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12" 78 rpm Vinyl Record

HISTORIC MASTERS HM-182

ORIGINAL RECORDINGS SUPPLIED BY EMI LTD.

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FEODOR CHALIAPIN 1873-1938

In French with Orchestra & Chorus of the Theatre

de l'Opera ( Henri Busser )

"DON QUICHOTTE - Ca vous commettez tous un acte 

epouvantable" ( Massenet )

Recorded in Paris, 27th February 1930

( Previously unpublished as 78rpm )

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NIKOLAI SHEVELEV 1874-1929

In Russian with Orchestra

"TREACHERY: Ota-beg's aria" ( Ivanov )

Recorded in Moscow, 27th April 1912

( Previously published as 022278 )

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CONDITION: NEW MINUS

( Immaculate Near Mint condition; plays superbly )

Pressed from the original Metal Masters on high quality Vinyl

CAUTION: Don't play Vinyl 78s with steel needles!

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Historic Masters was a historical reissue record label dedicated to making available quality

pressings on vinyl  of rare 78 rpm recordings of opera singers. Historic Masters claimed to be 

"the only company in the world issuing 78 rpm discs of historic vocal and operatic material on 

a regular basis".

Originally an offshoot of the British Institute of Recorded Sound, Historic Masters was the 

brainchild of the actor, record collector and connoisseur of singers, Richard Bebb. The initial 

Historic Masters release was planned as a subscriber-only series of twenty reissues, pressed 

on high quality vinyl using original metal parts from the EMI archive.

The first release was despatched to subscribers in 1973. Despite making a profit, the British 

Institute of Recorded Sound lost interest in the project. To fill the gap, Historic Masters Ltd,

 was set up as an independent company. It was able to release its first reissue in 1983: a set of 

five records produced in a similar manner as before and again distributed on a subscriber-only

basis. 

Many more releases followed along similar lines, including some records which had never 

previously been released in any format. As of 2011, when Historic Masters ceased operation,

they had released over two hundred discs by historic singers, including larger collections of 

recordings by Fernando De Lucia, Nellie Melba, Adelina Patti and Francesco Tamagno.