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78 RPM Record

Artist: Saverio Benigno Label:   Columbia Country: USA Catalogue: E4316 Date: 1919 Format: 10" Collection:   I Own It     I Want It  Community:  1 Owns Price Guide: Valuation Page » Search on eBay This is an affiliate link for which we may be compensated.

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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Saverio Benigno	Veni	A. Schettini	Rate
B	Saverio Benigno	Iu Monaca 'Un Mi Fazzu	Fardella	Rate

Notes

Tenore, orch. accomp.
Sicilian comic song
Ethnic-Italian

Saverio Benigno (vocals); with unknown accompaniment

A side matrix: 84261-1 (runout 1-B-1 84261).
B side matrix: 84226-2 (runout 2-A-11 84226);
Recorded New York, NY, c. April 1918.

Label printing date code: GX (= July 1919).

A) English translation: "Come!"
B) English translation: "I've Made Myself King" (= "Iu Monarca 'Un Mi Fazzu", by Giovanni Fardella and Guiseppe Marchesano)

Advertised in L'Italia (San Francisco, CA), October 10, 1919, page 5.

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Number: 2156639  THUMBNAIL Uploaded By: Mike Gann Description: Columbia E4316 A side label

Number: 2156636  Uploaded By: Mike Gann Description: Columbia E4316 B side label

Comments and Reviews

xiphophilos 1st Jun 2020		An article by Consuelo Giglio et al., "La Canzone Siciliana a Palermo", pp. 144, 171, 191, explains why the A title made no sense. It should be "Iu Monarca 'Un Mi Fazzu," which is equivalent to Italian "Io Monarca Ho Mi Fatto" = "I've Made Myself King". The brief listing in "L'Italia" (Oct. 10, 1919) lists "Veni", the more recently recorded track, first.
xiphophilos 1st Jun 2020		Thanks! I just checked the somewhat strange translation of the A side title and realized it came straight from Google Translate. I think we have to wait for someone who actually understands Sicilian to give us a more idiomatic translation of that phrase.
Mike Gann 1st Jun 2020		Take 1-B-1 for the b-side
xiphophilos 1st Jun 2020		Changed the take number for the A side. Based on what I can read stamped into the label (2-A-11 [if the last digit is a 1]), this is a take 2, not a take 1. On the B side, I can make out 1-B-1?.

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