The label was founded in 1916 by the Aeolian Company, a maker of pianos and organs, as Aeolian-Vocalion; the company also sold phonographs under the Vocalion name. "Aeolian" was later dropped from the label's name. In late 1924, the label was acquired by Brunswick Records. During the 1920s, Vocalion also began the 1000 race series, records recorded by and marketed to African Americans.[1]Jim Jackson recorded "Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues" for Vocalion in 1927.[2] It sold exceptionally well, and the song became a blues standard for musicians from Memphis and Mississippi.[2] The label issued Robert Johnson's "Cross Road Blues"[3]
The name Vocalion was resurrected in the late 1950s by American Decca as a budget label for back-catalog reissues. This incarnation of Vocalion ceased operations in 1973; however, its replacement as MCA's budget imprint, Coral Records, kept many Vocalion titles in print. In 1975, MCA reissued five albums on the Vocalion label.[4]
^"Vocalion Album Discography". Bsnpubs.com. 2014-04-27. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
External links
History of Brunswick and Vocalion
Vocalion album discography from BSN Pubs
"Maybe it's obscure, but if it's good, we'll issue it."
Vocalion Records on the Internet Archive's Great 78 Project
January 06, 2023
vocalion, records, decca, vocalion, label, disques, vogue, american, record, company, label, 1921, vocalion, labelfounded1916, 1916, founderaeolian, piano, companygenrejazzcountry, originus, ukhistory, editthe, label, founded, 1916, aeolian, company, maker, pi. For Decca s Vocalion label see Disques Vogue Vocalion Records is an American record company and label Vocalion Records1921 Vocalion labelFounded1916 1916 FounderAeolian Piano CompanyGenreJazzCountry of originUS UKHistory EditThe label was founded in 1916 by the Aeolian Company a maker of pianos and organs as Aeolian Vocalion the company also sold phonographs under the Vocalion name Aeolian was later dropped from the label s name In late 1924 the label was acquired by Brunswick Records During the 1920s Vocalion also began the 1000 race series records recorded by and marketed to African Americans 1 Jim Jackson recorded Jim Jackson s Kansas City Blues for Vocalion in 1927 2 It sold exceptionally well and the song became a blues standard for musicians from Memphis and Mississippi 2 The label issued Robert Johnson s Cross Road Blues 3 Vocalion record by Louis Armstrong The name Vocalion was resurrected in the late 1950s by American Decca as a budget label for back catalog reissues This incarnation of Vocalion ceased operations in 1973 however its replacement as MCA s budget imprint Coral Records kept many Vocalion titles in print In 1975 MCA reissued five albums on the Vocalion label 4 References Edit 1 Archived February 8 2007 at the Wayback Machine a b Robert Palmer 1981 Deep Blues Penguin Books p 109 ISBN 978 0 14 006223 6 LaVere Stephen 1990 The Complete Recordings Box set booklet Robert Johnson New York City Columbia Records OCLC 24547399 C2K 46222 Vocalion Album Discography Bsnpubs com 2014 04 27 Retrieved 2014 08 04 External links EditHistory of Brunswick and Vocalion Vocalion album discography from BSN Pubs Maybe it s obscure but if it s good we ll issue it Vocalion Records on the Internet Archive s Great 78 Project Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Vocalion Records amp oldid 1029679257, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
