The American Decca classical would have been in their "Odeon" series.

What I would like to see,is a complete discography of all gold label classical 
Brunswicks,as well as the Brunswick/Polydor series of the 


30s.

Roger


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From: Steven C. Barr <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Sent: Sat, August 14, 2010 7:29:37 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Victor and Columbia New Records brochures 
1938-1942/Classical

From: "Michael Biel" <[log in to unmask]>
>  Michael Biel wrote:
> >> Decca has been thoroughly documented by Michel Ruppli in his published
> >> discography set, although I do recall there being one sector of
> classical
> >> releases of imported masters that I wasn't able to find.
> On 8/14/2010 3:29 AM, Michel RUPPLI wrote:
>> Michael has well  reported on going work on Columbia and Victor labels, as well 
>>as my past work on Decca label***
>> *** Mike: all Decca imports were included in my Decca Discography - Vol. 5 
>>pages 631-736.
> 
Point beingt that the Decca(US) ledgers still exist (I'm not sure in their
entirety?!). And, yes, Decca(US) DID make arrangements (or use pre-
1946 matrices?!) to create a series intended to compete with Victor's
"Red Seal" series(ses) and its Columbia equivalent...?!

There WERE 20***/25*** Deccas, which drew from the above series;
these series ended c.1935-36, when Decca realized there was more
money to be made in non-classical trcordings...!


Steven C. Barr
> Does it include issues in catalog number series 20000 and 25000?  This came up 
>in March on the 78-L because I only have your volume 6 -- the numerical catalog 
>number index -- while David Lennick has the whole set. He brought this up, I 
>assume while referring to Vol 5.  He mentions a 10-inch 20000 and 12-inch 25000 
>Decca Odeon-Parlophone series which also used some English Decca masters.  
>Volume 6 shows these numbers only being reused for a short-lived Plays series 
>(Death of a Salesman and The Council) and a popular Special Series 
>respectively.  The ones he was talking about were:
> 
>>>>>  ...cheap red label classical and some Ethnic. "Sounds of
>>>>>  the Orient" (exact title?) was in that series. Handel's Concerti Grossi 
>>nos.
>>>>>  1-3 conducted by Boyd Neel were on 25655/67, Walton's Symphony was on 
>>>>25600/5,
>>>>>  a couple of Betove's records were in the 20000s. No albums provided. 
>>Several
>>>>>  of these and the 10-inch 20000 series were still in the 1943 catalog.
> 
> I replied:
>>>>  The 1941 POPULAR catalog shows the 20000 and
>>>>  25000 series in the price list on the inside front cover but doesn't
>>>>  list them in the catalog, along with most of the ethnic series such as
>>>>  Irish, Mexican, Scotch, Race, West Indian, and Hill Billy.  Except for a
>>>>  few of these that are numbered in the regular popular series -- mostly
>>>>  for inclusion in an album -- those are in separate catalogs.
> 
> I also mentioned several other numerical series numbers which had been reused 
>and both are included in your book, such as the two K- children's series and the 
>two 29000 series.
> 
> Lennick also noted:
> 
>>>>>  Ruppli also didn't list any of the Decca custom matrix numbers
>>>>>  used for Commodore, Keynote and private labels in the early 40s
>>>>>  ..maddening, since he did list some that were used in the 30s
>>>>>  for Liberty Music Shops.
> 
> While we are at it, I found a few items in the preface to Vol 6 that need 
>correction:
> 
>>  "After the war, a new peak in activity occurred.  Decca purchased
>>  material from the Signature lanel and started reissuing vintage material
>>  from Brunswick, using a revised Brunswick logo."
> 
> I'm not sure of the date of Signature material, but the Brunswick series began 
>during the 1942 strike,in response to the Columbia reissues Avakian was doing.  
>Didn't Milt Gabler do these?  You then mention Coral and Vocalion as being 
>started at the same time (after the war) but since Brunswick reissues had 
>started in 1942, this is wrong.  Besides. these labels came about quite a bit 
>after the war, closer to 1950.
> 
> But the biggest error is this:
> "In the meantime, Jack Kapp, who had headed the label since the
> beginning, resigned to form his own company and produce recordings under
> the Kapp label (not included in this set)."
> 
> Jack Kapp DIED suddenly on March 28, 1949 at the age of 48.  His brother DAVE 
>Kapp was the one who resigned a few years later and formed Kapp Records in 1954.
> 
> Relative small, but nagging problems, is such a great work!
> 
> Mike [log in to unmask]
>