[78-L] Dating Italian Acoustic Columbias. ^

[David Lennick]

Sexy but hairy. Earthy. Oh wait, that wasn't the kind of dating you were 
talking about....

dl

On 10/13/2010 5:44 AM, Spats wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I've recently been transferring some of my Italian acoustic Columbia operatics.
> These include some very underestimated singers.
> However, I gather that much of the Columbia recording information of
> pre-electric days has gone astray or just been destroyed through
> warfare or whatever.
>
> I wondered if any among you have any information whatsoever which
> would help me 'date' these records by their matrix numbers (or even
> through catalogue numbers: mostly on the 'D' series). I'm mainly
> interested in the period 1910-1925.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Earl Okin.