Vocalion Records

Vocalion Records
1921 Vocalion label
1921 Vocalion label
Founded1916 (1916)
FounderAeolian Piano Company
GenreJazz
Country of originUS, UK

Vocalion Records is an American record company and label.

History

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]

Vocalion record by Louis Armstrong

The name Vocalion was resurrected in the late 1950s by Decca (US) 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

  1. ^ [1] Archived February 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ a b Robert Palmer (1981). Deep Blues. Penguin Books. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-14-006223-6.
  3. ^ LaVere, Stephen (1990). The Complete Recordings (Box set booklet). Robert Johnson. New York City: Columbia Records. OCLC 24547399. C2K 46222.
  4. ^ "Vocalion Album Discography". Bsnpubs.com. 2014-04-27. Retrieved 2014-08-04.

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