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Joe's Music Rack Part of YOUR KEY TO COLLECTIBLES© MERCURY RECORD LABEL DISCOGRAPHY SECTION

They were a major force in jazz and blues, classical music, rock and roll, and country music recordings. In 1946/47 Mercury opened two pressing plants,
one in Chicago and the other in St. Louis, Missouri. With the use of automatic presses and providing 24-hour turnaround, they went into direct competition with the major recording labels such as Columbia, Decca, and RCA Victor.

In 1947 Mercury hired two promoters, Tiny Hill (who had his own orchestra) and Jimmy Hilliard, who also had a group, they had deep impact on the pop market with names such as Vic Damone, Tony Fontane, Frankie Laine and Patti Page. In 1947 Jack Rael, a musician and publicist/manager, persuaded Mercury to let Patti Page (whom he managed) to record a song that had been planned to be done by Vic Damone, "Confess" (Charted July 1948). The budget was too small for them to hire a second singer to provide the "answer" parts to Page, so at Rael's suggestion she did both voices. (Jimmy Hilliard who signed her agreed) This it said to be the first documented example of "overdubbing," and Patti Page became one of the artists best known for the use of this technique. Les Paul was experimenting with it and Jazzman Sidney Bechet cut a session in 1941 using overdubbing on top of his original tracks.

The company released an enormous number of recordings under the Mercury label as well as its subsidiaries (Blue Rock Records, Cumberland Records, EmArcy Records, Fontana Records, Limelight Records, Philips Records, Smash Records and Wing Records). In addition, they leased and purchased material by independent labels and redistributed them.

Under their own Mercury label, they released a variety of recording styles from classical music to psychedelic rock. However, the subsidiaries focused on their own specialized categories of music.

MG-20000 Alfred Newman - Popular Classics Tambourin Chinois/Alt Wien/La Rosita/Polonaise in A/Dance of the Comedians/Minute Waltz/The Bee/How Green Was My Valley// "Carmen" Overture/Vissi d'Arte/Malaguena/Midnight Bells/Hora Staccato/Jalousie/Street

MG-20001 Charles E. Cronham - Hymns Of Faith - Hope - Joy & Ring Out Christmas Bells The Church's One Foundation/Faith Of Our Fathers/Abide With Me/Onward Christian Soldiers/Fairest Lord Jesus/ Rock Of Ages/In The Hour Of Trial/A Mighty Fortress Is Our God/My Faith Looks Up To Thee/I Love To Tell The Story/I Need Thee Every Hour/All Hail The Power Of Jesus/Ring Out Chirstmas Bells// Joy To The World/It Came Upon A Midnight Clear/Oh Little Town Of Bethlehem/Hark The Herald Angels Sing/ Away In A Manger/Oh, Come All Ye Faithful/White Christmas/Silent Night

MG-20002 Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra/Philharmonic Orchestra Of Prague - Waltz With Me To The Music Of Strauss & Waltz With Me To The Music Of Waldteuful

MG-20003 Alfred Newman - Operatic Arais & Music To Remember Vesti La Guibba-Pagliacci-Leoncavallo/Quartet-Rigoletto-Verdi/Celeste Aida-Aida-Verdi/Musetta's Valse-La Boheme-Puccini/ Barcaroole-Tales Of Hoffman-Offenbach/Un Del Di Verdremo-Madame Butterfly-Puccini/Drink To Me Only With Thine Eyes-Traditional/ Geau Soir-Debussy/Elegie-Massenet/None But The Lonely Heart/Intermezzo-Prevost/Ave Maria-Schubert

MG-20004 Nicolas Matthey/Alexander Haas - Magyar Gypsy Melodies

MG-20005 Alfred Newman - Captain From Castile OST

MG-20006 Jose Melis - Piano Stylings: South American Way

MG-20007 Richard Dyer-Bennett/Tom Glazer - Olden Ballads

MG-20008 Tony Kraber/Earl Robinson - The Old Chisholm Trail

MG-20009 Erroll Garner - At The Piano [Canada paper jacket right] Embraceable You/Lover Come Back To Me/Always/Sometimes I'm Happy/I Can't Get Started With You/I've Got You Under My Skin// Blue Skies/Don't Blame Me/Full Moon And Empty Arms/Memories Of You/For You/If I Loved You

MG-20010 Ralph Marterie - Sweet and Lovely [There three jackets with for this issue - one with the title 'Strings'] Truly/Danse Arabe/For You/Vilia/Anniversary Song// Green Dolphin Street/Yesterdays/Sweet And Lovely/It Ain't Necessarily So - Summertime/Heartbroken

MG-20010 Ralph Marterie - Strings [Same as above - just the album title is differant] Truly/Danse Arabe/For You/Vilia/Anniversary Song// Green Dolphin Street/Yesterdays/Sweet And Lovely/It Ain't Necessarily So - Summertime/Heartbroken

MG-20011 Adrian Rollini Trio - Adrian Rollini Trio

MG-20012 Devid Le Winter and his Orchestra - Latin Melodies

MG-20013 Chicago Philharmonic Orchestra - Chicago Philharmonic Pop Concert

MG-20014 Erich Leinsdorf And Henry Weber - Famous Orchestral Highlights From Grand Opera

MG-20016 V.A. - Tenor Jazz Whitsett (aka “5054 Whitsett”)/You Know It/Under A Blanket Of Blue/China Boy/They Didn't Believe Me/Wicks Kicks// The Sunny Side Of Street/Louise/Battle Of The Saxes/Three Little Words/Don't Blame Me

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MG-20035 Sophie Tucker - My Dream

MG-20036 Alfred Newman - Music For Orchestra & Invitation To The Ballet Banjo And Fiddle/2nd Prelude/Ritual Fire Dance/Vienna Beauties/Dance Of The Buffoons/Jamaican Rhumba// Overture “Royal Scandal”/Waltz Of The Flowers from “Nutcracker Suite”/Swan Lake Intro. to 3rd Act/ Sailors Dance from “Red Poppy”/Overture “Sleeping Beauty”/Can Can from “Gaite Parisienne”

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MG-20038 Alfred Newman - An American In Paris & Motion Picture Music

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MG-20042 Panar & Orchestra - Dancetime In Havana

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MG-20046 Sophie Tucker - Cabaret Days [ Also issued on Wing as MGW 12213 ]

MG-20047 Billy Daniels - Love Me or Leave Me [Platter Label reads This is My Beloved ] It's Easy To Remember/Imagination/Love Me or Leave Me/That Old Feeling/My Funny Valentine/This is My Beloved// Please/I Only Have Eyes For You/I Can Dream Can't I/Bewitched, Brothered and Bewildered/What A Differant A Day Makes/ More Than You Know/I Still Get A Thrill Thinking Of You

MG 20048 Richard Hayman - Music For Romance

MG 20049 Sophie Tucker - Fifty Golden Years

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MG 20051 Ethel Waters - The Favorite Songs Of Ethel Waters [ 2 jackets issues-tracks are the same ] Paper Moon/Happiness Is A Thing Called Joe/Can't Help Lovin' That Man/Summertime/St. Louis Blues// Suppertime/Travelin'/A Hundred Years From Today/Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child/The Crucifixion/ Little Black Boy

MG 20052 Emma Schaver - From Heart To The People

MG-20053 Ralph Marterie - Dance Date NEED INFORMATION

MG 20054 Ralph Marterie - Alone Together [ Same album difference name below ] My Old Flame/Remember/Lights Out/Goodbye/I'm In The Mood For Love/Can't We Talk It Over// I'm Through With Love/Two Sleepy People/Adios/Lost In Loveliness/The Thing I Love/Sleepy Lagoon

MG 20054 Ralph Marterie - Music For Smoochin' [ Same album difference name as above ] My Old Flame/Remember/Lights Out/Goodbye/I'm In The Mood For Love/Can't We Talk It Over// I'm Through With Love/Two Sleepy People/Adios/Lost In Loveliness/The Thing I Love/Sleepy Lagoon

MG 20055 Erroll Garner - Mambo Moves Garner

MG 20056 Anna Maria Alberghetti - Songs By Anna Maria Alberghetti Mambo Garner/Night And Day/Mambo Blues/Old Black Music/Cherokee// Russian Lullabye/Begin The Beguine/Mambo Nights/Sweet Sue

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MG 20058 Various Artists - Cinerama Holiday

MG 20059 Various Artists - Cinerama Holiday

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MG 20061 Jack Shaindlin - Academy Award Favorites

MG 20062 Buddy Morrow - Shall We Dance Intermezzo/Body And Soul/My Melancholy Baby/Let's Do It/Something To Remember You By/September Song// The Touch Of Your Lips/Blue Prelude/We'll Be Together Again/I Found A Million Dollar Baby/That Old Feeling/ Too Marvelous For Words

MG 20063 Erroll Garner - Solitaire I'll Never Smile Again/Then You've Never Been Blue/Talk Of The Town/Solitaire// A Cottage For Sale/That Old Feeling/Over The Rainbow

MG 20064 David Carroll - Toe Tappers NEED INFORMATION

MG 20065 Xavier Cugat - Cugat's Favorites

MG 20066 Ralph Marterie - Dance Band In Town Castle Rock/September Song/Beautiful Ohio/Alice Blue Gown/Alone/Once In A While// Perdido/The Moon Is Blue/Tenderly/At The Savoy/Boulevard Of Broken Dreams/Diane

MG 20067 Crew Cuts - Crew Cuts Go Long Hair

MG 20068 Rusty Draper - Music For A Rainy Night

MG 20069 Frankie Laine - Songs By Frankie Laine

MG 20070 Alfred Newman - In Concert: Alfred Newman Conducts The Hollywood Symphony Orchestra

MG 20071 Georgia Gibbs - Music And Memories [1954] The Man That Got Away/I'll Be Seeing You/How Did He Look/What'll I Do/Baby Won't You Please Come Home/After You've Gone// It's The Talk Of The Town/He's Funny That Way/Say It Isn't So/If I Had You/I'll Always Be In Love With You/ Somebody Loves Me

MG 20072 Jan August - Jan August Plays Songs To Remember

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MG-20074 Harmonicats - Selected Favorites

MG 20075 Tony Martin - Mr. Song Man

MG 20076 Patti Page - Romance On The Range

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MG 20078 Jan August - Music For The Quiet Hour

MG 20079 Tony Martin - Dream Music

MG 20080 Frankie Laine - That's My Desire September In The Rain/I'm In The Mood For Love/Exactly Like You/'Till We Meet Again/That's My Desire/By The River St. Marie// Georgia On My Mind/Black And Blue/You're Wonderful/Cherie, I Love You/We'll Be Together Again

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MG 20082 Eddy Howard - Shall We Dance ?

MG 20083 Frankie Laine - Songs For People Together Now That I Need You/Hold Me/Dream A Little Dream Of Me/But Beautiful/Music, Maestro, Please/ I Get Sentimental Over Nothing// Kiss Me Again/Black Lac/Satan Wears A Satin Gown/Ain't That Just Like A Woman/Sleepy Ol' River/ A Man Gets Awfully Lonesome

MG 20084 Jack Fina - Concerto For Dreams

MG 20085 Frankie Laine - Concert Date

MG 20086 David Carroll - Waltzes, Wine And Candlelight

MGD 20087 V.A. - Pop Parade

MG 20088 Red Prysock - Rock 'N Roll Jump, Red, Jump/Happy Feet/Blow Your Horn/Little Jamie/Zonked/Rock 'N Roll// Zip/Fats Place/Alright, Okay, You Win/That's The Groovy Thing/Jumbo/Hand Clappin'

MGD 20089 V.A. - Pop Parade

MG 20090 Erroll Garner - Afternoon Of An Elf Afternoon Of An Elf/Don't Be That Way/St. James Infirmary// A Smooth One/Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby/All My Loves Are You/Fandango

MG 20091 Lawrence Welk - Music For Polka Lovers

MG 20092 Lawrence Welk - Dance Party

MG-20093 Patti Page - Christmas With Patti Page Jingle Bells/Silnet Night/Santa Claus Is Coming To Town/The Christmas Song/The First Noel/Christmas Choir

MG 20094 Sarah Vaughan - Sarah Vaughan At The Blue Note The Touch Of Your Lips/'S Wonderful/Tenderly/It's Magic/Honey/Let's Put Out The Lights// I'm In The Mood For Love/I Don't Know Why/Paradise/Time On My Hands/Gimme A Little Kiss/Make Yourself Comfortable

MG 20095 Patti Page - Page One - Sings A Collection Of Her Most Famous Songs

MG 20096 Patti Page - Page Two - Sings A Collection Of Her Most Famous Songs

MG 20097 Patti Page - Page Three - Easy Listening

MG 20098 Patti Page - You Go To My Head

MG 20099 Patti Page - Music For Two In Love

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