liner notes Mark Ricaldone producer [production co-ordinated by] Charles Haynes tenor vocals Beniamino Gigli transferred by Colin Attwell Recorded At Liederkranz Hall, New York Record Company Pavilion Records Ltd. Glass Mastered At Nimbus Title is 'Victor Recordings Vol. II' on spine, 'The Victor Recordings-II' on disc, 'The Victor Recordings - Volume II' on back and 'Extensive excerpts from LUCIA DI LAMMERMOOR/LOMBARDI/GIOCONDA/PEARL FISHERS/SADKO/ENCORES - The second volume of the Victor Recordings' on front.
Tracks 3a-3c are not separated into individual tracks on the disc.
Track# - Recorded - Matrix: Victor Cat#: Gramophone Co./HMV Cat# (as listed in the booklet) 1 - New York, 1927 2 - Liederkranz Hall, New York, 16 December 1927 - CVE41232: Victor 10012A: HMV DQ102 3a - Liederkranz Hall, New York, 12 December 1927 - CVE41227: Victor 6876B: HMV DB1222 3b - Liederkranz Hall, New York, 12 December 1927 - CVE41225: Victor 6096A: HMV DB1229 3c - Liederkranz Hall, New York, 12 December 1927 - CVE41226: Victor 8096B: HMV DB1229 4 - New York, 10 April 1925 - BVE32500: Victor 1157A: HMV797 5 - Liederkranz Hall, New York, 19 December 1929 - CVE58123: Victor 7194B: HMV unpublished 6 - Studio 2, New York, 31 December 1930 - CVE67748: Victor 8194A: HMV DB1506 7 - Church Building Studio, New York. 17 December 1926 - CVE37321: Victor unpublished: HMV AGSB49 8 - Liederkranz Hall, New York, 18 December 1929 - CVE58118: Victor 7194A: HMV DB1499 9 - Liederkranz Hall, New York, 18 December 1929 - CVE58119: Victor unpublished: HMV AGSB59 10 - Studio 2 New York, 31 May 1932 - BSHQ72832: Victor 1570A: HMV DA1307 11 - New York 9 December 1926 - BVE37117: Victor 1243B: HMV DA899 12 - Liederkranz Hall, New York 19 December 1929 - CVE58125: Victor 7261A: HMV DB 1454 13 - Liederkranz Hall, New York 8 January 1929 - CVE49049: Victor 7261B: HMV DB1454 14 - Liederkranz Hall, New York 27 December 1928 - CVE49149: Victor 6925B: HMV DB1296 15 - Studio 2, New York 4 December 1930 - CVE64391: Victor 1575: HMV DA1195 16 - Studio 2, New York, 11 December 1930 - CVE58124: Victor 7400B: HMV DB1585
Total playing time: 77' 38''
Recordings and data from the collection of Mark Ricaldone. Transfers affected by Colin Attwell. Production co-ordinated by Charles Haynes.
The front cover illustration is a studio portrait of Gigli, New York, c. 1921. From the Mark Ricaldone Collection.
Made in UK (on disc) Printed in England (in booklet) Printed and made in England (on back) Barcode: 5 015903 936726 (Text) Matrix / Runout: GEMMCD 9367 :· ·MASTERED· ·BY NIMBUS· (Mirrored) SPARS Code: AAD