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Jul 19, 2018 · In 1958, when the first stereo recordings were hitting the market, RCA Victor signed the Chicago Symphony Orchestra to its newest, most prestigious imprint, Living Stereo. The series was to be a showcase for the era’s classical stars: Van Cliburn and Arthur Rubinstein, Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky, Jussi Björling and Leontyne Price.
Oct 18, 2008 · Some models even had sophisticated record changers, which would allow a complete symphony to be played without having to stop and manually change records. Victor entered into an agreement with RCA for the use of RCA’s electronics in Victor’s products, and produced a number of radio-phono combination sets which were rather successful.
Victor was an independent enterprise until 1929 when it was purchased by the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and became the RCA Victor Division of the Radio Corporation of America until late 1968, when it was renamed RCA Records.
In the company's early years, Victor issued recordings on 7” Victor labeled records, 10” Monarch labeled records, and 12” De Luxe labeled records. In 1929, Victor merged with the Radio Corporation of America (RCA) and became RCA Victor, the dominant recording company in America for over six decades.
In 1990, RCA introduced a very simplified version of the red label. This label only included the circle RCA logo. All of the text was black. It was obvious that RCA was trying to save money on the vinyl end of things. (Image sourced from Discogs)
Sep 17, 2019 · RCA only built just over 500 of that $1000 turntable to begin with. By the end of 1932 they were desperately trying to sell the remaining stocks at $142.50. And that was the end of the first long playing home record. 16 years and one World War later, Columbia records tweaked the idea and tried again.
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Jun 25, 2022 · In 1931, RCA Victor put “33-1/3” long-playing records on the market. They were “shellac” records — today’s high-tone-quality Vinylite was not then available. We discontinued them because we were not satisfied that they answered the demand for a better record.
