Unlike the A-10 series, this series was a direct counterpart to the Mercury MG-25000 10-inch LP
series (except for the first catalog number, which does not have an LP counterpart). Both the A-1000
and the MG-25000 versions of the album were released at roughly the same time, with the A-1000
version having three 45s (and therefore usually two less songs overall). Although we have not
examined the cover art for this series, it would be expected to closely resemble the MG-25000 series
cover art for the corresponding issue.
Interestingly, the first number in this series, A-1000, while not having an LP counterpart, was released in
78rpm, unlike the rest of the series. This leads to speculation that the series was not originally planned
to mirror the MG-25000 series, and indeed did not do so with any regularity until MG-25042 in mid 1950.
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Number - Title - Artist - [Release Date] Contents |
A-1000x45 Series (45rpm Albums):
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A-1000x45 - Jose Melis - Jose Melis [1949] Also released on 78rpm as A-1000.
Liebestraum/Keyboard Kapers (Turkish March)//Stardust/Cumana//Passion Orientale/Paderewski:
Minuet
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A-1001x45 - Albert Ammons - Albert Ammons [1949] Also issued on 10-inch LP
MG25012 with two additional songs. Boogie Woogie At The Civic Opera/Swanee River Boogie//St. Louis
Blues/Shufflin' The Boogie//The Sheik Of Araby/You Are My Sunshine
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A-1002x45 - Wizard of the Accordion - Charles Magnante [1950] Also issued on 10-inch
LP MG-25043 with two additional songs. Canadian Capers/Dizzy Fingers//Caravan/Dark Eyes//Two
Guitars/La Cinquantaine (The Golden Wedding)
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A-1003x45 - Famous Strauss Waltzes - Various Orchestras [1950] Also issued on 10-
inch LP MG-25044 with two additional songs. The Emperor Waltz - Sylvan Levin & His Concert
Orchestra/Voices Of Spring - Sylvan Levin & His Concert Orchestra//Tales From The Vienna Woods -
Allen Roth & His Concert Orchestra/Wine, Women And Song - Allen Roth & His Concert
Orchestra//Artist's Life - Henry Weber & His Concert Orchestra/Southern Roses - Henry Weber & His
Concert Orchestra
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A-1004x45 - Vic Damone Sings America's Favorites - Vic Damone [1950] Also issued on
10-inch LP MG-25045 with one additional song. Remember/A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody//I'll See You In
My Dreams/Something To Remember You By//My Blue Heaven/The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise
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A-1005x45 - Cherished American Songs - Various Orchestras [1950] Also issued on 10-
inch LP MG-25046 with one additional song. The Missouri Waltz - Allen Roth & His Orchestra/Always -
Allen Roth & His Orchestra//Beautiful Dreamer - Glenn Osser & His Orchestra/Come Where My Love
Lies Dreaming - Glenn Osser & His Orchestra//Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair - Glenn Osser & His
Orchestra/De Camptown Races-Swannee River - Glenn Osser & His Orchestra
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A-1006x45 - Light Classical Gems - Sylvan Levin & His Orchestra [1950] Also issued on
10-inch LP MG-25047. Clair De Lune/Country Gardens//Consolation/Valse Triste//Evening Song/La
Golondrina
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A-1007x45 - Foremost Classical Favorites - Various Orchestras [1950] Also issued on
10-inch LP MG-25048 with two additional songs. Melody In F - Henry Weber & His Orchestra/Moment
Musical - Henry Weber & His Orchestra//Dance Of The Hours - Ralph Norman & His
Orchestra/Barcarolle (From Tales Of Hoffman) - Ralph Norman & His Orchestra//Liebestraum - Ralph
Norman & His Orchestra/Intermezzo - Ralph Norman & His Orchestra
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A-1008x45 - The Music of Jerome Kern and George Gershwin - Various Artists [1950]
Also issued on 10-inch LP MG-25049. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - Allen Roth & His Orchestra/The
Touch Of Your Hand - Glenn Osser & His Orchestra//You Are Love - Ernie Fiorito & His Orchestra/The
Song Is You - Kay Armen with Glenn Osser & His Orchestra///The Man I Love - Peggy Mann with Glenn
Osser & His Orchestra/Someone To Watch Over Me - Peggy Mann with Glenn Osser & His Orchestra
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A-1009x45 - All-Time Favorite Song with Glenn Osser & His Orchestra - Glenn Osser
& His Orchestra [1950] Also issued on 10-inch LP MG-25050 with one additional song. Diane/My
Heart Stood Still [Vickee Richards, vocal]//Over The Rainbow [Peggy Mann, Vocal]/April
Showers//Stormy Weather [Peggy Mann, Vocal]/I'll See You Again
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A-1010x45 - Songs By Lanny Ross - Lanny Ross with Ted Dale & His Orchestra [1950]
Also issued on 10-inch LP MG-25051. September Song/The Night Is Young And You're So
Beautiful//You And The Night And The Music/Begin The Beguine//Strange Music/All The Things You Are
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A-1011x45 - The Music of Victor Herbert and Rudolf Friml - Various Artists [1950] Also
issued on 10-inch LP MG-25052 with two additional songs. Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life - Vivian Della
Chiesa with Sylvan Levin & His Orchestra/Kiss Me Again - Glenn Osser & His Orchestra//A Kiss In The
Dark - Glenn Osser & His Orchestra/Sweethearts - Glenn Osser & His Orchestra//Indian Love Call -
Glenn Osser & His Orchestra/Giannina Mia - Ted Dale & His Orchestra
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A-1012x45 - The Best Loved Music of Sigmund Romberg - Various Artists [1950] Also
issued on 10-inch LP MG-25053 with two additional songs. Wanting You - Ernie Fiorito & His Orchestra
[Felix Knight & Virginia Haskins, Vocal]/Will You Remember? - Ernie Fiorito & His Orchestra [Felix
Knight & Virginia Haskins, Vocal]//Serenade (From The Student Prince] - Ted Dale & His Orchestra
[William Horne, Vocal]/Deep In My Heart Dear [From The Student Prince] - Ted Dale & His Orchestra
[William Horne, Vocal]//Lover Come Back To Me - Sylvan Levin & His Orchestra [Clara Mae Turner,
Vocal]/The Desert Song - Ernie Fiorito & His Orchestra [Mac Morgan, Vocal]
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A-1013x45 - All-Time Song Hits - Vic Damone [1950] Also issued on 10-inch LP MG-
25054. I've Got You Under My Skin/Time On My Hands//Blue Skies/Somebody Loves Me//Embraceable
You/When Day Is Done
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A-1014x45 - The Great Songs of Our Times - Glenn Osser & His Orchestra [1950] Also
issued on 10-inch LP MG-25055 with two additional songs. Stardust/Whispering//Temptation/Night And
Day//What Is This Thing Called Love/Where Or When
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A-1015x45 - Vivian Della Chiesa with Sylvan Levin & His Orchestra - Vivian Della
Chiesa [1950] Also issued on 10-inch LP MG-25056. Ave Maria (Schubert)/Song My Father Taught
Me//The Rosary/Think Of Me//Vio Lo Sapete, O Mama/None But The Lonely Heart
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A-1016x45 - Immortal Songs for the Home - Various Artists [1950] Also issued on 10-
inch LP MG-25057 with two additional songs. Goin' Home - Ted Dale & His Orchestra/The Lord's Prayer
- Ted Dale & His Orchestra//Sylvia - Ernie Fiorito & His Orchestra/Because - Henry Weber & His Concert
Orchestra//Home On The Range - Ernie Fiorito & His Orchestra/A Perfect Day - Ernie Fiorito & His
Orchestra
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A-1017x45 - Favorite Light Classics Sung by Clara Mae Turner - Clara Mae Turner
[1950] Also issued on 10-inch LP MG-25058 with two additional songs. My Heart At Thy Sweet
Voice/Deep River//Hills Of Home/Lover//Habanera/All Through The Night
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A-1018x45 - Machito - Machito & His Orchestra [1950] Vaya! Vaya!/Finaliza Un
Amor//Babalu/Barbara Batibiri//Vive Como Yo/Tumba El Quinto
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A-1019 - [Unissued]
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A-1020 - [Unissued]
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A-1021x45 - Jan August at the Pianola - Jan August [1950] Also issued on 10-inch LP
MG-25042 with two additional songs. A Day At The Seashore/Egyptian Ella//That Old Piano Roll
Blues/Spain//Spaghetti Rag/Meet Me Tonight In Dreamland
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A-1022x45 - Herman Stachow on the Zither - Herman Stachow [1950] Also issued on
10-inch LP MG-25041 with two additional songs. The Third Man Theme/Under The Linden
Tree//Together/The Café Mozart Waltz//The Old Refrain (Der Alte Stefansturm)/Vienna, City Of
My Dreams (Wien, Du Stadt Meiner Traume)
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A-1023x45 - Classic Favorites - Various Orchestras [1950] Also issued on 10-inch LP
MG-25066 with one additional song. Beethoven: Minuet In G-Beethoven: Fur Elise - Sylvan Levin & His
Concert Orchestra/Bach: Air On The G String (From Suite No. 3 In D) - Sylvan Levin & His Concert
Orchestra//Brahms: Hungarian Dance No. 1 In G Minor & Hungarian Dance No. 5 In F Minor - Sylvan
Levin & His Concert Orchestra/Caprice Vennois - Glenn Osser & The Silvertone Orchestra//Leibesleid -
Glenn Osser & The Silvertone Orchestra/Liebesfreud - Glenn Osser & The Silvertone Orchestra
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A-1024x45 - Dinah Washington - Dinah Washington [1950] Also issued on 10-inch LP
MG-25060 with three additional songs and minus "Harbor Lights." It Isn't Fair/I Wanna Be Loved By
You//I Only Know/I'll Never Be Free//How Deep Is The Ocean/Harbor Lights
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A-1025x45 - Patti Page - Patti Page [1950] Also issued on 10-inch LP MG-25059 with
three additional songs and minus "Back In Your Own Back Yard." Ok lahoma Blues/With My Eyes Wide
Open, I'm Dreaming//Confess/That Old Feeling//All My Love/Back In Your Own Back Yard
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A-1026x45 - Jerry Murad's Harmonicats - Jerry Murad's Harmonicats [1950] Also issued
on 10-inch LP MG-25061 with two additional songs. Peg O' My Heart/Harmonica Boogie//Lezghinka/On
The Alamo//The Gallop Of The Comedians/Tea For Two
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A-1027x45 - Christmas Favorites - Various Artists [1950] Also issued on 10-inch LP MG-
25082 with two additional songs. You're All I Want For Christmas - Frankie Laine/Tara Ta-Lara Ta La -
Frankie Laine//Silent Night - Vic Damone/White Christmas - Vic Damone//I'll Be Home For Christmas -
Eddy Howard/White Christmas-Dearest Santa - Eddy Howard
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A-1028x45 - Polkas - Lawrence Welk & His Orchestra [1950] Also issued on 10-inch LP
MG-25064 with two additional songs. Windy River/Dakota Polka//Emilia Polka/Tinker Polka//Laughing
Polka/Julida Polka
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A-1029x45 - Selections from Kiss Me Kate and South Pacific - Various Artists [1950]
Also
issued on 10-inch LP MG-25002 with three additional songs. Why Can't You Behave - Dinah
Washington/So In Love - Patti Page//Some Enchanted Evening - John Laurenz/Happy Talk - Kitty
Kallen//Bali Ha'i - Anne Vincent/Younger Than Springtime - Donald Richards
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A-1030x45 - Negro Spirituals, Volume 1 - Camp Meetin' Choir [1950] Also issued on 10-
inch LP MG-25083 with two additional songs. There's A Great Change In Me/Just A Closer Walk With
Thee//Precious Lord/My Soul's Been Anchored In The Lord//I Know The Lord Will Make A Way/Down In
The Valley
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A-1031x45 - Negro Spirituals, Volume 2 - Camp Meetin' Choir [1950] Also issued on 10-
inch LP MG-25084. When I Get Home/I Came To The Garden//I'm Standin' In That Rocky Ground-
Precious Memories/I Don't Know What I'd Do//When The Moon Goes Down/My Record Will Be There
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