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most were by US residents, but many
were pressed from Euro matrices too, especially in the early days and the
mid-30s.
Dick Spottswood
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[ARSCLIST] Foreign language recordings:
Were the artists American?
Is it safe to assume that the majority of foreign language
recordings that are on the Columbia Grafonola as well Victor (Batwing and
Scroll) labels were recorded in the States by artists who were American
residents? If not, how do you tell? Would one have to check case-by-case?
I know that for most Yiddish and Hebrew recordings, the
artists on these labels were either citizens or citizens-to-be, but does
this apply to recordings produced for speakers of other languages such
as Polish, Russian, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Turkish, Greek? My surmise is
that as a simple matter of economics, and supply of talent, this is also
true, but I want to be sure.