[78-L] Master Records prefix?

[Royal Pemberton]

I have m8099, 'Braggin' in brass' (mx M.773-1)/'Carnival in Caroline' (mx
M.774-1) by Duke Ellington, recorded 24 February 1938 (the same session
that produced his famous recording of 'I let a song go out of my heart'
IIRC).


On Mon, Jul 8, 2013 at 4:30 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> 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:
> >
> >
> > 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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