Programme 12
 

On

Resonance

104.4 fm

.

Title

Performer

Label

Cat

Matrix

Date

Composer

Caravan

Bohemian Band

Edison Bell Winner

3741

7503 O

Nov 1922

N/A

Liberty March

The Chalk Farm Salvation Army Band - Cond. by Bandmaster A.W.Punchard

Pathé

8604 / 79702

82872 ER - 6

/4/6 July 1912

Broughton

The Ballad of Davey Crockett

Max Bygraves, Childern's Chorus, Orch cond by Frank Cordell

HMV

POP153

0EA18503 - 3A

Jan 1956

Blackburn, Bruns

Little Lawrence

Jelly-Roll Morton & his Red Hot Peppers

HMV

EA3680

0A59532

19 Mar 1930

Morton

Electric Girl

The Orchestre Raymond

Columbia

DB 1479

CA 14606 - 2

Mid July 1934

Helmburg, Holmes

A Pathe record to catch the unwary; inside out, up & down and a different speed - Peter Copeland describes how manufacturers kept track of all the different stages of record making, matrix numbers and stamper numbers - A couple of examples - The American-Australian, Decca-Columbia-HMV record - A recording story unravelled from the matrix number.

 

The matrix and stamper numbers decoded by Peter Copeland in this week's programme.

 

STAMPER CODES 
Stamper Number
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
H.M.V. code
G
R
A
M
O
P
H
L
T
D
Decca code
B
U
C
K
I
N
G
H
A
M

USEFUL REFERENCES:

Chalk Farm Salvation Army Band

http://www.sacollectables.com/sabands.html

Max Bygraves

http://www.maxbygraves.com/pages/legend.htm

Peter Copeland's record dating guides

Published monthly in "Historic Record" magazine
Now out of print, but may be obtainable secondhand.

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