Steven C. Barr wrote:
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>From: "Peter Hirsch" <[log in to unmask]>
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>>Steven Smolian wrote:
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>>>Can you supply the matrix numbers? Some records in this series are in
>>>Columbia's dubing maxtrix number series, made years after the original,
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>>>can be misleading.
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>>>Check Spottswood's Ethnic Music on Records.
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>>>Steve Smolian
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>>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?
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>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.
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>...stevenc
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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
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