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

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> Victor? Victor began changing old matrix numbers to the new system! Not 
> sure if
> this began in the 40s or early 50s, but masters from 1900 through the 
> 1930s
> would have "retro" new numbers. Perfect example: C8-VB-0001..Artie Shaw's 
> 1938
> "Indian Love Call" on an early 50s reissue.
>
1943, to be exact! When (RCA) Victor converted to the new systen, all the
earlier matrices were converted! The Shaw reissue suggests that the "number"
section was numbered in the order of REissue...and NOT original issue...?!

Steven C. Barr