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CONCERTONE 10-inch 78 RPM
This is a little-known companion to Eli Oberstein's Elite and Hit labels from 1941-45. The anonymous releases did not inspire much confidence among serious record buyers and the poor quality of the pressings discouraged repeat buying among bargain hunters.
Four-digit mx. numbers in the 1000-1900 range are from 1939/40 U.S. Records Varsity and Royale releases and "08" prefixes are actually defaced "US" master prefixes. This is also true of 35000's. 10000-16000 mx. numbers are dubs of Ultraphone & Telefunken masters from the 1930's. "I" prefixes may indicate 1941 Imperial recordings made before Concertone's parent company merged with Classic Records or they may be renumbered U.S. matrices. The label was revived briefly in the early 1950's on budget 10-inch LP's.
301 A (1589-1) Emperor Waltz (Johann Strauss)
B (1890-1) Vienna Bon Bons (Johann Strauss)
Concert Orchestra
303 A (08-1894-1) Tales from the Vienna Woods (Johann Strauss)
B (08-1588-1) Voices of Spring (Fruhlingsstimmen)
Concert Orchestra
304 A (1591-1) Artist's Life (Johann Strauss)
B (1592-1) Southern Roses (Johann Strauss)
Concert Orchestra
305 A (1586-1) Wine, Women and Song (Johann Strauss)
B (1587-1) Vienna Blood (Wiener Blut) (Johann Strauss)
Concert Orchestra
306 A (35003-D1) Melodie (Tschaikowsky)
B (08B-35031-D1) None But the Lonely Heart (Tschaikowsky)
Salon Orchestra
307 A (08B-35004-D1) Loin Du Bal (Echoes from the Ball) (Gillet)
B (08B-35019-D1) Mattinata (Leoncavillo)
Salon Orchestra
308 A (35033-D2) Moment Musicale (Schubert)
B (08B-35008-D1) Poeme (Fibich)
Salon Orchestra
309 A (11068) La Paloma (Yradier) Symphony Orchestra
B (1564-1) To a Wild Rose (MacDowell) Violin & Piano
310 A (08-1506-1) Prophet Bird (Schumann Op. 82 No. 7)
B (08-1565-1) Solvejg's Song (from "Peer Gynt" Suite No. 2) (Greig)
Violin & Piano
311 A (10881) Ride of the Valkyries Part 1 (from "Die Valkure") (Wagner)
B (10882) Ride of the Valkyries Part 2 (from "Die Valkure") (Wagner)
Symphony Orchestra
312 A (08B-35010-D1) Hungarian Dance No.2 (Brahms)
B ( 35032-D1) Hungarian Dance No.6 (Brahms)
Salon Orchestra
313 A (16491) Nocturne No. 2 in E Flat Major (Chopin Op. 9 No. 1)
B (35030-D1) Prelude in G Minor (Rachmaninoff)
Salon Orchestra
314 A (35005-D1) Minuet in G (Beethoven)
B (085-35002-D1) Czardas (Monti)
Salon Orchestra
315 A (085-35029-D1) Song of India (Rimsky-Korsakov)
B (16458) Minuet in G (Paderewski Op. 14, No. 1)
Salon Orchestra
316 A (1399-1) The Rosary (Nevin)
B (US 1311-1) At Dawning (Eberhart-Cadman)
Tenor with Organ
317 A (1310-1) Oh Promise Me (Scott-de-Koven)
B (40) L'Amour Toujours L'Amour (Cushing-Friml)
Tenor with Orchestra
318 A (11750) Heav'n Heav'n (Negro Spiritual)
B (11749) Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child (Negro Spiritual)
Contralto with Orchestra [Marian Anderson]
319 A (US 1710-1) I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen (Westendorf)
B (1536-1) One Alone (From "The Desert Song") (Hammerstein 2nd-Harbach-Romberg)
Tenor with Orchestra
320 A (1082-1) Song of Songs (Lucas-Moya)
B (1083-1) Until (Teschemacher-Sanderson)
Tenor with Piano [Jan Peerce?]
424 A (I-29) Andante Cantabile Part 1 (Tschaikowsky)
B (I-30) Andante Cantabile Part 2 (Tschaikowsky)
Imperial Concert Orchestra directed by Irving Riskin
449 A (I-15) Flower Song from "Carmen" (Bizet)
B (I-16) Minuet & Gavotte from "Pagliacci" (Leoncavello)
Elliot's Concert Orchestra
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