RCA Victor Argentina, Inc.

Radio Corporation of America subsidiary, rebranded from Victor Talking Machine Co. Sucursal Argentina in February or March 1931. Earliest known RCA Victor #cat is 47592 with perforation (recording) date 1931-02-04. Due to legal necessities, the company was renamed RCA Victor Argentina S.A. somewhere in late 1940. Important: Printing assets for RCA Victor Argentina, Inc. don't always use the "Inc." suffix. Sometimes it may be used only one side. Credit only as RCA Victor Argentina, Inc. if the date of release can be rounded down between 1931 and 1940. Important: Perforation (Recording) date of songs found online do not represent the release date. Information on early Tango recordings has been compiled in multiple books and it's availability online often leads to misinformation. From the point of recording the tracks may be pressed and releases as little as a one or two months later, delayed, shelved permanently or assembled ecletically in 78RPM records years after. While the studio of Victor is unknown and the label does not use matrix numbers, Victor releases follow an orderly catalogue number with little room for misinterpretation. However the perforation year will not always align with the release year. Recordings may be: 1. Released (on average) within two or three months, depending on pressing & distribution related factors. 2. Released with delay some months o years later. These delays are clearly noticeable due to asyncronic label design that doesn't fit the inmediate period recorded. 3. Arranged with tracks from other recording sessions and released later. Easy to notice due to asyncronic label design and mismatched peforation dates. 4. Shelved permanently and never released on 78RPM, they usually appear on 60s EP/LP compilations or CD collections many decades later. This is admittedly more common on Odeon recordings. Chronologic Label Designs: 1931/02-1939 - Inherits the original Victor theme (ex.) but with light modifications. - Black label on gold print, Baroque circlet encasing "His Master's Voice" logo with Victor logo below, "Grabación Ortofónica" on top and "Industria Argentina" split on the sides of the logo. "VE" (Victor Electrical) in top and bottom of circlet, record company on inner bottom. (ex. 1) - Note A: Copyrights of local writers were protected by adding a goldex box with legal text (ex. 1) - By 1933 Copyrights of local artists are replaced with a box-less legal text (ex. 1) - By 1934 Copyright text is enboxed again and applies to all local or foreign compositions (earliest known date 1934/04) (ex. 1) - By 1935 Copyright text is moved from bottom to center-left (earliest known date 1935/03) (ex. 1) - By early 1936 the text Grabación Ortofónica is dropped (ex. 1) - By late 1936 Copyright text is boxed and moved to the botton again (earliest known date 1936/04) (ex. 1) - By 1938 The VE logos are removed and copyright text is moved center-left again. (possibly mid 1938) (ex. 1) - By 1939 Copyright text is unboxed and modified, industria argentina becomes curved (earliest known date 1939/07) (ex. 1)