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Victor artists are the really great artists of this present generation. Their names are inseparably associated with noteworthy musical performances and their number is constantly increasing. Whenever a new artist of exceptional ability appears, that artist chooses to become identified with the host of world-famed artists whose masterful interpretations are so faithfully portrayed on Victrola instruments and Victor records.

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