Velvet Tone

Velvet Tone (USA) Velvet Tone was a budget label, alongside Harmony, Diva and later, Clarion. It was owned by Columbia Phonograph Company, Inc. Recordings were mainly acoustic to start with (despite the late 1920s date). Surfaces were good, as befits the label's name. The label first appeared in 1925 and lasted until 1932 and the catalogue number were often in line with Harmony's but 1000 further on and with a -V suffix. There was also a brief 7000-V series of blues and race records.