1906 1906. February 11. N.Y. – Original issue Grand Prize – 76,92 rpm. C-3100-1 (se 15-4-17) M’appari – Martha – Flotow – (ends with ”Ah morro”) ES (also with take 2 from 15.4.1917) Victor 88001 ES Victrola 88001 ES ”XI” GMR 052121 ES ”GH” HMV 052121 b/Com’è gentil – Don Pasquale – Donizetti HMV DB 1 59 ES Opera Disc 76065 (GER) b/Bianca al par – Les Huguenots – with orch. Opera Disc 85011 (GER) b/Bianca al par – Les Huguenots – with orch. Gramm ophon 85011 (GER) b/Spirto gentil – La Favorita – Donizetti RCA Vict or 15-1036 ES Symphony Concert Rec 3114 ES (also with take 2 from 15.4.1917) Victor 88001

Victor 88001 – GP

Victrola 88001 – 5 lines Vict rola 88001 – 3 lines (short) – with back sticker

Victrola 88001 – 3 lines (long) – with back sticker

GMR 05121 G&T Victor G &T GMR 05121

GMR 052121 – Pre-dog Sym phony Concert Record 3114 Pirate record

MRG 052121 S challplatte 76065 (GER)

Grammophon 85011 (GER) HMV 052121

Heritage series with "gold" cover

Scans: John Banks

C-3101 Che gelida manina – La Bohème – Puccini ES “C3101” w/sticker on the back Victor 88002 ES “C3101” “1” “5” “9Y” Victrola 88002 b/Lolita – Buzzi-Peccia “N” Victrola 6003 ES “XXVIII” GMR 052122 ES „GR“ HMV 052122 ES „.O.A“ Polyphon 052122 (GER) b/Cielo e mar – La Gioconda – w/piano – Ponchiello HMV DB 113 ES Opera Disc 76066 (GER) ES „O.M.“ Sch. G. 76066 (GER) b/Una furtiva lagrima – Elisir d’amore – w/orch. O pera Disc 85012 (GER)

Victor GP 88002

Victor 8802 - GP …with back sticke r

Victrola 88002 Victrola 6003 Patent Aug. 1908 Patent Aug. 1908

Victrola 6003 – Patent. Aug. 1908 – earlier issue V ictor G&T GMR 05121

GMR 052122 – Pre-dog S challplatte Grammophon 76066 (GER)

GMR 052122 Disque pour Gram opone 052122 (F)

Schallplatte Grammophon 76066 (GER)

Polyphon 052122 HMV 052122

C-3102 Salut! demeure chaste et pure – Faust – Gounod – in Frecnch ES Victor 88003 ES S/8 Victor 88003 b/Flower Song – Carmen – Bizet – in French – S/8 V ictrola 6004 ES HMV 032030 b/Del tempio al limitar – Pearlefishers – w/Ancona S/8 HMV DK 116 ES Opera Disc 76013 (GER) ES „AD“ Sch. G. 76013 (GER) b/Ah, fuyez, douce image – Manon – in French Opera Disc 85004 (GER) Caruso’s first recording in French

Victor G&T - Victor 88003 – GP

GMR 032030 - Pre-dog - Opera Disc 76013

Schallplatte Grammophon 76013 Schallplatte Grammophon 76013 later issue ? B-3103 Di quelle pira – Il Trovatore – Verdi ES Victor 87001 ES S/8 Victor 87001 b/Dí tu se fedele – Un ballo in maschera – Verdi S /8 Victrola 512 b/Brindisi – La Traviata – w/Gluck S/8 Victrola 3 031 ES GCR 2-52489 ES HMV 2-52489 b/Lasciati amar – Leoncavallo S/8 HMV DA 113 ES Sch. G. 74518 (GER) b/La donna è mobile – Rigoletto – w/orch. Opera Di sc 80007 (GER) b/La donna è mobile – Rigoletto – w/orch. K. Schal l. 80007 (GER) b/Brindisi RCA Victor 766-0017 (ARG)

Victor 87001 – Grand Prize V ictrola 87001 – 5 lines

Victrola 87001 – Aug. 1908 - Victrola 512

Victor G&T 2-52489 Pre-dog

GCR G.C.-2-52489 Pre-dog GCR G.C.-2-52489

Opera Disc 74518 (GER) Künstler Scha llplatte Grammophon (GER)

Schallplatte Grammophon 74518

HMV 2-053489 HMV 2-053489 Comm. Enrico Caruso

RCA Victor 766-0013 Argentina RCA Victor 766- 0017 Argentina

Schallplatte Grammophon 80007 (GER)-Deutsche Grammo phon 80007 (GER

C-3104 Spirto gentil – La Favorita – Donizetti ES ”C3104” ”D” ”O” w/back sticker Victor 88004 b/Bianca al par – Huguenots – w/orch. Victrola 600 5 ES GMR G&T 052120 ES „GG“ HMV 052120 b/Ideale – Tosti HMV DB 129 ES Opera Disc 76064 (GER) ES Sch. Gr. 76064 (GER) ES Gramophone 76064 (GER) b/Deserto in terra – Don Sebastiano – Donizetti Op era Disc 85010 (GER) b/M’appari – Martha – ends with “Si, morro” Victor 15-1036

Vicgtor 88004 – GP

Victrola 88004 – 4 lines patents – with back sticke r

Victor 88004 – Grand Prize – with back sticker

With a spellling error in the title: “Spirto” has b ecome ”Spirito”, which is something completely different!

Victor 88004 - Victrola 88004 Patent Aug. 1908

Victor G&T GMR 052120 – the spelling error again

GMR G&T 05212 – and again GMR 05210 Predog – and one more time

GMR 052120 – still wrong title - ”Gramophone Record ” – without Nipper – 76064 (GER)

Schallplatte Grammophon 76064 (GER) HMV 052120 wrong title A t last! Right title

Heritage series

1906. Marts 13. N.Y. Original isssue on Grand Prize – 76,92 rpm. C-3179 Solenne in quest’ora – Forza del Destino – Verdi – with Scotti ES Victor 89001 ES ”C3179” ”HHHHH” 3 lines Victrola 89001 ES ”C3179” ”SSS” 5 lines Victrola 89001 ES Patent 1908 Victrola 89001 b/Ah, Mimi, tu più non torni – w/Scotti “3” “E” Vi ctrola 8000 ES GMR 054070 ES MRG 054070 b/Ah, Mimi, tu più non torni – w/Scotti HMV DM 105 b/Ah, Mimi, tu più non torni – w/Scotti Electrola DM 105 (GER) ES Opera Disc 78510 (GER) ES “OL” Sch. G. 78510 (GER) b/Ah, Mimi, tu più non torni – w/Scotti Opera Disc 78510 (GER) Matrice CS74802 Recration med Nathaniel Shilkret N ot released RR and symph. orch. 1932, Dec. 3 – three takes Caruso’s first duet-recording and one of the great est successes in opera history

Victor 89001 - Grand Prize - Victrola 3 lines short – 4$

Victrola 89001 - Patent 3 lines - 4 $ …with back sticker

Victrola 89001 Victrola 89001 price 3$ Patent 5 lines Patent Aug. 1908

Victor 89001 – w/name of the phonograph 1914-16 - p rice 4$ - with back sticker

Victor 89001 – no phonograph name – 1916-17

Victrola 89001 – no price Victrola 8000 - Patent Aug. 1908

Victor G&T GMR 054070 G&T GMR 054070

GMR 054070 pre-dog - Künstler Schallplatte “Grammop hon” 78510 (GER)

MRG 054070 Opera Disc 78510 (GER)

Opera Disc 78510 (GER)

Schallplatte Grammophon 78510

HMV 054070 Electrola DM 105 (GER)

HMV 054070 – changed layout

C-3180-1 Celeste Aïda – Aïda – Verdi – crescendo on the last note ES Only as test press TR RCA Victor 88025

RCA Victor 88025 – test press

1906. December 30. N.Y. with orch. Org. iss. Grand Prize – 76,92 rpm. C-4159 Triste ritorno – Barthélemy ES Victor 88048 b/Uocchie celeste – De Crescenzo Victrola 6030 ES HMV 052153 b/Fenesta che lucive – Bellini HMV DB 140 ES Opera Disc 76070 (GER) b/Adorables tourments – Barthélmy Opera Disc 85005 (GER)

Victor 88048 – GP

GMR 052153 G&T and Pre-dog

Victrola 88048 Victrola 6030 Patent Aug. 1908 P atent Aug. 1908 C-4160-1 O paradiso – L’Africana – Meyerbeer Not released C-4161 Un di all’azzurro spazio – Andrea Chénier Not released

C-4162 Ideale – C. Errica – F. Paolo Tosti (see 20.02.1907) ES Victor 88049 ES S/8 Victor 88049 b/Fenesta che lucive – Bellini S/8 Victrola 6019 ES HMV 052154 b/Sprito gentil – La Favorita – Donizetti S/8 HMV DB 129 ES Opera Disc 76071 (GER) ES „XVI“ Sch. G. 76071 (GER) b/Agnus Dei – Bizet – in latin Opera Disc 85003

Victor G&T GMR 052154 GMR 052154 – G&T

Victor 88049 – GP Victrola 8 8049 – 4 lines patent – 3$

Victor 6019 – (ARG)

Schallplatte Grammophon 76071 Disco Monarca “Grammofono” 052154 (Italia)

MRG 052154 HMV 052 154

Selfportrait 1906