[78-L] English Brunswick 3000 series

[Steven C. Barr]

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From: "Han Enderman" <jcenderman at solcon.nl>
> UK Brunswick issued a 2900/3000 series in the 20s, with cat.nrs same as 
> the orig. US Br issues.
> Presumably Br(E) did not duplicate every US release.
> Examples (i.e. confirmed on US & UK Brunswick):
> 2937 Cotton Pickers: Milenberg Joys
> 2990 Nick Lucas
> 3460 Henderson: Stockhoolm Stomp
> 3597 Red Nichols: Cornfed
> 3626 Red Nichols: Feelin'No Pain
> But:
> Br(A) 3627 Nichols: Riverboat Shuffle / Eccentric was issued on Br(E) 
> 3698.
> Contents of Br(E) 3627 (if issued) is not known to me.
> Br(A) 3667 is Libby Holman (see Ty's ODP, and confirmed by label image), 
> but
> Br(E) 3667 is Clarence Williams, Slow River.
> Dodds's Br(A) 3568 (Come On & Stomp) was issued on Br(E) 3681
> (and US 3681 is Carter's Orchestra).
> Note that Rust does not clearly state which issues are British.
> At present there is no doubt that UK issues above 3667 are different from 
> the US releases
> with the same nr.
> But can this be confirmed for the Br(E) range 3628-3666 ?
> Does someone know UK issues in this range? Or are there gaps in the 
> numbering?
> And is it known why English Brunswick changed the nrs?
>
Brunswick(UK) started as a "branch operation" of the US label...and as a 
result
their issues duplicated the US issues. However, in the later twenties the 
British
Brunswick label became a separate operation...and was using a 3### numbering
that did NOT duplicate the US numbering (though it was fairly close)! I have
NO idea if there exists (on the web and/or in print) a listing of British
Brunswick for that period...?!

After that series, Brunswick(UK) started a new series of catalog numbers
at 1000; these gained a "leading zero" at 01500. IIRC. I list and discuss
this in my DG under Brunswick(UK).

Steven C. Barr