Emerson Records
Emerson Records, founded 1915: jazz artists and albums on the label.
Emerson Records was an American record company and label created by Victor Emerson in 1915. Victor Hugo Emerson was the chief recording engineer at Columbia Records. In 1914 he left the company, created the Emerson Phonograph Company, and then Emerson Records the following year. He began producing small records, 5-inch discs that sold for 10 cents and 7-inch discs that sold for 25 cents. Early discs consisted of popular tunes, dance numbers, and patriotic marches, recorded by musicians in New York City who were credited as the "Emerson Orchestra" or sometimes "The Emerson Symphony Orchestra". Classical records were made by violinist David Hochstein (his only recordings), pianist Arthur Friedheim, and the orchestra of New York's Rialto Theatre under its director Hugo Riesenfeld. In January 1918 Emerson added a line of 9-inch records that sold for 75 cents.
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US label established in 1915 by Victor Hugo Emerson. After its parent company, Emerson Phonograph Company Inc. went into receivership in 1920, it became part of the Emerson Radio & Phonograph Corporation in 1922. The label then became The New Emerson.
In 1924 the label was sold to the , which discontinued the label in 1928.
Can be written as Emerson, Emerson Record, or Emerson Records! All of these relate to the Emerson Phonograph Company Inc..
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