Oxford Disc Record

Oxford was a single-sided brand produced by several manufacturers (including Columbia Phonograph Co., Universal Talking Machine Manufacturing Company and Victor Talking Machine Co.) for mail-order sale through the Sears Roebuck & Co catalog. Oxford discs replaced Sears' earlier Harvard Disc Record, and were produced and marketed between 1907-1916. All issues duplicated material that had been issued earlier on Columbia or Zonophone Record, and the early issues were anonymous. The Spring 1909 catalog was the first to identify vocalists by name. Between Fall 1907 and Fall 1908, only 7-inch discs were produced. The Spring 1909 catalog introduced 10-inch discs. In Fall 1916, Oxford discs were replaced with records bearing the Silvertone label, in keeping with Sears changing the name of its phonograph line from Oxford to Silvertone.