Victor 17143

Title-A: The Sweetest Story Ever Told

Title-B: Simple Confession (Simple Aveu)
Artist: Neapolitan Trio
Recorded: 12/11/1913 
Company: Victor Record
Number: 17143-A, 17143-B
10" disc

Background courtesy Victor Encyclopedic Discography, UCSB Libraries
http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/objectDetail.php?id=41052

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Victrola 64420

Title: Tosca-Recondita armonia
Artist: Giovanni Martinelli
Recorded: 1/8/1914
Company: Victrola
Number: 64420
10" disc

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Background courtesy Victor Encyclopedic Discography, UCSB Libraries
http://victor.library.ucsb.edu/objectDetail.php?id=41052

78 record collection

Technology has changed the process for recording and listening to music in so many ways. It's easy to forget just how much things have changed since analog recordings began well over 100 years ago. One of the most popular methods of recording music and voice was the 78 rpm record. Many of these recordings were created on fragile shellac-based materials and played on hand-cranked Victrolas using sharpened pieces of wood to transfer the recording to the speaker.

I recently stumbled across a bulk sale of recordings from a local community college. The collection is a hodge-podge of recordings: from single-sided Victrola recordings to Columbia, OKeh, Windsor, and many more. I have yet to complete even a simple inventory as the collection holds well over 1,000 recordings.

I'll post a label image and a brief sound clip from each recording. Feel free to contact me if interested in learning more about any of these records.