FYI. Just in case you aren't an ARSC member. Cheers, John On 4/11/2010 9:15 PM, "Franz Kunst" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Here's a picture of Oriental 5181's label. 5181-A in the run out, no other numbers present. http://www.flickr.com/photos/verylastexcitingmoment/4097123920/in/set-72157622661606299/ This is the insert that was with it, can't confirm if it matches though. It was in a Pathe sleeve. http://www.flickr.com/photos/verylastexcitingmoment/4097130732/ I also have Oriental 5236, again with only 5236-A & -B stamped. Do these numbers match up with Brunswicks? Sorry I don't know anything about the label or any of the performers. -Franz On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 7:18 PM, Dick Spottswood <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > A couple look like they could be Brunswick pressings, but Ross Laird's > Brunswick book shows Chinese material from the West Coast & in China > issued in Brunswick's 49000 & 51000 series from 1929-31. Do any > pressings show matrix numbers? > > ds > > > > > > > > Tim Brooks <[log in to unmask]> > Sent by: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> > 04/11/2010 09:22 PM > Please respond to > Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List <[log in to unmask]> > > > To > [log in to unmask] > cc > > Subject > [ARSCLIST] Oriental Record Co. > > > > > > > While at the recent Society for American Music conference I ran into a > professor who is looking for information on the "Oriental Record Co.", a > label > that was distributed by a San Francisco theater troupe in the mid-to-late > 1920s. > She has a good deal of information about the theater including their ads > selling > the records, and wants to find out where they were recorded and who > manufactured > them. > > Anyone know anything about this label? There seem to have been a lot of > issues, all numbered in a 5000-series. There were several label types, > viewable > on the web at http://www.bh2000.net/special/patzak/detail.php?id=2847 (and > > probably other places as well). > > If you have any information on this label let me know and I'll put you in > touch with her. > > Tim > > > >