[78-L] HMV matrix symbols

[Evan MacBeth]

Yep, same goes for John McCormack. By the time of his first session of 1934, on August 24, the series was up to 0EA-404.


http://www.mccormacksociety.co.uk/Mccormack/McCormack's%20Recordings/McCormack%20HMV%20Electrical%20Recordings.htm#1934

Cheers,
Evan. 

> 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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>>  From: David Lennick<dlennick at sympatico.ca>
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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
>>> 
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