[78-L] alternate take puzzle -- Lyric 4207

[Doug Caldwell]

Just got a copy of Lyric 4207 "At the High Brown Babies' Ball" by Yerkes
Novelty Five, probably recorded c. October 1919 --  and the matrix seems
odd. Every reference I've seen re this disc indicates mx 12015 (The flip
side, "Missouri Blues," by the same group, has mx 12014.) This disc plainly
shows mx 1014-2 for "High Brown Babies'." And it is clearly a different take
than the 12015 I've heard. Also, the label has the word "Lateral," which
later Lyrics I have do not.

 

Why the unusual mx?? (Does 1014 fit with some known series from another
label or recording lab? Was there an earlier mx series at Lyric? Were
mistakes made in engraving matrices ?)

 

Any ideas ?