[78-L] Need Decca numbers

[Michael Biel]

Thanks for the info.  And for the sarcasm.  I'm sure you know that 
recording hum was one of Decca's specialties!

David Lennick wrote:
> Indeed, Decca didn't waste much time reusing that 25000 series which was 
> originally 12" red label classical, reissued mostly from Odeon-Parlophone but 
> also from English Decca (still leaving Odeon Parlophone on the labels).

Don't you mean the 29000 series, not 25000? 
>  Several 
> of these and the 10-inch 20000 series were still in the 1943 catalog.
>
> dl
>   

Don't you mean the 23000 series?  The only 20000 series I see is the 
short-lived use for the discs in Death of a Salesman (DAU-774), The 
Council, and one Renata Tabaldi single 20016.

By the way, there are a couple of howlers in Ruppli's introduction to 
Vol 6 and I wonder if the appear in the other volumes. 

"After the war, a new peak in activity occurred.  Decca purchased 
material from the Signature lanel and started reissuing vintage material 
from Brunswick, using a revised Brunswick logo."

I'm not sure of the date of Signature material, but the Brunswick stuff 
came during the 1942 strike, in response to the Columbia reissues 
Avakian was doing.  Didn't Milt do these?   He then mentions Coral and 
Vocalion as being started at the same ti e (after the war) and then 
commits the error of the century:

"In the meantime, Jack Kapp, who had headed the label since the 
beginning, resigned to form his own company and produce recordings under 
the Kapp label (not included in this set)." 

Jack Kapp DIED suddenly on March 28, 1949 at the age of 48.  His brother 
DAVE Kapp was the one who formed Kapp Records in 1954. 

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
> Han Enderman wrote:
>   
>> I have a single label image of these issues,
>> De 25058 (A-525-2) Duchess (Under The Double Eagle),
>> which lists mx DLA-1421 on label.
>> Normal labels in this second 25000 series have one-star De labels, with 3 horizontal lines
>> surrounding the star.
>> My image is a later label type, with a single line next to the star and a complete line below 
>> this trademark, and all text in sanserif font.
>> The first De 25000 series was 12'' with maroon block labels.
>>
>> Han Enderman
>> ===
>>     
>>>>> Just got a cover image from Dan Nelson of Decca Album A-525 which is a 
>>>>>           
>> 1947 re-issue of #18 Ye Old TIme Dance Party by Byron Wolfe & Orch.  I 
>> know that the original set were discs 2090-2094 and the re-issue had 
>> discs 25058-25062.  If someone has the Ruppli Decca set, the masters are 
>> listed on page 86 of volume one.  Are both sets of numbers listed with 
>> the masters?  What's the recording date(s) and location (probably LA).  
>> What are the original matrix numbers and are there new matrix numbers 
>> for the re-issue?  And what recordings of hum are listed on page 98?  (I 
>> have Ruppli Vol 6 which is the numerical and index.)
>>
>> And I am especially now looking for an image of the original issue on 
>> #18  to show both versions, and 18 is the lowest number non-classical 
>> set I am missing. 
>>
>> Mike Biel
>> <<<