Editing Victor Talking Machine Company (section)

=== Acoustical recording era (1901–1925) ===
[[File:Caruso with phonograph2.jpg|thumb|left|upright=0.8|[[Enrico Caruso]] with a customized Victrola given to him as a wedding gift by the Victor Company in 1918]]
In the company's early years, Victor issued recordings on the Victor, Monarch and De Luxe labels, with the Victor label on 7-inch records, Monarch on 10-inch records and De Luxe on 12-inch records. De Luxe Special 14-inch records were briefly marketed in 1903–1904. In 1905, all labels and sizes were consolidated into the Victor imprint.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mainspringpress.com/victor1.html|title=VICTOR 78 RECORDS: Evolution of the Victor Talking Machine Company record labels|website=Mainspring Press|access-date=10 January 2018 |archive-date=11 January 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180111165117/http://www.mainspringpress.com/victor1.html }}</ref>

[[File:VictorTalkingMachine2008.jpg|thumb|right|A Victor Talking Machine]]
Victor recorded the first jazz and blues records ever issued. The Victor Military Band recorded the first recorded blues song, "[[The Memphis Blues]]", on July 15, 1914, in Camden, New Jersey.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/1000002984/B-15065-The_Memphis_blues|title=Victor matrix B-15065. The Memphis blues / Victor Military Band |website=Discography of American Historical Recordings|access-date=January 10, 2018}}</ref> In 1917, [[The Original Dixieland Jazz Band]] recorded "[[Livery Stable Blues]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/700004406/B-19331-Livery_stable_blues|title=Victor matrix B-19331. Livery stable blues / Original Dixieland Jazz Band |website=Discography of American Historical Recordings|access-date=January 10, 2018}}</ref>