Yeah, Bruce, that's pretty much what I meant to say. Major stars of their own accord didn't seem to frequent Edison studios, outside of Dalhart and Happiness boys. And Cal Stewart. Those guys were all stars without the Edison recordings, having recorded for probably (or in Dalhart's case, certainly) hundreds of labels. Caruso would've stormed the world eventually if he had never recorded for anyone but Pathe and Zonophone, ditto many other highly-touted opera stars to whom Victor lay exclusive claim, and who (again) were stars already from live performances worldwide.
Which begs the question that still plagues the music industry to this day: do the stars fortify the labels, or did the labels "create" the stars? r. > Also, let's not forget the Rolfe 52000 series either, and > maybe the Georgia Melodians thrown in for good measure. I have the > Rachmaninoff discs but I wouldn't walk across the room for free a stack of > NOS records of the afore mentioned "stars". > > Bruce > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://phono-l.oldcrank.org/archive/ > > Support Phono-L > http://www.cafepress.com/oldcrank >
