[78-L] Widely separated matrix numbers..!

[Royal Pemberton]

I wonder how late Columbia continued that old practice of keeping the same
basic matrix number, just extending the take counts at subsequent re-make
sessions?  (Was Victor still doing so that late too?  Did they discontinue
it when they went to the alphanumberical combinations in 1942?)

On Sun, Oct 4, 2009 at 3:26 PM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> An object lesson in not estimating recording dates from matrix numbers,
> even
> when they're close to known ones (or adjacent to them!), has just played
> itself
> out here.
>
> The following two records, by cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, have consecutive
> matrix numbers but were recorded TWO YEARS APART.
>
> XCO 25682/3 (11380-D)    HAYDN: DIVERTIMENTO IN D - January 8 1942
>
> XCO 25684/5 (69836-D)    SCHUMANN: FANTASIESTUCKE OP. 73 - January 17 1940
>
> Seems that good ol' Gregorovich did record the Haydn piece on January
> 17/40,
> and again in October that same year, but it took a third try..with a
> different
> pianist and in a different studio (Liederkranz Hall)..before they got it
> right.
>
> This is a useful (if very slow) site for finding recording data. Not
> perfect..I
> found the above recordings listed there, including the unissued versions,
> but
> no take numbers shown.
>
> http://www.dismarc.org/index.php?form=index&db=0
>
> dl
>
>
>
>
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