A side recorded Los Angeles, CA, March 20, 1931.
B side recorded Los Angeles, CA, March 30, 1931.
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xiphophilos 1st Sep 2017
| | Very interesting - I was wondering about the numerical order since the Brunswick releases in TMW are listed in almost random order. This answers one of many questions I have about their practices. And you are right, I had misunderstood your original comment on side designations. Thanks for the clarification! |
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fixbutte 1st Sep 2017
| | Brunswick releases were definitely not in a strict numerical order (especially the early numbers in the 100 country series which were assigned in groups after recording sessions of an artist but released over several months).
If Brunswick had changed the practice as from July 1928 (what I guess), actually several numbers under #3950 would have been involved (see Brunswick releases in Talking Machine World of July 1928 - first two weeks of July are missing though). |
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slholzer 1st Sep 2017
| | The highest documented use of an A/B side designation in my database is 3911. I have many issues between 3911 and 3950 without the A/B, but I don't know that that proves anything. I can readily imagine records that once had the A/B being re-printed without them after the practice changed, and being far more common without the designations than with, having as it were, a more or less unlimited time to accumulate sales in the later version as compared to the nominal time allowed to the former. |
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fixbutte 1st Sep 2017
| | Thanks for this information. By the way, you seem to have misunderstood my comment from August 2013. As said there, (Until mid-1928 Brunswick had designated "A" and "B" sides, they omitted the designation around #3950).
That is to say that until mid-1928 Brunswick marked the sides evidently with the letters "A" and "B" (the highest number we have here at the moment is 3910 which was from around June 1928). Thus the practice for subtly marking the B-side with a line under the cat# only started afterwards and naturally extended beyond that date. |
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xiphophilos 31st Aug 2017
| | Thanks for the update. I had only seen (and saved) your remarks on this issue from August 2013.
By the way, Brunswick 4807 from 1930 is an exception to the rule that the side with the underlined catalog number is the one with the higher matrix number. |
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fixbutte 31st Aug 2017
| | That practice lasted until the end of 1934, see my last two comments (from March 2016) on Brunswick 6105, although later pressings would omit the line and add matrix numbers instead, see the displayed labels there.
Brunswick 6992, released in Oct 1934, may be the latest example with an underlined B-side here at the moment. |
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xiphophilos 31st Aug 2017
| | I wonder what the "L" below the catalog number signifies. I also noticed an N on Brunswick 6252 from 1932 (see the Youtube video there).
I also note that this Brunswick record still marks the B side with a line below the catalog number. So that practice extended beyond mid-1928. |
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slholzer 17th Jul 2017
| | According to Rust's American Dance Band Discography, the unidentified vocals on these sides are Phil Neely. |
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