[78-L] Correction re false matrix numbers, was Re: Pacific 231,

[David Lennick]

Scratch that..it's not in the ARSC Journal piece. I'll try and remember where I 
came across it. And the numbers had to be in the 75000s or higher for that 
theory to have presented itself (the 70000s were single sided purple label).

dl

 >
 > This was Victor adding its own matrix number..they did this on a number of
 > European recordings, into the mid 30s I believe. No idea why. This confounded a
 > Gilbert & Sullivan discographer (in an ARSC Journal piece) who believed that
 > these numbers, into the 70000s by this time, were "if they had ever intended to
 > use single sided Red Seal catalog numbers"..couldn't explain why.
 >
 > dl
 >>

> Tyrone Settlemier wrote:
>> Yes, on Victor 9276 by "Contenental Symphony Orchestra" directed by Piero 
>> Coppola.
>>
>> mx CTR-3389 and CTR 3390.
>>
>> side one also has the number 45723 in the wax, in Victor's font.  What's 
>> this number for?
>>
>> Tyrone