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but the catalog numbers bear no relation to an Lp or 78rpm  equivalent.

The B. series began as the EP equivalent of items in the old 'C' series of
78rpm albums (up to about B.548 or so) but the C series had petered out
by C.516/C.517/C.518 (Fess Parker)

Beginning with B.1500 they are all single EP's and if the selections
were:
Classical... they took an "A" prefix
Childrens.. they took an "J" prefix
Country.....they took an "H" prefix
all in the same number sequence.

The highest # in this block is B.2157

There is a separate block B.2500-2644 "Hall of Fame" series
and for the "Country & Western Hall of Fame" series the
numbers are B.2801-2837.

Numbers between about B.672-1 and B.1568-3 (last issue)
are derived from the equivalent CL "Pop" series;
sometimes the whole album was issued as three
separate EP's (B.1568-1-2-3 Mitch Miller), sometimes just
a single EP was issued (B.1370-1 Charles Mingus)

The numbers written thus:  B.15681, B.15682, B.13701)

Nigel Burlinson
burlinson at orange.fr



> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 03:30:15 +0100
> From: "Han Enderman" <jcenderman at solcon.nl>
> Subject: [78-L]   Wingy on Columbia
> To: "78-L" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
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> I have no information on 10" Columbia LPs in an A- series.
> There was a Co A-1000 series for EP-sets and EPs, incl. Benny Goodman.
> Why an A and a B series?
> Some sets include EPs, others 45rpm singles.
>
> Han Enderman
> ===
>>>> Indeed, CL 2029 is Duke Ellington, "Piano in the Foreground."
> While I don't think I have all of the answers, it appears that Columbia
> A-xx refers to 10" LPs
> and B-xx-x to records in 7" 45 rpm sets while B-xxxx were standalone 45
> rpm issues.
> This must have been a real headache to keep track of, as a 45 made from a
> 78
> no matter how old took the 78 issue's number and simply added a "4-" to
> it,
> with the 78 issue retaining the whole number. For example:
>
> Columbia 4-36096 Xavier Cugat and his Orchestra
> (ZSP 6210) Yo Ta Mamora
> (ZSP 6211) Anna Boroco Tinde
>
> This is identified as a stray belonging to Columbia 45 rpm set B 65 as
> sides "2" and "7."
> The set was "Rhumba with Cugat," issued as a 78 album in 1941; 36096 was
> the
> number of the 78 within the set. "Rhumba" was also issued verbatim as a
> very early LP,
> as CL-6005, in 1948.
>
> Uncle Dave Lewis uncledavelewis at hotmail.com
> <<<
>
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