Vocalion Records

Vocalion Records is an American record company and label.

For Decca's Vocalion label, see Disques Vogue.
Vocalion Records
1921 Vocalion label
Founded1916 (1916)
FounderAeolian Piano Company
GenreJazz
Country of originUS, UK

History

In late 1924, the label was acquired by Brunswick Records. During the 1920s, Vocalion also began the 1000 race series, records recorded by and marketed to African Americans.[1] Jim Jackson recorded "Jim Jackson's Kansas City Blues" for Vocalion in 1927.[2] It sold exceptionally well, and the song became a blues standard for musicians from Memphis and Mississippi.[2] The label issued Robert Johnson's "Cross Road Blues"[3]

Vocalion record by Louis Armstrong

The name Vocalion was resurrected in the late 1950s by Decca (US) as a budget label for back-catalog reissues. This incarnation of Vocalion ceased operations in 1973; however, its replacement as MCA's budget imprint, Coral Records, kept many Vocalion titles in print. In 1975, MCA reissued five albums on the Vocalion label.[4]

References
  1. Archived February 8, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. Robert Palmer (1981). Deep Blues. Penguin Books. p. 109. ISBN 978-0-14-006223-6.
  3. LaVere, Stephen (1990). The Complete Recordings (Box set booklet). Robert Johnson. New York City: Columbia Records. OCLC 24547399. C2K 46222.
  4. "Vocalion Album Discography". Bsnpubs.com. 2014-04-27. Retrieved 2014-08-04.
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