[78-L] Prefixes on HMV, Columbia, Parlophone, etc.

[Roger Wade]

Hi Bryan,

I've found "DATES (Date About all Those English Seventy-eights)" by Eddie Shaw to be very helpful.  Kurt Nauck has it for sale in his resource section at http://www.78rpm.com/ for $35.  It is not complete but it covers a great deal of what you are asking about.

Roger Wade
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On Feb 13, 2014, at 5:39 PM, bryan at claxtonola.com wrote:

> Can anyone explain (or point me to a source that can explain) the various
> letter prefixes used by HMV, Columbia, Parlophone, etc. in their non-US 78
> rpm pressings of the 1920s, '30s, and '40s? I've begun cataloguing my
> British, Australian, and European records and I'm boggled by the array of
> single-letter and two-letter prefixes. (Columbia has C, DB, F, etc.; HMV
> has B, BD, JK, etc.; Parlophone has F, R, etc.) I assume there must be
> some rhyme and reason for the various prefixes, but so far, I can't figure
> it out.
> 
> Thanks!
> Bryan W.


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