 Caruso and the disc phonograph, known in the United Kingdom as the gramophone, did much to promote each other in the first two decades of the 20th century.Many of Caruso's recordings have remained continuously available since their original issue over a century ago, and all of his surviving discs (including unissued takes) has been remastered and reissued several times over the years.Although full operas were recorded on discs since the early 1900s, "Carmen" in 1908 for example, there are no recordings of Caruso performing in a fully recorded opera.