[78-L] MGM-Supertone connection?

[Michael Biel]

Taylor Bowie wrote:
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>>> Mark,
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>>> Is the "How Am I To Know" side the vocal version issued on Harmony by Jack 
>>> Miller or is it a dance band version?
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Mark L. Bardenwerper, Sr. wrote:

>> It's an instrumental, with several nice solos. Dead number is 100319
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Dead number????  Where did you ever pick that phrase up???  You mean 
matrix number. 


> listen here  Both sides in low res mp3
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/78_archives/files/Mark%20Bardenwerper/
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The recording is electrical, both sides are electrical.  And since "How 
Am I To Know" is an instrumental, as you said, it does not match any of 
the three recordings of the song in the Columbia Discography.  And if 
indeed the matrix number 100319 is correct, that is the reason it is not 
listed -- Rust did not list the 100xxx series.  We will have to ask Tim 
Brooks if he has any of the matrix series lists for this. 

By the way, the matrix numbers are important to include in any label you 
put on a transfer, not just the record number.  And since Columbia seems 
to have issued multiple takes very often at this time, the take numbers 
are important.  You have not mentioned them in any of the postings 
here.  They would usually be at the 12 o'clock position or under the 
label.  Often there will be a number, a letter, and possibly another 
number.  The first number is the take, the letter is the metal positive 
(mother), and the second number would be the stamper number.  If there 
is a W in a circle, put that as the prefix of the matrix number.  Rust 
ignores the W, but we should not. 

Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com