[78-L] Scranton Sirens

[Malcolm Rockwell]

You're entirely welcome.
Another reason for taking the "S" markings with a boulder of salt is the 
"S" on the Sirens record is stylized and the "S" on the OKehs are not. 
Still, I wouldn't rule out OKeh recording and pressing these. They're 
obviously not in a OKeh matrix series, though.
Hmmm... maybe Ross Laird can add to the subject, but I haven't seen him 
around 78-L in quite a while.
Malcolm

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On 12/4/2010 4:15 PM, Bryan Wright wrote:
> Wow, Malcolm, thanks for digging those Record Research articles out. I
> think most OKeh matrices in the early '20s started with a single "S,"
> so saying that the Scranton Sirens record is an OKeh product because
> both sides contain an "S" in the matrix prefix (SRP-S-4) seems like
> pretty thin evidence to me too -- especially since both parts of the
> band's name begin with "S" and the custom matrix number might refer to
> the Sirens. I wonder if the Metronome article has much more info? I'll
> have to try to find it.
>
> Can anyone make sense of the "ND" logo in the runout to the right of
> the label? I've got a handful of acoustic white label test pressings
> of dance bands (with three digit matrix numbers handwritten on the
> otherwise blank labels) from the early 1920s with the exact same
> markings in the runout, so I suspect that they come from the same place.
>
> Thanks!
> Bryan W.
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