[78-L] HMV labels--Re: Single Sided records in Great Britain

[Martin Fisher]

Which brings me 'round to a repeated question.  Anyone know of a site or 
book that explains, in some detail, all of the HMV label variations from the 
beginnings through, say, the 40s?  Kind of like the Sherman book on Victor 
"The Paper Dog" or the Nauck/Sherman collaboration on Columbia "Note The 
Notes".

Martin

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Matthew Duncan" <duncdude2000 at yahoo.com>
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 25, 2009 7:57 AM
Subject: [78-L] Single Sided records in Great Britain



Hi all

I have several single sided gramophone records on British labels ... most of 
these are pre 1910 recordings and all the ones I have up to now are 10" or 
12" discs. I have double sided HMVs from 1910s to 1950s.

One exception to the single sided lot is a 12" HMV on 2-022016 (matrix 
Cc1891-4) by Chaliapine dating to 9th October 1922. I guess this was issued 
in the Spring of 1923 (approx).

I have read that HMV made most of their single sided items in the earlier 
period of thier existence but continued to issue new single sided records 
(although not very many compared to their double sided output) until 
electrical recording was installed by the firm (early 1925?).

Then, I have read on the internet that as soon as two single sided items 
were reissued as one double sided item, the single sided items of old were 
removed from the catalogue.

My questions are...when were the last single sided HMVs?? And...could it be 
true that some single sided records were available years after 1925 and not 
deleted from the catalogue very quickly?

I imagine many would have disappeared from the catalogues in the early 30s 
due to electrical re-recordings of many works and also the depression would 
have 'streamlined' all company activities.

Regards
Matthew



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