CHINESE SONG on Single Sided 1903 MONARCH RECORD; [78 RPM]
  £   3,907
  $   5,177

 


£ 3907 Sold For
Nov 15, 2015 Sold Date
Nov 5, 2015 Start Date
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Description

 

 

10" 78 rpm Shellac Record

Single Sided MONARCH RECORD 7109

Victor Pre-matrix 7109 - 1

UNIDENTIFED CHINESE PERFORMERS

"CHINESE PLAY / SONG - Part 9" 

CONDITION: V ( with V- start )

( a generally clean copy with heavy rubs and scuffs; multiple light and light to moderate

scratches; a tiny dig or surface inclusion which passes; plays well for condition )

Chinese Vocal and Instrumental Ensemble, by unidentified Chinese Performers,

recorded in Philadelphia (?), August 1903 

Matrices 7101 to 7111 constitute one complete Story

Incredibly Rare and important 1903 Victor Monarch recording!

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Click the PLAY button below to hear an unprocessed transfer of "Chinese Song"

The earliest disc records made for Chinese people were made between August 1902 and May 1903 by the early Chinese Colony in

America and issued by Victor in the United States. These records appeared in a Monarch 10" series, 164 records of 32 Chinese titles.

They were sold basically to the Chinese Colony in North America, so are rarely seen in China and Chinese society in Southeast Asia.

This series was originally numbered in different blocks between 1557 and 2371, then renumbered in 1903 from 7160 to 7323.

A second lot of similar Chinese records was made just 3 months later, in August, with 59 records of 6 Chinese titles, numbered from

7101 to 7159. Their labels were identical to the earlier Monarchs. Two sessions recorded 223 records of 38 titles.

Some copies of later issues from my collection indicate that these earliest Monarch Records were re-issued in 1904 with the yellow

"Velly Good Talkee" trade mark label.   DU JUN MIN (Antique Phonograph News - Jan-Feb 2008)

 

 



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