[78-L] Master Records prefix?

[Dan Van Landingham]

How about the Brunswicks with master numbers?I have one:"Goin' Haywire" by the Hudson-DeLange Orchestra on Brunswick m8007 matrix no.m604.It was one of those I found back in early 1994 in Coos Bay,Oregon at the old Sunset Automatic Music Co-          
mpany.I've told this story before:I found a batch of other unplayed 78s on OKeh,Vocalion,Victor.Columbia,Decca as well as a batch of Brunswicks that were not produced by Master Records.I used to have a Variety 78 by Barney Bigard years ago.I have never seen any extant copies of Master Records myself.
--- On Sun, 7/7/13, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:


From: David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Master Records prefix?
To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Sunday, July 7, 2013, 2:16 PM


Since Master masters appeared on ARC labels within their regular catalog 
numbering systems, after having had a brief existence on the Master and Variety 
labels, I'd guess that it was to ensure royalties.

dl

On 7/7/2013 2:39 PM, Bryan Wright wrote:
> I've noticed that several ARC labels of the late 1930s attach a letter
> prefix to the catalogue numbers of recordings produced by Irving
> Mills's Master Records. For example, Conqueror discs of the late '30s
> normally have 4-digit catalogue numbers with no prefix or suffix (e.g.
> "9193"), but a Conqueror record derived from a Master master has a "c"
> prefix (e.g. "c9089"). I've seen this on Vocalion records too, with a
> "v" prefix. I have a few purple OKehs from Master, but they do not
> have any special letter prefix. Since the sides originating with
> Master already say something to that effect on the label, why the
> extra catalogue prefix? It seems redundant and perhaps even confusing.
> Was the prefix letter to make them stand out more in the company's own
> listings to perhaps facilitate easier royalty payments? Just curious.
>
> Bryan W.
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