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Which are the A and B sides on a 78 rpm ?   


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  15th Jan 2013, 5:12 AM#1  REPORT  
neil86

Member since Jul 2012
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 :grin: I have many Australian 78s but can't work out the A and B sides. Not as simple as 45s it seems. Especially HMV 78s which are similar to the UK ones. I note people have already submitted some UK HMV 78s but how do they know which is the A side ? Can someone please help me as I am nearly ready to dive into the great big deep pool of 78s. I love this new site. Congratulations to the originators. About time these old labels were displayed globally !!! :grin:


  15th Jan 2013, 7:41 AM#2  REPORT  
neslo4

Member since Jan 2013
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Many contributors seem to use the Matrix-numbers as a guide. Making the side with the lower Matrix-number the A side.
This may of course not always be what the record company intended, but in lack of other info this does the job nicely, I think.


  15th Jan 2013, 7:57 AM#3  REPORT  
getalife

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Thats what I did with the ones I added, not saying that its correct. :read:

Edited by getalife on 15th Jan 2013, 9:09 AM

  15th Jan 2013, 9:28 AM#4  REPORT  
zabadak

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Sometimes the matrix numbers are wildly different, not even the same number of digits! Minefield! :shocked:


  15th Jan 2013, 12:30 PM#5  REPORT  
scrough

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zabadak wrote:
Sometimes the matrix numbers are wildly different, not even the same number of digits! Minefield! :shocked:
This can quite often occur when the 78rpm has two different artists, say one British and one American, or two recordings of the same artist made in different countries. I don't think you need to worry too much about which is the A or B if it isn't marked that way. Its more important to get your record listed. After all, entries can always be corrected by someone else who might know the answer.


  15th Jan 2013, 11:05 PM#6  REPORT  
RadnaNotions

Member since Dec 2012
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In a lot of cases they don't really have an A and a B side... it's just a record with two sides. For a while you could read all the old editions of Gramophone on their website for free. Back in the twenties and thirties they'd frequently review both sides of a disc, with no mention of As and Bs.


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