[78-L] Rex Battle, or not?

[David Lennick]

Steven C. Barr wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>> The odd thing is that Rex Battle DID record classical piano solos for Apex
>> before 1925, and there's an unissued and unnumbered off-air recording with 
>> a
>> Compo label of Battle playing something (I forget what, but I have it). I 
>> think
>> Rust identifies it as the Bar Harbor Society Orchestra (Banner 1525 etc).
>> Actual matrix numbers should be 5890-1 and 5891-1, as well as 2626-1 and 
>> 2627-1
>> (presumably split among Banner, Domino, Emerson and Regal). 21053 is 
>> another
>> Apex issue number (Domino Canada). Sterling 10000 is yet another Compo 
>> issue
>> number.
>>
> I assume this reference SHOULD have been Starr 10000? Compo's 10000 series
> was used on the Starr label for Anglophone pop-music releases; the Compo
> Sterling label (a 35-cent "bargain" label) didn't appear until WELL after 
> 1925!

Mine goof..I took Rust's "St" to mean Sterling instead of Starr.
> 
> 2626 and 2627 sound like Compo matrix numbers; 5890/91 sound like Plaza
> matrix numbers...I would guess that the Compo numbers are the originals, 
> since
> AFAIK Compo never assigned controls in their own matrix series to Plaza
> (or any?) matrices they might have issued on Apex et al!
> 
> So the question here is whether the Starr 10000 series started with 1000*0* 
> as
> this suggests...or 10001?!
> 
> ...stevenc 
> 
Dunno..you got my Apex book (would that one be listed in it?).

dl