78 RPM - Fritz Kreisler - The Old Refrain / The Rosary - Victrola - USA

78 RPM Record

Artist:	Fritz Kreisler
Label:	Victrola
Country:	USA
Catalogue:	720
Date:	1923
Format:	10"
Genre:	Classical, Instrumental
Collection:	I Own It I Want It
Community:	2 Own
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Track	Artist	Title	Composer	Rating
A	Fritz Kreisler	The Old Refrain	Brandl, Kreisler	Rate
B	Fritz Kreisler	The Rosary	Nevin	Rate

Notes

A & B: Violin Solo
A: Viennese Popular Song

A side (mx. B-14343, take 5) recorded New York, NY, January 14, 1916. Previously released as Victor 64529.
A side (mx. B-14343, take 9) recorded Camden, NJ, April 9, 1924. (represses)
B side (mx. B-15937, take 2) recorded New York, NY, April 22, 1915. Previously released as Victor 64502.
(DAHR)

Released in September 1923 as Victrola 720 with the title "Viennese Popular Song" on the A side.

Images

Number: 2391447

THUMBNAIL
Uploaded By: Mike Gann
Description: Victrola 720 A side label (1924 reissue)

Number: 2391448

Uploaded By: Mike Gann
Description: Victrola 720 B side label (1924 reissue)

Number: 3461136

Uploaded By: han enderman
Description: Victrola 720-A (copy on archive)

Number: 3461041

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Uploaded By: han enderman
Description: Victrola 720-A different title

Comments and Reviews


han enderman 11th Jan 2024		Victrola 720 - I just added the image of the corrected 720-A from archive, to show that the runout of both versions has a different size. I thought it meant a different take. Or do these Victrolas have labels of different size? - Playing time shown on archive for The Old Refrain is 2:38; for Viennese Popular Song 2:55.



W.B.lbl 11th Jan 2024		I presume, because of {Image #3461041}, the label would be 4.0625" diameter? Or would that be 3.6875"?



xiphophilos 10th Jan 2024		We can also simply link the two versions (see below), which makes it easier to list the correct A title in the title fields. The Internet Archive version, by the way, has a 1 at the 9 o'clock position, that is, take 1, which DAHR lists as "Master/destroy".



han enderman 10th Jan 2024		Victrola 720-A - label with alternative title added (mistitled first pressing?), from archive, which can be very useful to trace some popular recordings and where they can be heard (which is the real aim of that website). - At present this different title is listed as a separate entry, but I would prefer to keep such kind of information together, as title variations are not unusual.



xiphophilos 10th Jan 2024		Based on the catalog number 720 (i.e., a 10-inch record below 917) and label design, this record, with take 5 on the A side) was part of the first selection of 140 older recordings coupled on the new double-faced Victrola records, cf. announcement in The Talking Machine World, September 15, 1923, page 24. Originally, B-14343, take 5 had been released in July 1916 as "The Old Refrain" (Vienna Popular Song) [not Viennese] on Victor 64529. In 1924, the old stampers of "The Old Refrain" became too worn to make more pressings, and Kreisler recorded a new version (take 9) so that the popular Victrola 720 could continue to be sold. So far, there is not a single picture online of a Victrola 720 label that lists the title of the A side as "Viennese Popular Song". Is there any way you could take at least an image with your phone and upload it?



Groovy 10th Jan 2024		My title is not [ The Old Refrain ] the title is [ Viennese Popular Song ].



Mike Gann 11th Sep 2020		Label images added for both sides and a-side title amended

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USA - Victrola - 1923