Roger and Allison Kulp wrote: > Speaking of Brunswick,is there any listing of all of the Polydor/Deutsche Gramophon classical 78s that were pressed by Brunswick in the 20s and early 30s ? They are all listed in Ross Laird's 4 volume Brunswick Discography. > Did Brunswick by any chance press Wilhelm Kempff's first records from 1920 ? > > Roger > > > The only issued Kempff recordings on Brunswick are 90123 and 90124 Beethoven E flat Major Sonata from 1927. They list unissued matrices of the E Minor 2nd Movement, C Major, and A Flat Major from 27 and E Minor 1st movement from 1929. There are no listed German masters before 1926. Mike Biel [log in to unmask] > > --- On Fri, 2/27/09, Steven C. Barr <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: Steven C. Barr <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] FW: [ARSCLIST] w(h)ither Decca? > To: [log in to unmask] > Date: Friday, February 27, 2009, 6:21 PM > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Fine" > <[log in to unmask]> > >> Hi Guys: >> Here's how the ownership works nowadays. Way back in the days USA >> > Decca was different from UK Decca, > >> but perhaps someone else can clarify if they were ever connected in one >> > corporate entity. > No...they never were! US Decca was simply named after the UK label...which MAY > have provided some financial assistance...?! > > US Decca was mainly created with the help of Jack Kapp, who had been the main > "A&R man" for Brunswick...and who brought quite a number of > Brunswick artists > with him into the new operation! UK Decca did issue a number of US Brunswick > sides. > > Steven C. Barr > > > > > >