Enrico Caruso - O Sole Mio (very early remastering)

[TheShantry]

Beautiful..

[31operafan]

Good remastering, but his voice sounds a little quiet. Computers and modern sound equipment would fix those kinds of issues.

[calasazules]

GENIO!!!

[hammapolita]

EL INOLVIDABLE CARUSO,  SOLO CARUSO EL MEJOR..

RECIEN VI UNA RESEÑA DE SU INTERESANTE VIDA.

ESCUCHARLO ME ESTREMECE......

[jbruschetti]

I remember sitting in the living room on a Sunday afternoon and listening to Caruso with my Dad. It was an old wind up record player. I love those the little scratches. My dad would tell me the words in english. He had seen Caruso performed and said there will never be a voice like his. He was very proud of Mario Lanza, [ he was Italian after all] but said he just didn't have the strength and power that Caruso had. I think that he was rightfully prejudous..

[VinylToVideo]

@jbruschetti Mario Lanza was a complete joke; a man who sang in opera once in his life in the least liked tenor role and otherwise only recorded on a Hollywood sound stage. The phrase "the American Caruso" was made up by his record company and movie execs for sales. The real "American Caruso," as in an American spinto tenor who had a career closest to Caruso himself, was Richard Tucker.

[alternatehistories]

WoW. I'm glad I can listen to & appreciate my old 78s without agonizing over whether I've got an early "B-plate", or a later pressing! It's about the music people - so quit doggin VinylToVideo over which pressing he/she used for this video! I'm, as always, glad to see people posting these videos & preserving the great artists of the past for future generations to enjoy. I'll take a scratchy 100 y.o. performance over ANY modern version. After 1950, something got lost, the quality just isn't there

[SuperMrduncan]

It's old, but what a voice,. Very nice...

[mariocaruso96]

Enrico Caruso è stato e continuerà ad esserlo x chi continua ad ascoltarlo ancora uno dei più grandi tenori,sentendo o sole mio,voglio ricordare e rendere omaggio al grande maestro Luciano Pavarotti,Costoro insieme e in epoche diverse fecero lodare con la loro voce il nostro tricolore nel mondo, grazie.

[saltburner2]

32 of Carusos original acoustic recordings were 're-recorded' in the mid 1930s, with a newly [electrically] recorded orchestra superimposed.

26 of these were issued on Victor 78s: all 32 appeared on HMV pressings.

Further Caruso 're-recordings' have been made in the past decade - some of them [to my ears] quite successful.

[eisbearknut]

Enrico the Best ever...i love his Voice...

[churunmerun]

si los angeles cantan como Enrrico que bello debe oirse en el CIELO

[luvmyrecords]

Back in the day, one reviewer likened the grafting of electrically recorded orchestras on to Caruso's records to "...putting Dutch Masters into chromium frames." (Francis Robinson, liner notes to "The Best of Caruso"., Personally, I think this one is pretty successful. Tinroof, you wouldn't want to put a record from the '40s on a wind-up Victrola.

[oldcheery]

One should accept and tolerate both, remasterings a n d originals! Why always fight about it instead of showing tolerance of other Caruso-fans?

[Hunorrrr]

The oldest Sole Mio ... the best! Caruso the best!

[Panzombren]

Something about this just doesn't sound right.... it's almost as if some of the wonderful dynamics aren't "cutting through" like they should.... dunno.

(makes a weird face)

Something's up imo.

[VinylToVideo]

The only thing "up" is that this was 'remastered' between 1928 and 1931 with equipment and in ways that I can't even imagine. How the hell would an engineer be able to make an acoustic recording sound this good in those days and why wasn't it done to acoustic recordings of other artists are the questions you should be asking! I really don't know the answer to your question; it could be simply that the stylus I used to transfer the recording from the 78 wasn't wide enough.

[Panzombren]

Well jesus christ... I didn't deserve a negative mark for noting what I observed during my listen....

I completely disagree with the "question you think I should have thought about/asked" because imo.... the ORIGINAL is where the Gold is.

I can't stand remasters 9/10... hell maybe you're right... it could have been the needle you used....?....

[VinylToVideo]

I can't stand them 9/10 times either but this is one of those times out of 10 that I can. They weren't able to remove anything at all from the voice in those days as they did in those awful recent digital Caruso remastered CDs, all they could do is add the new orchestra to the recording. I'll play it later with a wider stylus and see if that makes any difference.

[Panzombren]

Sounds good, I'm eager to see if I can hear any difference at all.... maybe it's just my ears.

We all have different ears : )

[sirpolopaul]

@VinylToVideo The remastered CDs are much worse!

Actually I prefer the LP sound:)

[redoler]

This is a bit-muffled rendering by the Master, of a lovely Neapolitan city-ditty.

Don't argue. Point to better versions.

Or shut up.

Take your aforementioned evocations of jesus christ with you. Interferes with the splendour of old Caruso.

Nowt to do with 9/10. Ref - Grindingly -ignorant-sod - post.! (i.e. yours) Panzobrem

Keep off the plaza, your comments could be those of a buffoon. Or a babboon.

[tsmlink]

@Panzombren swearing is completely unnecessary and offensive to some of us...

[VinylToVideo]

@tsmlink Well then don't get offended so easily. The fact that you are is reason enough for him to continue doing it.

[tinroofbusted]

I think if played on my Great Grandma's old " Brass " The victrola she had in the sitting room it would sound perfect as it should. for the recording.

[RICKROLLBLENDER]

@Panzombren

you are actually right

In the 1930's, and a little bit after, they actually decided to put NEW orchestra backing into Caruso's recordingds

It's said that they resulting mash-ups sound throughly second hand. I, unfortunately, have one of the LATER remasters, and it sounds ok on a modern turntable, but played on an acoustic machine, the difference is obvious

[Gvieto]

Didn't Elvis Presley record this same song with the lyrics changed and the title was called "It's Now Or Never?"

[biaraffa87]

very beautiful!!

[transformingArt]

And this is also a re-recorded version from 1930.

[VinylToVideo]

I thought it was, but wasn't quite sure because the original didn't sound too bad. I also think it's a re-release from the 40s because the label looks to be the same as the ones released in Canada in the 40s. Also, I've never seen the words "RCA Victor Red Seal" as the main label on records produced in Canada this early - They normally say "His Master's Voice/Victor" with "RCA Victor" somewhere else on the bottom.

[jozefsterkens]

These re-edition on red vynil dates from 1947

[VinylToVideo]

Those must be re-releases when vinyl first came out in the late '40s. I think 1947 was the first year for those Red Seal 45s.