The Discographer - April 2014 - 5

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Welcome
The response to our
last issue (February
2014) was
exceptional. I
received over 30
congratulatory emails
from readers. Some of the emails
are reproduced below for your
perusal. Its great to see that our
magazine is growing in
importance. The Discographer
Magazine - it is fair to say, has
now established itself as a much-
needed resource and welcome
edition for 78rpm collectors
worldwide.
In this edition, we get personal so
to speak, with a great personal
account from a well-respected
member of the 78rpm Community
- known to many of you Im sure.
Jonathan Holmes has written an
elegant account of his personal
interest in 78s and a little of the
The Discographer Magazine - Number 5
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The Discographer Magazine
Volume 1, No.5
history of why at such a young
age he was rst drawn to
collecting 78s. (See page 6].
He writes about his impressive
and extensive collection of
English Dance Dance and Jazz
78s as well.
We also feature in this edition, the
strange story of how recordings
made about 1906 for a cylinder
record company turned up on a
at disc manufacture about 1920
with sound delity better than
anyone ever would have expected.
One side of the disc thats
discussed in the article contains a
recording that does not appear to
have been issued on cylinder, so is
a 'lost' recording rediscovered,
perhaps?
Wes Williams, a regular blogger to
our site, has written a very
interesting article regarding this
recording, starting on page 15.
In this edition, we also feature a
listing of the rst 200, Columbia
X Series recordings starting on
page 49. This exhaustive list is
comprehensive and will
undoubtedly come in handy to
collectors.
We also feature a comprehensive
Louis Levy Discography expertly
prepared by Terry Brown and
Tony Middleton. This extensive
discography starts on page 26
and outlines his English HMV,
Columbia and Decca recordings
from the 1930s to the 1950s.
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Highlights in this Edition:
Page 4 - Letters to the Editor
Page 6 - Collecting 78rpms -Personal Journey
Page 15 - A Strange British Path
Page 19 - British Labels: The Gramophone
Company (HMV) - 1898-1925
Page 26 - Louis Levy Discography
Page 49 - Columbia Masterworks X Series
Page 83 - Columbia Masterworks X Series
Record Variations
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COVER: Our cover features a Columbia
Masterworks album cover - MX-282. Debussy:
Sonata No.2 for ute, viola and harp - John
Wummer, Milton Katims, Laura Newell - Rec: April
1945. Issued 1947 as Set MX-282 (Records 72143-D
& 72144-D) Cover Scan: Courtesy of Bryan Bishop
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Community - Copyright 2014 to respective
authors. Reproduction prohibited without
permission - www.78rpmcommunity.com
Editorial Control for this edition: Sam Hopper
Writers for this edition:
Jonathan Holmes
Nathan Davis
Sam Hopper
Terry Brown
Tony Middleton
Wes Williams
The recordings featured in this booklet are
mostly 78rpms. We use the following symbols
to designate format and recording
characteristics: ! 78rpm Acoustic; " 78rpm
Electric; # 78rpm Acoustic/Electric Dubbing;
$ 78rpm ExtendedPlay; % 33 1/3rpm &
78rpm Vinyl pressing
Levy, a pioneer in the evolution of
bringing music in lms, was also
known for composing cafe type
accompaniments as well as
specially scored music for lm.
The response to our last edition
(Feb. 2014) was very positive
including your responses to our
article/discography by Bryan
Bishop on the Virtuoso String
Quartet. You can read some of the
interesting feedback about this
discography on our letters page.
[Page 4]
Also meticulous in detail and
scope was the excellent article by
Bill Anderson on the early Victor
recordings of the St. Louis
Symphony Orchestra.
As promised, you can now order
back copies of the magazine
from our website using PayPal.
Weve kept the process as
painless as possible. Copies of
the 1st edition are limited, and
no further copies will be
printed, so if you want a copy of
No.1 as well as any others in
hardcopy, please order them
from: shop.78rpmcommunity.com
Nathan Davis
Editor, 78rpm Community
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We strive for accuracy in our
newsletter. If you nd a
problem, inaccurate fact or
discographical error(s), please
let us know...
Letters
Very much enjoyed the current issue
of Discographer. The presentation of
the new issue of Discographer is
outstanding - beautiful reproductions
and rst-rate writing and editing -
congratulations to all. Best regards,
Harry Butler
I can't imagine why I would want to
spend time pouring over a 100 page
newsletter, much less contributing
anything to it! [Posted via email group] J.
Haley
[Ed. I get the strangest of letters sometimes...
often full of vitriol... Unfortunately, you cant
please everyone..!]
Your discography on the Virtuoso
String Quartet [February 2014 - Page 11]
was excellent. Many thanks for
publishing it. Congratulations to
Bryan Bishop for his top, research
job. Jack Mauritz
Your Virtuoso Quartet discography
was very accomplished. Many thanks
to the author. The accompanying
article was well researched and
beautifully written. Top marks goes to
the author for his excellent
achievement. Nigel Commino
The excellent article written by Bill
Anderson [St. Louis Symphony Orchestra -
February 2014 - Page 63] was superbly
written, meticulously researched and
beautifully presented. Bravo to the
author. Please pass my compliments
onto him... William
Many thanks for publishing the
excellent article on the St. Louis
Symphony. Paul Dendy
Can I purchase earlier copies of this
magazine? Simon
[Ed. Simon, yes. you can now purchase back
issues of the magazine from here: http://shop.
78rpmcommunity.com]
I found your discography on Nat
Shilkret to be comprehensive and well
researched. Many thanks for taking
the time to include matrix take
numbers as well. Simon
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here? Drop us a line at
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for our next issue.
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April 2014 / 5
Collecting 78rpms - A Personal Journey
Written by Jonathan Holmes
Oh but youre so young! This is
the rst sentence from most
record collectors when I introduce
myself as one of their ilk. Sad but
true, being a young record
collector puts you in to a very
small bracket of the hobby. In
nearly four years of record
collecting, it has led to encounters
with Fred Elizalde and Al Bowllys
nieces, an appearance on
Japanese state television, and the
start of my career in the BBC and it all started with the purchase of a
small, dusty black box
My journey in to this hobby was a rather unusual one. Our family never
had vinyl in the house, and nobody listened to jazz. I always disliked
modern music from a younger age, but my choice of listening was from
the 1960s and 1970s. It was a choice of A-Level reading which exposed
me to this hitherto unknown world of hot music and happiness. My
tutor Mr Tebbutt assigned The Great Gatsby to our study. For his rst
lesson, he put the book in our hands and told us dont open it. Dont
even think what might be inside. I want you to go away and research the
1920s and the period this book was set in, because only then can you
understand the novel properly.
That night I was searching online, and I came across a Youtube video.
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Jonathan Holmes is an active member of the 78rpm Collectors Community and has an impressive
and extensive collection of English Dance Dance and Jazz 78s. He also currently works for the
B.B.C. - Article reproduced with permission from author
The song was Since My Best Gal Turned Me Down, by Bix Beiderbecke
and His Gang. I was hooked. My brain was ring in all directions, and I
repeated the video again, and again and on in to the night. Discovering
the pure golden sounds of Bix Beiderbecke had awakened something in
me, a hunt for that toe tapping beat. I returned to Mr Tebbutts English
class with such enthusiasm, particularly so when he read out each
different character with a different voice. Towards the end of the term, I
bought myself a Bix Beiderbecke compilation album on CD, and had it on
loop on my iPod. Gradually, this album and subsequent compilation ones
I bought had converted my music tastes. I now listened to nothing else.
The next year I went to university for the rst
time, bright eyed and eager to discover my
independence I visited a vintage fashion
fair at the university. My wallet was
bulging with cash that my grandparents
had given me for my rst weeks food
shopping, but I decided to call in here on
my way to the supermarket. After
marveling at all the clothes, I came to a
vinyl store and spotted a small dusty
black box at the back. What is that? I
asked the stall-holder. Oh that? Its a 1920s
gramophone. He lifted the rusty catches and
displayed the turntable of the Columbia 109a. Immediately I was in love.
Here was a tangible link to this wonderful new period I was discovering.
That thing came from the 1920s! I talked eagerly about it, and asked
how much he would like for it. 50 was the reply. I opened my wallet,
and realised that 50 was the amount my grandparents had given me.
I decided to have another walk around the fair to think about this
prospect and returned 15 minutes later. Just so you know mate, Ive
had a theatre company want to buy it. That line sold it. I promptly
opened my wallet and purchased the gramophone on the spot. No
theatre company was going to stop me! I was handed a few 78s with this
purchase: an Edison Bell nursery rhyme disc, a Sam Lanin Parlophone
record and a classical record. Thrilled with my new purchase, I took it
back to my student lodgings and wound it up. Placing the needle on this
record was a magical experience I was delighted. The date was 25th
September 2009, and I didnt know it but my life had changed direction
from then on.
The next day, I went back to visit my grandparents and decided to take
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the gramophone to show them. That day I learnt how fragile 78s are, the
classical record being broken by the train barriers at Lincoln station!
My grandparents were extremely surprised to say the least, and my
grandmother was horried I wasnt changing the needle after each
record. Together we cleaned the Columbia up, and I thanked them for
their advice.
When I returned to university, I decided
that I should purchase some more
records for the machine. It had since
been overhauled by a clockmaker,
and I was regularly using it to play
records on much to the dislike of
my atmates! eBay seemed the best
place to buy records at the time, and
so I bought my very rst 78rpm -
Duke Ellingtons Black Beauty piano
solo, followed by more and more Bix
records.
After more research, I discovered that playing these records on my
gramophone would lead to permanent damage. So back to eBay I went,
and found a very cheap and imsy deck which had a 78rpm speed. I was
nally able to digitise my records for listening wherever I went! It was
also at this time that I decided that there wasnt enough Bix music on
Youtube, so I used a track from the CD I bought and put it online with a
few photos of the famed cornet player. The reaction was positive, so I
continued to do more uploads in the same format.
As the months went by, my collection slowly expanded and my Youtube
channel also took off. People started writing to me with thanks for
sharing this music. I started using my modern deck as well, and posted
the raw transfers online, but I was never quite satised with the results.
I began to hunt for ways to make my transfers as good as the ones on the
CD, and came across a few forums and people who could help me. I
slowly learnt every technique I could to digitally restore these songs,
and conveniently discovered that the software on my university course
was a big help to me.
It was in 2011 that an odd comment appeared on a video I had uploaded
of Edward VIIIs abdication speech on Youtube. Hi, I am working for a
Japanese TV company who are making an educational programme on
the Duke of Windsor, and wondering if you could help. Thinking it was
some sort of scam to steal my gramophone, I replied and arranged to
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have them visit my house for my lming. On the 24th February, 2011
there was a knock at the door. They had arrived, complete with boom
microphones, three different types of cameras, and a translator their
equipment lled my entire front room! I was grilled on this record for
over an hour, then they lmed me at university much to the
bemusement of many students! Being on Japanese TV made me a local
celebrity in Lincoln for the week, and it was a wonderful chance to show
off this new hobby. My family were desperate for me to sell the
gramophone and my records until Japanese TV showed up!
It was during that year that the uploads on my Youtube channel became
sonically more progressive, I was learning fast and it was starting to
attract a great deal of attention. Its a wonderful thing to be able to
reach out to the world and have them reply. People were starting to
write to me from America, Germany, Australia and even South Korea!
In 2011 I went to America for 4 months on a working holiday, and I
planned my travels around the various friends I had made online
through my Youtube channel. First, in New York it was a very well
connected jazz fan who introduced me to Vince Giordano himself when I
went to see his band. Hearing the music that Vince played was another
epiphany for me, no longer was I restricted to hearing this music on
crackly old records, but I could see it live in front of me! I went every
night I could during my time there. She also took me to meet the 91 year
old piano player Marty Napoleon, whose uncle Phil was a prolic
trumpeter in the 1920s. Marty had played with them all, Joe Venuti,
Jack Teagarden, Benny Goodman, Gene Krupa, and even President
Nixon! I took great delight in quizzing him about Joe Venuti, and I will
always remember the meal we had together. In New York I also travelled
upstate to stay with a record collector in Albany. Waking up on an airbed
in his front room to the sight of 5 cylinder phonographs, a Victor
Victrola 10-50 with automatic record changer, and countless other
gramophones was an odd experience let me tell you! After that, I ew to
California to stay with another collector in Sacramento who also showed
me his wonderful collection of rare nitrate lms. I left America with a
wonderful feeling. In two years I had discovered this unknown world of
wonderful people and lasting friendships, and not to mention good
music!
In 2011, I got a comment on another video upload of mine, with a lady
claiming to be Al Bowllys niece. A brief email exchange followed, and it
transpires she is still living in South Africa with the Bowlly family piano
in her house. I do deeply regret not keeping in touch with her, but I
gathered from her emails that the internet service there isnt too
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reliable, and sadly we drifted apart.
I was also contacted by the grandson of Steve Brown, bass player in the
Paul Whiteman band and the New Orleans Rhythm Kings. I sent him
some music, to which he apparently walked down the aisle in 2012!
Back to my university life, and with a burgeoning Youtube channel and a
few hundred thousand hits, I was deciding what to do with my career
next. I had already done a placement at BBC Radio Lincolnshire, as part
of my degree course. One of my university tutors, (who incidentally
subscribes to my channel!) recommended that I approach the Howard
Leader Show on a Sunday afternoon. Howard has been with the BBC for
quite a long time, and his show is devoted to jazz, swing and dance
probably one of the few places on the BBC where you can hear Jack
Hylton played as a record request! I remember my rst day on the show
well, it was pouring with rain! I turned up, eagerly introduced myself to
Howard, his wife and their dog the latter was most displeased at losing
her sleeping space under the desk where I now sat.
The next week, I let slip to Howard that I had a
78rpm collection, and that I could bring in a
CD to play on the radio. Howard grinned,
and was delighted at the proposition. When
the time came, I stood at the studio door
with my CD in hand and said here you go
Howard. He looked at me and gestured me
in. Do you want to present these records
yourself? I was attered! In just two years
after buying my gramophone I was presenting
my own record transfers to thousands of people
across Lincolnshire. The reception was wonderful, with many of the
regular listeners ringing in to congratulate me on my music tastes. And
so began my career in the BBC. Over the next few months I played my
own 78s for 15 minutes every week, and it put me in great stead when I
worked my way on to the payroll at BBC Radio York.
The most recent experience of note came only a few weeks ago. In my
former second job, I sold computers at PC World, and I was approached
by a rather eccentric looking lady. Well young man, are you going to
serve me? I silently groaned, and stapled a smile to my face. The
woman had come in looking for a cable to connect her tablet to the
computer. I promptly showed her what she was looking for, and she
exclaimed you know, I dont understand all this technology! I joked:
you should see my jazz gramophone record collection at home!
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The lady turned to me, and replied thats odd, you know my uncle was
involved with jazz at the Savoy Hotel in the 1920s? My eyes lit up, and
I immediately began to quiz her. Whats your name, who was your
uncle? When she said that her uncle was none other than Fred
Elizalde, my mouth hit the oor. I genuinely could not believe that I had
randomly bumped in to Freds niece on a nondescript day at PC World.
She produced her tablet, and showed me photos of Manuel Lizz
Elizalde, and told me all sorts of details about the family history. To
think that such jazz heritage lives just a few miles away from me in
North Yorkshire! We exchanged details and I have been in touch with
her since.
More recently, the grandson of Earl Crumb wrote to me. His grandfather
was the drummer to the New Orleans Owls, a mid-1920s band recorded
by the Columbia Company. He had never heard his grandfather play, and
introduced this music to his daughter who reportedly went mad dancing
around the house.
My gramophone record collection eventually led to full time
employment at the BBC, as what started out as work experience on a
music nostalgia program eventually lead me to apply for internal jobs
inside the corporation. I now work for BBC Radio Bristol, and live in the
beautiful city of Bristol, which is conveniently close to London!
Being so close to the capital has been an eye opener for me. Now I can
nish work, step on a train, get changed in to something more period,
and be dancing that night to the sounds of a live dance band. I suddenly
nd my feet moving to the beat, and its an insatiable urge that grips me
when the music starts playing. In February of 2013, I danced in the
Blackpool Tower Ballroom, later in 2013 I danced in The Savoy Hotel,
London. Call it a clich, but nothing beats doing the Charleston at The
Savoy.
So here I am, three and a bit years down the line with a few hundred
gramophone records, a Youtube channel about to break 1,000,000 hits,
and a huge number of friends around the world. I make no dramatics
about the fact that the small, black box I bought in 2009 has literally
changed my life. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that it would
lead to so many wonderful experiences, and now I am becoming more
involved with the British dance band circles, these adventures are set to
continue. As Henry Hall once said, Heres to the next time!
Jonathans YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UConeD2yo5Pfmk1ghJyc7gcQ
Jonathans 78rpm Community Prole: http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/prole/JHolmesesq
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NEW MUSIC - 78RPM COMMUNITY
The 78rpm Collectors Community, a social network for collectors, has released
the top 25, 78rpm tracks for 2013 based on the votes of listeners.
December 24, 2013 A social network for 78rpm
collectors, the 78rpm Collectors Community
has announced a top 25 music track list of
78rpm tracks for 2013. The top choices were
voted for by listeners out of over 2,000
songs, including dance band tracks from the
1920s and 1930s.
On the list are popular artists such as Jack
Hylton, Spike Hughs, and Jack Payne. An
opera recorded in 1932 plus several
instrumental classical pieces made it onto the
top 25, as did some country and western tracks
from the 1940s era.

The 78rpm Collectors Community was started in 2010 as a resource for
collectors to talk about and share their hobby with others. There are now over
5,000 members from around the world and over 50,000 page views daily. While
the interface is similar to Facebook and the site is free to join, uses can
specically go to the site to look up old-style records, research record labels and
past recording artists, and socialize with other collectors.

The list of top 25 tracks for 2013 (in descending order) is as follows:

25. Minuet in D - Mozart -Featured in the lm, 'The Magic Bow' (violin) Gerald
Moore (piano) HMV DA 1861
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/mp3-music/albums/341
24. Mitropoulos & MSO - Milhaud's Le Boeuf sur le Toit - Recorded by U.S.
Columbia on March 2, 1945. Originally issued on 78s, Set MX-308
23. The Oregon Trail - Roy Fox/Denny Dennis - Decca UK F600 (Rec. 1935)
22. Thomas Jackson - The Ould Side Car (No further details known)
21. Jack Hylton's Jubilee Cavalcade - Jack Hylton and his Orchestra (with vocal
refrain). HMV. C-2744
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20. With My Shillelagh Under My Arm - Peter Dawson HMV B-8515
19. Let Yourself Go - Harry Roy Orchestra - Parlophone F432 (E7541-1)
Recorded at the Mayfair Hotel, London
18. George Fisher and his Kit-Kat Band - With The Three New Yorkers,
Metropole 1004, London, Mar 27 1928
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/840/george-sher-and-his-kit-
kat-ba
17. Spike Hughes and his Dance Orchestra - I Like To Do Things For You. Decca F.
1844
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/751/spike-hughes-and-his-
dance-orche
16. Harry Reser's Syncopators - Fire! - Columbia 4380
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/715/harry-reser-039-s-
syncopators
15. Jack Payne and His Band (Imperial) - Hot Coffee - Imperial 2677
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/705/jack-payne-and-his-band-
on-imper
14. 78rpm Advertising Record - 4 inch Durium disc advertising "Rawlplugs"
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/764/78rpm-advertising-records
13. Turner Layton - Friendly Little Harbour - 1944
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/871/turner-layton
12. Edison Bell Dance Orchestra - Oh, Miss Hannah - Edison Bell 4476
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/755/edison-bell-dance-
orchestra
11. Percival Mackey and His Kit-Kat Band - Magnolia - Edison Bell Winner 4761
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/708/percival-mackey-and-his-
kit-kat
10. Alfredo's "New Princes" Orchestra - Sweet and Low Down - Edison Bell
Winner 4473
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/763/alfredo-s-new-princes-
orchestr
9. Percival Mackey's Band - The Devil Is afraid of Music - Edison Bell Winner
4717
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http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/763/alfredo-s-new-princes-
orchestr
8. Victor Silvester's Jive Band - Stomping at the Savoy - Columbia FB2980
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/801/victor-silvester-039-s-jive-
ban
7. Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - Hang Your Head In Shame - Rec: 24 Jan
1945. Okeh 6736
6. Billy Cotton's London Savannah Band
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/848/billy-cotton-039-s-london-
savan
5. Sonny Boy Williams - You're the One for Me
4. Carmen Opera - Complete HMV
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/813/carmen-opera-complete-
hmv
3. Savoy Hotel Orpheans - Selection of tracks from early 1930's
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/854/savoy-hotel-orpheans-1931
2. The Rhythm Maniacs
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/766/the-rhythm-maniacs-1930
1. Savoy Havana Band
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/music/799/savoy-havana-band
Direct links to all the above audio samples may be accessed here:
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/blogs/1/158/top-25-78rpm-tracks-
for-2013
To learn more about the community and the top 25 list for 2013, go to
www.78rpmcommunity.com.

About 78rpm Collectors Community
The 78rpm Collectors Community is a social network for collectors of 78rpm
recordings plus phonographs, recording machines, and memorabilia. Started in
2010, the site is also a resource for the history of the 78rpm recording era and
has a membership of over 5,000 worldwide. The site is free to join and provides
forums, discussion groups, and a chance to add videos, les, and more.
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A Strange British Path
Written by Wes Williams
This is the strange story of how recordings made about 1906 for a
cylinder record company turned up on a at disc manufacture about
1920 with sound delity better than I ever would have expected. One
side of the disc contains a recording that does not appear to have been
issued on cylinder, so is a 'lost' recording rediscovered.
Apart from 78s, my other main interest is concertinas and I have a site
(concertinas.org.uk) which contains information about the instrument
and audio recordings of some of its players. The 'King' of the concertina
from the start of recording until his death in 1929 was Alexander
Prince (real name Alexander Sutherland) and one of my projects was to
produce a reasonably comprehensive discography of the recordings he
made (See Link 1 below). From 1912 until his death, he was exclusively
contracted to Columbia, and made many recordings that were released
on Columbia's budget Regal label. So I only had to research from about
1900 until 1912. Many of his early at disc recordings were made for
The Gramophone Company (later HMV) which were easily found in the
British Library on-line catalogues, and I was able to determine that he
had made cylinders for Edison, Edison-Bell, and Sterling labels amongst
others. I managed to locate an interview with Prince from 1906 (See
Link 2 below) which mentioned his connections with the Russell
Hunting Company (maker of the Sterling cylinders), and also got hold of
a book about Sterling published in 1975 with contributions by Sydney
Carter, Frank Andrews and Len Watts, all well known for discography
work. Twenty two of Prince's Sterling recordings were issued between
April 1906 and April 1908, but seven new titles were issued in February
1909, when the company briey came out of receivership.
The Sterling book produced an surprise - some of the Sterling cylinder
recordings (perhaps up to 160 of various artists) had been released by
the French company Path as 8" inch at disks in September 1908, at a
time when Sterling was in receivership. The two main recording
industry personalities of the Sterling company and its various owner
and related companies were Louis Sterling (soon to be Head of
Columbia) (See link 3 below) and Russell Hunting. The book suggested
that Hunting had somehow made the Sterling master cylinders available
to Path, and noted that Hunting went on to become Chief of Recording
for Path within a year and that contemporary accounts credited the
Path titles to Hunting's efforts. Path later produced these discs in
different sizes.
The release of these titles by Path caused quite a stir. Famous artists of
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the time, including Peter Dawson, John McCormack, Walter Hyde, and
Eleanor Jones-Hudson all had letters published that denied that they
had ever recorded for Path, and Prince himself wrote to The Phono
Trader and Recorder stating that he had only made disc records for The
Gramophone Company and its Zonophone budget label. But as proper
copyright laws had yet to be established, no further actions could be
taken.
Early Path discs are totally unlike most others - they start in the centre
and play to the outside, and the groove information is cut vertically (hill
and dale) as opposed to the horizontal cut (side to side) of most others.
This vertical cut made them playable only with special sound box heads
on the wind-up gramophones of the time. Path masters are also
different - they were made on large diameter cylinders, and then
transferred to discs or cylinders using a mechanical pantograph
mechanism.
About six weeks ago I noticed a Prince recording on Path for auction on
eBay. I had seen the odd one or two before, but I hadn't succeeded in
winning them. But this time I was the only
bidder, and I got it for 4.99 (US$ 7.50;
EU 5.50) ! The Christmas season meant
that the disc was led away until this
week, when I started to transcribe it.
The rst thing I noticed from the label was
that this Path was made in England, not
France. It wasn't 10 inch diameter, but
10.5 (26.5cm).
I put it on the turntable, and put on my
dust bug. The dust bug skated
immediately to the centre! I put on the
arm with a 4.0 mil stylus tted, and it
jumped madly back and forth. After a few
trials I found that I could get it to play
properly by increasing my tracking
weight from around 2 grams (the
cartridge force is supposed to be 1.75-2.25
grams) to 3.5 grams, and applying
maximum anti-skate. The disc played in
normal fashion from the outside to inside,
but was vertical cut, so still had some
early Path characteristics. After the
usual inverse-RIAA, declick, sum to mono
(with one channel inverted),and a bit of
EQ, I was astonished to hear two
recordings with an amazing delity of
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sound, approaching that of an electrical recording, although with fairly
high levels of noise and frequent thumps. How could this have come
from a cylinder recording of 1906?
I searched the internet for clues about the record, but found very little.
Path had made edge start records from 1915, had introduced
horizontal cut into the UK about 1922, and had abandoned vertical cut
about 1925. I couldn't nd anything about the English Path factory. I
browsed around my library odds and ends, and found a copy of Talking
Machine Review from Autumn 1995 (I only have two of these
magazines). By sheer luck, the rst article by Arthur Badrock was
about Diamond Double Discs, rst issued in January 1915. Reading a
little further, I discovered that these became Path Diamond Discs in
May 1916. Prince was one of the artists on the Diamond label. The label
was abandoned in January 1919 at number 0428, but in September
1919 the Path 'scroll' label was introduced in the UK with initial
numbers 1001 to 1121 being re-issues of Diamond discs, and
manufactured at West Drayton, Middlesex. As my disc is number 1213 it
must have been newly cut from a Path master about 1920. The
mystery was solved.
Of the two sides on this record, both pieces are well known as part of
Prince's repertoire. But the 'Honest Toil' side never seems to have been
released by Sterling, so we now have a new 'lost' recording of Prince
available. You can hear the recordings here:
As a result, I'm starting to reconsider Prince's recordings on Edison-
Bell. I'd always assumed that the cylinders were different recordings to
the disc ones. But could they have been transferred from cylinder to
disc in a similar manner to the Path method? There are many other
Edison-Bell recordings that could follow the same criteria.
Links
1. Alexander Prince Discography at concertinas.org.uk
http://www.concertinas.org.uk/PrinceDiscog.html
2. Alexander Prince 1906 Interview at concertinas.org.uk
http://www.concertinas.org.uk/prince.htm
3. British Labels 5 - Rena on the 78rpm Community site
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/blogs/201/152/british-labels-5-rena
April 2014 / 17
Have you explored the recently updated 78rpm Label Gallery? This
comprehensive project currently lists over 300, 78rpm labels with over
600 scanned label variations. As it grows, it aims to feature all 78rpm
known labels and their variations. Can you assist with this project? Do
you have high quality label scans to share?
Visit: http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/78rpmlabelsbeta/index.php
April 2014 / 18
British Labels: The Gramophone
Company (HMV) 1898-1925
Written by Wes Williams
It would need far too much space to completely document The
Gramophone Company (HMV) recordings, so this short article will
concentrate on single-sided and early double-sided records before
approximately 1925. All these records will be acoustic recordings.
Although this label is now universally known as HMV (His Masters
Voice), that name is only a later company trademark, and the company
is "The Gramophone Company". This can be seen by looking in the arc on
the lower edge of almost any HMV label, where "The Gramophone Co." or
similar can be seen . The earliest company name was "The Gramophone
and Typewriter Ltd" and discographers usually refer to these early HMV
records as 'G&Ts'. The company was founded in 1898, and part of the
original catalogue was sourced from American Berliner recordings, and
the rst London recordings made in mid August 1898. Until pressing
factories were established in the home countries of the divisions of G&T,
all records were pressed in Hannover at Berliner's plant. Until about
1901, G&T records do not have paper labels, but appear with engraved
or embossed Berliner's Gramophone motif.
Gramophone Co. Berliner recorded 16 December 1898, released
February 1899
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In 1901, 10 inch records were introduced, and both 7 and 10 inch
records were released with paper labels.
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1901 label style with raised The (above)
1903 recording with contemporary label style (above)
The HMV image was in use from 1901 - but the trademark was then The
Angel.

The HMV image did not appear on labels until 1909, and was not
registered as a UK trademark until 1910.
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Engraved rear side motif
In the USA, Victor was the companion company, and also used the 'HMV'
image. Although the image shows a dog listening to a at disk player, the
painting originally showed a cylinder player.
Single Sided Records
The rst single sided records were 7 inch diameter, but these were
dropped and all records were then released as 10 inch, and later as 12
inch. The 7 inch records were labelled 'Gramophone Record', the 10 inch
'Gramophone Concert Record' and the 12 inch 'Gramophone Monarch
Record'.
The numbering system used for all single sided records was based on a
block of 9,999 numbers. It is possible to roughly identify the material on
a recording from number alone. This block was sub-divided based on
different types of content as follows:
1 to 499 'Military' Bands
500 to 999 Orchestras
1000 to 1999 Speech
2000 to 2999 Male Vocal Solo
3000 to 3999 Female Vocal Solo
4000 to 4499 Multiple Vocalist
4500 to 4749 Chorus
4750 to 4999 Choirs/Religious
5000 to 5499 Cornet/Horn
5500 to 5999 Piano
6000 to 6249 Clarinet
6250 to 6499 Banjo
6500 to 6699 Bagpipes and Drum Bands
6700 to 6749 Military Bugle
6750 to 6999 Xylophone
7000 to 7249 Trombone
7250 to 7549 Mandoline, Zither
7550 to 7699 Bassoon
7700 to 7849 Bagpipes
7850 to 7899 Cello
7900 to 7999 Violin
8000 to 8499 Multiple Instruments
8500 to 8999 Balalaika
9000 to 9099 Piccolo
9100 to 9149 Concertina
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9150 to 9249 Flute
9250 to 9799 Miscellaneous including Whistling, Bells, Chimes, and Imitations
9800 to 9999 Viola
In spite of all these available numbers, some types of material quickly
exceeded the available numbers. These were released as 2nd, 3rd, etc
series and indicated by the series number followed by a dash at the
beginning of the catalogue number. Most notable was the Male Vocal
Solo category, with some records appearing with a series 7 prex.
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12inch record (image courtesy Manfred Roxon)
While other companies were quick to convert to double-sided records
(including HMV's Zonophone subsidiary), single sided records
continued to be listed in the HMV catalogue until towards the end of the
1920s decade, when many of the most popular recordings were re-
released as double-sided records.
Early Double Sided
The rst double-sided HMV records were not released until September
1912 as the 'B' (10 inch) and 'C' (12 inch) series. Much of the catalogue
for these two series could be described as 'popular', since HMV
continued to release 'classical' material as single sided.
In February 1918 the 'D' (12 inch) and in July 1918 the 'E' (10 inch)
double sided series were introduced. The catalogue for these two series
contained many more 'classical' releases.
The next two series to be introduced were the DA and DB series around
1923/4. This series nally took up the position of the single sided series,
and eventually re-released the most popular of the single-sided
April 2014 / 24
recordings in double-sided format.
Further Information
On 78rpm Collectors Community site:
The Gramophone Co. (HMV) Single Sided listings (In progress)
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/wiki/view/pageId/59/slug/the-gramophone-co-hmv-single-
sided-listings
Early HMV & Monarch Labels (12inch photos from Manfred Roxon)
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/albums/view/197
Numerical Listing of HMV 78rpm Classical Recordings for C, D, DA, and DB series
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/wiki/view/pageId/31/slug/numerical-listing-of-
hmv-78rpm-classical-recordings
78rpm Record Search
http://www.78rpmcommunity.com/indexsearch/blog/

On other Sites:
An extensive collection of downloadable Gramophone Co and HMV catalogues at the British Library
The Collectors Guide to Gramophone Company Record Labels 1898 - 1925 - a comprehensive article
by Howard Friedman - http://sounds.bl.uk/Sound-recording-history/Early-record-catalogues
April 2014 / 25
DA 112, formerly 7-52002 and 7-52004 as single-sided records
Louis Levy
Prepared by Terry Brown & Tony Middleton
A discography compiled by Terry Brown &
Tony Middleton, based on Alasdair Fentons
original, with corrected recording dates/matrix
numbers, music titles for Medleys, including
composer/lyricists and additional Levy sessions
making it the most comprehensive yet. The
original listing has been completely revamped
and now appears chronologically. Amendments
and additions welcome. The original brief Levy
biography by Alistair Fenton, has been revised
to reect current research on Levy.
Louis Levy was born in London on 20 November
1894, and began his career by paying "d a
lesson to learn the violin. At the age of ten he was competent enough to
play with Charlie Austins Juvenile Troupe. In 1916 he became
interested in music for the cinema, and became a pioneer in the
evolution of bringing music in lms from the cafe type accompaniments
to having pieces specially scored for individual lms. In 1923 Levy
began broadcasting lunch time concerts from the Pavilion Cinema at
Shepherds Bush, where he was MD. In mid 1928 he became President
of the Cinema Musical Directors Association and extended his own MD
activities to include the Capitol Kinema in Londons Haymarket. Later
in 1928 he paid a visit to the States, where he saw some experimental
sound lms, and realised that this was the coming thing. Louis arrived
back in the country, just as the Gaumont-British Company, who made
lms at their Shepherds Bush Studios, had hurriedly decided to convert
the current lm High Treason into a talkie. They asked Louis to do
the score, and from this beginning in 1929, he was appointed Musical
Director for Gaumont British/Gainsborough. This was primarily an
organisational and executive role, indeed, Levy described how he
operated a casting Bureau, whereby he brought in composers and
arrangers to deliver a soundtrack to suit the style/content of the lm
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Louis Levy
Image Source:
en.wikipedia.org
concerned. Although Levys
name appears as MD on the
credits of hundreds of lms
made over the 1930s, most,
(if not all), of the composing,
scoring and conducting of
what you hear was
undertaken by others,
including, Bretton Byrd, Jack
Beaver, Clive Richardson,
Hubert Bath, Cedric Mallabey,
Leighton Lucas, Charles
Williams, Bob Busby, Walford
Hyden, Hans May and many
others. Levy worked for
Gainsborough to 1948, then
with Associated British, with
spells at MGM British and 20
th

Century Fox in the same
capacity in between. Louis was
also featured extensively on
BBC and commercial radio through his Music from the Movies
programmes which he rst introduced back in 1936. Levy recorded
extensively with his Gaumont-British Symphony Orchestra for HMV/
Columbia, and later Decca. Almost all of Levys radio and record
arrangements were undertaken by Peter Yorke, who created the
immediately recognisable Gaumont British Symphony sound. Levy died
on 18 August 1957.
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Film Poster - High Treason (1929)
Source: horrornews.net
Editors Note: In the complete discography that follows, all the vocalists have
been identied by their initials as follows:
$ $ HB$ =$ Harry Bentley
$ $ SB$ =$ Sam Browne
$ $ EM$ =$ Edward Molloy
$ $ JL$ =$ Janet Lind
$ $ GF$ =$ Gerry Fitzgerald
$ $ RA$ =$ Robert Ashley
$ $ EB$ =$ Eve Becke
$ $ GM$ =$ George Melachrino
$ $ ED$ =$ Evelyn Dove
$ $ HJ$ =$ Hazel Jeans
$ $ CE$ =$ Clive Erard
$ $ BL$ =$ Brian Lawrance
$ $ AL$ =$ Anne Lenner
$ $ BW$ =$ Bertha Willmott
$ $ JC$ =$ Jimmy Campbell
$ $ 3G $ =$ The Three Ginx
$ $ JS$ =$ Judy Shirley
$ $ DC$ =$ Dorothy Carless
(If no initials appear, it can be taken that there is no vocal refrain.)
KEY: - " 78rpm Electric ! 78rpm Acoustic
#Matrix #Composition(s) #Composer(s) #Vocalist(s) #Rec. No.
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GAUMONT BRITISH STUDIO ORCHESTRA Cond. LOUIS LEVY
London 5/10/1933
" 2EA3562-2 Aunt Sally, Selection, (Woods), Pt. 1 You ought to see Sally on
Sunday; If I Had Napoleons Hat; The Winds in the West; My Wild Oat.
HMV C2617
" 2EA3563-1 Aunt Sally, Selection, (Woods), Pt. 2 Well all go Riding on a
Rainbow; I Want a Fair and Square Man; Aint She Dainty, (Woods).
HMV C2617
LOUIS LEVY & the GAUMONT BRITISH ORCHESTRA
London 27/4/1934
" CAX7155-1 Chu Chin Chow, Selection, (Norton), Pt. 1 Entrance of Chu
Chin Chow; Here Be Oysters; Any Times Kissing Time; Javanese Dance; Desert
Flower; Robbers Chorus; Scimitar Song. Col DX592
" CAX7156 -1 Chu Chin Chow, Selection, (Norton), Pt. 2 I Am Chu Chin
Chow; Behold; Cobblers Song; Corraline; Ill Sing And Dance; I Love Thee So;
Finale. Col DX592
MALCOLM McEACHERN
Vocal with Gaumont British Orchestra cond. Louis Levy
London 27/4/1934
" CAX7157-1 Behold! (Asche/Norton) Col DX598
" CAX7158-1 I am Chu Chin Chow/Olive Oil, (Asche/Norton). Col DX598
LOUIS LEVY & THE GAUMONT BRITISH DANCE ORCHESTRA*
*(Louis Levys name does not appear on the labels of the Gaumont-British Dance Orchestras
recordings)
April 2014 / 29
London 3/11/1934
" CAR2991-1 Dont you Cry When We Say Goodbye, (Woods), (SB).RZ MR1505
" CAR2992-1 Looking For a little Bit of Blue, (Woods), (SB). RZ MR1506
" CAR2993-1 Things are Looking Up, (Grey/Gay), (BW). RZ MR1507
" CAR2994-1 What a Little Moonlight Can Do, (Woods), (JC). RZ MR1505
" CAR2995-1 Whos Been Polishing the Sun? (Gay), (HB). RZ MR1506
" CAR2996-1 Theres no Green Grass round the Old North Pole, (Lorraine/
Butler/Tilsley), (BW). RZ MR1506
London 12/12/1934
" CAR3110-1 One Way Street, (Sigler/Goodhart/Hoffman), (3G). RZ MR1874
" CAR3111-1 Sons of the Sand, (Kester/Noble), (3G). RZ MR1566
" CAR3112-2 The Londonola, (Sigler/Goodhart/Hoffman), (3G). Rejected
London 13/12/1934
" CAR3112-3 The Londonola, (Sigler/Goodhart/Hoffman), (3G).RZ MR1873
" CAR3113-1 You Bring out the Savage in Me, (Coslow), (3G). RZ MR1873
" CAR3114-1 Did you Ever have a Feeling youre Flying? (Sigler/Goodhart/
Hoffman), (JC). RZ MR1874
" CAR3115-1 Now I Understand, (Coslow), (SB). RZ MR1566
" CAR3116-1 If your Father only Knew, (Sigler/Goodhart/Hoffman),
(SB). RZ MR1761
" CAR3117-2 San Felipe, (Sigler/Goodhart/Hoffman), (SB). RZ MR1761
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LOUIS LEVY & HIS GAUMONT-BRITISH SYMPHONY
London 6/2/36
" CA15584-1 Youre Sweeter than I Thought You Were, (Sigler/Hoffman),
(RA). Col FB1336
" CA15585-1 Where Theres you, Theres Me, (Sigler/Goodhart/Hoffman),
(JS). Col FB1336
" CA15586-1 She Shall have Music, (Sigler/Goodhart/Hoffman),
(RA). Col FB1322
" CA15587-1 From One Minute to Another, (Sigler/Goodhart/Hoffman),
(JS). Col FB1322
JESSIE MATTHEWS Orchestral Acc. Conducted by LOUIS LEVY
LONDON 17/4/1936
" TB2122-1-2 Its Love Again, (Woods). Decca F5982
" TB2123-1-2 Tonys in Town, (Woods), (with 3G). Decca F5982
" TB2124-1-2 I Nearly Let Love Go Slipping Through My Fingers,
(Woods). Decca F5983
" TB2125-1-2 Got to Dance My Way to Heaven, (Coslow). Decca F5983
London 10/6/36
" 0EA3805-1 Limelight, Selection, (Woods), Pt. 1 Sweet Senorita;
Whistling Waltz, (JL). HMV BD354
" 0EA3806-1 Limelight, Selection, (Woods), Pt. 2 Stay Awhile, (RA);
Celebratin. HMV BD354
London 12/6/36
" CA15793-1 Its love Again, Selection, (Woods), Pt. 1 Its Love Again,
(JL); Tonys in Town. Col FB1429
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" CA15794-1 Its love Again, Selection, (Woods/Coslow), Pt. 2 Got to Dance
My Way to Heaven; I Nearly Let Love Go Slipping through My Fingers, (JL).
Col FB1429
London 22/7/36
" 0EA3842-1 Thisll Make You Whistle, Selection, (Sigler/Goodhart/
Hoffman, Pt. 1 Youve Got the Wrong Rumba; There Isnt Any Limit to My Love,
(JL). HMV BD361
" 0EA3843-1 Thisll Make You Whistle, Selection, (Sigler/Goodhart/
Hoffman), Pt. 2 Without Rhythm; Thisll Make You Whistle, (EM).
HMV BD361
" CA15865-1 The Great Ziegfeld, Selection, (Adamson/Donaldson/Berlin),
Pt. 1 You Gotta Pull Strings; A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody, (EM).
Col FB1477
" CA15866-1 The Great Ziegfeld, Selection, (Adamson/Donaldson/Berlin),
Pt. 2 You Never Looked So Beautiful; You, (EM). Col FB1477
London 3/9/36
" CA15903-1 My, What A Different Night, (Gordon/Revel),
(EM). Col FB1505
" CA15904-1 Everybody Dance, (Gordon/Revel), (JL). Col FB1505
London 4/9/1936
" 0EA3849-1 Everything is Rhythm, Selection, (Nolan/Meskill/Ray), Pt. 1
The Internationale; Life is Empty, (EM). HMV BD368
" 0EA3850-1 Everything is Rhythm, Selection, (Nolan/Meskill/Ray), Pt. 2
Man of My Dreams, (JL); Sky High Honeymoon. HMV BD368
London 9/10/36
" CA15976-1 Swingtime, Selection, (Kern), Pt. 1 The Waltz in Swing Time;
A Fine Romance, (JL). Col FB1531
" CA15977-2 Swingtime, Selection, (Kern), Pt. 2 Never Gonna Dance; The
Way You Look Tonight,(EM). Col FB1531
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" CA15978-1 Music from the Movies, Pt. 1 Gaumont British March;
Celebratin; When Youve Got a Little Springtime in Your Heart, (JL); Say the
Word and its Yours. Col FB1545
" CA15979-1 Music from the Movies, Pt. 2 She Shall Have Music; A Little
Dash of Dublin, (EM); Over My Shoulder. Col FB1545
London 13/12/36 (Conductor Peter Yorke)
" 0EA3955-1 Head Over Heels, Selection, (Gordon/Revel), Pt. 1 Through
the Courtesy of Love; Head Over Heels, (JL). HMV BD400
" 0EA3956-1 Head Over Heels, Selection, (Gordon/Revel), Pt. 2 Theres
That Look in Your Eyes; May I Have the Next Romance With You,
(JL). HMV BD400
London 15/12/36
" CA16111-1 Music from the Movies, (Louis Levy), March Col FB1607
" CA16112-1 Empire Builders, (Hubert Bath), March Col FB1607
London 1/2/37
" 0EA3967-1 Pennies From Heaven, Selection, (Burke/Johnstone), Pt. 1
One Two Button Your Shoe, (JL); So Do I. HMV BD409
" 0EA3968-1 Pennies From Heaven, Selection, (Burke/Johnstone), Pt. 2
Lets Call a Heart a Heart; Pennies From Heaven, (RA). HMV BD409
" CA16181-1 Jingle of the Jungle, (Sigler/Goodhart/Hoffman),
(JL). Col FB1636
" CA16182-1 The Eyes of the World are on You, (Lerner/Goodhart/Hoffman),
(RA). Col FB1636
London 25/2/1937
" 0EA3973-1 Turning the Town Upside Down,(Sigler/Goodhart/Hoffman),
(JL). HMV BD416
" 0EA3974-1 Taking a stroll round the park,(Erard), (CE). HMV BD416
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" CA16242-1 Looking around corners for you,(Gordon/Revel),
(JL). Col FB1651
" CA16243-1 Theres that look in your eyes again,(Gordon/Revel),
(JL). Col FB1651
London 7/4/37
" 0EA4737-1 Splinters in the Air, Selection, (Lerner/Goodhart/Hoffman),
Flying High; Watching the Stars, (JL). HMV BD425
" 0EA4738-1 Take My Tip, Selection,(Lerner/Goodhart/Hoffman), Birdie
Out of a Cage; I Was Anything But Sentimental, (GF). HMV BD425
London 8/4/37
" CA16329-1 That Girl from Paris Selection, (Schwartz/Heyman), Pt. 1
Love and Learn; Call to Arms, (RA). Col FB1678
" CA16330-1 That Girl from Paris Selection, (Schwartz/Heyman), Pt. 2
Seal it With a Kiss, (RA). Col FB1678
London 10/5/1937
" 0EA5012-1 Swing High, Swing Low, (Freed/Lane), (JL). HMV BD429
" 0EA5013-1 Will you remember ? (Young/Romberg), (GF). HMV BD429
" CA16379-1 Gold Diggers of 1937, Selection, (Dubin/Warren/Harburg/
Arlen), Pt. 1 - Alls Fair in Love and War; Lets Put Our Heads Together,
(JL). Col FB1699
" CA16380-1 Gold Diggers of 1937, Selection, (Dubin/Warren/Harburg/
Arlen), Pt. 2 Speaking of the Weather; With Plenty of Money and You,
(GF). Col FB1699
London 16/6/37
" 0EA5263-1 Shall We Dance, Selection, (Gershwin/Gershwin), Pt. 1 - Shall
we Dance; Lets Call the Whole Thing Off, (JL); They All Laughed. HMV BD435
" 0EA5264-1 Shall We Dance, Selection, (Gershwin/Gershwin), Pt. 2 They
Cant Take That Away from Me, (GF). HMV BD435
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" CA16422-1 Melody For Two, Selection, (Dubin/Warren), Pt. 1 Jose
ONeill (The Cuban Heel); Melody for Two, (JL). Col FB1717
" CA16423-1 Melody For Two, Selection, (Dubin/Warren), Pt. 2 September
in the Rain, (GF). Col FB1717
London 25/8/1937
" 0EA5304-1 On the Avenue, Selection, (Berlin), Pt. 1 Slumming on Park
Avenue; This Years Kisses, (JL). HMV BD452
" 0EA5305-1 On the Avenue, Selection, (Berlin), Pt. 2 Youre Laughing at
Me; Ive Got My Love to Keep Me Warm (GF). HMV BD452
" CA16511-1 Gangway, Selection, (Lerner/Goodhart/Hoffman), Pt. 1
Gangway, (JL); Lord And Lady Whoozis. Col FB1754
" CA16512-1 Gangway, Selection, (Lerner/Goodhart/Hoffman), Pt. 2
When You Gotta Sing; Moon Or No Moon, (GF). Col FB1754
London 7/10/1937
" 0EA5384-1 Firey, Selection, (Harbach/Kahn,Friml,/Stothart/Wright/
Forrest), Pt. 1 He Who Loves and Runs Away; Sympathy, (EB). HMV BD461
" 0EA5385-1 Firey, Selection, (Harbach/Kahn,Friml,/Stothart/Wright/
Forrest), Pt. 2 Giannina Mia; The Donkey Serenade, (GF). HMV BD461
" CA16599-1 Broadway Melody Of 1938,Selection, (Freed/Brown), Pt. 1
Your Broadway and My Broadway; Im Feelin Like a Million, (GF). Col FB1786
" CA16600-1 Broadway Melody Of 1938, Selection, (Freed/Brown), Pt. 2
Everybody Sing; Yours and Mine, (EB). Col FB1786
London 8/11/1937
" 0EA5129-1 Double or Nothing, Selection, (Burke/Johnston), Pt. 1 All You
Want to do is Dance; Its the Natural Thing to Do, (EB). HMV BD472
" 0EA5130-1 Double or Nothing, Selection, (Burke/Johnston), Pt. 2 Double
or Nothing The Moon Got in my Eyes, (GF). HMV BD472
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" CAX8106-1 Music from the Movies 1937, Selection, (Various), Pt. 1 March
of the Movies; We Saw the Sea; Would You; Top Hat; My Heart and I; Broadway
Rhythm. Col DX 814
" CAX8107-1 Music from the Movies, 1937, Selection, (Various), Pt. 2
Where Are You; September in the Rain; Thanks a Million; Lovely Lady; I Saw a
Ship a Sailing; March of the Movies. Col DX 814
LOUIS LEVY & HIS ORCHESTRA
London 23/2/38
" 0EA6410-1 Sailing Along, Selection, (Sigler/Goodhart/Hoffman),(Pt. 1
Trusting My Luck; My Souvenir of Love, (GF). HMV BD526
" 0EA6411-1 Sailing Along, Selection, Sigler/Goodhart/Hoffman),(Pt. 2
My Heart Skips a Beat; My River, (EB); Trusting My Luck. HMV BD526
" CA16861-1 Rosalie, Selection, (Porter), Pt. 1 In the Still of the Night;
Who Knows? (EB). Col FB1908
" CA16862-1 Rosalie, Selection, (Porter), Pt. 2 Close; Rosalie,
(GF). Col FB1908
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ALFRED VAN DAM AND HIS GAUMONT STATE ORCHESTRA
Louis Levy (arranger)
London 3/3/1938
" 0EA6253-1 A Bouquet of Flowers, (Various), Pt. 1 Wont You Buy My
Pretty Flowers; Valse des Fleurs; Roses From the South; Hearts and
Flowers. HMV BD540
" 0EA6254-1 A Bouquet of Flowers, (Various), Pt. 2 Wedding of the Rose;
Dear Little Shamrock; Pas des Fleurs; Narcissus; The Last Rose of Summer;
Valse des Fleurs. HMV BD540
" 0EA6255-1 In the Sudan, (Sebek). HMV BD564
" 0EA6256-1 Babylonian Nights, (Zamecnik). HMV BD564
London 30/3/1938
" 0EA6283-1 Hollywood Hotel, Selection, (Jones), Pt. 1 Let That be a
Lesson; Ive Hitched My Wagon, (EB). HMV BD542
" 0EA6284-1 Hollywood Hotel, Selection, (Jones), Pt. 2 Hooray for
Hollywood; Silhouetted in the Moonlight, (GF). HMV BD542
" CA16910-1 Everybody Sing, Selection, (Kahn/Jurmann/Kaper), Pt. 1
Swing, Mr Mendelssohn; Melody Farm, (GF). Col FB1942
" CA16911-1 Everybody Sing, Selection, (Kahn/Jurmann/Kaper), Pt. 2
The One I Love, (EB) Col FB1942
London 11/5/38
" 0EA6313-1 Radio City Revels, Selection, (Magidson/Wrubel), Pt. 1 Take
a Tip From the Tulip; Theres a New Moon, (EB). HMV BD555
" 0EA6314-1 Radio City Revels, Selection, (Magidson/Wrubel), Pt. 2
Swingin In The Corn; Goodnight Angel, (GF). HMV BD555
" CA16973-1 Goldwyn Follies, Selection, (Gershwin/Gershwin), Pt. 1
Charlie McCarthy; I was Doing All Right, (GF). Col FB1971
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" CA16974-1 Goldwyn Follies, Selection, (Gershwin/Gershwin), Pt. 2 Our
Love is here to Stay; Loved Walked In, (EB). Col FB1971
London 11/8/38
" 0EA6377-1 Joy of Living, Selection, (Kern), Pt. 1 Heavenly Party; Just
Let me Look at You, (GF). HMV BD582
" 0EA6378-1 Joy of Living, Selection, (Kern), Pt. 2 - Whats Good About
Goodnight; You Couldnt be Cuter, (EB). HMV BD582
" CA17069-1 Says my Heart, (Loesser/Lane), (EB). Col FB2023
" CA17070-1 Strike up the Band, (Gershwin/Gershwin), (GF). Col FB2023
London 16/9/38
" 0EA6560-1 Paprika, Selection, (Purcell/Maschwitz/Posford), Pt. 1
Paprika, A Tandem in the Park, (BL); Magyar Melody. HMV BD588
" 0EA6561-1 Paprika, Selection, (Purcell/Maschwitz/Posford), Pt. 2 Mine
Alone; Just Like a Gypsy Band; Mine Alone, (EB). HMV BD588
(The above was also issued on BD 634 under the title Magyar Melody)
London 16/9/1938 (Cont.)
" CA17107-1 Alexanders Ragtime Band, Selection, (Berlin), Pt. 1
Alexanders Ragtime Band; When the Midnight Choo Choo Leaves for Alabam;
Blue Skies (BL); Everybodys Doing It. Col FB2042
" CA17108-1 Alexanders Ragtime Band, (Berlin), Selection, Pt. 2 Easter
Parade; Now it Can Be Told, (EB); Alexanders Ragtime Band. Col FB2042
London 30/12/1938
" CA17262-1 The Great Waltz, Selection, (Hammerstein/Strauss), Pt. 1
Voices of Spring; One Day When we Were Young, (DC); Revolutionary
March. Col FB2133
" CA17263-1 The Great Waltz, Selection, (Hammerstein/Strauss), Pt. 2
Tales from the Vienna Woods; The Bat; Im in Love With Vienna, (BL); The Blue
Danube. Col FB2133
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London 2/11/38
" 0EA7057-2 Carefree, Selection, (Berlin), Pt. 1 The Yam; I Used To Be
Colour Blind, (BL). HMV BD613
" 0EA7058-1 Carefree, Selection, (Berlin), Pt. 2 The Night is Filled with
Music; Change Partners, (EB). HMV BD613
" CAX8379-1 Music from the Movies, 1938 Selection, (Various), Pt. 1 In the
Still of the Night; My Heaven on Earth; Goodnight Angel, (GF); Love Walked In.
Col DX891
" CAX8380-1 Music from the Movies, 1938 Selection, (Various), Pt. 2
Donkey Serenade; Sweetest Song in the World, (EB); Mama I Wanna Make
Rhythm; Change Partners; March of the Movies. Col DX891
London 14/2/1939
" 0EA7365-1 Sweethearts, Selection, (Herbert), Pt. 1 On Parade; Wooden
Shoes, (BL); Mademoiselle. HMV BD668
" 0EA7366-1 Sweethearts, Selection, (Herbert), Pt. 2 Pretty As A Picture;
Sweethearts, (EB). HMV BD668
" 0EA7367-1 St. Louis Blues, Selection, (Loesser/Malneck/Lane), Pt. 1 I Go
for That, (BL); Junior. HMV BD671
" 0EA7368-1 St. Louis Blues, Selection, (Loesser/Malneck/Lane), Pt. 2
Blue Nightfall; Lets Dream in the Moonlight, (EB). HMV BD671
London 20/4/1939
" 0EA7638-1 Honolulu, Selection, (Kahn/Warren), Pt. 1 The Leader
Doesnt Like Music; Honolulu, (SB). HMV BD704
" 0EA7639-1 Honolulu, Selection, (Kahn/Warren), Pt. 2 This Night will be
my Souvenir, (EB). HMV BD704
" 0EA7640-1 Deanna Durbin Memories, (Various), Pt. 1 Its Raining
Sunbeams; Last Rose of Summer (SB); Chapel Bells. HMV BD711
" 0EA7641-1 Deanna Durbin Memories, (Various), Pt. 2 Youre as Pretty as
a Picture; My Own (EB); I Love to Whistle. HMV BD711
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London 15/6/39 (Abbey Road, Studio 1)
" 0EA7984-1 Story Of Vernon & Irene Castle, Selection, (Various), Pt. 1 -
Waiting for the Robert E. Lee; Oh, You Beautiful Doll; Missouri Waltz; Yama Yama
Man, (EB). HMV BD721
" 0EA7985-1 Story Of Vernon & Irene Castle, Selection, (Various), Pt. 2
Only When Youre in my Arms, (SB); Too Much Mustard. HMV BD721
" 0EA7986-1 Smiling Through, (Penn). HMV BD723
" 0EA7987-1 Smoke gets in your eyes, (Kern). HMV BD723
GRACIE FIELDS With Studio Orchestra. Dir. By LOUIS LEVY
London 26/7/39
" OGF27-1 Danny Boy, (Trad.). RZ MR3118
" OGF28-1 Wish me Luck as You Wave Me Goodbye, (Park/Parr-
Davies). RZ MR3118
" OGF29-1 Ive got the Jitterbugs, (Haines/Gruntland). RZ MR3119
" OGF30-1 Grandfathers Bagpipes, (Haines/Harper), Annie Laurie,
(Trad.) RZ MR3119
(N.B. Above date was for dubbing the soundtrack of the lm Shipyard Sally made by Twentieth
Century Fox Productions, on to disc.)
GRACIE FIELDS with Orchestra and Choir conducted by LOUIS LEVY
London 19/10/1939 (Issued June 1940)
" OGF62-2 (From TT2603/4) I Never Cried So Much in All My
Life. Col FB2463
(Note, Recorded in Chelsea Barracks). Backing side from TT2634 rec. 30/4/1940 does not involve
Levy).
London 5/12/1939
" CA17716-1 Up to the Minute Medley, Pt. 1 My Heart Belongs to Daddy,
(Porter); Ill Pray for You, ( king/Hill), (ED). Col FB2341
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" CA17717-1 Up to the Minute Medley, Pt. 2 Serenade in Blue, (Gilbert);
Fare Thee Well, (Campbell/Eyton/Gay), (SB). Col FB2341
" CA17724-1 Gullivers Travels, Selection, (Various), Pt. 1 Its a Hap Hap
Happy Day; Faithful Forever (SB); Bluebirds in the Moonlight. Col FB2346
" CA17725-1 Gullivers Travels, Selection, (Various), Pt. 2 Were All
Together Now; I Hear a Dream, (ED). Col FB2346
London 9/1/1940
" CA17777-1 Babes in Arms, Selection, (Rodgers/Hart), Pt. 1 Babes In
Arms; Good Morning (GM). Col FB2368
" CA17778-1 Babes in Arms, Selection, (Rodgers/Hart), Pt. 2 The Lady is a
Tramp; Where or When (ED). Col FB2368
" CA17779-1 Band Waggon, Selection, (Pepper/Gay/Parr-Davies/Hunter),
Pt. 1 Band Waggon; After Dark; Heaven Will Be Heavenly, (ED). Col FB2380
" CA17780-1 Band Waggon, Selection, (gay/Grey?Eyton/Pepper), Pt. 2 The
Only One Thats Difcult; Melody Maker,(GM); Band Waggon. Col FB2380
London 9/7/1940
" CAX8790-1 Gone with the Wind, Selection, (Various), Pt. 1 Battle Hymn
of the Republic; My Old Kentucky Home; Marching Through Georgia; Massas in
the Cold, Cold Ground. Col DX981
" CAX8791-1 Gone with the Wind, Selection, (Various), Pt. 2 Camptown
Races; Old Folks at Home; When Johnny Comes Marching Home. Col DX981
London 1/3/1940
" CA17863-1 Pinnochio, Selection, (Washington/Harline), Pt. 1 Give a
Little Whistle, (SB); Turn on the Old Music Box. Col FB2404
" CA17864-1 Pinnochio, Selection, (Washington/Harline), Pt. 2 Little
Wooden Head; When You Wish Upon a Star, (HJ). Col FB2404
" CA17865-2 Wizard Of Oz, Selection, (Harburg/Arlen), - Over the Rainbow;
Were Off to see the Wizard; Ding, Dong the Witch is Dead, (SB/HJ).Col FB2389
April 2014 / 41
" CA17866-1 The Great Victor Herbert, Selection Ah, Sweet Mystery of
Life; Kiss me Again; A Kiss in the Dark, (SB/ED). Col FB2389
London 4/5/1940
" CA17978-1 Tunes of the Times No.1, (Various), Pt. 1 Theres a Boy
Coming Home on Leave; Whos Taking You Home Tonight; A Little Rain Must
Fall. Col FB2438
" CA17979-1 Tunes of the Times No.1, (Various), Pt. 2 On Moonlight
Avenue; In an Eighteenth Century Drawing Room; Its a Lovely Day
Tomorrow. Col FB2438
London 6/5/1940
" CA17988-1 Walt Disney Medley, (Various), Pt. 1 - See the Funny Little
Bunnies; The World Owes me a Living; Lullaby Land; The Penguin is a Very
Funny Creature. Col FB2500
" CA17989-1 Walt Disney Medley, (Various), Pt. 2 - Whistle While You Work;
One Day my Prince Will Come; When You Wish Upon a Star. Col FB2500
London 9/7/1940
" CA18064-1 I havent time to be a millionaire, (Burke/Monaco),
(SB). Col FB2477
" CA18065-1 Meet the sun half way, (Burke/Monaco), (SB) Col FB2477
LOUIS LEVY & HIS MUSIC FROM THE MOVIES ORCHESTRA
London 4/10/1946
" AR10734-2 Piccadilly 1944 (Ellis) Decca K1559
" AR10735-2 Boogie Woogie Moonshine (Ellis) Decca K1559
(Both from Piccadilly Incident) (Henry Bronkhurst piano)
London 5/11/1946
" AR10829-1 Blue Skies, Selection, (Berlin), Pt. 1 Blue Skies; Always; Heat
Wave. Decca K1572
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" AR10830-1 Blue Skies, Selection, (Berlin), Pt. 2 Getting Nowhere; A
Pretty Girl is like a Melody; You Keep Coming Back Like a Song; Blue
Skies. Decca K1572
London 5/11/1946
" AR10831-1 Romance, (Paganini arr. P. Green) Decca K1577
(From The Magic Bow) (Solo violin, Reginald Leopold)
London 3/1/1947
" AR11006-1 Cole Porter Suite, No. 1 - Night and Day; I Get a Kick Out of
You. Decca K1633
" AR11007-1 Cole Porter Suite, No. 2 - Begin the Beguine Decca K1633
" AR11008-1 Cole Porter Suite, No. 3 - My Heart Belongs to Daddy; In the
Still of the Night; Lets Do It. Decca K1634
" AR11009-1 Cole Porter Suite, No. 4 Ive Got You Under My Skin; Dont
Fence me In; Anything Goes. Decca K1634
" AR11010-2 Moto Perpetuo (Paganini) (Fr. The Magic Bow) Decca K1577
GAUMONT-BRITISH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA cond. By LOUIS LEVY
Happy Days, (Bob Busby) (Film Holiday Camp released August
1947) FM24
ARTHUR TRACY The Street Singer Acc. by LOUIS LEVY ORCHESTRA
London 12/9/47
" DR11523-1-2 Ramona, (Wayne). Decca F8928
" DR11524-1-2 A Perfect Day, (Bond). Decca F9018
" DR11525-1 Little Grey Home in the West, (Lhr). *(LP) LF1077
" DR11526-1-2-3 Because, (DHardelot). Decca F9018
(* Not issued as a 78 rpm record)
April 2014 / 43
London 15/9/1947
" DR11527-1-2 My First Love, My last love, (B. Reid). Decca F8811
" DR11528-1-2-3 Marta, (Gilbert/Simons). Decca F8870
" DR11529-1-2 I Want the World to Know, (Campbell/Thompson). Decca F8811
" DR11530-1-2 Home (When Shadows Fall), (Steedman/
Clarkson). Decca F8870
London 22/9/47
" DR11553-1 By the Light of the Silvery Moon, (Madden). Decca F8962
" DR11554-1-2 Nellie Dean, (Armstrong). Decca F8962
" DR11555-1 Hear my Song, Violetta, (Klose/Lukesch). *(LP) LF1077
" DR11556-1 In the Gloaming, (Hill). *(LP) LF1077
London 25/9/47
" DR11564-1 A little love, a little Kiss, (Silesu). *(LP) LF1077
" DR11565-1 When Day is Done, (Katscher/De Sylva). Rejected
" DR11567-1 Kiss me Again, (Herbert). *(LP) LF1077
" DR11568-1 Mighty like a Rose, (Nevin). *(LP) LF1077
London 7/10/47
" DR11610-1 Ill Walk Beside You, (Murray). *(LP) LF1077
" DR11611-1 Teddy Bears Picnic, (Bratton/Kennedy). Decca F8821
London 9/10/1947
" DR11612-1-2 Just a Cottage Small, (Hanley/De Sylva). Decca F8928
(* Not issued as a 78 rpm record)
April 2014 / 44
London 16/10/47
" DR11635-1 Love Everlasting, (Friml). *(LP) LF1077
" DR11636-1 At Dawning, (Cadman). **
" DR11637-2 Parade of the Tin Soldiers, (Jessel). Decca F8821
" DR11638-1 Serenata, (Toselli). **
(* Not issued as a 78 rpm record) (** Issued only in South Africa, catalogue no. unknown)
LOUIS LEVY & HIS CONCERT ORCHESTRA
London 5/11/1948
" AR12903-1 George Gershwin Suite Pt. 1 Strike Up the Band; Embraceable
You; Do,Do,Do. Decca K2117
" AR12904-1 George Gershwin Suite Pt. 2 Love Walked In; Swanee;
Someone to Watch Over Me. Decca K2117
" AR12905-1 George Gershwin Suite Pt. 3 S Wonderful; I Got Rhythm;
Bidin My Time. Decca K2118
" AR12906-1 George Gershwin Suite Pt. 4 But Not For Me; Somebody Loves
Me; Of Thee I Sing. Decca K2118
(K2117/18 re-mastered on LP Ace of Clubs ACL1245)
London 10/1/1949
" AR13126-1 Richard Rodgers Suite Pt. 1 Dancing On The Ceiling; Johnny
One Note; With A Song In My Heart. Decca K2179
" AR13127-1 Richard Rodgers Suite Pt. 2 The Girl Friend; Theres a Small
Hotel; Thou Swell. Decca K2179
" AR13128-1 Richard Rodgers Suite Pt. 3 Little Blue Girl; Mountain
Greenery; Where Or When. Decca K2180
" AR13129-1 Richard Rodgers Suite Pt. 4 Here in My Arms; My Heart
Stood Still; The Lady is a Tramp. Decca K2180
April 2014 / 45
ASSOCIATED BRITISH STUDIO ORCHESTRA cond. by LOUIS LEVY
London 30/6/1950
" OEA14858-1A Soundtrack, The Dancing Years, Pt.1 I Can Give You
the Starlight Giselle Preville. HMV B9966
" OEA14859-1A Soundtrack, The Dancing Years, Pt. 2 Waltz of my
Heart Giselle Preville. HMV B9966
London 5/7/1950
" AR15191-1 Legend for piano & orchestra (Docker) Pt. 1 Decca K2369
" AR15192-1 Legend for piano & orchestra (Docker) Pt. 2 Decca K2369
(With Robert Docker at the piano)
" AR15195-1 Portrait of Clare (Schumann arr. F. Rapley) Decca K2376
" AR15196-1 The Beggar Theme (Francis Chagrin) Decca K2376
NEW QUEENS HALL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA cond. by LOUIS LEVY
London ?/?/1951
" MSC43 Kiss Me Kate, Selection, (Porter), Pt. 1 Wunderbar; Why
Cant You Behave. Decca F9659
" MSC44 Kiss Me Kate, Selection, (Porter), Pt. 2 Another Opening,
Another Show; Always True to You in my Fashion. Decca F9659
" MSC45 Kiss Me Kate Selection, Pt. 3 - Were Thine That Special
Face; I Sing of Love. Decca F9660
" MSC46 Kiss Me Kate Selection, Pt. 4 So in Love. Decca F9660
April 2014 / 46
ASSOCIATED BRITISH PICTURE CORPORATION ORCHESTRA cond. by
LOUIS LEVY
London 30/6/1951
" OEA15748-2A Soundtrack, Happy Go Lovely, (Spoliansky/Fishman/
Gordon), Pt.1 - One Two Three (Dialogue V. Ellen & D. Niven). HMV B10116
" OEA15749-1A Soundtrack, Happy Go Lovely, (Spoliansky/Fishman/
Gordon), Pt. 2 - Would You? (Orchestra & Chorus). HMV B10116
London 15/10/1953
" OEA17684-3B Over and Over Again, (Wayne), Alma Cogan & Les
Howard HMV B10601
" OEA17685-4A Isnt Life Wonderful, (Park), Alma Cogan & Les Howard
with the Peter Knight Singers. HMV B10601
Soundtrack Lets Be Happy, (Brodszky/Webster), (May 1957)
" H2PB457 One is a lonely number (Tony Martin) RCA 1002
" H2PB458 The Man from Idaho (T. Martin/ V. Ellen)* RCA 1002
" VV1043-A Im going to Scotland (Vera Ellen)* Nixa NEP24043
$ $ Hold on to love (Denis Lotis)**$ $ Nixa $ NEP24043
The Golfers Glide (Denis Lotis)** Nixa NEP24043
" VV1043-B Lets Be Happy Nixa NEP24043
$ $ The Card Ballet$ $ $ $ Nixa $ NEP24043
*7, 45RPM, The voice of Vera Ellen was dubbed in by Eve Boswell.
**Denis Lotis dubbed in place of Tony Martin, under contract to RCA, on Hold on to Love, the
introduction features the voice of Tony Martin.
April 2014 / 47
Soundtrack The Good Companions, 1957 (Rossi/Roberts/Parsons),
starring Eric Portman, Hugh Grifth, Bobby Howes, John Fraser, Janette
Scott.
" TCE226-1 Good Companions Parlophone GEP8604
This kind of love Parlophone GEP8604
Where theres you theres me (J. Fraser)* GEP8604
If only (Janette Scott) ** Parlophone GEP8604
" TCE227-1 Round the world in eighty minutes Parlophone GEP8604
*The voice of John Fraser was dubbed in by Michael Holliday.
** The voice of Janette Scott was dubbed in by ?
NB: Both Janette Scott and John Fraser sing selections from this lm on a Nixa 78rpm disc, with
the Beryl Stott Chorus and the Tony Osborne Orchestra.
NOTES:
April 2014 / 48
Columbia
Masterworks
X SERIES
Written, Researched and
Prepared by Sam Hopper
This project traces Columbias
chronological release of the 78
rpm albums sets released between
the 1930's and early 1950's for the
X series.
Columbia's X Series featured 2,
78rpm records in an album
consisting of classical music
mostly; although later in the
series; this was extended to light
classical, song, folk, jazz and some
Broadway theatre based music.
The series consisted of 355 album
sets (of which 353 were issued).
Sets, 192 and 275 were never
issued and as yet, no copies have
ever surfaced even though record
numbers were assigned. Details on
these two sets are sketchy.
Each entry follows a simple
format:
composition(s)
composer(s)
performer(s)
various record sequence numbers
(released for each format - standard,
automatic and drop-automatic)
matrix numbers
recording dates
international record numbers (and)
excerpts from contemporary
reviews
Even though this discography
features Columbia US Masterwork
releases for the X series, I've
endeavored to list as many
international releases of each
recording as possible.
In many cases, the matrixes of a
recording were shared between
Columbia's afliated companies in
other countries. In particular, I
have listed, where known, record
number equivalents for the United
Kingdom, France, Argentina,
Australia, Great Britain and
Switzerland.
This listing features the rst 200
sets in numerical order for the X
series only. Details on the other
155 sets will be listed in a later
edition.
If you are able to assist with details
of any set in the X series, you may
wish to consider joining my
discography group online at:
www.78rpmcommunity.com/group/2
April 2014 / 49
Antal Dorati conducting London Philharmonic
Orchestra - 4 Sides., Set X-157
69814-D - 69815-D and MX 71634-D - 71635-D
Matrix nos: CAX 8637 to CAX 8640
Columbia Masterworks
X SERIES -
Albums Nos.1-200
Nos.201 to 355 will be presented in
a later edition of this magazine...
KEY: " Standard Format Auto Format
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SONTA NO. 1 IN G MINOR for Solo Violin (Bach)
Joseph Szigeti (violin)
4 Sides., Set X-1
" 67989-D - 67990-D
MX 70394-D - 70395-D
Matrix numbers: AX 5958 to AX 5961
LX 127 to LX 128 (Columbia UK)
Matrix numbers: WAX 5858 to WAX 5861
Review: A Guide to Recorded Music; Kolodin;
1941; Pg.21 Col.1
SONATA NO. 3 IN A MINOR for Solo Violin (Bach)
Joseph Szigeti (violin)
4 Sides., Set X-2
" 68152-D - 68153-D
MX 70396-D - 70397-D
1941; Pg.22 Col.1
CONCERTO IN THE ITALIAN STYLE (3 Sides)
(Bach)
(and) Fantasia in C Minor (1 Side) (Bach)
Harry Cumpson (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-3
" 68192-D - 68193-D
MX 70398-D - 70399-D
1941; Pg.12 Col.1
TOCCATA and FUGUE IN C MINOR (3 Sides)
(Bach)
(and) Fugue from Toccata and Fugue in E Minor
(1 Side) (Bach)
Marcel Maas (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-4
" 68131-D - 68132-D
MX 70400-D - 70401-D
LFX 197 to LFX 198 (Columbia FR)
PARTITA FOR CLAVIER NO. 2 IN C MINOR (Bach)
Harold Samuel (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-5
" 68056-D - 68057-D
MX 70402-D - 70403-D
DX 427 to DX 428 (Columbia UK)
1941; Pg.18 Col.2
1947; Pg.16 Col.1
REVIEW EXTRACT:
The playing is expert enough...
[From] A Guide to Recorded Music; Kolodin; 1947; Pg.16
GROSSE FUGE, Op. 133 (Beethoven)
Lener String Quartet
4 Sides., Set X-6
" 67873-D - 67874-D
MX 70404-D - 70405-D
LX 103 - LX 104 (Columbia UK - Light Blue label)
LOX 78 - LOX 79 (Columbia AUS)
CONCERTO GROSSO NO. 8 (Corelli)
Dr. Weissman conducting Members of State Opera
Orchestra, Berlin
4 Sides., Set X-7
" 25329-D - 25330-D
> Not released in MX Format
G-68075-D - G-68076-D (Parlophone GR)
11064 - 11065 (Parlophone - UK)
SUITE BERGAMASQUE for Piano (Debussy)
(Prelude; Minuet; Clair de lune; Passepied)
Walter Gieseking (piano)
4 sides, Set X-8
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" 68033-D - 68034-D
MX 70406-D - 70407-D
264962 - 264963 (Columbia ARG)
DX 337 - DX 338 (Columbia UK)
DFX 123 - DFX 124 (Columbia FR)
DOX 295 - DOX 296 (Columbia AUS)
[Note: This set was also included in Columbia Set M-314]
CONCERTO for Harpsichord, Flute, Oboe, Clarinet,
Violin, and Cello (De Fella)
Manuel DeFalla (harpsichord); Marcel Moyse
(ute); Bonneau (oboe); Godeau (clarinet);
Darrieux (violin); and Cruque (cello)
4 sides, Set-X-9
" 67922-D - 67923-D
MX 70408-D - 70409-D
VARIATIONS SYMPHONIQUES (Frank)
Walter Gieseking (piano); Sir Henry Wood
conducting London Philharmonic Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-10
" 68126-D - 68127-D
MX 70410-D - 70411-D
264894 - 264895 (Columbia ARG)
REDEMPTION - SYMPHONIC POEM (Franck)
Gaston Poulet conducting Orchestra of the
Concerts Poulet
4 Sides., Set X-11
" 59058-D - 59059-D
11208 - 11209 (Parlophone UK)
1070 - 1071 (Columbia ARG)
SYMPHONIC DANCES OP. 64 (Greig)
Issay Dobrowen conducting Berlin State Opera
Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-12
" 25241-D - 25242-D
6873 - 6874 (Odeon EU)
WATER MUSIC - SUITE (Handel)
Sir Hamilton Harty conducting London
Philharmonic Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-13
Also on Canadian Set J-2 (15691 - 15692)
" 68146-D - 68147-D
MX 70412-D - 70413-D
DX 538 - DX 539 (Columbia UK - Black label)
DOX 397 - DOX 398 (Columbia AUS - Black Label)
LFX 687 - LFX 688 (Columbia FR)
Review: Gramophone Record Supplement
(Gramophone Shop Inc.); September 1944; Pg.10
Col.1
SYMPHONY IN G MAJOR No. 41 (Haydn)
Dsir Defauw conducting Orchestre des Concerts
du Conservatoire Royal de Bruxelles
4 Sides., Set X-14
" 68067-D - 68068-D
MX 70414-D - 70415-D
Matrix numbers: xxBb 1109 to xxBb 1112
O-7406 - O-7407 (Odeon - FR)
Recorded:
- Sides: 1-3 - 25 November 1930
- Side 4: 12 June 1931
QUARTET IN D MINOR Op. 76 No. 2 (Haydn)
Poltronieri Quartet
4 sides, Set X-15
" 68215-D - 68216-D
GQX 10135 - GQX 10136 (Columbia IT)
ESCALES (PORT OF CALL) (Ibert)
Walther Straram conducting Orchestra des
Concerts Straram
4 Sides., Set X-16
" 68050-D - 68051-D
MX 70416-D - 70417-D
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CONCERTO NO. 1 IN E-FLAT MAJOR for Piano and
Orchestra (Liszt)
Walter Gieseking (piano); Sir Henry J. Wood
conducting London Philharmonic Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-17
" 68121-D - 68122-D
MX 70418-D - 70419-D
Matrix numbers: CAX 6570 to CAX 6573
LX 181 - LX 182 (Columbia UK)
LWX 28 - LWX 29 (Columbia GR)
LA CREATION DU MONDE ('The Creation of the
World') (Milhaud)
Darius Milhaud conducting (Unnamed)
Symphony Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-18
" 68094-D - 68095-D
MX 70420-D - 70421-D
Matrix numbers: LX 1582 to LX 1585
EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK (SERENADE IN G
MAJOR), K. 525 (Mozart)
Bruno Walter conducting (Unnamed) Symphony
Orchestra (British Symphony Orchestra)
4 Sides., Set X-19
" 68016-D - 68017-D
MX 70422-D - 70423-D
Recorded: May 1931; Central Hall Westminster,
London
Review: New Guide to Music; Kolodin; 1950 ed; Pg.
290 Col.2
PIANO SONATA No. 10 IN C MAJOR K.330
(Mozart)
Harriet Cohen (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-20
" 68181-D - 68182-D
DOX 333 - DOX 334 (Columbia AUS - Black label)
8116 - 8117 Columbia (JAP)
QUARTET IN F MAJOR for Oboe and Strings, K.
370 (Mozart)
Jeno Lener (violin); Leon Goossens (oboe);
Sandor Roth (viola); Imre Hartman (cello)
Lener String Quartet
4 Sides., Set X-21
" 68157-D - 68158-D
MX 70424-D - 70425-D
CAX 6738 to CAX 6741
Recorded: 1 March 1933; Abbey Road Studios,
London
L0X 182 - LOX 183 (Columbia AUS)
BOLERO (Ravel)
Willem Mengelberg conducting Concertgebouw
Orchestra of Amsterdam
4 Sides., Set X-22
" 67890-D - 67891-D
MX 70426-D - 70427-D
330 Col.2
LE FESTIN DE LARAIGNEE (BALLET) (Roussel)
(The Spiders Feast)
Straram conducting Orchestra des Concerts
Straram
4 Sides., Set X-23
" 67952-D - 67953-D
MX 70428-D - 70429-D
VITAVA (THE MOLDAU) (Smetana)
Edouard Morike conducting Berlin State Opera
Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-24
April 2014 / 52
" 68119-D - 68120-D
OCTET FOR WIND INSTRUMENTS (Stravinsky)
(Sinfonia; Theme and Variation; Finale)
Igor Stravinsky conducting (Unnamed) Chamber
Ensemble (Moyse; Godeau; Dherin; Piard; Foveau;
Vignal; La Fosse; and Delbos)
4 Sides., Set X-25
" 68203-D - 68204-D
MX 70430-D - 70431-D
419 Col.1
SIEGFRIED IDYLL (Wagner)
Bruno Walter conducting (Unnamed) Symphony
Orchestra (British Symphony Orchestra)
4 sides, Set X-26
" 68011-D - 68012-D
MX 70432-D - 70433-D
Recorded: May 16, 1930; Central Hall,
Westminster
[See: Columbia Sets X-73 and X-139 for other versions of the
Siegfried Idyll by different orchestras and conductors]
TANNHAUSER OVERTURE (Wagner)
4 Sides., Set X-27
" 68082-D - 68083-D
MX 70434-D - 70435-D
FAIR MAID OF PERTH SUITE (Bizet)
Sir Thomas Beecham conducting London
4 Sides., Set X-28
" 9085-M - 9086-M
MX 9156-M - 9157-M
LES PRELUDES (Liszt)
4 Sides., Set X-29
" 67724-D - 67725-D
MX 70436-D - 70437-D
O-8402 - O-8403 (Odeon - FR)
BRIGG FAIR - An English Rhapsody (Delius)
Sir Thomas Beecham conducting (Unnamed)
Symphony Orchestra
4 sides, Set X-30
" 68154-D - 68155-D
MX 70438-D - 70439-D
L 2294 - L 2295 (Columbia UK)
ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS (Delius)
(The Walk to the Paradise Garden; On Hearing the
First Cuckoo in Spring)
Sir Thomas Beecham conducting Royal
4 sides, Set X-31
" 67474-D - 67475-D
MX 70440-D - 70441-D
DAPHNIS AND CHLOE (Second Suite) (Ravel)
(Lever dujur; Pantomime; Danse Generale)
Philippe Gaubert conducting Orchestre des
Concerts Straram
4 Sides., Set X-32
" 67827-D - 67828 D
MX 70442-D - 70443-D
ROMEO AND JULIET Overture Fantasia
(Tchaikowsky)
Orchestra
April 2014 / 53
4 Sides., Set X-33
" 67868-D - 67869-D
MX 70444-D - 70445-D
OBERON (Weber)
4 Sides., Set X-34
" 68506-D - 68507-D
MX 70446-D - 70447-D
Also on 67485-D - 67486-D (as individual records)
[NOTE: Reissued as Columbia Set X-34 from individual records
- 67485-D - 67486-D]
TITLE [?]
Anacreon Overture (Cherubini)
Concerto Grosso No. 3 in E Minor Op. 6.
(Larghetto [and] Polonaise) (Handel)
Orchestra of Amsterdam (1st work)
Sir Thomas Beecham conducting (Unnamed)
Orchestra (2nd work)
4 Sides., Set X-35
" 68508-D - 68509-D
Also on 68420-D - 68021-D (as individual
records)
Matrix numbers:
WAX 2841 to WAX 2843; WAX 5106
[NOTE: Reissued as Set X-35 from individual records - 68508-D
- 68509-D]
SUITE DE PULCINELLA FOR SMALL ORCHESTRA
(Stravinsky)
Igor Stravinsky conducting (Unnamed)
Symphony Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-36
" 68573-D - 68574-D
MX 70448-D - 70449-D
Also on 68187-D and 67694-D (as individual
records)
LWX 256 - LWX 257
(Gramophone Shop Inc.); June 1938; Pg.7 Col.1
- 68187-D & 67694-D]
VIOLIN SONATA NO. 2 (3 Sides) (Delius, Arr. for
viola by Tertis)
(and) Serenade from "Hassan" (1 Side) (Delius)
Lionel Tertis (viola); George Reeves (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-37
" 67761-D - 67762-D
Recorded: 7 October 1929
THE THREE-CORNERED HAT - Excerpts (De
Fella)
(Los Vecinos; Danza del Molinero; Danza Final)
Enrique Fernandez Abros and Madrid Symphony
Orchestra
4 sides, Set X-38
" 67578-D - 67579-D
MX 70450-D - 70451-D
Matrix numbers: KX 79 to KX 82
SONATA NO. 17 IN D MINOR for Piano, Op. 31, No.
2 ('Tempest') (Beethoven)
4 Sides., Set X-39
" 67996-D - 67997-D
MX 70452-D - 70453-D
DFX 132 - LFX 133 (Columbia FR)
(Gramophone Shop Inc.); October 1944; Pg.8 Col.1
LEONORE OVERTURE NO. 3 (Beethoven)
(and) Ruins of Athens - Turkish March
4 Sides., Set X-40
" 67987-D - 67988-D
April 2014 / 54
MX 70454-D - 70455-D
Review: (Set 40 is mentioned with comparison):
Gramophone Record Supplement (Gramophone
Shop Inc.); May 1940; Pg.1 Col.2
CELLO SONATA (3 Sides) (Debussy)
(and) Cello Sonata: II. Aragonesa (1 Side)
(Debussy)
Gaspar Cassado (cello); Giulietta von
Mendelssohn-Gordigiani (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-41
" 67895-D - 67896-D
Matrix numbers: AX 5382 to AX 5384; AX 5415
ACADEMIC FESTIVAL OVERTURE Op. 80
(Brahms)
4 Sides., Set X-42
" 68645-D - 68646-D
DIE MEISTERSINGER - EXCERPTS (Wagner)
(Prelude to Act III; Dance of the Apprentices;
Sorgiam - Silence)
Bruno Walter conducting Symphony Orchestra; La
Scala Orchestra and Chorus
4 sides, Set X-43
" 68690-D - 68691-D
MX 70458-D - 70459-D
Also on 68090-D - 68091-D (as individual
records)
- 68090-D - 68091-D]
466 Col.2 [In relation to the Prelude to Act III -
Wagner]
REVIEW EXTRACT:
the humanity of this music resounds most suggestively in
the performance directed by Walter...
[From] New Guide to Music; 1950; Pg.466
SONATA NO. 3 for Violin and Piano (Debussy)
Dubois (violin); Maas (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-44
" 68878-D - 68879-D
MX 70460-D - 70461-D
CONCERTO NO. 1 IN A MINOR for VIOLIN and
ORCHESTRA (Bach)
Bronislaw Huberman (violin); Issay Dobrowen
conducting Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
First Movement
Second Movement - Andante (First Part)
Second Movement - Andante (Conclusion)
Third Movement - Allegro assai
4 Sides., Set X-45
" 68277-D - 68278-D
MX 70462-D - 70463-D
Matrix numbers: WHAX 20 to WHAX 23
Recorded: 13 June 1934; Vienna
1941; Pg.15 Col.1
Review: The Gramophone Magazine; MacKenzie;
October 1934; Pg.24
REVIEW EXTRACT:
The violinist has a strong wing. That bow shows forth
shades and subtleties worth minute attention.
The nale is richer than the rst movement. Huberrnan [...]
builds up the excitement, and I feel that the band is getting
more point into its rhythm, though in those three-in-a-bar
bass digs it is difcult to prevent monotony. The movement
is short and concentrated. I wish Beecham would try
treating some Bach as he treated Messiah; I might not
approve, but it would be good fun. This conductor does his
best for the music, the recorders ably abet, and the violinist
does even better....
[From] The Gramophone Magazine; October 1934; Pg.24
[NOTE: Columbia Set X-45 is a reissue of Set M-210...]
April 2014 / 55
DUET NO. 2 IN B FLAT MAJOR K. 424 (Mozart)
Szymon Goldberg (violin); Paul Hindemith (viola)
4 Sides., Set X-46
" 68285-D - 68286-D
MX 70464-D - 70465-D
TRIPTYQUE FOR STRING ORCHESTRA
(Tansman)
Golschmann conducting St. Louis Symphony
Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-47
" 68298-D - 68299-D
MX 70466-D - 70467-D
Matrix numbers: SL-19 to SL-22
PIANO VARIATIONS (3 Sides) (Copland)
(and) Nocturne from Two Pieces for Violin and
Piano (1 Side) (Copland)
Aaron Copland (piano) (Variations)
Aaron Copland (piano); Jacques Gordon (violin)
(Nocturne)
4 Sides., Set X-48
" 68320-D - 68321-D
MX 70468-D - 70469-D
SONATINA for CELLO and PIANO (3 Sides)
(Wagenaar)
(and) A Tale (1 Side) (Wagenaar) (piano solo)
Naoum Benditzky (cello); Bernard Wagenaar
(piano)
4 Sides., Set X-49
" 68331-D - 68332-D
A SONG FOR OCCUPATIONS (Roy Harris)
John Finley Williamson conducting Westminster
Choir
4 Sides., Set X-50
" 68347-D - 68348-D
Recorded: June 1935
ROYAL FIREWORKS MUSIC (trans. Harty)
(Handel)
Largo alla Siciliana (La Paix)
Allegro (La Rejouissance)
Bourree
Minuets 1 and 2
Sir Hamilton Harty conducting London
4 Sides., Set X-51
" 68368-D - 68369-D
MX 70470-D - 70471-D
68368 - 68369D (Columbia ARG)
RIO GRANDE SUITE (Lambert)
Sir Hamilton Harty (piano); Constant Lambert
conducting Halle Orchestra and St. Michael
Singers
4 Sides., Set X-52
" 68370-D - 68371-D
MX 70472-D - 70473-D
QUARTET NO. 23 IN D. K. 575 ('Cello') (Mozart)
Kolisch Quartet
[Rudolf Kolisch (violin); Eugene Lehner (viola);
Felix Khuner (violin); Benar Heifetz (cello)]
April 2014 / 56
4 Sides., Set X-53
" 68382-D - 68383-D
MX 70474-D - 70475-D
Recorded: 1934; London
264921 - 264922 (Columbia ARG)
289 Col.1
PRINCE IGOR - POLOVTSIANNE DANCE 17
(DANCES (3 Sides) (Borodin)
(and) Mass in C Minor, K.427: Qui Tollis (1 Side)
(Mozart)
Philharmonic Orchestra (with) Leeds Festival
Choir
4 Sides., Set X-54
" 68384-D - 68385-D
MX 70476-D - 70477-D
Matrix numbers: CAX 7344 to CAX 746 and CAX
7341
SLAVONIC RHAPSODY, Op. 45, No. 3 (3 Sides)
(Dvorak)
(and) Legende, Op. 59, No. 3 (1 Side) (Dvorak)
4 Sides., Set X-55
" 68386-D - 68387-D
MX 70478-D - 70479-D
Review: Music Educators Journal, Vol. 22, No. 5
(Mar., 1936), pp. 78
REVIEW EXTRACT:
A brilliant performance of highly nationalistic music;
superior recording...
[From] Music Educators Journal, Vol. 22, No. 5 (Mar., 1936),
pp. 78
[NOTE: Columbia Set X-55 was reissued as Set M-239...]
ROSSINIANA (Rossini, Arr. Respighi)
(Barcarolle and Siciliana; Intermezzo -Tarantelle)
4 Sides., Set X-56
" 68390-D - 68391-D
MX 70480-D - 70481-D
QUARTET NO. 3 (Quincy Porter)
Gordon String Quartet
(Jacques Gordon (1st violin); David Sackson (2nd
violin); Paul Robyn (viola); Naoum Benditzky
(cello)
4 Sides., Set X-57
" 68395-D - 68396-D
Matrix numbers: XCO 17687 to XCO 17690
LES PLAISIRS CHAMPETRES (Monteclair arr.
Casadesus)
Societe Henri Casadesus des Intruments Anciens
4 Sides., Set X-58
" 68430-D - 68431-D
MX 70482-D 70483-D
CONCERTSTUCK IN F MINOR for Piano and
Orchestra, Op. 79 (Weber)
Robert Casadesus (piano); Eugene Bigot
conducting (Unnamed) Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-59
" 68468-D - 68469-D
April 2014 / 57
MX 70484-D - 70485-D
Recorded: 06 June 1935; Studio Albert, Paris
(Gramophone Shop Inc.); December 1943; Pg.7
Col.1
487 Col.1
REVIEW EXTRACT:
For such music as this Casadesus combines in almost
ideal proportions the traits of facility and renement
demanded by the score...
WILLIAM TELL OVERTURE (Rossini)
(and) The Gods Go A-Begging; Suite de Ballet (The
Origin of Design) (Handel)
4 Sides., Set X-60
" 68474-D - 68475-D
MX 70486-D - 70487-D
264840 - 264841 (Columbia ARG)
346 Col.2
REVIEW EXTRACT:
alerted version...
CHACONNE for Violin and Piano (Vitali)
Nathan Milstein (violin); Mittman (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-61
" 68476-D - 68477-D
MX 70488-D - 70489-D
BALLADE FOR PAINO AND ORCHESTRA Op. 19
(Faure)
Marguerite Long (piano); Philippe Gaubert
4 Sides., Set X-62
" 68618-D - 68619-D
MX 70490-D - 70491-D
A FAUST OVERTURE (Wagner)
(and) Prelude to Act 3 from 'Lohengrin'
4 sides, Set X-63
" 68593-D - 68594-D
MX 70492-D - 70493-D
483 Col.2 [In relation to Faust Overture - Wagner]
REVIEW EXTRACT:
wonderful delity in his [Beechams] recording...
[From] Review: New Guide to Music; 1950; Pg.483
L' ORESTIE D'ESCHYLE (Claudel-Milhaud)
Vociferation Funebre
Libation
Exhortation et Conclusion
Processional
(Unnamed) soloists; Louis de Vocht conducting
Antwerp Coceilia Chorus and Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-64
" 9118-M - 9119-M
MX 9158-M - 9159-M
Matrix numbers: 52011; 52013 to 52014; LX 720
QUINTET for Piano and Strings Op. 51 (Schmitt)
Florent Schmitt (piano); Calvet Quartet
4 Sides., Set X-65
" 68597-D - 68598-D
April 2014 / 58
SUITE DIVERTISSEMENT (Alexandre Tansman)
[Belgian Piano Quartet]
M. Maas (piano); G. Lykoudi (violin); Ch. Froidart
(viola); J. Wetzels (violoncello)
4 Sides., Set X-66
" 68687-D - 68688-D
Matrix numbers: WLBX 91-2 to WLBX 94-2
CONCERTO - Pour Piano et Orchestre (3 Sides)
(Milhaud)
(and) Saudades do Brazin: Paysandu LAutomme
(1 Side) (Milhaud)
Marguerite Long (piano); Darius Milhaud
conducting Orchestre Nationale
3 Sides., Set X-67
" 68737-D - 68738-D
MX 70494-D - 70495-D
Matrix numbers: CLX 1835 to CLX 1837; CLX
1851
CLX 1835 to CLX 1837 (5 April 1935)
CLX 1851 (10 May 1935)
Recorded: 5 April (and) 10 May 1935
TRIO "VITEBSK"
Study on a Jewish Theme (Aaron Copland)
Ukulele serenade: from Two pieces for Violin and
Piano (Aaron Copland)
- Ivor Karman (violin); David Freed (violoncello);
Aaron Copland (piano) (1st work)
- Jacques Gordon (violin); Aaron Copland (piano)
(2nd work)
4 Sides., Set X-68
" 68741-D - 68742-D
Recorded: 22 April 1935; New York
L' ARLESIENNE SUITE NO. 1 (Bizet)
4 Sides., Set X-69
" 68743-D - 68744-D
MX 70496-D - 70497-D
FANTASIA AND FUGUE IN D MINOR (Bach)
(and) Fantasia in G Minor (Bach); Fugue in C
(Bach)
Yella Pessl (Harpsichord)
4 Sides., Set X-70
" 68745-D - 68746-D
MX 70498-D - 70499-D
SONATA NO. 27 IN E MINOR for Piano, Op. 90
(Beethoven)
Egon Petri (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-71
" 68883-D - 68884-D
MX 70500-D - 70501-D
PASSACAGLIA AND FUGUE IN C MINOR (Bach)
Stradivarius String Quartet
4 Sides., Set X-72
" 68885-D - 68886-D
MX 70502-D - 70503-D
1941; Pg.19 Col.1
Selmar Meyrowitz conducting Grand Orchestra
Philharmonique de Paris
4 Sides., Set X-73
" 68941-D - 68942-D
MX 70504-D 70505-D
[See: Sets X-26 and X-139 for other versions of the Siegfried
Idyll by different orchestras and conductors]
PARTITA IN C MINOR No. 2 Op 1 (Bach)
Y. Pessl (harpsichord)
4 sides, Set X-74
" 68917-D - 68918-D
April 2014 / 59
THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE (Dukas)
(and) Shvlock - Nocturne No. 5 (Faure)
Philippe Gaubert conducting Paris Conservatory
Orchestra
4 sides, Set X-75
" 68959-D - 68960-D
MX 70506-D - 70507-D
LFX 464 LFX 465 (Columbia FR)
Review: Music & Letters, Vol. 19, No. 1 (Jan.,
1938), pp. 116
REVIEW EXTRACT:
A uent, precise performance, well balanced and easily
under control. On the fourth side this is a Nocturne by
Faure which has all that deft grace of movement
characteristic of that ne craftsman...
[From] Music & Letters, Vol. 19, No. 1 (Jan., 1938), pp. 116
LA NUIT ENSORCELEE (Chopin - Arr. Aubert)
Louis Aubert conducting Ochestre Symphonique.
4 Sides., Set X-76
" 68984-D - 68985-D
MX 70508-D - 70509-D
SONATA NO. 14 IN C-SHARP MINOR for Piano, Op.
27, No. 2 ('Moonlight') (3 Sides) (Beethoven)
(and) Concert Study in D Flat (1 Side) (Liszt)
Egon Petri (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-77
" 68981-D - 68982-D
MX 70510-D - 70511-D
JUDITH - CHORAL AND ORCHESTRAL EXCERPTS
(Honegger)
Contique funebre
Invocation
Fanfare - Incantation
Interlude - Cantique des Vierges
Cantique de Victorie
(Unnamed) Soloists; Louis DeVocht conducting
Coecilia Chorus and (Unnamed) Orchestra of
Antwerp
4 Sides., Set X-78
" 68996-D - 68997-D
MX 70512-D - 70513-D
D 15240 - D 15241
SONATA NO. 16 IN B-FLAT MAJOR for Piano, K.
570 (Mozart)
4 Sides., Set X-79
" 68998-D - 68999-D
MX 70514-D - 70515-D
Matrix numbers: CRX 38 to CRX 41
294 Col.2
VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY PAGANINI, Op. 35
(Brahms)
Egon Petri (piano)
4-Sides., Set X-80
" 69027-D - 69028-D
MX 70516-D - 70517-D
PIANO TRIO IN G MAJOR KV.564 (Mozart)
Lang Trio [Mme Walter Lang; Walter Kagi; Franz
Hindermann]
4 Sides., Set X-81
" 69007-D - 69008-D
MX 70518-D - 70519-D
DZX 168 - DZX 171 (Columbia SWZ)
Selmar Meyrowitz conducting Grand Orchestra
Philharmonique de Paris
4 Sides., Set X-82
" 69033-D - 69034-D
MX 70520-D - 70521-D
Matrix numbers: E 350234-MC to E 350237-MC
(M6-70704/7)
PDT 8 - PDT 9 (Pathe FR)
April 2014 / 60
DIE GOTTERDAMMERUNG - EXCERPTS (Wagner)
Hagen's Call
Was soil ihm das Herr?
Nun lasst das Lachen
Hagen's Watch
Ludwig Weber (bass) Herbert Janssen (baritone);
Philharmonic Orchestra and (Unnamed) Chorus
4 sides, Set X-83
" 69047-D - 69048-D
MX 70522-D - 70523-D
Recorded: During actual performance - 29 May
1936; Royal Opera House, London
GRAND SONATE FOR GUITAR Op. 22 (Sor)
Julio Martinez Oyanguren (guitar)
4 Sides., Set X-84
" 69045-D - 69046-D
MX 70524-D - 70525-D
TRAGIC OVERTURE, Op. 81 (3 Sides) (Brahms)
(and) Overture - Marriage of Figaro (1 Side)
(Mozart)
4 Sides., Set X-85
" 69057-D - 69058-D
MX 70526-D - 70527-D
SONATA IN F for Horn and Piano, Op. 17
(Beethoven)
Gottfried von Freiberg (horn); Yella Pessl (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-86
" 69068-D - 69069-D
MX 70528-D - 70529-D
Matrix numbers: XCO 21089-2 to XCO 21092-2
Review: The Musical Quarterly; February 1938
Vol.XXIV Pg.234
Review: The Gramophone Magazine; MacKenzie;
March 1938; Pg.15
REVIEW EXTRACT:
The horn sings out strongly. It might have had rather
more support at times. The pianist produces an agreeable
and always neatly rounded tone, not so big as some we have
heard, but sufcient for the purpose...
[From] The Gramophone Magazine; March 1938; Pg.15
DIE MEISTERSINGER - EXCERPTS (Wagner)
(Da zu dir der Heiland kam; Wach' auf, es nahet
gen den Tag; Prize Song)
Soloists; Sir Thomas Beecham conducting Chorus
of Royal Opera House (and) London Philharmonic
Orchestra
4 sides, Set X-87
" 69095-D - 69096-D
MX 70530-D - 70531-D
Matrix numbers: CAX 7912 to 7915 [?]
Recorded: During live performance, Covent
Garden, London 1936
468 Col.1 [In relation to Wach auf! - Wagner]
465 Col.2 [In relation to Kirchenchor - Die
Meistersinger - Wagner]
(Gramophone Shop Inc.); February 1938; Pg.10
Col.2
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...the superior orchestra and recording here give the
Beecham version a denite edge...
[From] Gramophone Record Supplement; February, 1938;
Page 10
ZIGEUNERLIEDER (Nos. 1-11), Op. 103 (Brahms)
Everett D. Roudebush / Lehman Engel conducting
Madrigal Singers
4 Sides., Set X-88
" 69097-D - 69098-D
MX 70532-D - 70533-D
Matrix numbers: XCO 21744; XCO 21845; XCO
21745; XCO 21765
Recorded: 1938; New York
April 2014 / 61
SONATA IN A for Cello and Piano (Ferroud)
Maurice Marechal (cello); Helene Pignari-Salles
(piano)
4 Sides., Set X-89
" 69099-D - 69100-D
MX 70534-D - 70535-D
Matrix numbers: CLX 1799 to CLX 1802
Recorded: 22 June 1934
LFX 355-356 (Columbia FR)
Col.2
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...polished playing...
Page 4
CONCERTO IN D MINOR for Two Violins and
Orchestra (Bach)
Joseph Szigeti; Carl Flesch (violins); Walter Goehr
conducting (Unnamed) Orchestra (with
Harpsichord)
4 Sides., Set X-90
" 69109-D - 69110-D
MX 70536-D - 70537-D
(Gramophone Shop Inc.); March 1938; Pg.1 Col.1
1941; Pg.15 Col.1
CHACONNE (Bach, Arr. Piano Solo by Busoni)
Ernst Victor Wolff (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-91
" 69070-D - 69071-D
MX 70538-D - 70539-D
THE TRIUMPH OF NEPTUNE - BALLET SUITE
(Berners)
Schottishe, Hornpipe
Polka (Sailors Return)
Harlequinade
Dace of the Fairy Princesses
Sunday Morning (Intermezzo)
Apotheosis
4 Sides., Set X-92
" 69142-D - 69143-D
MX 70540-D - 70541-D
(Gramophone Shop Inc.); May 1938; Pg.3 Col.1
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...awless recorded performance...
[From] Gramophone Record Supplement; May, 1938; Page 3
Review: The Record Book - Second Supplement;
Hall; 1943 Pg.900 Col.2
REVIEW EXTRACT:
Beechams performance is tops and awlessly recorded. If
you enjoy humor with your music, you should make a point
of owning this set...
[From] The Record Book - Second Supplement; 1943; Pg.900
SONATA NO. 14 IN C MINOR for Piano, K. 457
(Mozart)
4 Sides., Set X-93
" 69161-D - 69162-D
MX 70542-D - 70543-D
Matrix numbers: CRX 42 to CRX 45
294 Col.2
April 2014 / 62
(Gramophone Shop Inc.); July 1938; Pg.6 Col.2
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...This set is perhaps the nest recorded Mozart piano
sonata yet to appear...
[From] Gramophone Record Supplement; July, 1938; Page 6
LA DAMNATION DE FAUST; MARCH HONGROISE
(RAKOCZY MARCH); DANSE DES SYLPHES- ACT
1; MENUET DES FAUX-FOLLETS; PRESTO- ACT 3
(Berlioz)
4 sides., Set X-94
" 69173-D - 69174-D
MX 70544-D - 70545-D
GERSHWIN COLLECTION- KING OF RHYTHM
(Gershwin)
(The Man I Love; Do, Do, Do; My One And Only; 'S
Wonderful; Half Of It, Dearie, Blues; Fascinating
Rhythm; Sweet And Low Down; Porgy and Bess
Selections - See below)
Carrol Gibbons Orchestra; Christopher Stone
(compare); Hildegarde; Larry Adler; and excerpts
from records by George Gershwin and Fred
Astaire
Porky and Bess - Selections - Carrol Gibbons
Orchestra; Anne Ziegler; Webster Booth
(vocalists)
4 Sides., Set X-95
" 69193-D - 69194-D
MX 70546-D - 70547-D
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...The set is not one of the great bits of recorded
Gerhwiniana...
LEONORE OVERTURE NO. 2, Op. 72a (Beethoven)
Felix Weingartner conducting London Symphony
Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-96
" 69198-D - 69199-D
MX 70548-D - 70549-D
Recorded: 14th February 1938
Issued: May 1938
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...Weingartner of course gives a characteristically sure-
handed, invigorating performance, well recorded...
BALLADE IN B MINOR For Piano (Liszt)
Louis Kentner (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-97
" 69207-D - 69208-D
MX 70550-D - 70551-D
(Gramophone Shop Inc.); August 1938; Pg.6 Col.1
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...Kentners performance is magnicent and its powerful
sonorities are recorded with bold force and depth...
[From] Gramophone Record Supplement; August, 1938; Page
6
SONATA: ('Il Trillo Del Diavolo') (Tartini, Arr.
Kreisler) ('The Devil's Trill')
Nathan Milstein (violin); Leopold Mittmann
(piano)
4 Sides., Set X-98
" 69196-D - 69197-D
MX 70552-D - 70553-D
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REVIEW EXTRACT:
...Milstein and Mittman hardly achieve a denitive
gamophonic edition: the formers [sic] playing is a little too
suave to be ideal, but it is easily the best available, and in
the bargain a very attractive example of violin recording...
[From] Gramophone Record Supplement; August, 1938; Page
9
QUARTET IN D Op. 6, No. 1 (Boccherini, Arr. Polo)
Poltronieri Quartet
4 Sides., Set X-99
" 69209-D - 69210-D
MX 70554-D - 70555-D
CHORAL NO. 1 IN E MAJOR for Organ (Franck)
Albert Schweitzer (Organ)
4 Sides., Set X-100
" 69229-D - 69230 D
MX 70556-D - 70557-D
Recorded: 1 October 1938; St. Aurelie's Church;
Strasbourg, FR
SUITE NO. 5 IN E FOR HARPSICHORD (Handel)
Ernst Victor Wolff (harpsichord)
4 Sides., Set X-101
" 69261-D - 69262-D
MX 70558-D - 70559-D
LONDON AGAIN - SUITE (Coats)
(Oxford Street; Langham Place; Mayfair; By the
Tamarisk)
Eric Coates conducting (Unnamed) Symphony
Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-102
" 69263-D - 69264-D
MX 70560-D - 70561-D
DX 736 - DX 737 (Columbia UK - Black Label)
CONCERTO IN D MINOR for Violin and Orchestra
(3 Sides) (Tartini, Arr. Pente-Szigeti)
(and) Arioso - Concerto in F Minor (1 Side)
(Bach)
Joseph Szigeti (violin) with (Unnamed) Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-103
" 69273-D - 69274-D
MX 70562-D - 70563-D
(Mar., 1939), pp. 80
REVIEW EXTRACT:
Mr. Szigeti plays this work beautifully, but the orchestra
does not quite come up to his standards in performance or
interpretation. The set is lled out with a gloriously ne
performance of the Ariosa from Bach's Concerto in F Minor
for piano, arranged by Mr. Szigeti...
pp. 80
SONATA NO. 1 IN G for Harpsichord and Viola da
Gamba (Bach)
Ernst Victor Wolff (harpsichord); Janos Scholz
(viola da gamba)
4 Sides., Set X-104
" 69276-D - 69277-D
MX 70564-D - 70565-D
Recorded: 8 June 1938
1941; Pg.24 Col.1
VENEZIA E NAPOLI (Liszt)
Louis Kentner (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-105
" 69313-D - 69314-D
MX 70566-D - 70567-D
266433 - 266434 (Columbia ARG)
SONATA IN D for Two Pianos, K. 448 (Mozart)
Jean Wiener and Clment Doucet (pianos)
4 Sides., Set X-106
" P-69324-D - P-69325-D
MX P-70568-D - P-70569-D
Recordings issued with a 'P' prex were generally only
released domestically in the U.S.
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THE FLYING DUTCHMAN - OVERTURE (Wagner)
(and) Grand March from 'Tannhduser
4 sides, Set X-107
" 69326-D - 69327-D
MX 70570-D - 70571-D
462 Col.1
REVIEW EXTRACT:
Tremendous is the word for Beechams performance of
this work, to describe adequately both the force of the
leadership and the solidity of the reproduction...
THE BIRDS (Respighi)
Dsir Defauw conducting Brussels Royal
Conservatory Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-108
" 69331-D - 69332-D
Matrix numbers: WLBX 81-2; 82-2; 88-3; 89-2
GQX 10636 - GQX 10637 (Columbia ARG)
Recorded:
- 69331-D: 12 June 1931
- 69332-D: 13 June 1931
LES CHANTS DE LA MER (Gaubert)
Philippe Gaubert conducting Paris Symphony
Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-109
" 69335-D - 69336-D
MX 70572-D - 70573-D
PEER GYNT SUITE NO. 1, Op. 46 (Grieg)
Morning
Ase's Death
Anitra's Dance
In the Hall of the Mountain King
Desire Inghelbrecht conducting Grand Orchestra
Philharmonigue de Paris
4 Sides., Set X-110
" P-69329-D - P-69330-D
MX P-70574-D - P-70575-D
Matrix numbers: CPTX 28; CPTX 94 to CPTX 96
CPTX 28 (27 March 1934)
CPTX 94 to CPTX 96 (9 November 1934)
Recorded: 27 March (and) 9 November 1934
Recording taken from Pathe label
SONATA NO. 2 IN D for Harpsichord and Viola da
Gamba (Bach)
Ernst Victor Wolff (harpsichord); Janos Scholz
(viola da gamba)
4 Sides., Set X-111
" 69333-D - 69334-D
MX 70576-D - 70577-D
1941; Pg.24 Col.2
(Mar., 1939), pp. 14
REVIEW EXTRACT:
An admirable and perfectly balanced performance of a
very interesting work-not Bach at his greatest, however. No
better recording exists for the purpose of demonstrating
these two instruments which were so important in Bach's
own time...
[From] Review: Music Educators Journal, Vol. 25, No. 5
(Mar., 1939), pp. 14
CECILIA (Rece)
LAnnuncio (From Opera: Cecilia by Rece) 2
Sides
La Morte di Cecilia (From Opera: Cecilia by Rece)
2 Sides
Claudio Muzio (soprano); Licinio Rece
4 Sides., Set X-112
" 9148-M - 9149-M
MX 9160-M 9161-M
COTILLON BALLET (Chabrier, Orchestrated by
Reiti)
(La toilette; Danse des chapeux; Les mains du
destin; Grand rond et nal)
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Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-113
" 69337-D - 69338-D
MX 70578-D - 70579-D
Recorded: 9 August 1938; Kingsway Studios,
London
CONCERTO NO. 1 IN F for Harpsichord and
Orchestra, K. 37 (3 Sides) (Mozart)
(and) Rondo from Concerto in C Major (1 Side)
(Bach)
Marguerite Roesgen-Champion (harpsichord); M.
F. Galliard conducting Orchestra Symphonique de
Paris
4 Sides., Set X-114
" P-69396-D - P-69397-D
MX P-70580-D - P-70581-D
(Gramophone Shop Inc.); January 1939; Pg.5 Col.
2
[NOTE: See Set X-118 for an additional review on Set X-114...]
GATTE PARISIENNE (Offenbach, Arr. Rosenthal)
Overture
Tortoni
Gallop
Valse
March
Grand Valse
Finale: Can Can No. 1
Finale: Can Can No. 2 and Quadrille
Efrem Kurtz conducting London Philharmonic
Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-115
" 69401-D - 69402-D
MX 70582-D - 70583-D
299 Col.1
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...The Columbia [set] has less sparkle, but also more
sheen...
SONATA NO. 1 IN D MAJOR for Violin and Piano,
D. 384, Op. 137, No. 1 (3 Sides) (Schubert)
(and) Minuetto and Allegro Moderato from
Sonata No. 3 in G Minor for Violin and Piano, Op.
137, No. 3 (1 Side) (Schubert)
Ossay Renardy (violin); Walter Robert (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-116
" 69403-D - 69404-D
MX 70584-D - 70585-D
Matrix numbers: XCO 23505; CO 23551 to CO
23553
Col.1
ARIAS FROM FOUR OPERAS (Lully)
Air dAmadis Bois epais
Air de Renaud Plus jobserve ces lieu
[Not complete Further research pending...]
Miguel Villabella (tenor); Eugne Renaux
4 Sides., Set X-117
" P-9153-M - P-9154-M
CONCERTO IN D for Piano and Orchestra, Op. 21
(Haydn)
Marguerite Roesgen-Champion (piano); Marius-
Franois Gaillard conducting Orchestre
Symphonique de Paris
4 Sides., Set X-118
" P-69405-D - P-69406-D
MX P-70586-D - P-70587-D
Matrix numbers: CPTX 286 to CPTX 289
Recorded: 3 March 1937; Paris
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PDT 27 - PDT 28 (Pathe - FR)
Col.1
(Mar., 1939), pp. 80
REVIEW EXTRACT:
Two concertos from the classic period are played by Mme.
Roesgen-Champion with Gaillard and the Paris Symphony:
Haydn: Concerto in D Major, Op. 21, in which the soloist
uses a piano; and Mozart: Concerto No. 1, in F Major, K. 37,
in which the solo instrument is a harpsichord. Both are
recorded by Columbia, the rst being set X-118 and the
second set X-114. Both are early works, but works of very
great beauty and purity. Mme. Roesgen-Champion plays
brilliantly. The orchestra is at times somewhat subdued, but
in general both sets come in the "must" class for any good
library...
pp. 80
SONATA NO. 2 IN F for Cello and Piano, Op. 123
(Saint-Saens) [Two movements only]
Paul Bazelaire (cello) and Isidore Phillipp (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-119
" P-69445-D - P-69446-D
" P-69408-D - P-69409-D
MX P-70588-D - P-70589-D
Matrix numbers: CPTX 323 to CPTX 326
Recorded 28 June 1934
PAT 92 - PAT 93 (Pathe FR)
HUNGARIAN FANTASIA for Piano and Orchestra
(Liszt)
Edward Kilenyi (piano); Selmar Meyrowitz
conducting Grand Orchestre de Paris
4 Sides., Set X-120
" P-69458-D - P-69459-D
MX P-70590-D - P-70591-D
SERENADE TO MUSIC (Vaughan Williams)
Sir Henry J. Wood conducting B. B. C. Symphony
Orchestra (and ensemble of sixteen vocalists)
Isobel Baillie, soprano
Lilian Stiles Allen, soprano
Elsie Suddaby, soprano
Eva Turner, soprano
Margaret Balfour, contralto
Muriel Brunskill, contralto
Astra Desmond, contralto
Mary Jarred, contralto
Parry Jones, tenor
Heddle Nash, tenor
Frank Titterton, tenor
Walter Widdop,tenor
Norman Allin, bass
Robert Easton, bass
Roy Henderson, baritone
Harold Williams, baritone
4 Sides., Set X-121
" 69433-D - 69434-D
MX 70592-D - 70593-D
Matrices CAX 8367 to CAX 8370
Recorded 15th October 1938
Col.1
441 Col.2
REVIEW EXTRACT:
The recording is uncommonly good...
TODTENTANZ for Piano and Orchestra ('Dance of
Death') (Liszt)
Edward Kilenyi (piano); Selmar Meyrowitz
conducting Orchestre Symphonique de Paris
4 Sides., Set X-122
" P-69411-D - P-69412-D
MX P-70594-D - P-70595-D
264938 - 264939 (Columbia ARG)
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TANNHAUSER - OVERTURE (Wagner)
(and) Polovtsi March from Prince Igor (Borodin
arr. Rimsky-Korsakov)
4 sides, Set X-123
" 69413-D - 69414-D
MX 70596-D - 70597-D
CONCERTO NO. 1 IN G MINOR for Piano and
Orchestra, Op. 25 (Mendelssohn)
Ania Dorfmann (piano); Walter Goehr conducting
London Symphony Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-124
" 69447-D - 69448-D
MX 70598-D - 70599-D
Recorded: 1 November 1938; Abbey Rd, Studio 1
VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY HAYDN, Op. 56a
(Brahms)
Felix Weingartner conducting London
4 Sides., Set X-125
" 69484-D - 69485-D
MX 70600-D - 70601-D
DANZAS VILLAGEOISES (3 Sides) (Gretry)
(and) Vieuxtemps: Saltarello (1 Side) (Orch.
Godard)
Francois Ruhlmann conducting Orchestre
Symphonique (Paris)
4 Sides., Set X-126
" P 69482-D - P 69483-D
(Gramophone Shop Inc.); April 1939; Pg.4 Col.2
MASS IN G MINOR (Poulenc)
Ernest Bourmauck conducting Les Chanteurs de
Lyon Chorus (unacc. in Latin)
4 Sides., Set X-127
" 69486-D - 69487-D
MX 70602-D - 70603-D
Recorded: 23 April 1938; Cathedral Saint-Jean,
Lyon, FR
RFX 61 - RFX 62 (Country of origin unknown)
(Gramophone Shop Inc.); April 1939; Pg.8 Col.2
DEUTSCHE VOLKSLIEDER - VOLUME 1 (Brahms)
Schwesterlein
Wach' Auf Mein' Herzensschone Est Steht Ein'
Lind'
Feinsliebschen, Du Sollst
Maria Ging Aus Wandern
Mein Madel Hat Einem Rosenmund
Erlaube Mir, Fein's Madchen
Da Unten Im Tale: Die Sonne Scheint Nicht Mehr
Ernst Victor Wolff (baritone/piano)
4 Sides., Set X-128
" 69541-D - 69542-D
SONATINE (VIOLIN and PIANO) IN G MAJOR Op.
100 (3 Sides) (Dvorak)
(and) Slavonic Dance No. 8 in G Minor (1 Side)
(Dvorak arr. Press)
Ossay Renardy (violin); Walter Robert (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-129
" 69543-D - 69544-D
MX 70604-D - 70605-D
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TRIO (VIOLIN, VIOLA and 'CELLO) IN C MAJOR
(Francaix)
Pasquier Trio
4 Sides., Set X-130
" 69558-D - 69559-D
MX 70606-D - 70607-D
SONATA NO. 39 IN B-FLAT for Violin and Piano, K.
454 (Mozart)
Denise Soriano (violin); Magda Tagliaferro
(piano)
4 Sides., Set X-131
" P-69593-D - P-69594-D
MX P-70608-D - P-70609-D
Matrix numbers: CPTX 296; CPTX 306 to CPTX
308
CPTX 296 (22 April 1937)
CPTX 306 to CPTX 308 (1 May 1937)
Recorded: 22 April (and) 11 May 1937
Review: The Musical Times; August 1938; Pg.589
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...clean and stylish performance...
[From] The Musical Times; August 1938; Pg.589
[NOTE: Highly collectable set...]
LES RECREATIONS DE LA CAMPAGNE (Henri
Casadesus)
(a) Sentier Fleuri (b) Minuet Galant, La ronde des
amours, Les bles d'or (Colin-Mailard)
La Societe des Intruments Anciens
4 Sides., Set X-132
" 69597-D - 69598-D
Recorded: 23 May 1938; Paris
ELEVEN VIENNESE DANCES (Beethoven)
(and) Egmont: Larghetto, Op. 84 (Beethoven)
4 Sides., Set X-133
" 69595-D - 69596-D
MX 70610-D - 70611-D
GQX 10996 - LQX 10997 (Columbia IT)
DANSES ESPAGNOLES, No. 3, 4 and 6 Op. 22
(Sarasate)
(and) Danse Esppagnole Op. 37 (Sarasate)
(Romanza Andaluza; Jota Navarra; Zapateado;
Adios Mon-tanas Mias)
Ossy Renardy (violin); Walter Robert (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-134
" 69621-D - 69622-D
MX 72113-D - 72114-D
352 Col.1 [See also Pg.352 Col.2 and Pg.353 Col.
1]
REVIEW EXTRACT:
Violinistically, Renardy is qualied to play this music with
ne precision and efciency...
(Feb., 1940), pp. 69
REVIEW EXTRACT:
The performance shows great virtuosity, and the music is
interpreted in a style quite suited to the nationalistic
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atmosphere of the pieces...
[From] Music Educators Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 (Feb., 1940),
pp. 69
PATITA NO. 6 IN E MINOR (Bach)
4 Sides., Set X-135
" 69617-D - 69618-D
MX 70612-D - 70613-D
Matrix numbers: WXCO 24541-2; WXCO 24542-3;
WXCO 24543-2; WXCO 24544-1
1941; Pg.18 Col.2
Review: New Guide to Recorded Music; Kolodin;
1947 ed; Pg.16 Col.2
FANTASIA ON BEETHOVEN'S 'RUINS OF
ATHENS' (Liszt)
(and Der Lindenbaum (Schubert, Arr. Liszt)
Egon Petri (piano); Leslie Heward conducting
London Philharmonic Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-136
" 69619-D - 69620-D
MX 70614-D - 70615-D
SONATA NO. 8 IN G MAJOR for Violin and Piano,
Op. 30, No. 3 (Beethoven)
Nathan Milstein (violin); Artur Balsam (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-137
" 69623-D - 69624-D
MX 70616-D - 70617-D
Matrix numbers: WXCO 24471-A to WAXO 24474-
A
IPHIGENIE EN AULIDE OVERTURE (Gluck)
(and) Adagio from Sonata for Violin (and) Basso
Continuo, Op. 5, No. 5 (Corelli)
Howard Barlow conducting Columbia
Broadcasting Symphony
4 Sides., Set X-138
Also on Canadian Set J-48
" 69632-D - 69633-D
MX 70618-D - 70619-D
4 sides, Set X-139
" 69637-D - 69638-D
MX 70620-D - 70621-D
Matrix numbers: CAX 8349; CAX 8361 to CAX
8363
483 Col.2 [In relation to Siegfried Idyll - Wagner]
REVIEW EXTRACT:
slowly, reectively played...
(Feb., 1940), pp. 69
REVIEW EXTRACT:
The best available recording of Wagners poignantly
beautiful Siegfried Idyll...
[From] Review: Music Educators Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4
(Feb., 1940), pp. 69
[See: Sets X-26 and X-73 for other versions of the Siegfried
Idyll by different orchestras and conductors]
CONSECRATION OF THE HOUSE-OVERTURE, Op.
124 (Beethoven)
(and) Egmont, Op. 84 (Beethoven)
4 Sides., Set X-140
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" 69656-D - 69657-D
MX 70622-D - 70623-D
Col.1
GASPARD DE LA NUIT (Ravel)
(Ondine: Le Giber; Scarbo)
4 Sides., Set X-141
" 69658-D - 69659-D
MX 70624-D - 70625-D
266373 - 266374 (Columbia ARG)
333 Col.2
CONCERTO GROSSO NO. 5 IN D MAJOR, Op. 6
(Handel)
4 Sides., Set X-142
" 69691-D - 69692-D
MX 70626-D - 70627-D
Recorded: 22 February 1939; Abbey Rd. Studio 1
Col.1
SONATA NO. 24 IN C MAJOR for Violin and Piano,
K. 296 (Mozart)
Nathan Milstein (violin); Artur Balsam (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-143
" 69683-D - 69684-D
MX 70628-D - 70629-D
266268 - 266269 (Columbia ARG)
295 Col.2
CARMEN SUITE (Bizet)
(Prelude - Entr'acte - Les Dragons d'Alcala - La
gorde montante; Intermezzo - Prelude - Danse
Boheme)
4 Sides., Set X-144
" 69689-D - 69690-D
MX 70630-D - 70631-D
Col.2
LES EOLIDES - Symphonic Poem (Franck)
(and) Les petits moulins a vent; Soeur Monique;
Le Trophee (Couperin, Arr. Filippi)
4 Sides., Set X-145
" 69685-D - 69686-D
MX 70632-D - 70633-D
Col.2
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Set X-146
The Sony Archives; holder of material relating to Columbia
Masterworks; has a Columbia record/reference card related to
Set X-146 which states the following:
Not Released
No other information appears on the index card.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
SONATA NO. 3 IN G MINOR for Harpsichord and
Viola da Gamba (Bach)
Ernst V. Wolff (harpsichord); Janos Scholz (viola
da gamba)
4 Sides., Set X-147
" 69720-D - 69721-D
MX 70634-D - 70635-D
(Gramophone Shop Inc.); November 1939; Pg.1
Col.2
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1941; Pg.24 Col.2
SELECTED SONGS (Liszt)
(Freudvoll und leidvoll; Es muss ein Wunderbares
sein; Uber alien Gipfein ist Ruh'; Wie singt die
Lerche schon; Im Rhein, im schonen Strome;
Morgens steh' ich auf und frage; Der du von dem
Himmel bist; Anfangs wollt' ich fast verzagen)
Ernst Victor Wolff (baritone)
4 Sides., Set X-148
" 69732-D - 69733-D
MX 72115-D - 72116-D
KLEINE KAMMERMUSIK, Op. 24, No. 2
(Hindemith)
(Lustig; Walzer; Ruhig und Einfach; Schnell)
Haakon Bergh (ute and piccolo), Gordon Pope
(oboe), D.H. McKenney (clarinet), Don Christlieb
(bassoon), and Jack Cave (horn)
Los Angeles Wind Quintet
4 Sides., (10 inch) Set X-149
" 17169-D - 17170-D
MX 17230-D - 17231-D
Matrix numbers: AM 650 to AM 653
(Gramophone Shop Inc.); October 1944; Pg.10 Col.
1
Review: Gramophone Magazine; March 1944:
Page 7
REVIEW EXTRACT:
an unheralded joy. Biting, satirical music impeccably
played and recorded...
[From] Gramophone Magazine; March 1944: Page 7
FOUR INDIAN LOVE LYRICS (Woodford-Finden)
(The Temple Bells; Less Than the Dust; Kashmiri
Song; Till I Wake)
Nelson Eddy (baritone); Nathaniel Finston
" 17161-D - 17162-D
MX 17479-D - 17480-D
(Feb., 1940), pp. 69
REVIEW EXTRACT:
No matter what one thinks of the music, or of the
Hollywood orchestrations (which in many ways improve on
the original), one must praise whole-heartedly Mr.
Eddy's ne singing and ne attention to the details of
interpretation...
[From] Music Educators Journal, Vol. 26, No. 4 (Feb., 1940),
pp. 69
MA MERE L'OYE (MOTHER GOOSE) (Ravel)
(Pavane of the Sleeping Beauty; Hop-o'-My
Thumb; Laideron-nette; Conversations of Beauty
and the Beast; The Fairy Garden)
4 Sides., Set X-151
" 69753-D - 69754-D
MX 70636-D - 70637-D
Col.1
332 Col.1
UNACCOMPANIED SUITE IN G MINOR, Op. 131c,
No. 1 (Reger)
Emanuel Feuermann ('cello)
4 Sides., Set X-152 (Also on LP ML 4678)
" 69787-D - 69788-D
MX 70638-D - 70639-D
1950 ed; Pg.336 Col.2
1
REVIEW EXTRACT:
Fauermann acquits himself with distinction and the
recording is superb...
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[From] Gramophone Record Supplement; January, 1940;
Page 6
TROIS PIECES EN TRIO POUR VIOLON, ALTO ET
VIOLONCELLE (Pierne)
Dedicace sur les noms de Jean
Pierre et Etienne Pasquier
Chanson
Les trois clercs de Saint-Nicolas
Pasquier Trio
4 Sides., Set X-153
" P-69789-D - P-69790-D
MX P-70640-D - P-70641 -D
1
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...The recording is as ne as could be wished for...
Page 5
304 Col.2
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...Tonally and technically the recording is very satisfying...
CONCERTO GROSSO NO. 6 IN G MINOR, Op. 6
(Handel)
Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-154
" 69791-D - 69792-D
MX 70642-D - 70643-D
Matrix numbers: CAX 8471 to CAX 8472; CAX
8486 to CAX 8487
Recorded: 17; 22 February 1939; Abbey Road
Studio 1
1
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...We nd this the best version, though some no doubt will
prefer a little more lightness and distinction of playing. The
balance of the orchestra and the judicious placing of the
harpsichord, together with the fact that the recording is
complete, make this a very desirable set...
Page 4
SONATA IN C MINOR for Violin and Harpsichord
(Geminiani)
(and) Fugue in A minor (Tartini)
Arnold Belnick (violin); Vladimir Padwa (piano) -
(Sonata)
Arnold Belnick (violin solo) - (Fugue)
3 Sides., Set X-155
" 69794-D - 69795-D
MX 70644-D - 70645-D
Recorded: 14 November 1939
THEME AND VARIATIONS Op. 73 (3 Sides)
(Faure)
(and) Nocturne Op. 33 No. 3 (1 Side) (Faure)
Carmen Guilbert (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-156
" P-69796-D - P-69797-D
MX P-70646-D - P-70647-D
Matrix numbers: CPTX 370 to CPTX 372; CPTX
375
- CPTX 370 to CPTX 372 (19 January 1938)
- CPTX 375 (8 February 1938)
Recorded: 19 January (and) 8 February 1938
Col.1
SCUOLA DI BALLO - BALLET MUSIC (Boccherini,
Arr. Francaix)
Lecon
Menuet
Larghetto
Rondo
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Dispute
Presto
Pastorale
Danse Allemande
Scene du Notaire
Finale
Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-157
" 69814-D - 69815-D
MX 71634-D - 71635-D
Recorded: 27 July 1939; Kingsway Studios,
London
Col.2
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...Antal Dorati, world-renown conductor of ballet, leads the
orchestra in a dazzling performance which is admirably
reproduced...
Page 8
SONATA NO. 7 In D Major (Haydn)
Ernst Victor Wolff (pianist)
" 17186-D - 17187-D
MX 17232-D - 17233-D
SUITE 'ENGLISH FOLK SONGS' (Vaughan
Williams, Arr. Jacob)
March
Seventeen Come Sunday
My Bonny Boy
Folk Songs from Somerset
" 17188-D - 17189-D
MX 17234-D - 17235-D
Matrix numbers: CO 25602 to CO 25605
Recorded: 19 December 1939
DB 1930 - DB 1931 (Columbia UK)
THREE ROMANCES FOR OBOE, Op. 94
(Schumann)
(Romance in A Minor, Op. 94, No. 1; Romance in A
Minor, Op. 94, No. 2; Romance in A Minor, Op. 94,
No. 3)
(and) Piece for Oboe and Piano (Franck)
Leon Goossens (oboe); Gerald Moore (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-160
" 69816-D - 69817-D
MX 70648-D - 70649-D
386 Col.2
REVIEW EXTRACT:
he [Goossens] is absolutely absorbing in his brilliantly
tasteful playing of these gently sentimental pieces...
UNDER THE SPREADING CHESTNUT TREE
(Variations and Fugue on an old English tune)
(Weinberger)
Boris Goldovsky (piano); Artur Rodzinski
conducting Cleveland Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-161
" 11176-D - 11177-D
MX 11421-D - 11422-D
Recorded: 10 January 1940; Severence Hall,
Cleveland
491 Col.1
491 Col.1
April 2014 / 74
REVIEW EXTRACT:
he [Rodzinski] does with animation and purpose...
SYMPHONIC ETUDES, Op. 13 (Schumann)
Edward Kilenyi (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-162
" 69820-D - 69821-D
MX 70650-D - 70651-D
380 Col.2
REVIEW EXTRACT:
Neither of these [reviewer is referring to the Kilenyi and
Brailowsky - Victor 1272 set] is a kind of Schumann playing
that appeals to me, for the treatment, in each case, is
predicated on the belief that what the listener is interested
to hear is a demonstration of the pianist subduing the
difculties contrived by Schumann...
SPANISH RHAPSODY (Liszt , Arr. Busoni)
Introduction
Folies d'espagne
Jota Aragonesa
Finales
Egon Petri (piano); Dimitri Mitropoulos
conducting Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-163
" 11202-D - 11203-D
MX 11423-D - 11424-D
264700 - 264701 (Columbia ARG)
30-5227 - 30-5228 (Columbia BRZ)
Gramophone Record Supplement (Gramophone
Shop Inc.); May 1940; Pg.6 Col.1
[NOTE: Petri's 1941 virtuoso performance of the Busoni
arrangement of Liszt's Spanish Rhapsody also has a virtuosic
showing from the Minneapolis Symphony and it's conductor
during this time, Dimitri Mitropoulos. Recording has excellent
sound for its period.]
ALCINA SUITE (Dream Music) (Handel)
DREAM MUSIC
Entrance of the Agreeable Dreams from Act 2
Entrance of the Menacing Dreams from Act 2
Entrance of the Agreeable Frightened Dreams
Combat of Dreams, Sad and Agreeable
BALLET MUSIC
Entrance from Act 3
Gavotte
Sarabande
Gavotte from Act 1
Menuet
Alia breve from Act 1
Tamburino from Act 3
Felix Weingartner conducting Orchestra de la
Societe des Cone, du Conservatoire, Paris
4 Sides., Set X-164
" 69857-D - 69858-D
MX 70652-D - 70653-D
Recorded: 21 July 1939
ORPHEUS (Liszt)
4 Sides., Set X-165
" 69867-D - 69868-D
MX 70654-D - 70655-D
CLASSICAL SYMPHONY (3 Sides) (Prokoev)
(and) Scherzo (From: Octet in E Flat, Op. 20) (1
Side) (Mendelssohn)
Dimitri Mitropoulos conducting Minneapolis
Symphony Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-166
April 2014 / 75
" 11238-D - 11239-D
MX 11425-D - 11426-D
309 Col.1
REVIEW EXTRACT:
Of the earlier versions, there is a good deal of
comprehension in the Mitropoulos treatment, but a
minimum amount of good sound in the grooves...
INTRODUCTION AND ALLEGRO (Ravel)
(and) Maid with the Flaxen Hair (Debussy
Laura Newell (harp); Ralph McLane (clarinet);
Stuyvesant String Quartet
4 Sides., Set X-167
" 70082-D - 70083-D
MX 70656-D - 70657-D
330 Col.2
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...inferior quality of sound...
EARLY GERMAN LIEDER
(Es Steht Ein' Lind'; Linde; Minnelied; Ich Spring'
In Diesem Ringe; Innsbruck; Braun's Meidelein;
Eine Schon' Tageweis)
Ernst Wolff (baritone/piano)
" 4234-M - 4235-M
MX 4453-M - 4454-M
RIENZI - OVERTURE (Wagner)
(and) Marche Troyenne from 'Les
Troyens' (Berlioz)
Felix Weingartner conducting Orchestre de la
Society des. Conserv. Paris
4 sides, Set X-169
" 70088-D - 70089-D
MX 70658-D - 70659-D
470 Col.2
REVIEW EXTRACT:
The freshness and unconventionality of Weingartners
treatment are not only interesting but satisfying...
QUARTET IN G MINOR Op. 33, No. 5 (Boccherini)
Roth String Quartet
4 Sides., Set X-170
" 70090-D - 70091-D
MX 70660-D - 70661-D
Col.2
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...The Roth group plays with its usual elegant style and has
been effectively recorded...
[From] Gramophone Record Supplement; November, 1944;
Page 9
ELEVEN SHORT PIANO PIECES FROM Op. 83
(Ernst Krenek)
Dancing Toys
A Boat, Slowly Sailing
Streamliner
Sailing Boat Reected in Pond
Glass Figures
Walking on a Stormy Day
Peaceful Mood
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Little Cheesmen
On the High Mountains
Bells in the Fog
Indian Summer Day
Ernst Krenek (piano)
" 17200-D - 17201-D
SONATA NO. 28 IN A MAJOR for Piano, Op. 101
(Beethoven)
4 Sides., Set X-172
" 70336-D - 70337-D
MX 70662-D - 70663-D
LEONORE OVERTURE NO. 3, Op. 72 (Beethoven)
Symphony Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-173
" 11288-D - 11289-D
MX 11427-D - 11428-D
Col.2
BOLERO (Ravel)
Leopold Stokowski conducting All-American
Orchestra
" 17205-D - 17206-D
MX 17236-D - 17237-D
(Gramophone Shop Inc.); October 1940; Pg.5 Col.2
FANTASIA ON BRITISH SEA SONGS (Wood)
Part 1 - (a) Bugles - Admiral's Salute; Action;
General Assembly; Landing Party; Prepare the
Ram; Quick Doubles - Extend and Close (b) Sea
Songs - Anchor's weigh'd and Saucy Arethusa
Part 2 - Tom Bowling and Hornpipe (Jack's the
lad)
Part 3 - Farewell and Adieu ye Spanish Lady and
Home Sweet Home (Frederick Thurston, clarinet)
Part 4 - See the Conquering Hero Comes; Rule
Britannia and God Save the King
Sir Henry J. Wood conducting London Symphony
Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-175
" 7368-M - 7369-M
Recorded: 3 and 21 November 1939
Matrix numbers (Details - Takes)
CAX 8655-2
CAX 8656-2*
CAX 8657-4
CAX 8658-2
* The Yale University Music Library copy has
CAX 8656 listed as CAX 8656 take -2 although
some sources indicate CAX 8656-3
[NOTE: Henry J. Wood also recorded this work in 1916 as an
acoustic recording (heavily augmented). For interest sake, the
details of that recording; which Columbia U.S. did not release;
is listed below:
Fantasia on English Sea-Songs
Pt. 1 Introducing: The Anchor's Weighed; The Saucy
Arethusa; Tom Bowling; Sailor's Hornpipe
Pt. 2 Introducing: Farewell and Adieu ye Spanish Ladies; See
the conquering hero comes; Rule Britannia
Henry J Wood and his Orchestra
Columbia L 1052
Matrix numbers: 6818-2 to 6819-2
Recorded: May 1916
Available from August 1916 to May 1928
PRELUDE, CHORAL AND FUGUE (Franck)
Egon Petri (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-176
" 70350-D - 70351-D
MX 70664-D - 70665-D
April 2014 / 77
PETROUCHKA SUITE (Stravinsky)
(The Shrove Tide Fair; Petrouchka's Room; Grand
Carnival)
Igor Stravinsky conducting Philharmonic-
Symphony Orchestra of New York
" 11389-D - 11390-D
MX 11429-D - 11430-D
Recorded: 4 April 1940
Producer: Mosses Smith
421 Col.1
Col.2
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...This authentic excepts is well played, but the recording
is poor...
Page 6
CONTRASTS FOR VIOLIN, CLARINET AND PIANO
(Bartok)
1 Verbunkos$ (Recruiting dance)
2 Pihen (Relaxation)
3 Sebes (Fast dance)
Bela Bartok (piano); Joseph Szigeti (violin);
Benny Goodman (clarinet)
4 Sides., Set X-178
" 70362-D - 70363-D
MX 70666-D - 70667-D
Matrix numbers: WXCO 26819 to WXCO 26822
Recorded: 13 May 1940; New York
Col.1
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...We can say that the three artists who participate in this
recording are fully able to cope with all of the intricacies of
the score and give an excellent performance, which has been
captured with true delity...
Page 2
Review: Classic Record Collector Magazine; Alan
Sanders; Spring 2010; Pg87 Col.1 [In reference to
a CD release of this set...]
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...The acoustic is a little dry, but not so much as to spoil a
wonderfully vital, characterful performance...
[From] Classic Record Collector Magazine; Spring 2010;
Pg87 Col.1
SONATINE (Ravel)
(and) Minuet from 'Le Tombeau de Couperin'
Robert Casadesus (piano)
" 17215-D - 17216-D
MX 17238-D - 17239-D
292546 - 292547 (Columbia ARG)
1950 ed; Pg.334 Col.1
1950 ed; Pg.334 Col.1 [Ravel - Tombeau only]
Col.1
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...Casadesuss superbly recorded interpretation is highly
recommended...
Page 5
PEER GYNT SUITE NO. 1, Op. 46 (Grieg)
(Morning; The Death of Asp; Anitra's Dance; In
the Hall of the Mountain King)
4 Sides., Set X-180
April 2014 / 78
" 70370-D - 70371-D
MX 70668-D - 70669-D
26998 - 26999 (Columbia ARG)
Col.2
Col.2
Col.2
VARIATIONS ON A THEME BY HAYDN, Op. 56b
(Brahms)
Ethel Bartlett and Rae Robertson (pianos)
4 Sides., Set X-181
" 70367-D - 70368-D
MX 70670-D - 70671-D
Recorded: 4 January 1940
Col.1
NOTE: Most MX sets prior to X-182 were released in 1941 -
much later than their initial release date.
CONCERTO NO. 1 IN A MINOR for Violoncello and
Orchestra, Op. 33 (Saint-Saens)
Gregor Piatigorsky (cello); Frederick Stock
conducting Chicago Symphony Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-182
" 11440-D - 11441-D
MX 11442-D - 11443-D
264702 - 264703 (Columbia ARG)
30-5251 - 30-5252 (Columbia BRZ)
349 Col.1
REVIEW EXTRACT:
the balance of soloist and orchestra uneven indeed...
THREE RHAPSODIES FOR PIANO (Brahms)
Rhapsody No. 1 in B Minor, Op. 79, No. 1
Rhapsody No. 2 in G Minor, Op. 79, No. 2
Rhapsody No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 119, No. 4
Egon Petri (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-183
" 70681-D - 70682-D
MX 70683-D - 70684-D
BEETHOVEN - TWELVE CONTRADANCES
(Beethoven)
" 17244-D - 17245-D
MX 17246-D - 17247-D
Matrix numbers: CO 28538; CO 28545 to CO
28547
Recorded: 19 August 1940
CAPRICCIO ESPAGNOL, Op. 34 (Rimsky-
Korsakov)
Alborada
Variations
Alborada
Scene and Gypsy Song
Fandango of the Asturias
Mishel Piastro (violin); Joseph Schuster (cello);
John Barbirolli conducting Philharmonic
4 Sides., Set X-185
" 11477-D -11478-D
MX 11479-D -11480-D
Recorded: 16th November 1940; Liederkranz
Hall, New York
264689 - 264690 (Columbia ARG)
1950 ed; Pg.340 Col.2
April 2014 / 79
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...It is reasonably well recorded...
[From] New Guide to Recorded Music; 1950; Pg.340
SONATA NO. 2 IN G MINOR Op. 22 (Schumann)
Sascha Gorodnitski (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-186
" 70737-D - 70738-D
MX 71125-D - 71126-D
Col.2
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...It is played with vitality and great technical skill, and the
recording is most lifelike...
Page 11
EINE KLEINE NACHTMUSIK (Serenade in G
Major), K. 525 (Mozart)
Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-187
" 70741-D - 70742-D
MX 71127-D - 71128-D
Recorded: 17 February 1939; HMV Studio No. 1;
Abbey Road, London
LX 854 - LX 855 (Columbia UK - Issued Feb.
1941)
BAAL SHEM (Three Pictures of Chassidic Life)
(Bloch)
Vidui - Contrition
Nigun - Improvisation
Simchas Torah Rejoicing
(and) Sumare from Saudades Do Brazil (Milhaud,
Arr. Szigeti) (and) Danse Du Meunier - Miller's
Dance from Three Cornered Hat (De Falla, Arr.
Szigeti)
Joseph Szigeti (violin); Andor Farkas (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-188
" 70743-D - 70744-D
MX 71129-D - 71130-D
TWELVE ETUDES Op. 33 (3 Sides)
(Szymanowski)
(and) Two Mazurkas, Op. 50 (1 Side)
(Szymanowski)
Jakob Gimpel (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-189
" 70745-D - 70746-D
MX 71131-D - 71132-D
Recorded: 1939/40
Col.2
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...The Polish virtuoso plays these selections with technical
brilliance and assurance...
Page 11
DON JUAN, Op. 20 (Richard Strauss)
Fritz Reiner conducting Pittsburgh Symphony
Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-190
" 11518-D - 11519-D
MX 11653-D - 11654-D
Recorded: 09 January 1941; Pittsburgh
410 Col.2
CHURCH CONTATA NO. 158 (Der Friede Sei Mit
Dir) (Bach)
Recitative: Der Friede Sei Mit Dir - My Peace I
Give Unto You
Aria: Welt ade! Ich bin dein mude - World
Farewell! Of Thee I am Weary
Recitative and Arioso: Nun Herr, regiere meinen
rechte Osterlamm - Here is the True Easter Lamb
David Blair McClosky (baritone); Ernest White
(organ); Boris Schwarz (violin); Eva Heinitz
(cello); Ernst Victor Wolff (harpsichord/
conductor) with (Unnamed) Chorus
April 2014 / 80
4 sides, (10 inch) Set X-191
" 17265-D - 17266-D
MX 17278-D - 17279-D
Columbia Set X-192 - was one of only two sets from the X
series recorded and assigned record numbers but never
released. (The other non-released set was X-275.)
Set X-192 was assigned record numbers for the MX format
only...
BALLAD FOR AMERICANS (Earl Robinson; Arr.
for Choir)
John Finley Williamson conducting Westminster
Choir
4 Sides., Set X-192
(Never Issued) *
> Not released in X Format
MX 17267-D - 17268-D
[NOTE: * Columbia Set X-192 was recorded for 78rpm release,
however the set was NEVER ISSUED. No copy of this set has
surfaced.]
BACCHANALE (Venusberg Music) (Wagner)
From 'Tannhduser'
Fritz Reiner conducting Pittsburgh Symphony
Orchestra
4 sides, Set X-193
" 11520-D - 11521-D
MX 11568-D 11569-D
VALSES NOBLES ET SENTIMENTALES (Ravel)
Modere-tres franc
Assez lent
Modere
Assez anime
Presque lent
Vif
Moins vif
Epilogue
Robert Casadesus (piano)
" 17270-D - 17271-D
MX 17280-D 17281-D
Recorded: 6 December 1940; Columbia Studio A,
New York
292577 - 292578 (Columbia ARG)
1950 ed; Pg.334 Col.1
TOCCATA, ADAGIO AND FUGUE IN C MAJOR
(Bach - arr. Weiner)
Symphony Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-195
" 11528-D - 11529-D
MX 11570-D - 11571-D
RHAPSODY IN BLUE (3 Sides) (Gershwin)
(and) Love Walked In (From 'Goldwyn Follies') (1
Side) (Gershwin)
Alec Templeton (piano); Andre Kostelanetz and
his Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-196 (Also on LP ML 4455. Love
Walked In was added to ML 4481 and did not
appear in ML 4455)
" 7376-M - 7377-M
MX 7379-M - 7380-M
Matrix numbers: XCO 29707 to XCO 29709; XCO
29991
XCO 29707 to XCO 29709 (Rhapsody)
XCO 29991 (Love Walked In)
Recorded: 13 February (and) 18 March 1941
13 February 1941; Liederkranz Hall (Rhapsody)
18 March 1941; Liederkranz Hall (Love Walked
In)
Col.1
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...The recording has all the brilliance and brassiness
required of the work...
Page 9
April 2014 / 81
CAPRICCIO BRILLANT, Op. 22 (Mendelssohn)
(and) Minuet from 'The Temple Of Peace' (Lully-
Mottl)
Joanna Graudan (piano); Dimitri Mitropoulos
conducting Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra
" 11565-D - 11566-D
MX 11572-D - 11573-D
266198 - 266199 (Columbia ARG)
Orchestra
4 Sides., Set X-198
" 71109-D - 71110-D
MX 71133-D - 71134-D
Recorded: 28 February 1940; Kingsway Hall,
London
264608 - 264609 (Columbia ARG)
SONATA for Violin and Piano (Piston)
Louis Krasner (violin); Walter Piston (piano)
4 Sides., Set X-199
" 71121-D - 71122-D
MX 71123-D - 71124-D
Col.1
REVIEW EXTRACT:
...it is played with good tone and with authority by Louis
Krasner and Mr. Piston...
Page 11
ACADEMIC FESTIVAL OVERTURE, Op. 80
(Brahms)
(and) Sheep May Safely Graze from 'Birthday
Cantata' (Bach-Barbirolli)
John Barbirolli conducting Philharmonic-
4 Sides., Set X-200
" 11574-D - 11575-D
MX 11576-D - 11577-D
Matrix numbers: XCO 29136 to XCO 29138; XCO
29463
Recorded: 16 November 1940; Liederkranz Hall,
New York (XCO 29136 to XCO 29138)
(and) Recorded: 16 December 1940; Liederkranz
Hall, New York (XCO 29463)
Col.2
April 2014 / 82
X SERIES
A numerical listing of the rst 200 X
Sets and the associated record
numbers as issued in different formats
both domestically and internationally.
Set X-1$$ 67989-D - 67990-D
$ $ MX 70394-D - 70395-D
Set X-2 68152-D - 68153-D
$ $ MX 70396-D - 70397-D
Set X-3$$ 68192-D - 68193-D
$ $ MX 70398-D - 70399-D
Set X-4$$ 68131-D - 68132-D
$ $ MX 70400-D - 70401-D
LFX 197 to LFX 198 (Columbia FR)
Set X-5$$ 68056-D - 68057-D
$ $ MX 70402-D - 70403-D
DX 427 to DX 428 (Columbia UK)
Set X-6$$ 67873-D - 67874-D
$ $ MX 70404-D - 70405-D
LX 103 - LX 104 (Columbia UK - Light Blue label)
Set X-7 25329-D - 25330-D
Not released in MX Format
11064 - 11065 (Parlophone - UK)
Set X-8$$ 68033-D - 68034-D
$ $ MX 70406-D - 70407-D
264962 - 264963 (Columbia ARG)
Set-X-9$$ 67922-D - 67923-D
$ $ MX 70408-D - 70409-D
Set X-10$ 68126-D - 68127-D
$ $ MX 70410-D - 70411-D
264894 - 264895 (Columbia ARG)
Set X-11 59058-D - 59059-D
11208 - 11209 (Parlophone UK)
1070 - 1071 (Columbia ARG)
Set X-12$ 25241-D - 25242-D
6873 - 6874 (Odeon EU)
Set X-13$ 68146-D - 68147-D
$ $ MX 70412-D - 70413-D
Canadian Set J-2 (15691 - 15692)
DOX 397 - DOX 398 (Columbia AUS - Black Label)
Set X-14$ 68067-D - 68068-D
$ $ MX 70414-D - 70415-D
Set X-15$ 68215-D - 68216-D
Set X-16$ 68050-D - 68051-D
$ $ MX 70416-D - 70417-D
Set X-17$ 68121-D - 68122-D
$ $ MX 70418-D - 70419-D
Set X-18$ 68094-D - 68095-D
$ $ MX 70420-D - 70421-D
Set X-19$ 68016-D - 68017-D
$ $ MX 70422-D - 70423-D
Set X-20 68181-D - 68182-D
DOX 333 - DOX 334 (Columbia AUS - Black label)
8116 - 8117 Columbia (Columbia JAP)
April 2014 / 83
Set X-21$ 68157-D - 68158-D
$ $ MX 70424-D - 70425-D
Canadian Set J-65 (15793 - 15794)
L0X 182 - LOX 183 (Columbia AUS)
Set X-22$ 67890-D - 67891-D
$ $ MX 70426-D - 70427-D
Set X-23 67952-D - 67953-D
$ $ MX 70428-D - 70429-D
Set X-24$ 68119-D - 68120-D
Set X-25$ 68203-D - 68204-D
$ $ MX 70430-D - 70431-D
Set X-26$ 68011-D - 68012-D
$ $ MX 70432-D - 70433-D
Set X-27$ 68082-D - 68083-D
$ $ MX 70434-D - 70435-D
Set X-28$ 9085-M - 9086-M
$ $ MX 9156-M - 9157-M
Set X-29$ 67724-D - 67725-D
$ $ MX 70436-D - 70437-D
O-8402 - O-8403 (Odeon - FR)
Set X-30$ 68154-D - 68155-D
$ $ MX 70438-D - 70439-D
Canadian Set J-15 (15695 - 15696)
Set X-31$ 67474-D - 67475-D
$ $ MX 70440-D - 70441-D
Set X-32$ 67827-D - 67828 D
$ $ MX 70442-D - 70443-D
Set X-33$ 67868-D - 67869-D
$ $ MX 70444-D - 70445-D
Set X-34$ 68506-D - 68507-D
$ $ MX 70446-D - 70447-D
67485-D - 67486-D (as individual records)
Set X-35$ 68508-D - 68509-D
Set X-36 68573-D - 68574-D
$ $ MX 70448-D - 70449-D
68187-D and 67694-D (as individual records)
LWX 256 - LWX 257
Set X-37$ 67761-D - 67762-D
Set X-38$ 67578-D - 67579-D
$ $ MX 70450-D - 70451-D
Set X-39$ 67996-D - 67997-D
$ $ MX 70452-D - 70453-D
DFX 132 - LFX 133 (Columbia FR)
Set X-40$ 67987-D - 67988-D
$ $ MX 70454-D - 70455-D
Set X-41$ 67895-D - 67896-D
Set X-42 $ 68645-D - 68646-D
Set X-43$ 68690-D - 68691-D
$ $ MX 70458-D - 70459-D
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Set X-44$ 68878-D - 68879-D
$ $ MX 70460-D - 70461-D
Set X-45$ 68277-D - 68278-D $
$ Reissue of Set M-210
$ $ MX 70462-D - 70463-D
Set X-46 68285-D - 68286-D $
$ $ MX 70464-D - 70465-D
Set X-47$ 68298-D - 68299-D $
$ $ MX 70466-D - 70467-D
Set X-48 68320-D - 68321-D $
$ $ MX 70468-D - 70469-D
Set X-49$ 68331-D - 68332-D $
Set X-50 68347-D - 68348-D $
Set X-51$ 68368-D - 68369-D $
$ $ MX 70470-D - 70471-D
Canadian Set J-141 (15749 - 15750)
68368 - 68369D (Columbia ARG)
Set X-52$ 68370-D - 68371-D $
$ $ MX 70472-D - 70473-D
Set X-53$ 68382-D - 68383-D $
$ $ MX 70474-D - 70475-D
264921 - 264922 (Columbia ARG)
Set X-54$ 68384 D - 68385-D $
$ $ MX 70476-D - 70477-D
Set X-55$ 68386-D - 68387-D $
$ $ MX 70478-D - 70479-D
Set X-56$ 68390-D - 68391-D $
$ $ MX 70480-D - 70481-D
Set X-57$ 68395-D - 68396-D $
Set X-58 68430-D - 68431-D $
$ $ MX 70482-D - 70483-D
Set X-59$ 68468-D - 68469-D $
$ $ MX 70484-D - 70485-D
Set X-60$ 68474-D - 68475-D
$ $ MX 70486-D - 70487-D
Canadian Set J-9 (15703 - 15704)
264840 - 264841 (Columbia ARG)
Set X-61$ 68476-D - 68477-D
$ $ MX 70488-D - 70489-D
Set X-62$ 68618-D - 68619-D
$ $ MX 70490-D - 70491-D
Set X-63$ 68593-D - 68594-D
$ $ MX 70492-D - 70493-D
Set X-64$ 9118-M - 9119-M
$ $ MX 9158-M - 9159-M
D 15242 15243 (Columbia UK)
April 2014 / 85
Set X-65$ 68597-D - 68598-D
Set X-66$ 68687-D - 68688-D
Set X-67$ 68737-D - 68738-D
$ $ MX 70494-D - 70495-D
Set X-68$ 68741-D - 68742-D
Set X-69$ 68743-D - 68744-D
$ $ MX 70496-D - 70497-D
Set X-70$ 68745-D - 68746-D
MX 70498-D 70499-D
Set X-71$ 68883-D - 68884-D
$ $ MX 70500-D - 70501-D
Set X-72$ 68885-D - 68886-D
$ $ MX 70502-D - 70503-D
Set X-73$ 68941-D - 68942-D
$ $ MX 70504-D - 70505-D
Set X-74$ 68917-D - 68918-D
Set X-75$ 68959-D - 68960-D
$ $ MX 70506-D - 70507-D
LFX 464 LFX 465 (Columbia FR)
Set X-76$ 68984-D - 68985-D
$ $ MX 70508-D - 70509-D
Set X-77$ 68981-D - 68982-D
$ $ MX 70510-D - 70511-D
Set X-78$ 68996-D - 68997-D
$ $ MX 70512-D - 70513-D
Set X-79$ 68998-D - 68999-D
$ $ MX 70514-D - 70515-D
Set X-80$ 69027-D - 69028-D
$ $ MX 70516-D - 70517-D
Set X-81$ 69007-D - 69008-D
$ $ MX 70518-D - 70519-D
CZX 168 - CZX 171
Set X-82$ 69033-D - 69034-D
$ $ MX 70520-D - 70521-D
Set X-83$ 69047-D - 69048-D
MX 70522-D 70523-D
Set X-84$ 69045-D - 69046-D
$ $ MX 70524-D - 70525-D
Set X-85$ 69057-D - 69058-D
$ $ MX 70526-D - 70527-D
Set X-86$ 69068-D - 69069-D
$ $ MX 70528-D - 70529-D
Set X-87$ 69095-D - 69096-D
$ $ MX 70530-D - 70531-D
Set X-88$ 69097-D - 69098-D
$ $ MX 70532-D - 70533-D
Set X-89$ 69099-D - 69100-D
$ $ MX 70534-D - 70535-D
LFX 355-356 (Columbia FR)
Set X-90$ 69109-D - 69110-D
$ $ MX 70536-D - 70537-D
Set X-91$ 69070-D - 69071-D
$ $ MX 70538-D - 70539-D
Set X-92$ 69142-D - 69143-D
$ $ MX 70540-D - 70541-D
Set X-93$ 69161-D - 69162-D
$ $ MX 70542-D - 70543-D
April 2014 / 86
Set X-94$ 69173-D - 69174-D
$ $ MX 70544-D - 70545-D
Set X-95$ 69193-D - 69194-D
$ $ MX 70546-D - 70547-D
Set X-96$ 69198-D - 69199-D
$ $ MX 70548-D - 70549-D
Set X-97$ 69207-D - 69208-D
$ $ MX 70550-D - 70551-D
Set X-98$ 69196-D - 69197-D
$ $ MX 70552-D - 70553-D
Set X-99$ 69209-D - 69210-D
$ $ MX 70554-D - 70555-D
Set X-100$ 69229-D - 69230 D
$ $ MX 70556-D - 70557-D
Set X-101$ 69261-D - 69262-D
$ $ MX 70558-D - 70559-D
Set X-102 $ 69263-D - 69264-D
$ $ MX 70560-D - 70561-D
DX 736 - DX 737 (Columbia UK - Black Label)
Set X-103$ 69273-D - 69274-D
$ $ MX 70562-D - 70563-D
Set X-104$ 69276-D - 69277-D
$ $ MX 70564-D - 70565-D
Set X-105 69313-D - 69314-D
$ $ MX 70566-D - 70567-D
266433 - 266434 (Columbia ARG)
Set X-106$ P-69324-D - P-69325-D
$ $ MX P-70568-D - P-70569-D
Set X-107$ 69326-D - 69327-D
MX 70570-D 70571-D
Set X-108$ 69331-D - 69332-D
GQX 10636 - GQX 10637 (Columbia ARG)
Set X-109 69335-D - 69336-D
$ $ MX 70572-D - 70573-D
Set X-110$ P-69329-D - P-69330-D
$ $ MX P-70574-D - P-70575-D
Set X-111$ 69333-D - 69334-D
$ $ MX 70576-D - 70577-D
Set X-112 9148-M - 9149-M
$ $ MX 9160-M - 9161-M
Set X-113$ 69337-D - 69338-D
$ $ MX 70578-D - 70579-D
Set X-114$ P-69396-D - P-69397-D
$ $ MX P-70580-D - P-70581-D
Set X-115$ 69401-D - 69402-D
$ $ MX 70582-D - 70583-D
Set X-116$ 69403-D - 69404-D
$ $ MX 70584-D - 70585-D
Set X-117 P-9153-M - P-9154-M
Set X-118$ P-69405-D - P-69406-D
$ $ MX P-70586-D - P-70587-D
Set X-119$ P-69445-D - P-69446-D
$ $ P-69408-D - P-69409-D
$ $ MX P-70588-D - P-70589-D
Set X-120$ P-69458-D - P-69459-D
$ $ MX P-70590-D - P-70591-D
April 2014 / 87
Set X-121$ 69433-D - 69434-D
$ $ MX 70592-D - 70593-D
Set X-122$ P-69411-D - P-69412-D
$ $ MX P-70594-D - P-70595-D
264938 - 264939 (Columbia ARG)
Set X-123$ 69413-D - 69414-D
$ $ MX 70596-D - 70597-D
Set X-124$ 69447-D - 69448-D
$ $ MX 70598-D - 70599-D
Set X-125$ 69484-D - 69485-D
$ $ MX 70600-D - 70601-D
Set X-126$ P 69482-D - P 69483-D
Set X-127$ 69486-D - 69487-D
$ $ MX 70602-D - 70603-D
Set X-128 69541-D - 69542-D
Set X-129$ 69543-D - 69544-D
$ $ MX 70604-D - 70605-D
Set X-130$ 69558-D - 69559-D
MX 70606-D 70607-D
Set X-131$ P-69593-D - P-69594-D
$ $ MX P-70608-D - P-70609-D
Set X-132$ 69597-D - 69598-D
Set X-133$ 69595-D - 69596-D
$ $ MX 70610-D - 70611-D
GQX 10996 - LQX 10997 (Columbia IT)
Set X-134$ 69621-D - 69622-D
$ $ MX 72113-D - 72114-D
Set X-135$ 69617-D - 69618-D
$ $ MX 70612-D - 70613-D
Set X-136$ 69619-D - 69620-D
$ $ MX 70614-D - 70615-D
Set X-137$ 69623-D - 69624-D
$ $ MX 70614-D - 70615-D
Set X-138$ 69632-D - 69633-D
$ $ MX 70618-D - 70619-D
Canadian Set J-48 (15763 - 15764)
Set X-139$ 69637-D - 69638-D
$ $ MX 70620-D - 70621-D
Set X-140$ 69656-D - 69657-D
$ $ MX 70622-D - 70623-D
Set X-141$ 69658-D - 69659-D
$ $ MX 70624-D - 70625-D
266373 - 266374 (Columbia ARG)
Set X-142$ 69691-D - 69692-D
$ $ MX 70626-D - 70627-D
Set X-143$ 69683-D - 69684-D
$ $ MX 70628-D - 70629-D
266268 - 266269 (Columbia ARG)
Set X-144$ 69689-D - 69690-D
$ $ MX 70630-D - 70631-D
Set X-145$ 69685-D - 69686-D
$ $ MX 70632-D - 70633-D
Set X-147$ 69720-D - 69721-D
$ $ MX 70634-D - 70635-D
Set X-148$ 69732-D - 69733-D
$ $ MX 72115-D - 72116-D
April 2014 / 88
Set X-149$ 17169-D - 17170-D
$ $ MX 17230-D - 17231-D
Set X-150$ 17161-D - 17162-D
$ $ MX 17479-D - 17480-D
Set X-151$ 69753-D - 69754-D
$ $ MX 70636-D - 70637-D
Set X-152$ 69787-D - 69788-D$
Also on$ Lp - ML 4678
$ $ MX 70638-D - 70639-D
Set X-153$ P-69789-D - P-69790-D
$ $ MX P-70640-D - P-70641 -D
Set X-154$ 69791-D - 69792-D
$ $ MX 70642-D - 70643-D
Set X-155$ 69794-D - 69795-D
$ $ MX 70644-D - 70645-D
Set X-156$ P 69796-D - 69797-D
$ $ MX P 70646-D - P 70647-D
Set X-157$ 69814-D - 69815-D
$ $ MX 71634-D - 71635-D
Set X-158$ 17186-D - 17187-D
$ $ MX 17232-D - 17233-D
Set X-159$ 17188-D - 17189-D
$ $ MX 17234-D - 17235-D
DB 1930 - DB 1931 (Columbia UK)
Set X-160$ 69816-D - 69817-D
$ $ MX 70648-D - 70649-D
Set X-161$ 11176-D - 11177-D
$ $ MX 11421-D - 11422-D
Set X-162$ 69820-D - 69821 -D
$ $ MX 70650-D - 70651-D
Set X-163$ 11202-D - 11203-D
$ $ MX 11423-D - 11424-D
Canadian Set J-28 (20042 - 20043)
264700 - 264701 (Columbia ARG)
30-5227 - 30-5228 (Columbia BRZ)
Set X-164$ 69857-D - 69858-D
$ $ MX 70652-D - 70653-D
Set X-165$ 69867-D - 69868-D
$ $ MX 70654-D - 70655-D
Canadian Set J-30 (15731 - 15732)
Set X-166$ 11238-D - 11239-D
$ $ MX 11425-D - 11426-D
Set X-167$ 70082-D - 70083-D
$ $ MX 70656-D - 70657-D
Set X-168$ 4234-M - 4235-M
$ $ MX 4453-M - 4454-M
Set X-169$ 70088-D - 70089-D
$ $ MX 70658-D - 70659-D
Set X-170$ 70090-D - 70091-D
$ $ MX 70660-D - 70661-D
Set X-171$ 17200-D - 17201-D
Set X-172$ 70336-D - 70337-D
$ $ MX 70662-D - 70663-D
Set X-173$ 11288-D - 11289-D
$ $ MX 11427-D - 11428-D
Set X-174$ 17205-D - 17206-D
$ $ MX 17236-D - 17237-D
Set X-175 7368-M - 7369-M
April 2014 / 89
Set X-176$ 70350-D - 70351-D
$ $ MX 70664-D - 70665-D
Set X-177$ 11389-D - 11390-D$
$ $ MX 11429-D - 11430-D
Set X-178$ 70362-D - 70363-D
MX 70666-D 70667-D
Set X-179$ 17215-D - 17216-D
$ $ MX 17238-D - 17239-D
292546 - 292547 (Columbia ARG)
Set X-180$ 70370-D - 70371-D
$ $ MX 70668-D - 70669-D
26998 - 26999 (Columbia ARG)
Set X-181$ 70367-D - 70368-D
$ $ MX 70670-D - 70671-D
Set X-182$ 11440-D -11441-D
$ $ MX 11442-D - 11443-D
264702 - 264703 (Columbia ARG)
30-5251 - 30-5252 (Columbia BRZ)
Set X-183$ 70681-D - 70682-D
$ $ MX 70683-D - 70684-D
Set X-184$ 17244-D - 17245-D
$ $ MX 17246-D - 17247-D
Set X-185$ 11477-D -11478-D
$ $ MX 11479-D -11480-D
264689 - 264690 (Columbia ARG)
Set X-186$ 70737-D - 70738-D
$ $ MX 71125-D - 71126-D
Set X-187$ 70741-D - 70742-D
$ $ MX 71127-D - 71128-D
Set X-188$ 70743-D - 70744-D
$ $ MX 71129-D - 71130-D
Set X-189$ 70745-D - 70746-D
$ $ MX 71131-D - 71132-D
Set X-190$ 11518-D - 11519-D
MX 11653-D 11654-D
Set X-191 17265-D - 17266-D
$ $ MX 17278-D - 17279-D
Set X-192 Not released in X Format
$ $ MX 17267-D - 17268-D (Never
Issued)
Set X-193$ 11520-D - 11521-D
$ $ MX 11568-D - 11569-D
Set X-194$ 17270-D - 17271-D
$ $ MX 17280-D - 17281-D
Canadian Set J-62 (10082 - 10083)
292577 - 292578 (Columbia ARG)
Set X-195$ 11528-D - 11529-D
$ $ MX 11570-D - 11571-D
Set X-196$ 7376-M - 7377-M
$ $ MX 7379-M - 7380-M
Set X-197$ 11565-D - 11566-D
$ $ MX 11572-D - 11573-D
Canadian Set J-59 (15783 - 15784)
266198 - 266199 (Columbia ARG)
Set X-198$ 71109-D - 71110-D
$ $ MX 71133-D - 71134-D
264608 - 264609 (Columbia ARG)
Set X-199$ 71121-D - 71122-D
$ $ MX 71123-D - 71124-D
Set X-200$ 11574-D - 11575-D
$ $ MX 11576-D - 11577-D
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