Jean Sablon on RCA Victor

I've been presenting early LPs by the legendary French crooner Jean Sablon now and then, and this is the third such post - also the third cover to feature the same photo of Sablon.

But while the first two albums were on the American Decca label, this is an RCA Victor product from the early 1950s, a double-EP version of a 10-inch LP. 

The EP gives no information about recording dates or conductor identities. However, I found the labels for the 10-inch LP equivalent (included in the download), which does have partial information. The recordings date from 1938, 1941 and 1947. The bandleaders include Emil Stern and Toots Camarata. Sablon first recorded some of these songs in the 1930s for Pathé Marconi.

These RCA recordings are just as good as the Decca sides from earlier in the 1942 and 1946, and the sound is excellent.

Later on, I'll complete our look at Sablon's American records with his 1952 Capitol LP.

Note (May 2025): this has now been remastered in ambient stereo.

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