[78-L] HMV matrix symbols

[David Lennick]

Looks right..between July and October 1934, Gracie Fields matrices go from 0B 
to 0EA.

dl

On 7/25/2012 2:44 PM, Matthew Duncan wrote:
> The 0EA and 2EA prefixes seem to appear around Aug 1934 (early example in B series HMV book is by Derrickson and Brown recorded 23rd Aug 1934).
>
> Matt in the UK
>
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> Bb and Cc (10" and 12") were in use from the 1920s, with BR and CR for
> electrical recordings from remote locations. At the beginning of 1931 a new
> system went into operation, 0B (that's zero-B) and 2B for 10-inch and 12-inch.
> 0EA and 2EA date from a little later (don't have that info in front of me). The
> symbols were a triangle, introduced in 1925, for Electrical, then the swastika
> briefly during 1932 until somebody noticed that someone else had appropriated
> that old Sanskrit symbol, and thereafter the square was used.
>
> Info from "Elgar On Record" notes.
>
> dl
>
> On 7/25/2012 2:02 PM, S&R Pinsker wrote:
>> There being a current kerfuffle over a singer with a swastika tattoo,
>> I recall that the matrix numbers of some HMV electrics  included a
>> swastika, others a triangle. One is Schnabel's Beethoven Concerto
>> No.1, recorded at Abbey Road in 1932. The matrix prefix is 2B instead
>> of 2EA. What is the significance of these symbols and what is the
>> difference between B and EA matrix numbers?
>> rdp
>>