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

[David Lennick]

Steven C. Barr wrote:
> ----- 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 
> 

No, probably 1953. Otherwise, Indian Love Call probably stayed in print on 
Bluebird and Victor using its original master or various dubs derived 
therefrom, but when a new master was made for inclusion in an LPT series (and 
WPT on 45, and promo 78s) they gave it the master it would have had if they'd 
had the foresight to devise the new mastering series in 1901. Matter of fact, 
the Victor Alphabet in the New Amberola Graphic refers to this new matrix 
numbering code as having come into effect August 15, 1951.

dl