“Homesick" by the Velvetone Dance Orchestra 1922

Описание: “Homesick" by the Velvetone Dance Orchestra 1922
Cameo 266

The Velvetone Dance Orchestra was one of Bob Haring’s bands. Likely just a recording orchestra.

The song Homesick by Irving Berlin is perhaps the happiest “sad” song ever written. The words are about being blue and homesick but the music is up tempo and rather happy sounding.

From Wikipedia:
Haring began recording as the music director of the then-new Cameo Records label beginning in 1922 under a plethora of pseudonyms, such as The Caroliners, The Lincoln Dance Orchestra, The Society Night Club Orchestra, King Solomon and His Miners, etc. (Cameo was one of the primary 'dime store' labels in the 1920s and Haring's sessions there were also issued on Plaza/ARC's other labels, including Romeo, Perfect, Oriole and others.)

On a recent trip to a midwest phonograph show I came across a number of near mint Cameo red and blue striped records (and they were free). They are all from 1922 and most of them are near perfect. I already had others with this label but they are in terrible shape and not worthy of a transfer. These records have nice clear labels and look very clean. And the sound is really great for acoustically recorded records.

Cameo Records Discography Link:
https://www.78discography.com/Cameo20...

Cameo Records was a U.S. record label (1922 - 1930). Originally produced by the Cameo Record Corporation, and introduced as a 50¢ record of mediocre quality in February, 1922. The earliest releases had plain black labels and used a 200 catalog series. The quality of Cameo releases improved briefly in late 1922, with newly recorded material by popular performers such as Lucille Hegamin, William Robyn and Healy & Cross. These were better pressed and adorned with a distinctive red-and-blue striped label. However, Cameo was not able to compete with larger companies and within a year the quality of records began to deteriorate. Striped labels were replaced with a simpler design in gold on black and white and pressing quality declined markedly. In addition, the company relied on the usual freelance vocalists and studio orchestras under the direction of Bob Haring and Arthur Lange and used pseudonyms to mask its lackluster artist roster. By 1925, Cameo records were selling for 35¢. In October, 1927, Cameo merged with the Pathé Phonograph & Radio Corp. and the catalog series which had begun at 200 ended at 1288 in December 1927. In 1928 new releases used an 8000 catalog series, a 9000 series in 1929, and an 0100 series in 1930. Although the two companies maintained individual identities on the surface, recording operations were consolidated at Pathé's studio and master trading between the two divisions became commonplace. In July, 1929, the Cameo Record Corporation merged with the Regal Record Company, Inc. and the Scranton Button Company to form the American Record Corporation, and Cameo records drew on a common master pool that supplied other ARC dime-store labels. The Cameo label was discontinued by the end of 1930.

Bob Haring Wikipedia Link:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Haring

Aliases
Bob Haring & His Orch.
Bob Haring & His Orchestra
Bob Haring and His Orchestra
Bob Haring and His Orchestra - Colonial Club Orchestra
Bob Haring and His Orchestra – Haring's Happy Harmonists
Bob Haring's Velvetone Orchestra
The Caroliners
Colonial Club Orchestra
Copley Plaza Orchestra
Dixie Music Makers
Eddie Miller's Dance Orchestra
Haring's Happy Harmonists
Haring's Happy Harmonizers
Haring's Velvetone Orchestra
King Soloman and His Miners
The Lincoln Dance Orchestra
Oppenheim's Benjamin Franklin Hotel Orchestra
The Regent Club Orchestra
Society Night Club Orchestra
Velvetone Dance Band
Velvetone Dance Orchestra [Haring]
Western Wanderers