[78-L] Columbia discography

[H J Hill]

Hello

At the suggestion of Philip Stuart, the London Symphony Orchestra's 
discographer, I am trying to make contact with whoever is responsible 
for THE COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS 78rpm ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY on 
78rpmCommunity.com

I have recently had an article published in For the Record - the 
quarterly magazine of the City of London Phonograph & Gramophone 
Society.  It is about the Columbia Graphaphone Co Ltd's studios at 73-75 
Petty France in London.  The pertinent part is that those studios were 
created in the summer of 1925 specifically for the new Western Electric 
recording system; and were never used for acoustic recording.  The 
latter took place at 102-108 Clerkenwell Road.

This means that any attribution of an acoustic Columbia recording to 
'Petty France' is in error.  There are a number of such mis-attributions 
in the LSO discography, which is why I contacted Philip Stuart.  He 
feels that you too should be made aware of this.  He will be correcting 
the LSO's on-line discography at its next revision, which he reckons 
will be in August 2021.

This has consequences for THE COLUMBIA MASTERWORKS 78rpm ALBUM 
DISCOGRAPHY on 78rpmCommunity.com .

If you wish to discuss this further, feel free to email me.

Yours etc

Hector J Hill

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