Victor 10-Inch Purple-Label Records
1909-1916

Victor introduced its Purple Label line in 1910 in a single-sided format. Both ten and twelve-inch discs (with catalog numbers starting at 60000 and 70000 respectively) were made and they were priced between the Black and Red Seal lines. Its field was somewhat Vaudeville-oriented but other content appeared when deemed too exclusive for the Black Label. This is also why they, like Red Seals, were only one-sided.

Harry Lauder, the established Scottish comedian, recorded many of the first Purple Label discs. They sold so well and he continued to make them so often it somewhat became his personal label. Coming across one today will likely feature his name but a few other artists sometimes appear like Victor Herbert and Lucy Isabelle Marsh. Most were recorded in the first few years of the 1910s while new issues quickly slowed by the end of the decade. Like the Red Seals, their one-sided nature fell out of favor in the market as double-discs became common. Unlike the Reds though, the line was discontinued in the new decade and its contents were moved to the double-sided Blue Label.

Encoded Speed: 192 Kbps

I've Something in the Bottle for the Morning (Fu' th' Noo')
Harry Lauder
Victor 60000
Matrix# B-8449, Take 1
December 12, 1909
Camden, New Jersey

I Love a Lassie
Harry Lauder
Victor 60001
Matrix# B-8462, Take 2
January 18, 1913
Camden, New Jersey

Stop Your Tickling, Jock!
Harry Lauder
Victor 60002
Matrix# B-8446, Take 1
December 12, 1909
Camden, New Jersey
Note: Worn.

Tobermory
Harry Lauder
Victor 60003
Matrix# B-8447, Take 1
December 12, 1909
Camden, New Jersey

Inverary
Harry Lauder
Victor 60006
Matrix# B-8465, Take 1
December 12, 1909
Camden, New Jersey

Mr. John MacKay
Harry Lauder
Victor 60008
Matrix# B-8469, Take 1
December 12, 1909
Camden, New Jersey

I've Loved Her Ever Since She Was a Baby
Harry Lauder
Victor 60009
Matrix# B-8470, Take 1
December 12, 1909
Camden, New Jersey

Queen Among the Heather
Harry Lauder
Victor 60010
Matrix# B-8474, Take 1
December 12, 1909
Camden, New Jersey

My Hero (from "A Chocolate Soldier")
Lucy Marsh
Victor 60012
Matrix# B-8617, probably Take 5
probably February 21, 1910
Camden, New Jersey (?)

Killiecrankie
Harry Lauder
Victor 60018
Matrix# B-8663, Take 2
February 25, 1910
New York, New York

Italian Street Song
Lucy Isabelle Marsh
Victor 60031
Matrix# B-9679, Take 3 or 4
December 1 or 5, 1910
Camden, New Jersey
Note: Worn with skips.

Two Little Love Bees
Christie Macdonald
Victor 60060
Matrix# B-11129, Take 2
October 23, 1911
Camden, New Jersey

Just a-wearyin' for You
Lucy Isabelle Marsh
Victor 60068
Matrix# B-11140, Take 3
October 26, 1911
Camden, New Jersey

The Same as His Faither Was Before Him
Harry Lauder
Victor 60094
Matrix# B-12811, Take 1
January 18, 1913
Camden, New Jersey
Note: Played at 77 RPM.

His Lullaby
Lucy Isabelle Marsh
Victor 60103
Matrix# B-13416, Take 2
June 11, 1913
Camden, New Jersey

Roamin' in the Gloamin'
Harry Lauder
Victor 60105
Matrix# B-11122, Take 1
October 18, 1911
New York, New York

The Wee Hoose 'Mang the Heather
Harry Lauder
Victor 60106
Matrix# B-12813, Take 1
January 18, 1913
Camden, New Jersey

She's the Lass for Me
Harry Lauder
Victor 60107
Matrix# B-12810, Take 1
January 18, 1913
Camden, New Jersey

Absent
Margaret Romaine
Victor 60124
Matrix# B-15150, Take 2
August 26, 1914
Camden, New Jersey

That's an Irish Lullaby (Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral)
George MacFarlane
Victor 60125
Matrix# B-14801, Take 2
May 5, 1914
New York, New York
Note: In-studio start cue audible.

The Last Rose of Summer
Lucy Marsh
Victor 60126
Matrix# B-15236, Take 2
October 1, 1914
Camden, New Jersey
Note: In-studio start cue audible.

A Little Bit of Heaven
George MacFarlane
Victor 60132
Matrix# B-15537, Take 3
January 29, 1915
Camden, New Jersey

Doughie the Baker
Harry Lauder
Victor 60141
Matrix# B-16798, Take 2
November 20, 1915
New York, New York

She is My Rosie
Harry Lauder
Victor 60142
Matrix# B-16789, Take 2
November 20, 1915
New York, New York

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