[78-L] Victor matrix prefix questions (Bluebird 6910).

[Royal Pemberton]

Most appreciated.  Thanks!

On Fri, May 13, 2011 at 1:46 AM, J. E. Knox <rojoknox at metroeast.org> wrote:

> Greetings from FixitLand!
>
> Royal Pemberton wrote:
>
> > This is one of the records I won in the recent Nauction, a circa 1937
> > reissue of a pair of titles Louis Armstrong recorded in early
> > 1933.  Not
> > dubs....and it's obvious where the diamond VE symbols were removed
> > along
> > with the original catalogue numbers.  They have that unusually wide-
> > range
> > high fidelity though ambient sound quality of post-Western Electric
> > Trinity
> > Chapel recordings, so I don't know if the prefixes are BS or BSHQ or
> > something else (at least I know they're not BVE).
> >
> > What are the correct prefixes for the matrix numbers of these sides?
> >
> > A side, 'I've got the world on a string', recorded 26 January 1933;
> > matrix
> > B?? 74891-1 (original release Victor 24245).
> >
> > B side, 'There's a cabin in the pines', recorded 26 April 1933;
> > matrix B??
> > 75476 (no suffix shown on Tyrone's listings--is this take 1?)
> > (original
> > release Victor 24335).
>
> Both are BS, both Take 1. Recorded in Suite 1143, Merchandise Mart
> [222 W. North Bank St.], Chicago.
>
> Here's a handy Armstrong discography:
>
> http://michaelminn.net/armstrong/index.php?section4
>
> BVE/CVE were in occasional use (field trips, mostly, on portable
> gear) into 1935.
>
> Take care,
>
>
> J. E. Knox "The Victor Freak"
>
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