Label discographies V

The E-Discographer #3 August, 2001 Special Issue!

The International Directory Of Label Research

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Profiles of labels or manufacturers with minimal discographical data are coded in green.
Catalog or matrix numerical listings are shown in red.
General works about labels in specific countries are alphabetized by country of origin and displayed in brown.
Editorial notes appear in festive monochrome black.
Updated 1/20/03
V-DISC (U.S. 1940's), "V-Discs: Milestones and Turn Signals," by Art Hilgart, IAJRC Journal Spring 1995, p.1-2
V-DISC (U.S. 1940's), "V-Disc Clarifications," by Steven F. Bedwell, elaborates on a recent article, IAJRC Journal Spring 1997, p.26-28
VAN DYKE (U.S. 1920's), "Behind The Cobwebs" by Carl Kendziora, Label of the Month - VanDyke (Grey Gull) Record Research #56 Nov 1963 p. 7, 20
VANGUARD (U.S. 1950), by Jeff Tamarkin, Goldmine Sep 7, 1990
VANGUARD (U.S. 1950's) discography. Discophile. No. 50 (1956)
VARIETY (U.S. 1920's), a brief description by Carl Kendziora, reprinted from Record Changer, Record Research Jan 1995, p.8
VARIETY (U.S. 1930's) by Jim Prohaska, "Irving Mills, Record Producer: The Master and Variety Record Labels," IAJRC Journal Spring 1997, p. 1-9
VARIETY (U.S. 1930's) Variety by Ross Laird. Privately published, 10 p. GPO Box 22, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia.
VARSITY (U.S. 1939-1940) in "A Study in Re-incorporation" by George A. Blacker, describes the United States Record Corp., Record Research Vol. 1, Issue 3 Jun 1955 p. 6
VARSITY (U.S. 1939-1940) Varsity by Ross Laird. Privately published, 38 p. GPO Box 22, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia.
VARSITY (U.S. 1948-1950) David Diehl Wright Record Co. Varsity/Royale 78's [Intro and exploratory listing]
VAUGHAN (U.S. 1920's) Tyrone Settlemier: The Online Discographical Project. [No matrix numbers or recording dates]
VEE JAY (U.S. 1950's) " Artist alphabetical & Catalogue (100 - 180)" by Anthony Rotante, Record Research Vol. 2 / No. 2 [# 8] May/Jun 1956 p. 11 - 12
VEE JAY (U.S. 1950's): detailed history of the 1950's & 1960's company by Mike Callahan, W/D, Goldmine, May 1981
VELVET FACE (U.K. 1900's), in c.1908 Disc Recordings, by Frank Andrews, also includes information on the Little Champion, Velvet Face and Winner labels, Hillandale News Dec 1984, Mar 1985
VELVET TONE (U.S.) Velvet Tone 7000-V series by Ross Laird. Privately published, 8 p. GPO Box 22, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia.
VERTICAL CUT Record Labels various. Collenette, Paul: "Vertical-Cut Disc Records" [international directory of 40 labels and dates of manufacture] Hillandale News Feb 1996, p.467
VERTICAL CUT Record Labels various "The Vertical Cut Disc Period" by Len Watts and Frank Andrews, a summary of European companies in this field, Hillandale News, June 1979.
VICTOR -see also BERLINER
VICTOR (1920's)- variations in Victor numbering for the same selection in the U.S. and Canada, in the 1920's, by Martin Bryan, New Amberola Graphic, Spring 1981
VICTOR. (CANADA), by Martin Bryan, describes variations in U.S. numbering, W/D, New Amberola Graphic, Summer 1981
VICTOR. (CANADA 1920's) Boyd, Brian: "Two Areas That Need Further Research: Some Comments" [Victor recording ledgers] Antique Phonograph News May/Jun 1992, p.3-4
VICTOR. (CANADA 1920's), by James R. Tennyson, is about the infighting between the Berliner interests and U.S. Victor, and its effect on the introduction of electrical recording in Canada; follow-up in Oct 1987 issue, New Amberola Graphic Jul 1987
VICTOR (CANADA 1920's-1930's) Boyd, Brian: "Victor Records in the '20s and '30s" [Canadian operations] Antique Phonograph News Jan/Feb 1992, p.5-6
VICTOR. (U.S.), by Larry R. Jeannette, "Rare Records: Which Ones Are They and Why?", analyses and graphs Victor sales, 1900-1941, New Amberola Graphic Jan 1994, p.5
VICTOR. (U.S.) The Victor Project at the Stanford Archive of Recorded Sound will document in detail all the recording sessions of the Victor Talking Machine Company (later RCA Victor) from 1900 to 1950.
VICTOR. (U.S.) "The Victor Alphabet" by Ted Fagan explains letter prefixes used by Victor from 1900 to 1950, New Amberola Graphic, Winter 1981
VICTOR. (U.S. 1900's), First 10-inch release illus., by unidentified author, New Amberola Graphic Winter 1986
VICTOR. (U.S. 1900's),"The Origin of the Victor Paper Record Label- The 7" Period, 1900-1906" by James "Rick" Wilkins, Antique Phonograph Monthly V/9.
VICTOR. (U.S. 1900's), by Michael W. Sherman, "The First Victor... or the Last Berliner" discusses the transitional period in 1900, with label illustrations, Antique Phonograph Monthly Vol. X No. 4 (1992), p.10-15
VICTOR. (U.S. 1900's-1920's), Alternate Takes Discussed by D.E. Ferrera, New Amberola Graphic Summer 1985
VICTOR (U.S. 1901), "Eldridge R. Johnson's First Numbered Record," by Tim Gracyk, about Johnson's earliest releases (actually on "Improved Gram-o-Phone"), incl. No. 1, 'Departure" by George Broderick, Victrola & 78 Journal Winter 1996, p.34-37
VICTOR. (U.S. 1901), "The Early Victor Imported Recordings," by Michael W. Sherman, analyzes label types in the Victor 5000-series, New Amberola Graphic Apr 1993, p.4- 7
VICTOR. (U.S. 1901), "Brief Notes on Victor Matrix Numbers," by William R. Moran, Victrola and 78 Journal Spring 1995 (No. 4), p.8-9
VICTOR (U.S. 1901): a newly discovered label variation ("Monarch Ten Inch Record") pictured and discussed, Antique Phonograph Monthly Vol. VIII No. 2 (1985)
VICTOR (U.S. 1901): The Johnson "Toy" Record, by George Paul, discusses the first commercially issued two-sided disc, with a transcription of its contents ("Now, children..."), Antique Phonograph Monthly Vol. VIII No. 2 (1985)
VICTOR. (U.S. 1908), changeover to double-sided releases in 1908, by Martin Bryan, 'Sixteen Non-Existent (?) Victor One-Sided Records" lists single-face issues possibly "lost' in the abrupt changeover, New Amberola Graphic Jul 1994, p.9-10
VICTOR. (U.S. 1908-1940) Tyrone Settlemier: The Online Discographical Project. Web presentation of Steve Abrams' popular, hot dance & race, and hillbilly lists with matrix numbers, many recording dates and composer credits.
VICTOR. (U.S. 1910's) The Victor Talking Machine Co. Discography, Vol. 2 (1903-1908), by Fagan & Moran, 704 pages
VICTOR. (U.S. 1910's), "His Masters Voice" translated into 65 languages, reprinted from a c. 1913 Victor supplement, Sound Box Jul 1997
VICTOR. (U.S. 1919), 'A Summer Sell-Off," by Martin F. Bryan, describes special catalogs of deleted records circulated by both Victor and Columbia during mid-1919, New Amberola Graphic No. 96 (1997), p.18-19
VICTOR. (U.S. 1920's) Boyd, Brian: "Victor, Columbia and Brunswick Pressings in the '20s" [Identifying pressings from each label's East and West Coast plants] Antique Phonograph News Mar/Apr. 1992, p.11-12
VICTOR (U.S. 1920's), "The Dogs of Summer," describes and illustrates Nipper and artist figurines distributed by Victor for promotional purposes in 1921, In The Groove Jan 1997, p.4-5
VICTOR (U.S. 1920's), "Victor in the West: The Oakland Pressing Plant," by William J. Nicolson, discusses the pioneering facility, opened in 1923, and those of competing companies, Vtctrola & 78 Journal Winter 1997/98, p.2-14
VICTOR. (U.S. 1920's-1930's) The Victor master book, volume 2 (1925-1936). Compiled by Brian Rust. With indexes by Malcolm Shaw and Nevil Skrimshire. Stanhope, N.J., W. C. Allen, 1970. 776 p. [There was no vol. 1. Includes Bluebird, Electradisk, Sunrise and Timely Tunes. Covers popular, race and hillbilly but not E.T.'s or classical recordings.]
VICTOR. (U.S. 1920's-1930's) "Victor Old Familiar, Hot Dance and Race Records" by Claude Seary describes the 23000 and "V" prefix series of the late 1920's, Hillandale News, Dec 1979.
VICTOR. (U.S. 1920's) Jason Almeida, Victor Orthophonic Records 20000-22999 Numerical with no composers, matrices or recording dates.
VICTOR (U.S. 1925) Rust, Brian: "The Strange Case of the First Electric Victors" Historic Record #21 (Oct 1991), p.23-24
VICTOR. (U.S. 1930's), 'The Question of 'Z' Pressings," discusses the letter code appearing on some 12' Victor classical releases of the 1930s, in "Who Knows?" column, Victrola and 78 Journal Fall 1994, p.31
VICTOR. (U.S. 1930's), 1930 ad for "Program Transcription" LP reproduced, in "Diggin' in the Dust" column, DISCoveries Mar 1990
VICTOR. (U.S. 1930's), sales figures, by Dick Spottswood, in 'When the Wolf Knocked on Victor's Door," 78 Quarterly Vol. 1 No. 5 (1990)
VICTOR. (U.S. 1930's)--early vinyl 78, discusses a rare 1932 vinyl pressing (Victor 22949), New Amberola Graphic Jul 1990
VICTOR. (U.S. 1940), "Red Seal" Lawsuit by Herman Paikoff, details Victor's suit against Columbia and Decca attempting to prevent them from issuing red-label discs; testimony; New Amberola Graphic Jan, Apr 1994, p.Ja: 10- 13,Ap: 10- 14
VICTOR. (U.S. 1940's): Red Seal DeLuxe Series of the 1940s, by Bob Ault, deals with the early vinyl issues; W/D of the Heritage Series, Hobbies Sep 1986
VICTOR PROGRAM TRANSCRIPTIONS. (U.S. 1930's), in "Pre-LP Recordings of RCA at 33 1/3 rpm. through 1931 to 1934", by Ted Fagan, ARSC Journal Vol. XIII No. 1, 1981 p.20-42; Vol. XV No. 1, 1983 p.25-68
see also RCA VICTOR
VICTORY ( U.K.) in, "Sing a Song of Sixpence: A Brief Look at the Woolworth's Records," by Will Costain, including Mimosa, Victory, Eclipse and Crown, Historic Record No. 45 (Oct 1997), p.9-12
VICTORY ( U.K. 1910's) in "Joseph Leonard Blum" (label owner), by Frank Andrews discusses Blum's UK labels of the 1910s: Diploma, Stella Gramophone, Victory, Famous, Kalliope, Pioneer, Pelican; Talking Machine Review No. 75 Autumn 1988
VICTORY (U.K. 1910's) "7-Inch Victory Research" by Arthur Badrock and Jim Hayes, Numerical listing with matrix numbers, Gunn Report #73; Oct/Dec 1978; Jan/ Feb 1979.
VIM (U.S. 1905-1908) in "International Record Co.", by John A. Petty, illus., 18 labels produced by the company during its short life: International, Central, Square Deal, Parlor Grand, Buckeye, Special, Symphony, Lyric, Clico, Faultless Concert, Excelsior, Clear Tone, Siegel Cooper (2 versions), Kalamazoo, Ormsby, Eagle and Vim, Hillandale News Apr 1989
VIN (U.S. 1950's) discog. by Dean Silverstone, Record Exchanger #31
VIOLA (U.S. 1920's) "Behind The Cobwebs" by Carl Kendziora, Label of the Month- Viola; AMCO, QRS (Cova), Empire & Operaphone, Buddy (Gennett), Olympic, Record Research #33 Mar 1961 p. 10
VITACOUSTIC (U.S. 1940's) " The Vitacoustic Label" by Robert L. Campbell, Robert Pruter, and Tom Kelly. 2002
VITAPHONE (U.S. 1900) Bryan, Martin F.: "Paper Cuts?" [pressed paper discs] New Amberola Graphic July 1995 # 93, p.11
VIUDA De ARAMBURO (SPAIN c. 1900 cylinder), 'The Viuda de Aramburo Cylinders," by John S. Dales, Record Collector Vol. 44 No. 2 (Jun 1999), p. 167-168
VIVAPHONE (U.K. 1910's) Booth, John W., Frank Andrews & Richard Brown: "Vivaphone and a Century of Cinema" [Hepwir Singing Picture discs] Talking Machine Review No. 92 (Winter 1996/96), p.2843-44 plus No. 93, p.2908
VOCALION (AUSTRALIA 1925), Vocalion by Ross Laird. Privately published, 100 p. GPO Box 22, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia.
VOCALION (AUSTRALIA 1925), including related U.K. labels Gaiety, Aco, Gennett, Broadcast, Embassy, Arcadia, Savoy; W/D (Vocalion), Australian Music and Record Review Jan 1997, p.3-17
VOCALION (BELGIUM 1920's) Andrews, Frank "Vocalion/Chantal" [letter] Hillandale News Feb 1996, p.475-476
VOCALION (FRANCE) Vocalion Français Discographie à compléter. John Humbley, Paris juin 2001
VOCALION (U.K. 1920's) "Aco/Aeolian-Vocalion Vocalion", by Peter Copeland, a dating guide for British coarse-groove issues, Historic Record No. 30 (Jan 1994), p.12-15
VOCALION (U.K. 1920's) in World Record history & listing by Frank Andrews, Arthur Badrock & Edward S. Walker (1992) available from S. Walker
VOCALION (U.K. 1930's -1940's) ."Swing Series" by Hohn Fry. in RSVP magazine
VOCALION (U.K. 1936 -1951) in "Decca Dating Guide" Peter Copeland, Historic Record No. 14 (Jan 1990), #20 Jul. 1991 p.7-10; #21 Oct. 1991 p.25-28
VOCALION (U.S. 1920's), "E - W Numbers," by Bob Dixon, discusses code numbers used in 1927 and 1928, Storyville No. 135 (Sep 1988)
VOCALION (U.S. 1920's) Vocalion/Brunswick master numbers, by Laurie Wright, Storyville Oct 1986
VOCALION (U.S. 1920's) "Brunswick-Vocalion matrix nos." by Frank Dutton, Storyville #106
VOCALION (U.S. 1920's) in "Brunswick/Vocalion matrix numbering, 1929", by Dick M. Bakker, Names & Numbers Sep 1985
VOCALION (U.S. 1920's) Brunswick-Vocalion Fletcher Henderson and Clarence Williams Recordings, by Bill Triggs, reprints original file cards, VJMs Jazz and Blues Mart Summer, Autumn 1997 (No. 106 Sum) p. 14; (No. 107 Aut) p. 8-9
VOCALION (U.S. 1924-1931) in Laird, Ross: Brunswick Records 1916-1931. 4 vols. Greenwood Press 2001
VOCALION (U.S. 1924-1931) Vocalion 14000/15000 series by Ross Laird. Privately published, 70 p. GPO Box 22, Canberra, A.C.T. 2601, Australia.
VOCALION (U.S. 1930's), briefly discussed by Stephen Stroff, Goldmine Mar 1, 1985
VOCALION LONG PLAY (U.K. 1920's), "World Record Ltd. and Pemberton Billing's Other Ventures," by Frank Andrews, including Fetherflex, Duophone and Vocalion long play, Hillandale News Oct,Dec. 1997, p.Oct:364-371,Dec:407-415
VOGUE (U.K. 1951) in "Decca Dating Guide" Peter Copeland, Historic Record No. 14 (Jan 1990), #20 Jul. 1991 p.7-10; #21 Oct. 1991 p.25-28
VOGUE (U.S. 1940's), advertisement from a 1947 Detroit newspaper, In The Groove Sep 1999, P.9
VOGUE (U.S. 1940's), 'Vogue Picture Discs: Passionate Portraits on Vinyl", by Chuck Miller, based on John Curry's book about the label, Goldmine 16 Jul 1999, p.42
VOGUE (U.S. 1940's),Vogue Picture Records, by Ed Curry, 2nd expanded edition, w/ new price guide, shows all R-700 discs & history.
VOGUE (U.S. 1940's), 'Vogue Picture Records: They're Music to the Eyes!", by Wayne W. Daniel, Today's Collector Nov 1996 p.133-135
VOGUE (U.S. 1940's), discog. of the picture label by Joe Lindsay, DISCoveries Mar 1989
VOGUE (U.S. 1940's), Sav-Way Industries Discography from The Association of Vogue Picture Record Collectors
VOICE OF THE STARS (1930's), "The Great Voice of the Stars Mystery," by Don Taylor, W/D and analysis of the records, which consisted of clips from current movies, Talking Machine Review No. 100 (1999), p.3106-3107
VOX (GERMANY 1921), by Hansfried Sieben, Talking Machine Review Dec 1985
VOX (GERMANY), Online Discography courtesy of Rainer Lotz.
VULCAN (U.S. 1920's), brief description by Carl Kendziora, Record Research Sep 1983
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