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Columbia recorded Puccini's complete Madama Butterly in April-June 1929 featuring Rosetta Pampanini, Conchita Velasquez, Allessandro Granda, Gino Vanelli, Aristide Baracchi, and Salvatore Baccaloni. It was released in Italy, Spain, the UK, and the US. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ob...

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Argentine singer Rosita Quiroga's "Alma de milonga" recorded in Buenos Aires in February 1924 has entered the public domain and is now free for the public to reuse. Streaming and downloadable audio online. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

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Like many Italian actors of the era, Aldo Fabrizi also had a recording career and recorded songs and comic sketches for Columbia in the 1930s and 40s. Data now online. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

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DAHR has a researcher at the Sony Music Archive in New York for the next year scanning documents needed for upcoming projects, including the remainder of the Columbia -F and -X label copy sheets and the ARC matrix cards for our NEH grant.

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Given to UCSB by a donor on Friday. Pete Seeger's second recording? Also interesting is that it's from Music Man Murray's shop in LA (our donor bought much of MMM's collection, though not the store inventory).

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Puccini's Tosca was recorded in October 1929 and featured Alessandro Granda, Enrico Molinari, Bianca Scacciati, and Emilio Venturini. It was released in Italy, Spain, the UK, and the US and like some sets, was also issued in a condensed version. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ob...

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1924 was an important year for female blues singers. Sara Martin's "If I don't find my brown I won't be back at all" entered the public domain in 2025 along with dozens of other blues songs. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

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Two discs based on the Ciuffettino fairy tales of Yambo were released by Columbia in 1942. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ob...

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Acclaimed pianist and classical conductor Andre Previn released several jazz album sets for Victor in the 1940s, including "Andre Previn at the piano" (P-241) in June 1948. See his growing discography as more 1940s Victor sessions are added to DAHR. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

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Verdi's Rigoletto was recorded in May 1930 and featured Mercedes Capsir, Riccardo Stracciari, Dino Borgioli, Ernesto Dominici, and Anna Masetti Bassi. The take of Stracciari's "Pari siamo" was rejected and replaced with a matrix from 1927. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ob...

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Greek folk song Spartiatikos syrtos (Σπαρτιατικος συρτος) recorded by the Kiriakatis Trio led by clarinetist John Kiriakatis entered the public domain on January 1. Recorded September 1924 in New York. Streaming and downloadable audio at link. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

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Italian soprano Myriam Ferretti recorded for Italian Columbia from 1937-43. Data on 125 recordings now online. Because original documents are missing from the WWII era, data on some recordings is missing. Reach out if you have records not listed in DAHR. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

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Data on Peacock Records from Galen Gart and Roy C. Ames's Peacock history and discography is now online. This includes data on both published and unpublished masters. tinyurl.com/DAHRPeacock

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Leoncavallo's Pagliacci was recorded in the Spring of 1930 and featured Carlo Galeffi, Francesco Merli, Giuseppe Nessi, Rosetta Pampanini, and Gino Vanelli. It was released in Italy, Spain, Japan, and the US. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ob...

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Country, blues, and jazz were rapidly maturing as recorded artforms by 1924, making this year's additions to the public domain particularly important. One-man band "Stovepipe No. 1" (Sam Jones) recorded "Lord, don’t you know I have no friend like You" for Columbia in August, 1924.

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Accordionist and composer Guglielmo Bonfoco made almost 50 records for Columbia in the 1930s. Session data now online. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

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Columbian singer Sarita Herrera recorded extensively for Victor in the 1930s and 1940s. Data has just been added for her September 1940 recording session with the Grupo Sarita Herrera. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma... adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

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Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor was recorded in late 1929 and featured Salvatore Baccaloni, Mercedes Capsir, Enzo De Muro Lomanto, Ida Mannarini, and Enrico Molinari. It was issued in Italy, the US, and Spain. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ob...

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Klezmer banger Yosel (יאָסעל) by Abe Schwartz's Orchestra entered the public domain on January 1. Recorded October 1924 in New York City. Can you imagine hearing them play this live? Streaming and downloadable audio at link. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

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Italian poet Trilussa (Carlo Alberto Camillo Mariano Salustri) recorded 10 sides for Columbia in 1927. Session data now online. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

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The rare 1925 edition of "Music of the Orient" by Syrian-American composer and record company owner Alexander Maloof. He owned Maloof Records and also recorded for Victor and Gennett. The back cover depicting his orchestra is amazing. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

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Puccini's Bohème was the third opera in the series, recorded in November and December 1928. It was issued in numerous configurations in Italy, the UK, Spain, and the US. It featured Aristide Baracchi, Luigi Marini, Luba Mirella, and Rosetta Pampanini. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ob...

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"Deep blue sea blues" by Clara Smith entered the public domain on January 1st. Coleman Hawkins and Fletcher Henderson are in the band. Recorded August 19, 1924. Streaming and downloadable audio at link. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

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Data on another 100+ masters by Italian singer Crivel (Ferdinando Crivelli) added to DAHR, bringing the total to over 400. Crivel's repertoire was very much of the times and included more fascist-themed songs than other Italian singers of the 1930s. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

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Clarinetist Bernie Witkowski's Silver Bell Orchestra, known as the "World's greatest polka band," recorded 10 tracks for Victor in 1950. Session data now online. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

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Columbia recorded Rossini's Barbiere di Siviglia in June and July of 1929. (The overture was recorded in an earlier session.) It featured Salvatore Baccaloni, Vincenzo Bettoni, Dino Borgioli, Mercedes Capsir, and Riccardo Stracciari. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ob...

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"Alabama gal (Won't you come out tonight)" by Fiddlin' John Carson and his Virginia Reelers entered the public domain on January 1st. Recorded August 27, 1924 by Atlanta, Georgia. Streaming and downloadable audio at link. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

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An oddball of the Italian Columbia operatic recordings was Le Furie di Arlecchino by Adriano Lualdi, a contemporary one act opera composed in 1924. It was issued on 3 10" discs, but only in Italy. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

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Haitian composer Occide Jeanty (born 1860) was a conductor, composer, and music educator. The Orchestre Franco-Créole recorded 7 of his compositions for Columbia in 1930. Session data now online. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

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Mascagni's Cavalleria Rusticana was recorded in January 1930 and released in Italy, Spain and the US. It featured Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Maria Castagna, Ida Mannarini, Antonio Melandri, and Gino Lulli. Session data now online. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ob...

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"Bringin' home the bacon" by vaudevillian Blossom Seeley entered the public domain on January 1, 2025. Recorded May 10, 1924 and accompanied by the Georgians. Streaming and downloadable audio at link. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

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Disney fever hit Italy in 1938 with the release of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs dubbed in Italian as "Biancaneve e i setti nani.". A 3 disc album set of songs from the movie by Myriam Ferretti and the Compagnia Columbia was released in 1939. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ba...

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The California Ramblers made 100s of recordings in the 1920s & 30s under many pseudonyms. DAHR's facet feature will allow you to view the recordings they made for each company separately. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

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The second of Columbia's complete operas, Aida, was recorded in November 1928 with Giannina Arangi-Lombardi, Salvatore Baccaloni, Giuseppe Nessi, Armando Borgioli, Maria Capuana, Aroldo Lindi, and Tancredi Pasero. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ob...

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Bluesman Muddy Waters began recording for Aristocrat and Chess records in Chicago in 1946. Data on his Chess and Aristocrat masters in UCSB's Richard Reicheg collection are now online. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

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Eight matrixes by Friis Olsen Scandinavians were made in Victor's New York studio on 3/3/1941 and 6/27/1941. Session data now online. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

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The New York Public Library has made available the photo archives from Metronome magazine. Founded in 1885, it became known for its coverage of jazz in the 1930s. Read about it on their blog.

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Columbia and HMV both began ambitious programs to record complete operas in 1928. By 1932 Columbia had issued 23 complete operas with Carlo Sabajno directing La Scala's orchestra and chorus. 14 were issued in the US in the OP series.

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We'll be featuring some of the great recordings that entered the public domain on January 1 in the coming weeks. Let's start with "California, here I come" sung by George Price with the The Manhattan Merrymakers. Link in comments.

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Between 1932 and 1940 Orchestra Ferruzzi, led by Stefano Ferruzzi, was a house orchestra for Columbia Records in Milan. Over 950 recordings by the group are now in DAHR. We don't know if Ferruzzi was present at the sessions, so his name isn't listed. Does anybody know? Link in comments.

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