Michael, Thanks for the details. There is a book SEVENTY YEARS OF ISSUES about the various projects reprinting "78s" - IRCC, HRS, AGS, etc. HISTORICAL MASTERS was doing this, but seems to be dormant now - anyone know for sure ??? Does anyone have that book - is the Columbia AF series listed ?? There is a ROSA PONSELLE LP, copyright 1951 by Addison Foster (GOLDEN LEGEND LP 1201), Columbia XTV stampers non-consecutive numbers. From 1918-23 recordings. This would have been co-existent with Foster's American Gramophone Society (AGS A, B) 78 pressings. Does anyone know of any other LP's issued by Foster ??? Thanks! Best wishes, Thomas. -----Original Message----- From: Association for Recorded Sound Discussion List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Michael Quinn Sent: Monday, September 28, 2015 2:45 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Columbia Historical Series 78rpm discs - AF prefix Hi Thomas, Here as some details. The matrix numbers were confirmed from the discs but the recording dates come from published sources. AF 1 PONSELLE, Rosa (soprano) La Juive: Il va venir (Halevy) 98096-3 Recorded 11th January 1924 Lohengrin: Einsam in truben Tagen (Wagner) 98093-1 Recorded 21st September 1923 Both sides previously unpublished AF 2 FREMSTAD, Olive (soprano) Tosca: Vissi d'arte (Puccini) 30644-1 Recorded 21st January 1911 Issued as Columbia 30644 Historical Reissue - IRCC 74 Tannhauser: Dich, teure Halle (Wagner) 30635-2 Recorded 21st January 1911 Issued as Columbia 30635 Historical Reissue - IRCC 12 AF 3 FREMSTAD, Olive (soprano) Lohengrin: Einsam in truben Tagen (Wagner) 30645-1 Recorded 30th January 1911 Issued as Columbia 30645 Historical Reissue - IRCC 12 NORDICA, Lillian (soprano) Mignon: Je suis Titania (Thomas) 30661-1 Recorded 2nd February 1911 Issued as Columbia 30661 Notes - The 3 Fremstad items appear to be the only Fremstad metals to have survived at Bridgeport into the 1930s. These metals were possibly destroyed when a major cull of original parts occurred in more recent times. The Columbia Historical Series may have been some form of answer to the Victor Heritage Series. As the Victor series seems to have been a comparative failure that may account for the brevity of the Columbia Historical Series. Addison Foster managed much better with a later reissue project - the extensive AGSA & AGSB series pressed by HMV on shellac in the UK in the early 1950s. Best Wishes Mike Quinn On Sun, Sep 27, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Thomas Stern <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I would appreciate any information about this series, catalog numbers, > matrix, details, recording and issue date, label scans - I have seen > listings for > > > > AF1 Rosa Ponselle Il va Venir (LA JUIVE)/Elsas Traum (LOHENGRIN) > > > > AF3 Olive Fremstad and Lillian Nordica - > > > > AF appears to stand for ADDISON FOSTER, Philadelphia based founder > > of the AMERICAN GRAMOPHONE SOCIETY. > > > > Thanks! > > Best wishes, Thomas. > > > > >