[78-L] Scranton Sirens

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The ND logo belongs to the Independent Recording Laboratory which wasabsorbed by Regal at about this time. I would think that S.R. is morelikely to indicate "Sirens Record" than any connection with OKeh.
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From: Bryan Wright [mailto:bryan at claxtonola.com]
Sent: Saturday, December 4, 2010 08:15 PM
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Subject: [78-L] Scranton Sirens

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._______________________________________________78-L mailing list78-L at klickitat.78online.comhttp://klickitat.78online.com/mailman/listinfo/78-l