Caruso* - Caruso (5x7", RE, Red + Box, Album, Comp) (Very Good Plus (VG+))

Media Condition:  Very Good Plus (VG+)
Sleeve Condition: Very Good (VG)
Country:    US  
Released:  
Genre:       Classical
Style:         Opera, Romantic
Location:   

Comments:
Records are VG+. Cover of Box Set is VG with some scuffs, general wear.
 

Notes:

A boxed-set, with Liner Notes, and a pasted down paper in the lower part of its box advertising twelve albums in the "A Treasury Of Immortal Performances" series.

From the sleeves: "The Collector's Issue Label designates a recording of great historical and musical interest which although technically not representitive of RCA Victor's present day high quality standards, has been re-issued in response to widespread public demand. This recording has been re-issued on RCA Victor's new 45 rpm record, the truest of all sound reproductions."

Note at end of Liner Notes: "In 1932 RCA Victor introduced a technique of dubbing orchestral accompaniment to original Caruso recordings made many years earlier. In this album are included several such records, namely, "Celeste Aïda," first recorded in 1911; "Je crois entendre encore" (1916); "La donna È  mobile" (1908)."

Records in this album were designed to be played on an auto-changer, thus:
Disk 1 = Tracks A/J (Sides 1 & 10)
Disk 2 = Tracks B/I (Sides 2 & 9)
Disk 3 = Tracks C/H (Sides 3 & 8)
Disk 4 = Tracks D/G (Sides 4 & 7)
Disk 5 = Tracks E/F (Sides 5 & 6)

Side 1 (Recorded 26 November 1911) In Italian
Side 2 (Recorded 14 March 1910) In Italian
Side 3 (Recorded 20 February 1907) In Italian
Side 4 (Recorded 11 February 1906) In Italian
Side 5 (Recorded 14 September 1920) In French
Side 6 (Recorded 27 December 1911) In Italian
Side 7 (Recorded 7 December 1916) In French
Side 8 (Recorded 7 November 1909) In French
Side 9 (Recorded 17 March 1907) In Italian
Side 10 (Recorded 16 March 1908) In Italian

 

A. L'Elisir D'Amore: Act II Una Furtiva Lagrima (A Furtive Tear)
B. La Gioconda: Act II Cielo E Mar (Heaven And Ocean)
C. L'Africana: Act IV O Paradiso! (Oh Paradise!)
D. La Bohème: Act I Che Gelida Manina (Your Tiny Hand Is Frozen)
E. La Juive: Act IV Rachel! Quand Du Seigneur La Grâce Tutélaire (Rachel, When The Grace Of The Lord Entrusted Thee To Me)
F. Aïda: Act I Celeste Aïda (Heavenly Aïda)
G. Les Pêcheurs De Perles: Act I Je Crois Entendre Encore (I Hear As In A Dream)
H. Carmen: Act II Air De La Fleur (Flower Song)
I. I Pagliacci: Act I Vesti La Giubba (On With The Play)
J. Rigoletto: Act IV La Donna È Mobile (Woman Is Fickle)

 

Barcode and Other Identifiers:

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Matrix / Runout 17-0052B 2S A3 B
Matrix / Runout 17-0051B 1S A1 A C
Matrix / Runout 17-0050B 2S A2 E C
Matrix / Runout 17-0049B 2S A1 D C
Other 2S-3960
Other 2S-3959
Other 2S4191
Other 21-100-139-6
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Other 17-0049
Other 17-0050
Other 17-0051
Other 17-0052
Other 17-0053

 

Record Company Radio Corporation Of America
Pressed By RCA Records Pressing Plant, Canonsburg

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