[78-L] Master Records prefix?

[David Lennick]

I even have a pair of blue label Columbia Masterworks discs produced by Master 
(can't remember if they also have -m prefixes or suffixes, don't have them 
handy). Hindemith's Kleine Kammermusik done by the Los Angeles Wind Quintet 
(X-149).

dl

On 7/7/2013 11:24 PM, Dan Van Landingham wrote:
> 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:
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> 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
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> 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.
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> dl
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> 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.