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

[Julian Vein]

On 14/02/14 00:00, Mike Harkin wrote:
> There  are tables in the introductory pages of WERM giving prefix and number info for HMV, Columbia, Decca, Parlophone-Odeon, Gramophon/Polydor, Telefunken.  The only prefixes that make any sense at all are the Columbias adopted about the time of the merger, where one of the letters indicates a country.  Otherwise
> the choice of letters seems pretty random.  HMV also
> assigns letter prefixes to a particular country, but the
> letters give no clue which country  -- you just have to
> learn 'em.
>
> Mike in Plovdiv
>
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ADBORAF gives a comprehensive list of the prefixes with country of 
origin in the index.

      Julian Vein