Enrico Caruso – O Sole Mio (very early remastering)
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010 at
1:39 am
This is of course the flip side of the “Rigoletto” aria. Artist: Enrico Caruso Title: “O Sole Mio” (by di Capura) Label: RCA Victor Red Seal Cat No: 1616-A Release Year: 1940s ? Country: Canada Format: 10″ Shellac Record
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It’s old, but what a voice,. Very nice…
Enrico Caruso è stato e continuerà ad esserlo x chi continua ad ascoltarlo ancora uno dei più grandi tenori,sentendo o sole mio,voglio ricordare e rendere omaggio al grande maestro Luciano Pavarotti,Costoro insieme e in epoche diverse fecero lodare con la loro voce il nostro tricolore nel mondo, grazie.
@VinylToVideo The remastered CDs are much worse!
Actually I prefer the LP sound:)
@Panzombren
you are actually right
In the 1930’s, and a little bit after, they actually decided to put NEW orchestra backing into Caruso’s recordingds
It’s said that they resulting mash-ups sound throughly second hand. I, unfortunately, have one of the LATER remasters, and it sounds ok on a modern turntable, but played on an acoustic machine, the difference is obvious
32 of Carusos original acoustic recordings were ‘re-recorded’ in the mid 1930s, with a newly [electrically] recorded orchestra superimposed.
26 of these were issued on Victor 78s: all 32 appeared on HMV pressings.
Further Caruso ‘re-recordings’ have been made in the past decade – some of them [to my ears] quite successful.
Enrico the Best ever…i love his Voice…
si los angeles cantan como Enrrico que bello debe oirse en el CIELO
Back in the day, one reviewer likened the grafting of electrically recorded orchestras on to Caruso’s records to “…putting Dutch Masters into chromium frames.” (Francis Robinson, liner notes to “The Best of Caruso”., Personally, I think this one is pretty successful. Tinroof, you wouldn’t want to put a record from the ’40s on a wind-up Victrola.
One should accept and tolerate both, remasterings a n d originals! Why always fight about it instead of showing tolerance of other Caruso-fans?
The oldest Sole Mio … the best! Caruso the best!
I think if played on my Great Grandma’s old ” Brass ” The victrola she had in the sitting room it would sound perfect as it should. for the recording.
Sounds good, I’m eager to see if I can hear any difference at all…. maybe it’s just my ears.
We all have different ears : )
I can’t stand them 9/10 times either but this is one of those times out of 10 that I can. They weren’t able to remove anything at all from the voice in those days as they did in those awful recent digital Caruso remastered CDs, all they could do is add the new orchestra to the recording. I’ll play it later with a wider stylus and see if that makes any difference.
Well jesus christ… I didn’t deserve a negative mark for noting what I observed during my listen….
I completely disagree with the “question you think I should have thought about/asked” because imo…. the ORIGINAL is where the Gold is.
I can’t stand remasters 9/10… hell maybe you’re right… it could have been the needle you used….?….
The only thing “up” is that this was ‘remastered’ between 1928 and 1931 with equipment and in ways that I can’t even imagine. How the hell would an engineer be able to make an acoustic recording sound this good in those days and why wasn’t it done to acoustic recordings of other artists are the questions you should be asking! I really don’t know the answer to your question; it could be simply that the stylus I used to transfer the recording from the 78 wasn’t wide enough.
Something about this just doesn’t sound right…. it’s almost as if some of the wonderful dynamics aren’t “cutting through” like they should…. dunno.
(makes a weird face)
Something’s up imo.
Didn’t Elvis Presley record this same song with the lyrics changed and the title was called “It’s Now Or Never?”
very beautiful!!
Those must be re-releases when vinyl first came out in the late ’40s. I think 1947 was the first year for those Red Seal 45s.
These re-edition on red vynil dates from 1947
I thought it was, but wasn’t quite sure because the original didn’t sound too bad. I also think it’s a re-release from the 40s because the label looks to be the same as the ones released in Canada in the 40s. Also, I’ve never seen the words “RCA Victor Red Seal” as the main label on records produced in Canada this early – They normally say “His Master’s Voice/Victor” with “RCA Victor” somewhere else on the bottom.
And this is also a re-recorded version from 1930.