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

[Malcolm Rockwell]

And for only $97.60, used on Amazon. Zow. I'd love the prefix guide that 
Benno mentions
but that kind of money is too rich for my blood. Maybe next year, sigh.
Malcolm

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On 2/13/2014 3:04 PM, Benno Häupl wrote:
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> What you need, in fact, is pp. 110 - 174 from ""Ethnic and Vernacular Music, 1898-1960" by Paul Vernon,
> to which I wrote the preface, btw.
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> It lists the series for following labels: Brunswick, Columbia, Decca. Edison Bell, Gramophone Co. labels,
> Odeon, Parlophone, Pathe, Polydor, Telefunken and Zonophone/Regal-Zonophone.
> Here a very short exerpt from the Gramophone Co. listing:
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> Prefix  Numbering   Region            Size   Label color   Years       Pressing plant
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> EO      1 -44         Russia/Baltics    10"                       1925-50
> EP                       Russia/Baltics    12"                       1925-50
> EQ      1-371        Portugal             10"      Plum         1927-39    Hayes      (After 1931 marketed as "La Voz de su Amo")
>            5000- ?     Portugal             10"                       1950-60
> ER      1-350       Austr/Hung/Cz.   10"      Black         1907-30s  Aussig
> ES      1-925       Austr/Hung/Cz.   12"      Black                        Aussig
> ET       1-5          Portugal             12"      Plum          1929        Hayes
> EV      1-23         Russia               10"      Blue           1925-50
> EW     1-100        Germany           10"      Red           1925-50    Hayes, Berlin
> EX      1-85         Belgium             10"      Blue           1925-50   Hayes
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> etc. etc., covering all kinds of series, Turkish, Java, Singapore, Malta, Hebrew - what have you.
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> Googlebooks, unfortunately, omits these pages 109 to 174,  but you may be able to get a copy
> of the book on Amazon.
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> Benno
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