Added today are images for Philips P 10225 R: “Midnight Party” by Alfred Hause and his Orchestra (1957).
– Organ Grinder’s Serenade
Images and info have been added for two (of probably four) parts of “Organ Grinder’s Serenade” – 10 inch releases featuring street-organ “The Arab” (draaiorgel “de Arabier”).
Click on the images below to see more.
– Philips P 13022 R
Added today: info and scans about Philips P 13022 R by the Kilima Hawaiians; a second issue of a 10 inch album which was released before with the same catalog number but it had a different cover.
– Two Mozart issues
I’ve added information and scans for the following Mozart 10 inch albums:
- S 05904 R – Die Salzburger Mozartplatte, Bernhard Paumgartner
- A 00758 R – W.A. Mozart by Hans Henkelmans
#05904 is mentioned in the “Mozart Jubilee Editon” booklet (see this post), but the album itself had no references to this Mozart series. #00758 shows the Mozart logo and more information about this series, but it’s not mentioned in the before-mentioned booklet, probably because it’s a later release. Check the issues (see links above) for more information.
– Philips A 00687 R
An original Dutch issue of Philips A 00687 R was added to the page that was already there for this album, showing a German reissue.
– Matrix codes
The Londonjazzcollector website (with thanks to the 7tt77 website) lists matrix codes which identify the ‘lacquer cut machine number’ – it indicates what country the lacquer was cut in. It doesn’t add much to the information given on this website, but here’s a listing of these matrix codes:
- Austria – 720
- Australia – 150
- Belgium – 170
- Brazil – 200
- Canada – 230
- Denmark – 300
- Far East – 022
- France – 380
- Germany – 320
- Great Britain – 420
- Hungary – 450
- Italy – 520
- Luxembourg – 630
- Norway – 710
- Netherlands – 670
- Portugal – 790
- South Africa – 960
- Spain – 850
- Sweden – 970
- Switzerland – 980
- Rest of the World – 000
The listing may be incomplete and may also not be completely representative for the 1950’s and early 1960’s – the Minigroove years. I noticed that on many early pressings, this code is not present at all. It was probably introduced around 1955.
From a short inspection, if the code is present, almost all Philips Minigroove albums that I have, show the 670 number. It’s also present on the few albums I have from more exotic locations, like in Africa or South America. UK pressings usually show the code 420, Italian pressings show the code 520 (but I also have an Italian album with the UK code), but I didn’t find 320, for German lacquers. I guess the vast majority of lacquers were made in the Netherlands and then shipped to foreign countries, where the stampers were made and the records were pressed.
– Philips A 00491 L
Scans have been added for a mysterious South American issue of LP A 00491 L. Click on the link or on the image for more details.
– Philips P 10005 R
Scans have been added for several versions of Philips P 10005 R, by the Kilima Hawaiians, originally issued in 1952.
