Previous Page: Victor had different views and remained loyal because they envisage an establishment value in the household name recordings. The status of the Red Seal label series had a daunting influence on Victor's other merchandise. Victrola became a popular name in the mind of the upper crusts, making it almost a general term used for the phonograph disc records. The company literally went to town in monopolizing the upper crust community for years and believe me the upper crust just fell for the hype. The Victor Company also made many of its interrelated European corporations Red Seal Label recordings that included Mary Garden singing music by Debussy. Debussy the composer of the music played the piano at these recording session on the Red Seal labels series was made available only to the record buyers in the United States. But Columbia Records soon became detached from their opera series as they had lacked commercial value unlike songs and band marches tunes, while on the other hand Victor took a different views and remained loyal because Victor envisage an establishment value in the household name recordings and further to that the red seal labels Red Seal labels series gave the Victor Recording Company a degree of the highest calibre. |