Vox Records
Vox AG, officially Vox-Schallplatten- und Sprechmaschinen A.-G, was a German record label and public limited company founded in 1921 by Otto Klung, August Strauch and Curt Stille. It was established for the manufacture of phonographs and shellac records. Records feature a triangular label with a stylized depiction of a singer's side profile designed by the graphic and advertising artist Wilhelm Deffke.
Vox Records
Wilhelm Deffke · Public domain
- Name
- Vox-Schallplatten- und Sprechmaschinen A.-G.
- Founded
- 1920.
- Headquarters
- Berlin.
- Dissolved
- 1929.
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Vox AG, officially Vox-Schallplatten- und Sprechmaschinen A.-G, was a German record label and public limited company founded in 1921 by Otto Klung, August Strauch and Curt Stille. It was established for the manufacture of phonographs and shellac records. Records feature a triangular label with a stylized depiction of a singer's side profile designed by the graphic and advertising artist Wilhelm Deffke.
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Overview
One source suggests that it issued the first electrical recordings in Germany in late 1924 or early 1925, presumably recorded by a method other than that of Western Electric, but notes that it did not generally adopt electric recording technology until some 18 months later. The company declared bankruptcy in 1929 due to significant competition from larger record labels in Germany.
Schallplattenlabel von Wilhelm Deffke
Wilhelm Deffke · label
Es werden zwei Schallplatten mit dem Orchester von Bernhard Etté angepriesen.
Werbung erfolgte durch die Fa. Vox Schallplatten AG, die nur bis 1929 existierte. · Werbe-Notiz aus der Wochenschrift 'Die Literarische Welt' Nr. 19/1927 vom 13. Mai 1927.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Vox-Schallplatten- und Sprechmaschinen A.-G. • Founded — 1921 • Defunct — 1929 • Founders — Otto Klung, August Strauch and Curt Stille • Industry — Record label • Hq Location — Potsdamerstrasse 39A • Hq Location City — Berlin • Parent — Hauptgesellschaft für Industrien
Selected sessionography
Selected sessionography
Sam Wooding and His Orchestra The Chocolate Kiddies Recorded at Vox Studios, Berlin June 5–10, 1925 • Matrix — Music Title — Composer(s) lyricist(s) — Catalog No. • 2357–A — "O Katharina" — L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Richard Fall (music) — Vox 01890 • 2358–A — "Shanghai Shuffle" — Larry Conley (w&m) Gene Rodemich (w&m) — Vox 01890audio • 2359–A — "Alabamy Bound" — Ray Henderson (music) Buddy DeSylva (words) Bud Green (words) — Vox 01890audio • 2359– — "Alabamy Bound" (alternate take) — Ray Henderson (music) Buddy DeSylva (words) Bud Green (words) — Jazz Panorama LP20 • 2360– — "By the Waters of Minnetonka" — Thurlow Lieurance (w&m) — Vox 01882 • 2755–B — "O Katharina" — L. Wolfe Gilbert (words) Richard Fall (music) — Vox 01883 • 2756–B — "Shanghai Shuffle" — Larry Conley (w&m Gene Rodemich (w&m) — Jazz Panorama LP20 • 2757–B — "Alabamy Bound" — Ray Henderson (music) Buddy DeSylva (words) Bud Green (words) — Vox 1891
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — 1925 photo taken at the Vox Phonograph Studio — Sam Wooding and his Orchestra; Seated, left to right: Tommy Ladnier (trumpet), John Warren (tuba) (behind), Sam Wooding (piano/leader), Willie Lewis (reeds), George Howe (1892–1936) (drums). Standing, left to right: Herb Flemming (trombone), Eugene Sedric (reeds), Johnny Mitchell (banjo), Bobby Martin (trumpet), Garvin Bushell (reeds), Maceo Elmer Edwards (1900–1988) (trumpet). Not pictured: Arthur Lange (1889–1956), Arthur Johnston (1898–1954), arrangers
General
General
"A Discographical Look at German Vox," by Björn Englund (sv) (born 1942) July 29, 2003
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Institutional history
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1920
Vox Records established.
1929
Vox Records ceased.
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Weimar Republic and Germany.
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Vox Records is associated with Weimar Republic and Germany.
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The circumstances in which Vox Records stands. Records lies within Tempelhof-Schöneberg. Records has its headquarters at Berlin. Situated in Weimar Republic. Recorded as music publisher. Situated in Germany.
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- 1.Lotz, Rainer E. „Bitte! Die neuen Vox-Platten“ – eine kurze Firmengeschichte der Vox-Schallplatten- und Sprechmaschinen A.-G., Berlin-Tiergarten.
- 2."Chocolate Kiddies: The Show That Brought Jazz to Europe and Russia in 1925," by Björn Englund (sv) (born 1942), Storyville, December 1975–January 1976, pps. 44–50
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