[78-L] Standard Program Library

[Steven C. Barr]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "bill freytag" <bill_freytag at yahoo.com>
> Class,
> Recently I've obtained two dozen +/- Standard Transcriptions that date 
> from the late 1930s (c.a. 1938) I'm hopeful that one or more of you know 
> the matrix "code" for these discs that might help me determine, with more 
> exactitude, exactly when they were done.
>
> For example:
> PMS 019230 / PMS 019314 (This side is Harry Bluestone and George Smith.)
> PMS 019233 (Harry Bluestone and George Smith) / PMS 019255
> PMS 09642 / PMS 09643
> PMS 09421 / PMS 09422
> The first two examples have "Standard Program Library" in script while the 
> other two are in bold block letters.
> Any information will be most welcomed. If you prefer to contact me off 
> line that is quite acceptable.
>
All the above numbers look to me RCA Victor matrix numbers. The "leading 
zero" was added
in August, 1936. 0192* numbersare from early 1937; the 09*probably from late 
1942. IIRC,
Victor matrix numbers are listed in the "Abrams Files;" while your numbers 
are probably NOT
so listed, you might be able to find numbers fairly close thereunto...?!

Steven C. Barr