[78-L] ARC numbers, was Re: Walter Winchell
Steven
stevenc at interlinks.net
Tue Nov 9 12:18:28 PST 2010
-----Original Message-----
From: J. E. Knox
> Greetings from FixitLand!
> The eminent Steven C. Barr wrote:
> > ...ARC staggered along during this depression era...eventually issuing
> > records on a YY-MM-## series on all its surviving labels until
> > mid-1937
> > (not all the labels lasted that long, though!).
> No, they didn't -- but that number series (more accurately, Y-MM-##
starting November 1935) went on into 1938 before Melotone, Perfect
and the remaining dime-store labels were dropped, leaving Brunswick,
Columbia and Vocalion to soldier on with their own catalog numbers
(and Columbia barely a shell of its former prominence). The highest
US Melotone number in the "Abrams files" is 8-05-01.
> Take care,
> Joe
>
Yup, you're right...guess I was too busy thinking about my computer
problems...?!
Steven C. Barr ("the eminent?!")
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