42000 Double Faced Chinese issues

Victor's 42000 double-faced Chinese series contains recouplings of earlier recordings as well as new recordings.

Because the original ledgers for Victor's Asian operations no longer exist, establishing the scope of the various series is the first step in documenting these recordings. If you can provide label scans, catalogs, or other information related to these recordings, please contact the editors.

Compiled by Jon Ward

42000 series

Blue History Cards/Ledgers: BHCs: YES (42900); Ledgers: unknown
Matrix source/series: unknown
Format: 10” double faced
Label color/design: Victor Batwing; Blue (Cantonese), Red (Mandarin), Purple (Mandarin), White (Swatow, Amoy, Foochow)
Issue dates: from ca. 1910

42001 – 42002 (Mandarin, 10”)
42003 – 42111 (Cantonese, 10”)
42112 – 42115 (Amoy, 10”, white lbl)
42116                 (Cantonese, 10”)
42119 – 42122 (Cantonese, 10”)
42124 – 42187 (Cantonese, 10”)
42188 – 42306 (Mandarin, 10”, red lbl)
42307 – 42314 (Amoy, 10”, white lbl)
42315 – 42384 (Mandarin, 10”, red lbl)
42385 – 42391 (Cantonese, 10”)
42394 – 42397 (Cantonese, 10”)
42398                 (Mandarin, 10”, purple lbl)
42399 – 42410 (Cantonese, 10”)
42412 – 42431 (Mandarin, 10”, purple lbl)
42432 – 42434 (Cantonese, 10”)
42435 – 42461 (Swatow, 10”, white lbl)
42462 – 42479 (Mandarin, 10”, purple lbl)
42480                 (Cantonese, 10”)
42481 – 42486 (Mandarin, 10”, purple lbl)
42487                 (Cantonese, 10”)
42488 – 42489 (Mandarin, 10”)
42490 – 42499 (Cantonese, 10”)
42500 – 42659 (Amoy, 10”, white lbl)
42660 – 42726 (Foochow, 10”, white lbl)
42727                 (Cantonese, 10”)
42728 – 42752 (Chinese Educational recordings)
42753 – 42764 (Tagalog/Filipino, 10”)
42765 – 42789 (Cantonese, 10”) [collector reports 42774 as Mandarin]
42790 – 42791 (Mandarin, 10”, purple lbl) [listed as “Shanghai” in different catalog]
42792                 (Shanghai, 10”)
42793 – 42809 (Mandarin, 10”, purple lbl) [listed as “Shanghai” in different catalog]
42810                 (Shanghai, 10”)
42811 – 42814 (Mandarin, 10”, purple lbl) [listed as “Shanghai” in different catalog]
42815                 (Shanghai, 10”)
42816                 (Mandarin, 10”, purple lbl) [listed as “Shanghai” in different catalog]
42817                 (Shanghai, 10”)
42818 – 42820 (Mandarin, 10”, purple lbl) [listed as “Shanghai” in different catalog]
42821 – 42822 (Shanghai, 10”)
42823 – 42825 (Mandarin, 10”, purple lbl) [listed as “Shanghai” in different catalog]
42826 – 42827 (Shanghai, 10”)
42828 – 42834 (Mandarin, 10”, purple lbl) [listed as “Shanghai” in different catalog]
42835 – 42836 (Shanghai, 10”)
42837 – 42839 (Mandarin, 10”, purple lbl) [listed as “Shanghai” in different catalog]
42840                 (Shanghai, 10”) [collector reports this disc as being Amoy]
42841 – 42844 (Mandarin, 10”, purple lbl) [listed as “Shanghai” in different catalog]
42845 – 42846 (Shanghai, 10”)
42847                 (Mandarin, 10”, purple lbl) [listed as “Shanghai” in different catalog]
42848                 (Shanghai, 10”)
42849                 (Mandarin, 10”, purple lbl)
42850                 (Shanghai, 10”)
42851 – 42894 (Amoy, 10”, white lbl)
42895 – 42897 (Mandarin, 10”, purple lbl)
42900                 (Mandarin, 10”, purple lbl)
42903 – 42904 (Mandarin, 10”, purple lbl)
42907                 (Mandarin, 10”, purple lbl)
42909                 (Mandarin, 10”, purple lbl)
42911                 (Mandarin, 10”, purple lbl)
42913                 (Mandarin, 10”, purple lbl)
42914 – 42936 (Cantonese, 10”)
42937                 (Amoy, 10”, white lbl)
42938 – 42941 (dealer catalog states Cantonese, but may be Amoy)
42942 – 42967 (Swatow, 10”, white lbl)
42968 – 42970 (possibly Japanese recordings)
42971 – approximately 42988 (Korean, 10”) [possible reissues of 13500 series; listed as “Japanese records” in dealer catalog]
42988 – 42991 (Japanese or perhaps Korean)
42992 – 42999 (Mandarin, 10”, purple lbl)