[78-L] [78-l] fwd: Info request REPEAT

[David Lennick]

I sent this almost 4 weeks ago, but 78-L went down that same day and there were 
no responses. Here it is again.

Forwarded from a new member who's been unable to get a message through. dl


> Dear Members,
>   I am new to the list. I am a collector of 78s, mainly of Jewish
> music. I am in France.
>
>   I have a record I would like to date, but its matrix and catalog
> numbers are very strange. It seems to be a re-re-re-issue of 2
> recordings having nothing common, or something like that. Here is the
> complete info :
>
>   Label name : Sirena (1920's design)
>
>   Artist : Rachowitzer Orchester
>
>   Catalog number : 5159 (Jewish 5000 series, ca. 1927)
>
>    FIRST SIDE :
>
>   Title : Majofes 1 Teil
>
>   Matrix, as written on the label : 10116
>
>   Matrix, as written in the wax : 10085
>
>   the "Majofes" is a well-known Jewish "Klezmer" tune.
>
>    SECOND SIDE :
>
>   Title : Majofes 2 Teil
>
>   Matrix (label) : 10086
>
>   Matrix (wax) : 10084
>
>   What I can hear on this record is not at all the "Majofes" tune,  but
> a version of the Jewish/Russian tune "7-40" (cf. 78label list
> discussion some years ago about this tune).
>
>   And there is something more strange : at the beginning of this  side,
> someone says "Poliaphone Concert Record". It appears that it was a 1910s label from Odessa.
>
>   The second part has an earlier matrix number than the first part.
> Also, all these numbers indicate a 1910/1911 recording, while the
> record has been made in 1927 !!!
>
>   Thanks for your help
>
>   Best regards,
>
>   Peter Nahon