ABSTRACT
A lateral-cut disc marketed in Britain and the U.S. from 1921 to 1930 by the Pathé Frères Compagnie (London) and the Pathé Frères Phonograph Co., Inc. (New York). Material was classical, dance music, race, and jazz. Among the New York recordings were numbers by Red Nichols, Duke Ellington, and the Original Memphis Five. The California Ramblers appeared under the pseudonym of Golden Gate Orchestra. Maurice Chevalier was heard on masters cut in Paris. The disc label itself was hexagonally shaped, brown and tan, with the red Pathé rooster. Much of the Actuelle list was issued also on the Perfect label.
