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G.V. Series

A G.V. Series (G.V.116) recording of the 1941 songs "El estagiario / Mi refugio" by Argentine Carlos Di Sarli y su Orquesta típica. Thousands of such records were sent to colonial Africa in the 1940s, sparking the creation of new musical styles across the continent.

The G.V. Series (perhaps for Grabación Victor)[1] were a series of 10 inch 78 rpm Gramophone records produced in Europe and the United States from 1933 to 1958, and exported (or repressed on site) to colonial Tropical Africa. They are credited with introducing Afro-Cuban music into modern African popular culture. The resulting re-interpretations influenced the creation of several genres of African popular music.

  1. ^ White 2002 and Stewart 2004 offer several variations on G. V.'s real and perceived meanings, which include "Grabación Victor" ("Victor Recording" in Spanish), "Grabado en Venezuela" (recorded in Venezuela), "Gramophone Victor", and a popular Congolese nickname "Grands Vocalistes" (great singers). White (2002) also reports it may only be an EMI records code which lies between G.U. and G.W.

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