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phonojim wrote:Because the company name was Victor Talking Machine, not Victrola Talking Machine

No duh! But we were discussing why the book's name was changed *back* to "The Victor Book of the Opera" from "The Victrola Book of the Opera." Obviously the *company* name was always Victor Talking Machine Company, right up to the merger with RCA.

1924 edition of the book. Currently sits in my 9-55.

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You can read the entire edition on Internet Archive website - 1919 edition.

Check this out - http://www.archive.org/details/victrolabookofo00rous

I have this edition, minus its cover (a rather worn library copy).

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transformingArt wrote:You can read the entire edition on Internet Archive website - 1919 edition.

Check this out - http://www.archive.org/details/victrolabookofo00rous

I have this edition, minus its cover (a rather worn library copy).

WOW! Thanks for sharing this link! If I had known about it sooner I probably would not have bought my copy. lol. It's a GREAT resource and I'm curious to see what else they may have in the way of Victor, Edison and Columbia titles.

According to the Univ. of Toronto site, the 1st to the 3rd and the 9th editions were published as "The Victor Book of the Opera." I have the 9th edition. The copyright page reads (in part) as follows: NINTH EDITION....Copyright 1929 by Victor Talking Machine Co....Copyright 1936 by RCA Manufacturing Company, Inc. Camden, New Jersey, U.S.A. So I suppose the conclusion is that editions between 1923 and 1929/36, i.e., the 4th through the 8th, had "Victrola," and editions from the 9th onward had "Victor."

Glad that's settled. Now I can sleep in peace through several football games this afternoon