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249: 25: 272:, then just at the beginning of his worldwide fame, Victor Red Seal records changed the public's valuation of recorded music. Caruso's first records, made by the Gramophone Company in Milan, Italy in 1902, earned prestige as well as profits for the company and its affiliates. Five of Caruso's Milan records were issued by Victor on the Red Seal label in the United States in March, 1903 and soon other famous 276:
stars and classical instrumentalists were attracted to the studios of both Victor and the Gramophone Company, consolidating the positions of these firms as the market leaders in the field of serious music by famous artists. The first Red Seal discs recorded by Victor in the United States were of the
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The first "Gramophone Record Red Seal" discs were issued in 1901. Later in 1902 the practice was adopted by the home office in the
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in 1948), because they were losing artists and sales due to the company's resistance to adopting the new format.
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Encyclopedic Discography of Victor Recordings (University of California, Santa Barbara)
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label whose origin dates to 1902 and is currently owned by
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