Finnish American singer Julius Siik made 11 recordings for Columbia between 1930-31. Session data is now available. See the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Jazz quintet The Original Memphis Five recorded “Throw down blues” by Frank Signorelli and Phil Napoleon for Victor on February 4, 1925. It is now in the Public Domain. Session data and audio at the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Victor Herbert's 1913 operetta Sweethearts was under consideration for movie adaptation by MGM in 1937. A film adaptation was released in 1938. Studio test discs now online. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ob...

Blues musician Peetie Wheatstraw was an extensively recorded singer and accompanist. He recorded 247 selections for Victor, Brunswick, and Decca from 1931-41. Session data and selected audio is now available. See the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Six sides were recorded by vocalist Norman Cordon and pianist Archie L. Black in May and June 1945. Poems of Rudyard Kipling set to music by Chalres Gilbert Spross, Oley Speaks, Walter Damrosch, and J. P. McCall. Released as set M-1030. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ob...

Finnish musical group Erik Lindström orkestereineen made 11 recordings for Columbia between 1957-59. Session data is now available. See the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Associated Glee Clubs of America recorded “Discovery” by Edvard Grieg for Columbia on March 31, 1925 at Metropolitan Opera House in New York. It is now in the Public Domain. Session data and audio at the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Bernard Grün's 1936 musical Balalaika was under consideration for movie adaptation by MGM in 1937. Studio test discs now online. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ob...

Memphis Jug Band was based in the Beale Street area and featured a revolving lineup grouped around blues musician Will Shade. The group recorded 77 selections for Victor and Brunswick from 1927-34. Session data and selected audio is now available. See the link below.

Eight sides were recorded by Bunk Johnson and his New Orleans band for Victor in December 1945. Released as album set Victor HJ-7. Session data at the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ob...

Finnish musical group Lepakot-Orkesteri made 45 recordings for Columbia in 1939. Session data is now available. See the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Victor Herbert's 1906 operetta the Red Mill was under consideration for movie adaptation by MGM again in 1937. Studio test discs now online. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ob...

Four sides were recorded by organist E. Power Biggs for Victor in July 1939. Released as set M-616. Features Bach "Choral preludes" and Daquin "Noels.” Session data at the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ob...

Heikki Tuominen was a Finnish singer and actor. He made 21 recordings for Columbia and Odeon between 1929-30. Session data is now available. See the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

in 1937 MGM recorded a series of musicals to evaluate their suitability for adaptation into movie musicals. Unreleased test pressings of many survive and have been digitized. They will be featured over the coming weeks.

Eight sides were recorded by Edna St. Vincent Millay for Victor in April and August 1941. Released as set M-836, “Poems read by the author.” Session data at the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ob...

Finnish musical group Yrjö Saarnion Polkkayhtye made 28 recordings for Columbia between 1942-44. Session data is now available. See the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Columbia began releasing an ambitious series of album sets in 1925 of complete orchestral and chamber works. The records were primarily derived from masters recorded in England but also from France, Germany, Italy and the US. They were issued in multiple countries where Columbia did business.

Finnish American tenor Otto Pyykkönen made 42 recordings for Victor, Columbia, and Edison between 1924-28. Session data is now available. See the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Updated versions of 19 eBook discographies published by Mainspring Press are now available via DAHR. Included are titles not previously available, including Okeh Vertical-Cut Records, Sonora Vertical-Cut Records, and Roycroft Living Tone Records. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/eb...

Victor recorded Bach's “Art of the fugue,” performed by organist E. Power Biggs at Adolphus Busch Hall in the Germanic Museum, Cambridge, MA. Released as M/DM-832 (8 sides) and M/DM-833 (12 sides). Session data at the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ob...

Italian tenor Eugenio Cibelli and conductor Charles Adams Prince recorded “L'assassinio di Matteotti” for Victor on February 12-18, 1925. It is now in the Public Domain. Session data and audio at the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Several Victor masters were recorded by Orquesta Julio Cueva between 1944-49 in Cuba. Solo vocalists include Orlando Guerra, Manuel Licea, and Reinaldo Valdés. Session data at the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Tenor Nahem Simon recorded “Keef abeet-ellail” with oud and qānūn for Victor on July 14, 1925. It is now in the Public Domain. Session data and audio at the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Six sides were recorded by baritone Robert Merrill and soprano Dorothy Kirsten for Victor in August 1949. The conductor was John Scott Trotter. Released as set DM-1341. Session data at the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ob...

Finnish singer Hannes Kettunen made 13 recordings for Columbia in 1929. Session data is now available. See the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Sestetto Moderno recorded “Ida” for OKeh on December 14, 1925. It is now in the Public Domain. Session data and audio at the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

In 2005 UCSB began work on EDVR (Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings, now DAHR) after taking over the project from Stanford. Editor Sam Brylawski wrote venerated discographer Brian Rust soliciting his input. Here is Brian’s return letter.

Blues singer, songwriter, and record company founder Victoria Spivey recorded 103 selections for Victor, Columbia, OKeh, Brunswick, ARC, Edison, and Decca in 1916-37. Session data and selected audio is now available. See the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Eight sides were recorded by Boston Symphony Orchestra and conducted by Serge Koussevitzky for Victor in November 1944 and January 1945. Released as set M-1108. Session data at the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ob...

Juho Koskelo was a popular Finnish American singer and cellist. He made 141 recordings for Victor, Columbia, and Edison in 1910-1923. Session data is now available. See the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Blues singer Sippie Wallace, pianist Hersal Thomas, and saxophonist Rudolph Jackson recorded “Being down don't worry me” for OKeh on August 20, 1925. It is now in the Public Domain. Session data and audio at the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

We are saddened to learn of the passing of Puerto Rican discographer Cristóbal Díaz Ayala. He was instrumental in documenting and preserving Cuban and Puerto Rican music during his long career.

Blues musician Curley Weaver, also known as Slim Gordon, recorded 73 selections for Columbia, OKeh, ARC, and Decca between 1928-35. Session data at the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra made over 180 recordings for Columbia in 1916-29, featuring conductors Thomas Beecham, Ernest Ansermet, George Henschel, etc. Session data is now available. See the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Finnish singer Lasse Liemola made 16 recordings for Columbia in 1958-59. Session data is now available. See the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Russian-American hazzan and composer David Roitman recorded “Ato hivdalto” for Victor on July 17, 1925. It is now in the Public Domain. Session data and audio at the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Leroy Carter recorded 8 selections for Brunswick in October of 1935. Session data is now available. See the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

London String Quartet made over 150 recordings for Columbia in 1914-28. The quartet was very prolific and toured internationally, becoming one of the best known quartets of the 20th century. Session data is now available. See the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Klaus Salmi was a Finnish conductor, musician, and composer. He founded and led the legendary Finnish orchestra Ramblers-Orkesteri. He made 163 recordings for Columbia and Triola in 1936-52. Session data is now available. See the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Waikiki Hawaiian Orchestra recorded “While Hawaiian stars are gleaming” for Edison on May 26, 1925. It was composed by Joe Davis under the pseudonym Roxanne Hampton. It is now in the Public Domain. Session data and audio at the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Hattie Hart recorded 26 selections for Victor and ARC in 1929-34. Her collaborators on these records included Allen Shaw and Memphis Jug Band. Session data is now available. See the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

J. H. Squire Celeste Octet made 40 recordings for Columbia in 1925-29. Session data is now available. See the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Today is the 120th anniversary of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Columbia issued a "descriptive" account shortly after. Discographihc details here, audio is on YouTube. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Viola Turpeinen was a well-known American Finnish polka accordion player. She made 40 recordings for Victor and Columbia in 1928-38. Session data is now available. See the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Country music singer Kelly Harrell recorded “I was born about ten thousand years ago” for OKeh on August 25, 1925. It is now in the Public Domain. Session data and audio at the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Louis Lasky recorded 11 selections for Victor and Brunswick in 1935-42. His collaborators on these records included Big Bill Broonzy and Washboard Sam. Session data is now available. See the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Debroy Somers Band made 28 recordings for Columbia in 1927-29, with several featuring vocalists Victor Carne, George Dewey Washington, or Tom Barratt. Session data is now available. See the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

Olavi Virta was a Finnish singer known in his time as the "King" of Finnish tango. He made 34 recordings for Columbia between August 1-14, 1939. Session data is now available. See the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...

František A. Pangrác recorded “Jsou, jsou na potoce” for Edison on January 8, 1925. It is now in the Public Domain. Session data and audio at the link below. adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/ma...