[78-L] First LP

[Steven C. Barr]

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From: "Bertrand CHAUMELLE" <chaumelle at orange.fr>
> I have ML2002 which is LP235/236: the 'Appassionnata'
> BC
> Le 23 juin 10, à 23:25, Royal Pemberton a écrit :
>> Presumably side 1 of ML 4001 is XLP 276.  I wonder what numbers the LP
>> and
>> XLP series began at?  1?  101?  And what LPs they appeared on?
>> On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 10:19 PM, David Lennick
>> <dlennick at sympatico.ca>wrote:
>>> From: mbiel at mbiel.com
>>>> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
>>>> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2010 14:13:00 -0700
>>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] First LP
>>>> From: DAVID BURNHAM <burnhamd at rogers.com>
>>>>> I was interested in the Label photograph of the first Columbia Lp,
>>>>> ML
>>> 4001.
>>>>> It shows side two of a recording of Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto
>>>>> which
>>>>> contains movements 2 & 3. That means Side one must contain the first
>>> movement
>>>>> - which is only about 13 minutes long - not very generous. db
>>>> Not only that, it is not the first Lp issued that day numerically.
>>>> That
>>>> was ML 2001, Beethoven Sym 8.
>>>> Mike Biel mbiel at mbiel.com
>>> Just to say I have it, I picked up a copy of ML 4001 a couple of
>>> years ago.
>>> It used the thinnest of the paper sleeves.
>>> dl
>>>
Were the "XLP" matrices on 12" LP's? Columbia (and ARC) had
used X-prefixed m#'s on 12" 78's...!

Steven C. Barr