Red Seal in late March using Gramophone and Typewriter stampers shipped over on the White Star Lines Oceanic. Soon after it was decided to start domestic recording. This was spurred on by the Columbia Phonograph Company's domestic recordings of local artists from the Metropolitan Opera. So to be where much of the concert action was, Victor opened a recording studio in suite 826 at Carnegie Hall. It was a room with very high ceilings and remarkable acoustics, but surrounded by many voice studios. On May 17, 1903, she recorded a number of pieces (sadly, the only time she recorded for Victor) The recordings went well, and were issued on the 2100 series that were black label. The new matrix system had just started and confusion was everywhere. No one is quite sure if it was by design or by accident the Red Seals ended up following recordings by George Graham or other low brow recordings. But it was confusing and led to the domestic 10 inch Red Seals to be given their own number system 81000.
On this Monarch, you will see on the dead wax 2198 with a line through it, and the new number 81007 next to it.
This recording is in very good condition and has some slight roughness in the first 5 or 6 seconds and then cleans up beautifully to very good plus. A wonderfully historic and rare recording.
5/17/1903.VG condition.
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