[78-L] Soviet Dating Chart

[Michael Biel]

  I just noticed that the first page I linked to does mention the 1950 
and 56 Gost numbers, and also links to a label page of pre-Melodiya 
labels.  http://www.collectable-records.ru/labels/RUSSIA/

On 8/23/2010 11:50 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
>    On the off chance I could find a Soviet record dating chart faster on
> the internet than pulling out the books, I found a couple of web pages
> with a little more info than I have in the books and journals, such as
> the Flexi (Gebke) chart.
>
> This is a fairly good description of what you will find on the records.
>
> http://www.medtner.org.uk/melodiya.html
>
> It links to http://rockdisco.narod.ru/Labels/M/Melody/index.htm  which
> gives the chart for 78s, mono microgroove, stereo microgroove, and
> flexis.  It also links to
> http://www.pnprecords.spb.ru/vynil-labels/index.phtml  which shows the
> mono and stereo microgroove starting with the stereo era thru to the end
> of this numbering system in 1991,  It does not include the R series that
> followed, nor the A series of Digital masters.  Neither chart mentions
> that there were about 60 stereo matrices issued in the mono numbering
> system in 1960-61 prior to starting the separate stereo series at 101.
> It also does not mention that there were manufacturing standards
> GOST-5289 in 1950 and 1956 before the one theymention for 1961.
>
> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
>
> On 8/23/2010 10:57 PM, Michael Biel wrote:
>>     On 8/23/2010 7:33 PM, David Lennick wrote:
>>> Can anyone date MK D011501/6, Anton Rubinstein's "THE DEMON"? Bolshoi company
>>> conducted by Melik-Pashayev. It's not in the CLOR opera discography and this one
>>> http://www.durbeckarchive.com/melodiya.htm
>>> lists it but doesn't give a date.
>>>
>>> dl
>> Are you looking for a recording date or an issue date.  This set would
>> have been issued in 1962.
>>
>> Mike Biel  mbiel at mbiel.com
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