Re: [ARSCLIST] Looking for recording date

[Peter Hirsch <punto@xxxxxxxx>]

Steven C. Barr wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Peter Hirsch" <punto@xxxxxxxx>
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> > Steven Smolian wrote:
> >
> >
> > > Can you supply the matrix numbers?  Some records in this series are in
> > > Columbia's dubing maxtrix number series, made years after the original,
> and
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> > > can be misleading.
> > >
> > > Check Spottswood's Ethnic Music on Records.
> > >
> > > Steve Smolian
> > I believe the matrix number on one side (I don't have it in front of me
> > at the moment, but I did scrawl something on a piece of paper) is
> > 205298. Does that sound like a kosher matrix number for a Columbia 78?
> Possibly, for a 12" ethnic 78; the 10" matrix series had reached
> 113xxx by 1934, and the 20xxxx may have been the related 12" series.
>
> ...stevenc
> http://users.interlinks.net/stevenc/
Thanks. I find it somewhat unlikely that Mendelssohn partsongs would be
considered "ethnic", but I wouldn't be surprised if that is what they
were considered for marketing purposes way back when. I'll try to look
at the Spottswood book next chance I get to see if it helps date the disc.

Peter