1902 Jessie Oliver NEGRO Rec' PIONEER ANNOUNCED CLIMAX Record No 742 Blues
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Description
A series of great early Records on rare and early labels, from etched label Zonophone to Climax, Pre Dog Victors to rare early Imperial Leeds and American Record Co.
issued first in 1902 Record No 704 on rare 10" Climax Record w brass grommet
ONLY ISSUED TAKE 1 1902
Miss Jessie Oliver (a white singer) is famous for her recordings 1894 with the Negro Standard quartet
She is famous as the first singer in an interracial performance:
The black vocal group the Standard Quartette were formed in Chicago in 1890 and comprised Ed DeMoss (tenor vocal), H.C. Williams (vocal), William Cottrell (vocal) and Rufus L. Scott (bass vocal).
In February 1894, while South Before the War was being performed in Washington D.C., the Standard Quartette recorded six titles backing their fellow cast member Miss Jessie Oliver, a white soprano singer. As pointed out by Tim Brooks in his marvellous book Lost Sounds - Blacks and the Birth of the Recording Industry 1890-1919 [2004], these recordings are the first known interracial recordings. Sadly, for such a recording landmark, none of these cylinders survive.
Having first recorded at two sessions for the New York Phonograph Company in August 1891, and again on 24 July 1893, none of which recordings survive, in the fall of 1893 the Quartette joined the touring show South Before the War, which became immensely popular, the show travelling through the eastern United States.
Markings under the label handwritten 704
Has the small hollow circle on the backside to play with a Zonophone turntable with stud.
No "Patd applied for" stamp on back
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Jessie Oliver (vocalist : soprano vocal)
Description: Female vocal solo, with orchestra
Category: Vocal
Language: English
ca. Jan.-Sept. 1902 New York, New York Unknown Master Climax 704 10-in. Announced by John Kaiser.
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