1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 |
1929 | 1930 | 1931 | HMV Electrics, 1927-42 |
HMV
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When You and I Were Seventeen (Rosoff)
BVE 32534-1 unpublished
BVE 32534-2 unpublished
BVE 32534-3 unpublished
BVE 32534-4 ----- 1086 (6-2203) DA 693 ----- GEMM 186 -----
OASI-539
IDLP 2005
Moonlight and Roses (Black-Moret-Lemare)
BVE 32535-1 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Opal 841/2 -----
BVE 32535-2 ----- 1092 (6-2200) DA 741 IR 1028 GEMM 187 GEMM CD 9970
OASI-539
LP-110
BVE 32535-3 unpublished
June Brought the Roses (Openshaw)
BVE 32536-1 ----- 1086 (6-2204) ----- IR 1028 GEMM 187 -----
DOLM 187
BVE 32536-2 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Opal 841/2 GEMM CD 9970
The Sweetest Call (Morrow)
BVE 32537-1 unpublished
BVE 32537-2 ----- 1092 (6-2212) DA 692 ----- GEMM 187 -----
DA 741 DOLM 5023
Schlafendes Jesuskind (Wolfe)
BVE 32538-1 unpublished
BVE 32538-2 ----- 1272 (7-42093) DA 953 ----- GEMM 158 -----
I Look Into Your Garden (Wood)
BVE 32539-1 unpublished
BVE 32539-2 ----- 1147 (6-2202) DA 693 ----- GEMM 185 -----
DOLM 5023
What a Wonderful World It Would (Löhr)
BVE 32540-1 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Opal 833/4 -----
BVE 32540-2 unpublished
Devotion (Wood)
BVE 32541-1 unpublished
BVE 32541-2 ----- 1147 (6-2201) DA 692 ----- GEMM 275 -----
You Forgot to Remember (Berlin)
BVE 33464-1 ----- 1121 (6-2346) DA 760 ----- GEMM 187 -----
OASI 539++
BVE 33464-2 unpublished
BVE 33464-3 unpublished
Oh, How I Miss You Tonight (Burke)
BVE 33465-1 ----- 1121 (6-2347) DA 760 ----- GEMM 187 -----
OASI 539
BVE 33465-2 unpublished
Just a Cottage Small (Hanley)
BVE 33819-1 unpublished
BVE 33819-2 unpublished
BVE 33819-3 ----- 1133 (6-2350) DA 765 ----- GEMM 187 -----
IDLP 2005
Through All the Days to Be (Melville-Hope)
BVE 33820-1 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Opal 841/2 GEMM CD 9970
BVE 33820-2 unpublished
BVE 33820-3 ----- 1133 (6-2377) DA 780 ----- GEMM 187 -----
Mother My Dear (Treharne)
BVE 33821-1 ----- 1137 (6-23510) DA 765 ----- GEMM 187 -----
DOLM 5023
BVE 33821-2 unpublished
BVE 33821-3 unpublished
Notes:
Victor Salon Orchestra for this session: 3 violins, 'cello, flute, cornet, tuba, piano, traps.
Love Me and I'll Live Forever (Snyder)
BVE 34159-1 ----- 1594 (6-2765) DA 893 ----- Opal 833/4 -----
OASI 624+
BVE 34159-2 unpublished
BVE 34159-3 ----- ERC 6007 ----- ----- IR 1029 GEMM 275 -----
When You and I Were Young, Maggie (Butterfield)
BVE 23525-3 unpublished
BVE 23525-4 ----- 1173 (6-2606) DA 823 IR 265 GEMM 187 GEMM CD 9970
GV 901
Luoghi sereni e cari (Donaudy)
BVE 34160-1 unpublished
BVE 34160-2 ----- 1288 (7-52331) ----- IR 1025 VIC 1393 -----
GEMM 159
GV 523
To the Children (Rachmaninoff)
BVE 27085-3 unpublished
BVE 27085-4 ----- 1288 (6-2764) DA 1112 IR 368 VIC 1393 -----
GEMM 158
GV 523
Notes:
Orchestra: 3 violins, viola,'cello, flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, trombone, tuba, piano, traps.
Re Vic 1594: Other pressings on vinyl with white labels are known to exist.
Re BVE 23525-3, -4: Takes 1 and 2 were acoustic takes, recorded 11 Dec. 1919.
Re BVE 27085-: This matrix number, also used for the acoustic takes, was substituted for matrix
number 34161 originally assigned to this electrical re-make.
Night Hymn at Sea (Goring-Thomas).
BVE 34166-1 unpublished
BVE 34166-2 unpublished
BVE 34166-3 unpublished
Underneath the Window ("Unter'm Fenster")(Schumann)
BVE 34167-1 unpublished
BVE 34167-2 ----- (3039) ----- ----- ----- HMV RLS -----
1547003
Opal 833/4
BVE 34167-3 unpublished
BVE 34167-4 unpublished
Notes:
Orchestra: 3 violins, viola, 'cello, flute, clarinet, 2 cornets, trombone, tuba, piano, traps.
Victor files erroneously list "In the Woods" for BVE 34167.
Re BVE 34167-2: Extant test pressings bear the number 3039.
A Brown Bird Singing (Wood)
BVE 34176-1 unpublished
BVE 34176-2 ----- 1137 (6-2430) DA 780 IR 258 GEMM 187 -----
Silver Threads Among the Gold (Danks)
BVE 11834-4 ----- 1173 (6-2605) DA 823 IR 261 GEMM 187 -----
BVE 11834-5 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Opal 841/2 GEMM CD 9971
THE BOHEMIAN GIRL: When other lips and other hearts (Balfe)
BVE 14677-3 unpublished
Notes:
Orchestra: 3 violins, viola, 'cello, flute, clarinet, oboe, 2 cornets, trombone, tuba, piano, traps.
Night Hymn at Sea (Goring-Thomas)
BVE 34166-4 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Opal 841/2 -----
BVE 34166-5 ----- (3039) ----- ----- ----- GEMM 245 -----
Opal 833/4
BVE 34166-6 unpublished
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The Far Away Bells (Gordon)
BVE 36361-1 ----- 1215 (6-2712) DA 858 IR 1030 GEMM 187 -----
ERC 6008 DA 914 GV 901
DOLM 5023
BVE 36361-2 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- GEMM CD 9971
When Twilight Comes, I'm Thinking Of You (Horne)
BVE 36362-1 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Opal 841/2 GEMM CD 9971
BVE 36362-2 unpublished: extant test pressings
BVE 36362-3 ----- 1197 (6-2675) DA 840 ----- DOLM 5023 -----
GEMM 185
Just for Today (Seaver)
BVE 36363-1 ----- 1281 (6-2766) DA 929 IR 201 CAL-635+ -----
GEMM 159
GEMM 176e++
BVE 36363-2 unpublished
Notes:
Orchestra: 2 violins, viola, 'cello, flute, 2 clarinets, 2 cornets, trombone.
Lillies of Lorraine (Connor)
BVE 36374-1 ----- 1229 (6-2755) DA 881 ----- DOLM 5023 -----
GEMM 187
BVE 36374-2 unpublished
A Rose for Every Heart
BVE 36375-1 unpublished
BVE 36375-2 ----- 1229 (6-2756) DA 881 ----- DOLM 5023 -----
GEMM 187
BVE 36375-3 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- GEMM CD 9971
Calling Me Back to You (Seaver)
BVE 36376-1 unpublished
BVE 36376-2 ----- 1197 (6-2676) DA 840 ----- GEMM 187 -----
Notes:
Orchestra: 3 violins, 'cello, flute, 2 clarinets, 2 cornets, trombone, tuba, piano, traps.
Adeste Fideles (Traditional)
CVE 36606-1 ----- 6607 (2-052318) DB 984 IRX 18 LCT-1036 -----
VIC-1682+
GEMM 245++
CVE 36606-2 unpublished
She Rested by the Broken Brook (Coleridge-Taylor)
BVE 35891-1 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Opal 833/4 -----
Voce 88
A Prayer to Our Lady (Ford)
BVE 35892-1 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Opal 833/4 GEMM CD 9990
Love's Secret (Bantock)
BVE 35893-1 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- LCT 1008 -----
VIC-1393++
GEMM 159
Notes:
No information on orchestra instruments in Victor files.
Adeste Fideles was re-recorded on V-Disc No.49, side A (matrix ND3-MC-3371-1).
Side B was not McCormack.
See discussion of origin of Adeste Fideles in New Oxford Book of Carols.
Trinity Choir: Olive Kline, Lucy Isabelle Marsh, helen Clark, Mina Hager, ? Giles, Lambert Murphy
Charles Hart, Paul Parks, Fred Patton, Mary Allen, Ruth Rogers, Elsie Baker,
Margaret Dunlap, J. Kinsey, Charles Harrison, Royal Dadmun, Frank Croxton, Richard Crooks.
Alexander Schmidt, violin, and ? Lennartz, cello, also accompanies BVE 35892-1.
RCA LCT-1008 was the first release of BVE 35893-1.
The Palms ("Les Rameaux") (Jean-Baptiste-Faure)
CVE 36384-1 ----- 6607 (2-02202) DB 984 IRX 18 GEMM 159 GEMM CD 9990
GEMM 176e
CVE 36384-2 unpublished
Notes:
Orchestra: 3 violins, 'cello, flute, 2 clarinets, cornet, trombone, tuba, piano, organ, traps
The Holy Child (Kirkpatrick)
BVE 37147-1 ----- 1281 (6-2767) DA 929 IR 201 CAL-635 -----
VIC-1682+
GEMM 159++
BVE 37147-2 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- GEMM CD 9970
Because I Love You (Berlin)
BVE 37148-1 unpublished
BVE 37148-2 ----- 1215 (6-2711) DA 858 IR 1029 OASI-539 -----
DA 893 GEMM 187
All'mein Gedanken ("Minnelied") (Traditional, arr. Karg-Elert)
BVE 37149-1 ----- 1272 (7-42105) DA 953 IR 1024 VIC-1393 -----
DA 1675 GEMM 159
Notes:
Orchestra: 3 violins, cello, flute, 2 clarinets, cornet, trombone,tuba, piano,traps and L. Shilkret, organ
See discussion of The Holy Child in New Oxford Book of Carols, p. 361. Tune sung by McCormack appears to be
the one by William J. Kirkpatrick, rather than Easthope Martin as listed in 1986 edition.
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Somewhere a Voice is Calling (Tate)
BVE 15419-2 unpublished
BVE 15419-3 ----- 1247 (6-2840) DA 914 IR 261 GV 901 -----
ER 6011 GEMM 187
Marcheta (Schertzinger)
BVE 29865-3 ----- 1247 (6-2841?) ----- ----- Opal 833/4 -----
Lp 110
Notes:
Orchestra: 3 violins, viola, 'cello, string bass, 2 clarinets, oboe, bassoon, 2 cornets,
trombone, piano, traps.
Re BVE 29865-3: It is uncertain if the unissued HMV side number is 6-2841 or 6-2839.
Venue: Liederkranz Hall, NYC
Notes:
Venue: Liederkranz Hall
Orchestra: 3 violins, viola, 'cello, string bass, flute, 2 clarinets, oboe, bassoon,
2 cornets, trombone, piano, traps.
Victor files note: "Mr.McCormack voice poorly - could not record. Orchestra called
2:00 - dismissed 2:45."
Under the Spell of the Rose (Wild Rose Lane) (Martin)
BVE 38386-1 unpublished
BVE 38386-2 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- GEMM 275 -----
DOLM 5023
The Fallen Leaf (Logan)
BVE 38387-1 unpublished
BVE 38387-2 unpublished
BVE 38387-3 ----- ----- ----- AGSA 63 ----- GEMM 187 GEMM CD 9971
ANNA 1026
Christ Went Up Into the Hills Alone (Hageman)
CVE 38388-1 ----- 6708 (2-02243) ----- IRX 1004 CAL-635+ -----
GEMM 159
GEMM 176e++
Notes:
Venue: Liederkranz Hall, NYC.
Orchestra (3 violins, viola, 'cello, string bass, flute, 2 clarinets, oboe, bassoon,
2 cornets, trombone, piano, traps.
Re AGSA 63: A re-recording: matrix BVE 38387-5R.
When You're in Love (Blaufuss)
BVE 38731-1 unpublished
BVE 38731-2 ----- ----- ----- AGSA 63* ----- GEMM 187 -----
Tick, Tick, Tock (Hamblen)
BVE 38732-1 ----- 1594 ----- ----- ----- GEMM 243 -----
OASI-624++
BVE 38732-2 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- GEMM CD 9970
Panis Angelicus (Franck)
CVE 38733-1 unpublished (reportedly on Pearl GEMM CD 9990, but not confirmed)
CVE 38733-2 ----- 6708 (2-052349) ----- ----- CAL-635+ -----
GEMM 275
Opal 841/2++
Notes:
Re: AGSA 63: Re-recording, matrix BVE 38731-5R
Re: Victor 1594 is a 76.60 rpm re-recording. In addition to original pressings, a few later white label
vinyl pressings are known to exist.
Orchestra for BVE 38731, BVE 38732: 4 violins, viola, 'cello, string bass, flute, 2 clarinets, oboe, bassoon, 2
cornets, trombone, piano, traps
Orchestra for CVE 38733: 4 violins, viola, 'cello, string bass, piano, organ.
Single face HMV 2-052349 was once rumored to have been issued, but this has not been confirmed.
Kathleen Mavourneen (Crouch)
CVE 39889-1 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- RCA 09026-686 68-2
CVE 39889-2 unpublished
CVE 39889-3 ----- 6776 (2-02277) DB 1200 IRX 9 CAL-407+ GEMM CD 9338
GEMM 185++
Love's Old Sweet Song (Molloy)
CVE 40165-1 unpublished
CVE 40165-2 ----- 6776 (2-02271) DB 1200 IRX 9 OASI-624 -----
DB 2454 BLP 1084
GEMM 185
Bird Songs at Eventide (Coates)
BVE 40166-1 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- GEMM CD 9970
BVE 40166-2 ----- 1303 (7-2006) DA 973 IR 205 ARM1-4997 -----
DA 1712 GEMM 185++
Beloved, I am Lonely (Craxton)
BVE 40167-1 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- GEMM CD 9970
BVE 40167-2 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- GEMM 185 -----
DOLM 5023
Notes:
HMV DB 2454: King George V Silver Jubilee disc contains partial re-recording of "Love's Old Sweet Song."
RCA 09026-686 68-2 (CD), issued in 1997, was the first release of CVE 39889-1, "Kathleen Mavourneen."
None But a Lonely Heart (Tchaikovsky). With Lauri Kennedy, cello obbligato.
BVE 40170-1 unpublished: extant test pressings.
BVE 40170-2 ----- 1306 (7-2083) DA 1112 IR 265 GEMM 158 -----
The Rosary (Nevin). With Lauri Kennedy, cello obbligato.
BVE 40171-1 unpublished
BVE 40171-2 ----- 1458 (40-2031) DA 1116 IR 263 CAL-635+ -----
GEMM 187
I Hear You Calling Me (Marshall)
BVE 40172-1 ----- 1293 (6-2966) DA 958 IR 256 ARM1-4997 -----
CAL-407+
Opal 833/4++
BVE 40172-2 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- GEMM CD 9970
Mother Machree (Olcott & Ball)
BVE 40173-1 unpublished
BVE 40173-2 ----- 1293 (6-2965) DA 958 IR 264 CAL-407+ RCA 09026-686 68-2
410-0172 GEMM 243++ GEMM CD 9338
ERC 6003
Notes:
HMV DA 1112: label shows "None But the Weary Heart."
Victor 410-0172 is a re-recording.
Annie Laurie (Scott)
BVE 40177-1 unpublished; extant test pressings
BVE 40177-2 ----- 1305 (7-2036) DA 966 IR 260 GEMM 241 -----
The Auld Scotch Sangs (Leeson)
BVE 40178-1 unpublished
BVE 40178-2 ----- 1305 (7-2037) DA 966 (IR 1052) ARM1-4997 -----
GEMM 241
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Dear Old Pal of Mine (Rice)
BVE 41543-1 unpublished
BVE 41543-2 ----- 1321 (7-2042) DA 965 ----- GV 901 -----
GEMM 187
BVE 41543-3 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- GEMM CD 9970
The Irish Emigrant (Barker)
BVE 41544-1 ----- ERC 6004 ----- ----- ----- Opal 833/4 RCA 09026-686 68-2
BVE 41544-2 ----- 1528 (40-3994) DA 1234 IR 210 GEMM 185 GEMM CD 9338
Roses of Picardy (Wood)
BVE 41545-1 unpublished
BVE 41545-2 ----- 1321 (7-2043) DA 965 (IR 1054) GEMM 187 -----
GV 901
LP 110
By the Short Cut to the Rosses (Traditional)
BVE 41546-1 ----- 10-0041 ----- ----- ----- GEMM 185 GEMM CD 9338
42-0003 RCA 09026-686 68-2
BVE 41546-2 ----- 1528 (40-3995) DA 1234 IR 210 ARM1-4997 -----
VIC-1393
GEMM 245++
Notes:
Re: BVE 41544-1: ERC 6004 is a re-recording.
Re 10-0041 (BVE 41546-1) was included in Victor album DM-1358.
A Song Remembered (Coates) BVE 41561-1 unpublished
Sonny Boy (DeSylva-Brown-Henderson)
BVE 48178-1 unpublished
BVE 48178-2 unpublished
BVE 48178-3 ----- 1360 (7-2279) DA 1027 ----- OASI-539 GEMM CD 9971
LP-110
GEMM 188
Jeannine, I Dream of Lilac Time (Shilkret)
BVE 48179-1 ----- 1360 (7-2286) DA 1027 ----- OASI-539 -----
GEMM 188
BVE 48179-2 unpublished
BVE 48179-3 unpublished
Song of the Night (Waldrop)
BVE 48180-1 ----- 1463 (40-2268) DA 1135 ----- GEMM 188 -----
BVE 48180-2 unpublished
The Gateway of Dreams (English)
BVE 48181-1 ----- 1463 (40-2269) DA 1135 ----- GEMM 188 -----
BVE 48181-2 unpublished
Notes:
Orchestra: 4 violins, viola, 'cello, flute, 2 clarinets, oboe, 2, cornets, trombone, tuba, piano, traps.
Crossroads (Klagen-Axt-Mendoza) BVE 48191-1 unpublished BVE 48191-2 unpublished Notes: Orchestra: 4 violins, viola, 'cello, flute, 2 clarinets, oboe, 2 cornets, trombone, tuba,piano, traps.
Ave Maria (Schubert)
CVE 49209-1, 1A ----- ----- (2-02310) DB 1297 IRX 100 GEMM 158 -----
GV 523
CVE 49209-2 ----- 6927 (2-02310) ----- ----- RCA L-4509 -----
GEMM 275
CVE 49209-3 ----- 6927 ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
Serenade (Softly Through the Night is Calling)(Schubert)
CVE 49210-1 ----- 6927 ----- ----- ----- GEMM 275 -----
CVE 49210-2 ----- 6927 (2-02308) DB 1297 IRX 100 RCA L-4509 -----
GV 523
GEMM 158
Notes:
Orchestra: 8 violins, 2 violas, 2 'celli, string bass, flute, 2 clarinets, oboe, bassoon, 2 trumpets,
2 french horns, trombone, tuba, harp, piano, organ, traps
Victor Salon Group: James Melton, Lewis James, tenors; Elliot Shaw, baritone; Wilfred Glenn, bass.
Re CVE 49209-1, 1A: IRX 100 is a re-recording.
Re Victor 6927 in Album C-3 "An Hour With Schubert," CVE 49209-1: Take 2 was the original take issued;
take 3 was used in subsequent releases of this 78 rpm album.
Re CVE 49210-1: Re-recorded onto 10: matrix for unissued test. Take 1 is the later, less common issue.
Re CVE 49210-2: Take 2 is the original, more common take.
RCA Victor L-4509: Early long-playing 33 1/3 rpm Program Transcription. CVE 49209-1 and CVE 49210-2 were
re-recorded onto matrix LBVE 69735-1.
The Organ Grinder / Farewell (Schubert)
CVE 49213-1 unpublished
CVE 49213-2 unpublished
CVE 49213-3 ----- 6928 ----- ----- ----- RCA L-4509 -----
GV 523
GEMM 158
Hark, Hark, the Lark! / Who is Sylvia? (Schubert)
CVE 49214-1 unpublished; extant test pressings
CVE 49214-2 unpublished
Notes:
Orchestra: 8 violins, 2 violas, 2 'celli, string bass, flute, 2 clarinets, bassoon, 2 trumpets, 2 french horns,
trombone, tuba, harp, piano, harmonium, traps
CVE 49213-3 re-recorded onto matrix LBVE 67936-1 for RCA L-4509, an early RCA 33 1/3 rpm Program Transcription disc.
In addition to the two songs by McCormack, an orchestral transcription of Schubert's "Ungeduld" is
also on this matrix.
CVE 49214-1, -2: In addition to the two songs sung by McCormack, an orchestral transcription of
"Heidenroslein" D.257 is also on this matrix.
Holy Night / To the Lyre (Schubert)
CVE 49237-1 unpublished
CVE 49237-2 unpublished
CVE 49237-3 ----- 6926 (42-725) DB 1383 (IRX 1020) GEMM 158 GEMM CD 9990
GV 523
Hark, Hark, the Lark! / Who is Sylvia? (Schubert)
CVE 49214-3 unpublished
Notes:
Orchestra:8 violins, 2 violas, 2 'celli, string bass, flute, 2 clarinets, oboe, bassoon,
2 cornets, 2 french horns, trombone, tuba, harp, 2 pianos, traps.
Victor Salon Group: James Melton, Lewis James, tenors; Elliot Shaw, baritone; Wilfred Glenn, bass.
Re CVE 49237: In addition to the two songs by McCormack, orchestral transcriptions of "Die Forelle"
D.550 and the Impromptu in A flat D. 935 #2 are also included on this matrix.
Re CVE 49214-3: In addition to the two songs sung by McCormack, an orchestral transcription of "Heidenroslein" D.257
is also on this matrix, as well as on takes 4 and 5 below.
Under the Spell of the Rose (Wild Rose Lane) (Martin)
BVE 49240-1 ----- ----- ----- AGSA 62 ----- GEMM 188 -----
ANNA-1026
BVE 49240-2 unpublished
BVE 49240-3 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- GEMM CD 9970
Hark, Hark, the Lark! / Who is Sylvia? (Schubert). With Victor Salon Group:
CVE 49214-4 ----- 6926 (42-700) DB 1383 (IRX 1020) GEMM 158 -----
GV 523
CVE 49214-5 unpublished
Notes:
Orchestra: 8 violins, 2 violas, 2 'celli, string bass, flute, 2 clarinets, oboe, bassoon,
2 cornets, 2 french horns, trombone, tuba. harp, 2 pianos, traps)
Victor Salon Group: James Melton, Lewis James, tenors; Elliot Shaw, baritone; Wilfred Glenn, bass.
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I Love to Hear You Singing (Wood)
BVE 51613-1 unpublished
BVE 51613-2 ----- 1425 (40-632) DA 1059 ----- GEMM 188 -----
DA 1077
Lady Divine (Shilkret)
BVE 51614-1 unpublished
BVE 51614-2 unpublished
Notes:
Venue: 44th St. Laboratory, NYC.
Orchestra: 4 violins, viola, cello, flute, 2 clarinets, oboe, 2 cornets, trombone, tuba, piano, traps.
This and subsequent sessions represent recordings made by the RCA Victor Division
of the Radio Corporation of America, after these two companies merged.
Little Pal (DeSylva-Brown-Henderson)
BVE 51620-1 unpublished
BVE 51620-2 ----- 1425 (40-631) DA 1059 IR 1037 Opal 833/4 GEMM CD 9971
LP-110
OASI-539
BVE 51620-3 unpublished
A Garden in the Rain (Gibbons)
BVE 51621-1 unpublished
BVE 51621-2 ----- 1400 (7-2443) DA 1050 IR 1030 OASI-539 -----
ERC 6012 GEMM 188
Lover Come Back to Me (Romberg)
BVE 51622-1 unpublished
BVE 51622-2 ----- 1400 (7-2444) DA 1050 ----- GEMM 188 -----
DA 1077 LP-110
Notes:
Venue: 44th St. Laboratory, NYC.
Orchestra: 4 violins, viola, 'cello, flute, 2 clarinets, oboe, 2 cornets, trombone, tuba, piano, traps.
*Re BVE 51620-2: It is not certain if the assigned, unissued sf side # is 40-631 or 40-632.
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: O Konig, das kann ich dir nicht sagen (Wagner)
BVE TEST 426-1 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- VOCE-88 -----
GEMM 275
Notes:
Venue: 44th St. Laboratory, NYC.
Incomplete, ends in mid-phrase before end of aria. Victor files note: "For Mr. McCormack to hear."
Test pressings exist of 45 rpm re-recording: dubbed matrix: EO-RC-1263 (according to William Moran).
Cf. 10 March 1930, CVE 58692-1.
0 Mary Dear (Londonderry Air)
BVE 56188-1 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Opal 833/4 -----
Just a Corner of Heaven to Me (Hanley)
BVE 56198-1 unpublished; extant test pressings
BVE 56198-2 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- GEMM 243 GEMM CD 9971
EB 22
FORTUNIO: J'amais la vielle maison grise (Messager)
BVE 56190-1 unpublished
BVE 56190-2 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Opal 833/4 -----
Notes:
Venue: 44th St. Laboratory, NYC.
Orchestra: 5 violins, viola, 'cello, flute, 2 clarinets, oboe, bassoon, 2 cornets, trombone, tuba,
harp (Francis J. Lapitino), piano, traps.
Ireland, Mother Ireland (Loughborough). With Francis J. Lapitino, harp. BVE 56192-1 unpublished BVE 56192-2 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Opal 841/2 ----- Bantry Bay (Traditional) BVE 56193-1 unpublished BVE 56193-2 unpublished Notes: Venue: 44th St. Laboratory, NYC. Orchestra: 5 violins, viola, 'cello, string bass, flute, 2 clarinets, oboe, bassoon, 2 cornets, trombone, piano, traps)
When Night Descends (Rachmaninoff)
BVE 56197-1 unpublished
BVE 56197-2 unpublished
0 Mary Dear (Londonderry Air)
BVE 56188-2 unpublished
Norah O'Neale (Traditional, arr. Hughes)
BVE 56198-1 unpublished (listed as published on GEMM CD 9338, but unconfirmed)
BVE 56198-2 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- LCT-1008+ -----
GEMM 185++
WCT-12
Notes:
Venue: 44th St. Laboratory, NYC.
Orchestra: 5 violins, viola, 'cello, string bass, flute, 2 clarinets, oboe, bassoon, 2 cornets, french horn,
trombone, harp (Francis J. Lapitino), piano, traps.
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The Rose of Tralee (Mulchinock)
BVE 58586-1 unpublished
BVE 58586-2 ----- 1452 (40-2194) DA 119 IR 202 ARM1-4997 RCA 09026-686 68-2
10-0040 CAL-407+
42-0002 GEMM 245++
ERC 6005
I Feel You Near Me (Hanley)
BVE 58587-1 unpublished
BVE 58587-2 unpublished
A Pair of Blue Eyes (Kernell)
BVE 58588-1 ----- 1453 (40-1795) DA 1113 ------ BLP 1084 -----
Opal 833/4
BVE 58588-2 unpublished; extant test pressings
Notes:
Venue: 44th St. Laboratory, NYC.
Orchestra: 4 violins, viola, 'cello, string bass, flute, 2 clarinets, oboe, bassoon, 2 cornets, french horn,
trombone, tuba, harp, traps.
The authorship of "The Rose of Tralee" is uncertain. Previous McCormack references give C.Mordaunt Spencer/
Charles W. Glover, but other references show words and music by William P. Mulchinock. See notes to Rego RCD 3022.
BVE 58586-2: RCA Victor 10-0040 is a re-recording. It was included in Victor album DM-1358.
Little Boy Blue (Nevin)
BVE 58595-1 unpublished
BVE 58595-2 ----- 1458 (40-2032) DA 1116 IR 259 FLPS 1840 -----
GEMM 243++
A Fairy Story by the Fire (Merikanto)
BVE 58596-1 ----- (1307) ----- ----- ----- Opal 841/2 -----
Ireland, Mother Ireland (Loughborough)
BVE 56192-3 unpublished
BVE 56192-4 ----- 1452 (40-2195) DA 1119 IR 202 ARM1-4997 RCA 09026-686 68-2
10-0040 GEMM 245++
ERC 6002
I Feel You Near Me (Hanley)
BVE 58587-3 ----- 1453 (40-1829) DA 1113 ----- Opal 833/4 -----
Notes:
Venue: 44th St. Laboratory, NYC.
Orchestra: 4 violins, viola, 'cello, string bass, flute, 2 clarinets, oboe, bassoon, 2 cornets, french horn,
trombone, tuba, harp, piano, traps.
Re BVE 56192-4: RCA Victor 10-0040 is a re-recording. It was included in Victor album DM-1358.
CHRISTUS AM ÖLBERG ("Christ on the Mount of Olives"): Jehovah! Hear Me!
(recitative)(in English)(Beethoven)
CVE 58684-1 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- F7-OH-7606/7 GEMM CD 9990
CAL-635+
GEMM 240++
CHRISTUS AM ÖLBERG: Jehova! Du mein Vater! (recitative)(in German)
CVE 58684-2 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- GEMM 240 -----
CHRISTUS AM ÖLBERG: My Heart is Sore Within Me (aria) (in English)
CVE 58685-1 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- F7-OH-7606/7 GEMM CD 9990
CAL-635+
GEMM 240++
Notes:
Venue: Liederkranz Hall, NYC.
Orchestra: 7 lst violins, 4 2nd violins, 4 violas, 4 'celli, 3 string basses, 2 flutes, 2 clarinets, 2 oboes,
2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, 4 french horns, 3 trombones, tuba, harp, piano, traps.
27 February 1930 is the date on test pressings of CVE 58684-1 and CVE 58685-1. RCA files
give date as 28 February 1930.
Re RCA F7-OH-7606/7: Label states, "RCA Victor limited edition. John McCormack Commemorative Record to Reviewers
on the 10th Anniversary of his death September 16, 1955 - Not for Sale."
Re Camden CAL-635: First available commercial release of these two sides.
Song O' My Heart (Hanley)
BVE 58690-1 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ANNA-1026 -----
GEMM 243
Wo find' ich Trost (Wolf)
BVE 58691-1 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Opal 833/4 -----
BVE 58691-2 unpublished: extant test pressings
TRISTAN UND ISOLDE: O König, das kann ich dir nicht sagen (Wagner)
CVE 58692-1 ----- DSRB 0980 ----- ----- ----- LCT-1036+ -----
GEMM 240
Notes:
Venue: Liederkranz Hall, NYC.
Orchestra, BVE 58690-1: 4 lst violins, 4 2nd violins, 2 violas, 2 'celli, 2 string basses, flute,
2 clarinets, oboe, bassoon, 2 trumpets, 2 french horns, trombone, tuba, harp, piano, traps.
Orchestra, BVE 58691-1, -2; CVE 58692-1: 9 lst violins, 8 2nd violins, 4 violas, 5 'celli, 3 string
basses, 2 flutes, 3 clarinets, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 bassoons, 2 trumpets, 4 french horns,
3 trombones, tuba, harp, piano, traps.
DSRB 0980 was a disc distributed as a Christmas gift to some RCA dealers.
Cf. 15 October 1929: This previous test recording appears to be the one dubbed onto the 10" matrix EO-RC-1263, not
CVE 58692-1 as reported in JMACD 1986, page 71.
HMV
Matrix- Victor HMV Irish
take Sf Df Sf Df 78 Df LP CD
----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- -----
God Gave me Flowers (Torrance)
PBVE 61097-1 unpublished; (extant test pressings?)
PBVE 61097-2 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- GEMM 245 GEMM CD 9971
DRLP 008
Notes:
RCA files note: "Orchestra cancelled. Continued with piano, Schneider. After making several tests, Mr. McCormack
decided selection
was not suited to his voice."
Orchestra initially on hand, to have been conducted by Roy Shields: 2 violins, viola, 'cello, flute. 2 clarinets,
bassoon, piano.
Two Brown Eyes (Adams)The Last Rose of Summer (Traditional)
BRC-HQ-32-1 unpublished
Und willst du deinen Liebsten sterben sehen (Wolf)
BRC-HQ-33-1 ----- ----- ----- ----- ----- Opal 833/4 GEMM CD 9343
Herr, was trägt der Boden hier (Wolf)
BRC-HQ-34-1 unpublished
BRC-HQ-34-2 unpublished
Notes:
The one known surviving test pressing from this session is a single-sided disc
pressed on a vinyl-like material, somewhat larger than a ten inch record.
It plays at 78 rpm. This test pressing has been re-issued as shown on both LP and CD.
These recordings were reportedly made using a cutter and amplifier of greater fidelity
than customary, but further details are lacking. Venue is uncertain.
Cylinders, 1904-1906 | G & T Discs, 1904 | Odeon Acoustics, 1906-1909 | Victor/HMV Acoustics, 1910-1924
Victor Electrics, 1925-1931 | HMV Electrics, 1927-1942 | Broadcasts, 1926-1942 | Film Recordings, 1929-1936
