The Columbia matrix series project
Posted on 14. Dez, 2023 by Oliver Wurl in Allgemein
Beginning with EMOR, I have collected discographic details on foreign (i.e. non-English) language records made in the US before World War II. Ethnic Music on Records (University of Illinois, 1990, 7 vols.) contains information available at the time. I’ve maintained and updated the data file since then, as new and corrected information has come to light.
Now that I’m well into my 87th year, i’d like to think about sharing the project with someone younger.
In 1978, I began a chart of Columbia Records’ various foreign series matrix numbers, starting in 1904 with the company’s first records from Ciudad México, and extending to 1935, when ARC began numbering all master recordings from its various labels into geographically based sequences. I’ve created separate Excel files for Euro and Spanish language series, and filled in the blanks over the years, also as new and corrected information has come to light.
Is anyone interested in collaborating in these endeavors, and taking over when I’m no longer able to work on them?
Dick Spottswood
