1908 1908. January 10. N.Y. – Original issue Grand Prize – 80.00 rpm. C-5008-1 Deserto in terra – Don Sebastiano – Donizetti ES Victor 88106 b/Ah, la paterne mano – Macbeth – Verdi Victrola 6 014 ES HMV 052209 b/Un d`all’azzurro spazio – Andrea Chénier – Giord ano HMV DB 700 ES Gramoph. Rec. 76078 (GER) ES Opera Disc 76078 (GER) b/Spirto gentil – Favorita – Donizetti Opera Disc 85010 (GER)

Pre-dog GMR – 052209 - “Gramophone Record” 76078 (G ER)

C-5008-2 Deserto in terra – Don Sebastiano – Donizetti b/Bianca al par – Huguenots – Meyerbeer – with orc h. RCA Victor 15-1037 issued on red vinyl in the Heritage series.

C5009 Adorables tourments – R. Gaël – R.Barthélemy/Caruso – in french ES Victor 88115 b/Chanson de Juin ”1” ”W” ”1” Victrola 6006 ES (1. oplag!) GMR 032070 b/Chanson de juin HMV DB 116 ES Opera Disc 76014 (GER) b/Triste Ritorno Opera Disc 85005 (GER)

Victrola 88115 – 4 lines patent

Victrola 6006 – Patent Aug. 1908 GM R 032070 – Pre-dog Words: Gaël – Music: Caruso and his accompanist Barthélemy C-5010-1 Je crois entendre encore – Perlefiskene – Bizet – in italian (Mi par d’udir ancora) Not released (see 16.3.1908 for take 2 og 3)

1908. February 3. N.Y. with orchestra C-5052-1 -2 -3 Sextet – Chi me frena – Lucia de Lammermoor – Donizetti – (se 7.2.1908) with Sembrich – Severina, Scotti, Jo urnet, Daddi Not released C-5053-1 -2 Quartet - Bella figlia dell’amore – Rigoletto – Not released (se 7.2.1908) with Sembrich, Jacoby, Scotti 1908. February 7. N.Y. – Original issue Grand Prize – 76,92 rpm. C-5052-4 (+ -5) Sextet – Chi me frena – Lucia de Lammermoor – Donizetti – (se 3.2.1908) med Sembrich, Severina, Scotti, Jour net, Daddi ES Victrola 96200 b/Bella figlia del’amore – Rigoletto – quartet Vic trola 10001 ES MRG 054205 b/Bella figlia del’amore – Rigoletto – quartet HMV DQ 101 ES Opera Disc 79003 (GER) b/Bella figlia del’amore – Rigoletto – 1912 issue Opera Disc 79003 (GER) ES K. Sch. Gr. 79003 (GER) b/Bella figlia del’amore – Rigoletto – 1912 issue Sch. Gr. 79003 non Caruso b-side Victor 10027 (JAP)

Victor 96200 GP - Victrola 96200 – 5 lines patent – pris 7$

Victrola 96200 …with back sticker

Victor 96200 – envelope – 7$ - with back sticker

Victrola 96200 – 7-$ Victrola 96200 Patent 3 lines Patent Aug. 1908

GMR 054205

MRG 054205 Künstler Sc hallplatte Grammophon 79003

Schallplatte Grammophon 79013 (GER) – Victor 10027 Historical Society Japan

Scan right: John Banks

C-5053-3 (+ -4) Quartet – Bella figlia dell’amore – Rigoletto – Verdi (se 3.2.1907) with Marcella Sembrich, Gina Severin a, Antonio Scotti ES Victor 96001 ES HMV Victor 96001 (CAN) ES “N” 5 lines Victrola 96001 ES Patent 1908 „3“ „5M“ Victrola 96001 b/Sextet – Chi me frena – Lucia de Lammermoor Vict rola 10001 ES HMV 054199 b/Sextet – Chi me frena – Lucia de Lammermoor HMV DQ 101 ES “RM” Sch. G. 79001 (GER) ES Opera Disc 79001 (GER) b/Addio, dolce svegliare – Bohème – Puccini Opera Disc 79001 (GER) b/Addio, dolce svegliare – Bohème – Puccini RCA Vi ctor 16-5001 b/Addio, dolce svegliare – Bohème – Puccini HMV Vi ctor 16-5001 (CAN) 16-5001 fra Album M-953: Metropolitan Revivals (Ca ruso operatic ensembles) b/Addio, dolce svegliare – Puccini – La Boheme qua rtet Luxus 3014

Victor 96001 – Grand Prize – speed 80 rpm with back sticker

Victrola 96001 - 5 lines patent – 6$

Victrola 96001 - 3 lines patent – 6$ - with back st icker

Victrola 96001 - Patent Aug. 1908

GMR – Pre-dog 054199 Schallplatte Grammophon

Opera Disc 79001 (GER)

HMV Victor 96001 – Canada RCA Victor 16-5001 from Set M 953

Caruso as The Duke of Mantova in Rigoletto

1908. March 10. Original issue Grand Prize – 76,92 rpm. C-6025 Addio, doce svegliare – Bohème – Puccini – with Farrar, Scotti, Viafora ES ”QQ” 4 lines Victrola 96002 b/Mimi! Speravo – Bohéme – Farrar (Ikke med Caruso ) Victrola 10007 ES HMV 054204 b/Hirondelles – Farrar (Ikke med Caruso) HMV DO 10 1 ES Opera Disc 79002 (GER) b/Bella Figlia del amore – Sembrich, Severina, Sco tti Grammophon 79001 b/Bella Figlia del amore – Sembrich, Severina, Sco tti Opera Disc 79001 b/Bella Figlia del amore – Sembrich, Severina, Sco tti RCA Victor 16-5001 b/Bella Figlia del amore – Sembrich, Severina, Sco tti HMV Victor 16-5001 (CAN) 16-5001 fra Album M-953: Metropolitan Revivals (Ca ruso operatic ensembles) b/Chi me frena – Lucia de Lammermoore 6-tet Luxus 3014

Victrola 96002 Victor 96002 Patent 3 lines

Victrola 96002 - Patent 1908 - Victrola 10007 – Aug . 1908

Caruso and his friend and collegue Antonio Scotti

Victrola 96002 - Patent Aug . 1908 - GMR 054204

HMV 054204 HMV DO 101

Grammophon 79001

C-6026 O quanti occhi fisi – Madame Butterfly – Puccini with Geraldine Farrar ES Victor 89017 ES Victrola 89017 b/On l’appelle Manon – Manon – w/Farrar Victrola 8 011 ES HMV 054201 b/On l’appelle Manon – Manon – w/Farrar HMV DM 110 ES Sch. G. 78515 (GER) ES Opera Disc 78515 (GER) b/On l’appelle Manon – Manon – w/Farrar Opera Disc 78515 (GER) b/? RCA Victor 66-0066 (ARG)

Victrola 89017 – 3 lines (short) Victrol a 89017 – 3 lines (long)

Victor 89017

Victrola 8917 - Patent Aug. 1908 “Madama” GMR 054201 – Pre-dog

“Madama” GMR 054201 – Pre-dog - Schallplatte Grammo pnon (GER)

Opera Disc 78515 RCA Victor 66-0066 Argent ina

HMV DM 110

1908. March 16. Camden, NJ. Original issue Grand Prize – 76,92 rpm. C- 5010-2 -3 Mi par d’udir ancora – Pearlefishers – in italian (Je croix entendre encore) Not released (see 10.1.1908 for take 1) C-6032 Lolita – Arturo Buzzi-Peccia (Italian composer) ES Victor ES S/8 Victor 88120 b/Che gelida manina – Bohème – Puccini “S/8” “3” “E” Victrola 6003 ES HMV 062005 b/Cielo e mar – La Gioconda – w/orch. HMV DB 696 ES Sch. G. 76153 (GER) ES Opera Disc 76153 (GER) b/Eternamente – Mascheroni Opera Disc 85042 (GER) b/Eternamente – Mascheroni HMV VB 60

Victor GP 88120 - V ictrola 6003 - Patent Aug. 1908

GMR 062005 – Pre-dog

MRG 062005 S challplatte Grammophon 76153 (GER)

HMV VB 60

B-6033 La donna è mobile – Rigoletto – Verdi – with orchestra ES “1” “3” Victor 87017 ES HMV Victor 87017 (CAN) b/Questa o quella – Rigoletto – with orchestra Vic trola 500 b/Questa o quella – Rigoletto – with orchestra Rus sian Pirate issue ES GCR G.C.-2-52641 ES CGR G.C.-2-52641 ES Oplag GM „2“ HMV 2-52641 b/Ora e per sempre addio – Otello – Verdi HMV DA 5 61 ES Sch. G. 74522 (GER) ES Opera Disc 74522 (GER) b/Di quelli pira – Trovatore – Verdi Opera Disc 80 007 (GER) b/Di quelli pira – Trovatore – Verdi Sch. G. 80007 (GER) b/Di quelli pira – Trovatore – Verdi Deutsche Gram . 8007 (GER) Recreations rec. 3.12.1932 w/Nathaniel Shilkret an d symph. orch. b/O sole mio – Di Capua (recreations) curtain RCA 1616 RR b/O sole mio – Di Capua (recreations) “A71800” “1” HMV DA 1303 RR

Victrola 87017 – 5 lines patent Victro la 87017 – 4 lines patent

Victor 87017 - Envelope Victrola 87017 – Patent 1908

GCR G.C.-2-52641 Opera Disc (D)

GCR G.C.-2-52641 CGR G.C.-2-52641

HMV Victor 87017 – Canada - Victrola 500

HMV 2-52641 - Commendatore Enrico Caruso

Schallplatte “Grammophon” 74522 (GER)

Schallplatte 2-52641 (GER) Künstler Sch. 80007 (GER)

Schallplatte Grammophon 2-52641 (GER) Sch allplatte Grammophon 80007 (GER)

RCA Victor 1616 – Curtain label VE RCA 1616 – later issue

both from 1932, which was the only year this ”Curta in-label” was used.

RCA Victor 1616 – ARG HMV DA 561

HMV DA 1303 (GER) HMV DA 1303 – later issue (UK)

RCA Victor 766-0015 – Argentina - Russian Pirate issue of “La donna e mobile”?

Deutsche Grammophon 8007

C-6034 Ah, sì ben mio, coll’essere – Trovatore – Verdi ES Victor 88121 b/M’appari – Martha – Meyerbeer ”1” ”1” ”2E” Victr ola 6002 ES HMV 052210 b/O tu che in seno agli angeli – Forza del destino HMV DB 112 ES Opera Disc 76079 (GER) b/Parmi veder le lagrime – Rigoletto – Verdi Opera Disc 85019 (GER)

Victor 88121 – 3$

Victrola 6002 Victro la 88121 – Patent Aug. 1908 Patent Aug. 1908

GMR 052210 pre-dog

Opera Disc 76079 (GER)

HMV 052210

B-6035 Questa o quella – Rigoletto – Verdi – with orchestra ES Victor 87018 b/La donna è mobile – Rigoletto – with orchestra V ictrola 500 b/La donna è mobile – Rigoletto – with orchestra R ussian Pirate 24597 b/Cielo e mar Russian Pirate AZG 40604 ES HMV 2-52642 b/Di tu se fedele – Un Ballo in maschera – Verdi H MV DA 102 ES Opera Disc 74523 (GER) b/Di tu se fedele – Un Ballo in maschera – Verdi O pera Disc 80009 (GER) ES Schall. Pl. 74523 (GER)

Victrola 87018 – 3 lines (short) and back sticker

Victrola 87018 – 3 lines (long)

Victor 87018 – 2$ – with back sticker

Victrola 500 - Russian Pirate issue of Questa o Que lla

another Russian Pirate issue of Questa o Quella

GCR G.C.-2-52642 - Schallplatte 74523

1908. Marts 17. – Camden NJ – Original issue Grand Prize – 75,00 rpm. C-6036-1 Ai nostri monte – Trovatore – Verdi – with Louise Homer (take-2 se 29.12.1910)(Caruso goes down on the last note) ES (also with take 2) Victrola 89018 ES (also with take 2) ”XIII” GMR 054198

Victrola 89018 - 3 lines short Vic trola 89018 - 3 lines

Victrola 89018 - Patent Aug. 1908

GMR 054198 - Pre-dog 054198

1908. March 29. Camden NJ – Original issue Grand Prize – 76,92 rpm. C-3180-3 (og -2) Celeste Aïda – Aïda – Verdi – without recitativ ES (no. also used for C-11423 Celeste Aïda) Victrola 88127 ES ”XIII” GMR 052224 b/Mia piccirella: Salvator Rosa – Gomez HVM DB 144 b/Mia piccirella: Salvator Rosa – Gomez Electrola DB 144 (GER) ES Opera Disc 76080 (GER) b/O soave fanciulla: Bohème - w/Melba – Puccini Gr ammophon 78512 (GER) b/O soave fanciulla: Bohème - w/Melba – Puccini Op era Disc 78512 (GER) b/Addio alla madre: Cavalleria rusticana Opera Dis c 85020 (GER)

Victrola 88127 – 3 lines (short)

GMR 05224 – Predog - GMR 05224

MRG 052224 - HMV 052224

Grammophon 78512 (GER) Electrola DB 144 (GER)

C-6062 (se 7.11.09) Magiche note – Queen of Sheba – Goldmark Not released 1908. August 10.?? London – date is unsure. ?? Auld long syne Not released 8972e La Donna è mobile Not released 1908. December 19. N.Y. C-6679-1 -2 Alerte, ou vous étes perdus – Faust – Gounod – in french with Farrar, Vieulle Not released C-6680 Perigliarti ancor longuente – Trovatore – Verdi – Not released with Homer C-6681-1 –2 Que voulez-vous, messieurs? – Faust – Gounod – in french with De Gorgoza, Vieulle Not released C-6682-1 Mal reggendo – Trovatore – Verdi – with Homer – Not released (see 29.12.1910)