[78-L] Organist Sidney Torch on unknown label

Steven C. Barr stevenc at interlinks.net
Wed Jun 24 18:37:10 PDT 2009


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stephen Davies" <SDavies at mtroyal.ca>
> In one of life's uglier ironies, the "Record Collector" has stickered over
> half the label on these six sides. Can anyone tell me what make these
> English records are?
> Also, which Kilburn is the location for this organ?
> Sidney Torch:
> - Piping hot, No. 1 (Cat# F.7576-A, Mx DR.4740=1)
> - Piping hot, No. 1, cont'd (Cat# F.7576-B, Mx DR.4741=2)
> - The breeze and I (Cat# F.7646-A, Mx DR.5051=1)
> - Begin the beguine (Cat# F.7646-B, Mx DR.5052=2)
> - Torch parade, No. 4 (Cat# F.7866-A, Mx DR.5693=1)
> - Torch parade, No. 4, cont'd (Cat# F.7866-B, Mx DR.5694=1)
>
The dead giveaways here are the F-prefixed catalog numbers...and
the DR-prefixed matrix numbers! Either of these would suggest British
Decca; both together essentially confirm that!!

...stevenc 




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