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Dear mates,

This is Rico, I'm glad to invite you to visist my YouTube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcCRxc ... k0mAnTrEhg

I am a fan of Enrico Caruso from Shanghai China, I have collected a lot of Caruso's 78RPM shellac records, in order to share the finest sounds, I have tried my best to play them on my HMV 3 springs early motor grand gramophone and re-recorded those great sounds by SONY PCM-D100 Recorder. I will gradually upload all of them with detail informations to my Channel on YouTube, and also I will share more rare and interesting operatic historical recordings to you! I hope you will enjoy my Channel and give me your ideas. Have a wonderful day!

Hello, and thank you for joining us at the Talking Machine Forum!

I like your gramophone. How hard is it to collect these records in Shanghai? Was opera popular there back at the turn of the century, or do you find it easier to use the Internet auctions to buy records?

Here in South Carolina, not many people bought classical records until the 1940s. So I feel fortunate when I do find the old Victrola Red Seals. What is Shanghai's phonograph community like?

VanEpsFan1914 wrote:Hello, and thank you for joining us at the Talking Machine Forum!

I like your gramophone. How hard is it to collect these records in Shanghai? Was opera popular there back at the turn of the century, or do you find it easier to use the Internet auctions to buy records?

Here in South Carolina, not many people bought classical records until the 1940s. So I feel fortunate when I do find the old Victrola Red Seals. What is Shanghai's phonograph community like?

Hi mate, thanks for your reply. Yes, it was not easy to collect these records in Shanghai, but I used to search them from Ebay. I was a tenor, so I have my preference on these records. Fortunately I collected a lot of Caruso's records as I dreamed. My gramophone actually is only played for CARUSO at my home. Now I trust that the great man great voice only present perfectly on the great machine, that is finest result, NOT electrical turntable or pick up.
So if you also are opera fans, I do appreciated you can share my Channel to your friends.
Cheers~ R

Yay Tenors!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqAn9VgpiQ

Caruso's "Over There" is my favorite sung version of this song. Such patriotic enthusiasm! I understand he was very anxious to record this when he did. Thanks for the nice presentation!
Bob

barnettrp21122 wrote:Yay Tenors!

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xqAn9VgpiQ

Caruso's "Over There" is my favorite sung version of this song. Such patriotic enthusiasm! I understand he was very anxious to record this when he did. Thanks for the nice presentation!
Bob

Yip, thanks mate for you love it. Below two pictures was when he was singing “Over There”.
In 1918 at the Sheepshead Bay racetrack, Caruso sang “The Star Spangled Banner” and “Over There” for the police games and the Liberty Loan drive. Caruso was made an honorary police chief and proudly showed the 125,000 people in attendance his bride Dorothy. Enjoy(o^^o) R