[78-L] Columbia R series

Kristjan Saag saag at telia.com
Mon Oct 21 11:49:26 PDT 2013


One can always make a search on the web page..."rivals", for instance.
Kristjan
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On 2013-10-21 19:40, David Lennick wrote:
> I'll take your word for it regarding the announcement in the Columbia listing,
> but the link shows 'Full text of "The Daily Colonist (1914-12-30)' and goes on
> forever.
>
> dl
>
> On 10/21/2013 1:28 PM, Kristjan Saag wrote:
>> The R-2324 was a UK Columbia recording in the mx 28000-series
>> (Catalogue: UK Columbia 2324, without prefix). To compare: the 2325/
>> 28713 was out in February 1914, the 2324 must have been pretty close to
>> that.
>> http://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/2325
>>
>> Laycock recorded several titles with the St Hilda Colliery Band at the
>> time: here's another one:
>> http://www.45worlds.com/78rpm/record/2134
>>
>> Some of the St Hilda recordings were released in the US Columbia
>> A-series as well.
>> http://www.78discography.com/COLA1500.htm
>>
>> This particular record, BTW, was announced in the January 1915 issue of
>> the Canadian Columbia Double Disc-catalogue:
>> http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist57y17uvic/dailycolonist57y17uvic_djvu.txt
>>
>> And here's more about Arthur Laycock:
>> http://www.4barsrest.com/articles/2004/art390.asp#.UmVjk1PEQSl
>>
>> Kristjan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 2013-10-21 18:15, Han Enderman wrote:
>>> Then the R could mean Rena, and the various numerical series are Canadian
>>> (R-2324 was also from a Canadian seller).
>>> US printing/pressings I assume.
>>> Was this UK material also pressed for the US domestic market
>>> or was only Canada interested in such recordings?
>>>
>>> han enderman
>>> ===
>>>>>>
>>> Certainly looks to have been derived from English Columbia, which for a time
>>> was Columbia-Rena. There's also an R4000 series which I believe was sold only
>>> in Canada.
>>>
>>> dl
>>>
>>> On 10/21/2013 11:54 AM, Han Enderman wrote:
>>>> What is the Columbia R series?
>>>> See for R-2324 by Laycock&   Mather:
>>>> http://www.ebay.com/itm/Arthur-Laycock-George-Mather-Cornet-Duet-Ada-and-dot-Friendly-rivals-78-/261249869094?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item3cd3b4a526#ht_765wt_915
>>>>
>>>> It appears I have 4 other label images from this rare series,
>>>> with 3 different Columbia label types (also large magic notes and black).
>>>> These other issues are :
>>>> R-1946/47 Peter Wyper,
>>>> R-2944 Temple Quartette
>>>> &   R-69149 (with printing code TBW) Clara Butt (1-sided).
>>>> Other issues known?
>>>>
>>>> han enderman
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