Appendix I.2  78 rpm

 .2  78  Database

 

. 2.1    78rpm Record  Number  List  of  HMV      

 HMV (1929-1952)

10inch DA-982, 1032,1140,1146,1160

      1301, 1305, 1353, 1381, 1387/8

       EC-82~3

 12inch DB-1486/90, 1837/8, 1848, 1855/7, 1869

       2238, 2247, 2455, 2788, 2847, 3205, 5861/6, 5988/91

       6196, 6273, 6274,6275,6613,6627,6659,6688,6882

       6953, 6971

      7334/6, 7468/72, 8884/9, 8922/5(=H372), 9658/60

      10131, 21312/4, 21359, 21425, 21503, 21561, 21590

 

.2.2  78rpm  Record  Number  List  of  RCA

   The Victor Talking Machine  “Victrola”  1327, 1353(10inch)         

 RCA (1928-1950)

   10inch 1327, 1353, 1358, 1455, 1468, 1638, 1654, 1689/90, 1713

   12inch  7466-B, 8489/90,8996  

            14140, 14515, 14634

                    AM-117,380(14497/9), 740(17646/51)

                    DM-117(17199/203), 380(16789/91), 740(17652/57),

                    DM- 800(18149/52), 1001(11-8779/81), 1034(11-9046/8), 1042(11-9102/3),

                    DM-1115(11-9517/8), 1121(11-9565/7), 1165

                    DM-1249, 1282, 1284, 1446, 1447, 1472

                    M-117, 380(14494/6), 740(1740/45), 800(18145/48), 1001,

                    M- 1034, 1042, 1115, 1121, 1165

                    M-1249, 1282, 1284

                    DV-28, 29, 30   V-28.29,30        DB-MC-807                       

                   MO-1262

                    10-3424             

                    11-8777, 11-8778, 11-8779/81

                    11-9065, 11-9515-6, 11-9519, 11-9565/7, 11-9693, 11-9844

                    12-0427, 12-0428, 12-0429, 12-3154

                    18-0013

   Underline record are first release .

 

.2.3  RCA/HMV Table

 During the period of 1928 to 1952, RCA and HMV had engaged in the recording sessions for the 78 production. They shared the recording license. The contents were commercially released from both labels. Therefore, the same recording sessions were released by 78. Below is the comparative of the contents of RCA and HMV. For example, the record number 1327 was recorded and released by RCA in 1928, subsequently, HMV licensed and released as DA-982, including 2 piano pieces. The release date (1933.5) is added at the end of the record number, or left blank in case of the date unknown.

  

      HMV                                     RCA

 The Gramophone Company Recordings                  RCA  Recordings

 DA-982   <-----------------------------------------------------------------  1327

                                                    CHOPIN                                 

Mazurka No.21 in c#, Op.30-4   (28)                    

                                                     HOROWITZ                                  

Variations on a theme from Bizet’s Carmen   (28)           

DA-1032  <----------------------------------------------------------------  1353

                                                     DEBUSSY                         

 &DA-1160   <------------------ Children's corner, suite No.3 Serenade for the Doll  (28)                  

                                                     SCARLATTI=TAUSIG                             

Capriccio in E, L.375 (K. 20)    (28)                   

DA-1140   <------------------------------------------------------------------ 1455

                                                     DOHNANYI                                   

Concert etude in f, Op. 28-6 Capriccio   (28)                    

                                                     LISZT                                     

Valse oubliée No.1 in F#        (30)

                       

 DA-1146=  <-------------------------------------------------------------------- 1468

                                                    HOROWITZ                                 

Danse excentrique (Moment exotique)   (30)                       

                                                     LISZT=BUSONI                                    

 &DA-1160   <------------------ Transcendental etudes after Paganini : No.2 in Eb  (30)                  

 

DA-1301(1933.5) ------------------------------------------------------------ >  =1638

SCHUMANN

Presto passionato in g, Op. 22  (32)

 

 DA-1305(1933.10)

 CHOPIN

MazurkaNo.7inf,Op.7-3(32)   ------―――――――――――-------------->  <1654                 

  Etude No.8 in F, Op.10-8  (32)  -----------------------------------------------------> None

  

DA-1353(1934.6)

 CHOPIN

MazurkaNo.27in e, Op.41-2 (33) -------------------------------------------------->  None

 SCHUMANN

Fantasiestücke  Träumeswirren, Op.12: No.7 (32)  ----------------------->   <1654

  

 DA-1381(1935.2)  --------------------------------------------------------------->  =1713

 SCHUMANN

 Arabeske in C, Op.18  (34)  

 

DA-1387/8(1935.3)  ----------------------------------------------------------- > =1689/90

 BEETHOVEN

 32 Variations in c, WoO 80   (34)

 BACH=BUSONI

Chorale Prelude No.4 : Nun freut euch, lieben Christen, BWV734   ((34)

  

DA-1486/90(1932-35) ---------------------------------- > =AM-117, DM-117, M-117

 =DB-7468/72

 RACHMANINOFF

.Concerto No.3 in d, Op.30   (30)
Prelude No.6 in g, Op.23-5   (31)

   

DB-1837/8(1933.9)   ------------------------------------------------------- > =8489/90

 HAYDN

 Sonata in Eb, Hob. 52  (32)

 

DB-1848(1933.5)  ------------------------------------------------------------ >  =14515

 LISZT

Harmonies poétiques et religieuses : No.7, Funérailles  (32) 

  

DB-1855/7(1933.9) ------------------------------------- >  =AM-380,DM-380,M-380

 =DB-2455/7=DB-7334/6                         

  LISZT

Sonata in b  (32)

  

DB-1869(1933)  withdrawn

POULENC

Pastourelle in Bb   (32)          àDB-2247 (reassured by HMV)    
Toccata        (32)             
àDB-2247      

 RIMSKY-KORSAKOV=RACHMANINOFF

The flight of the bumble-bee   (32)   ----------------------------------------->   None     

 STRAVINSKY

Three movements from Petrushka: No.3 Danse russe  (32)  ------------------> None

       

 DB-2238(1934)  withdrawn

 CHOPIN

Etude No.5 in Gb, Op.10-5 Black Key   (34)  ------------------------------->   None
Etude No.15 in F, Op.25-3   (34)           
------------------------------->   None

 BRAHMS

Variations on a theme of Paganini, Op.35    #

  (Horowitz’s own selection and order from book I )  (34)   ------------> None

  SCHUMANN

  Toccata in C, Op.7       (34)   ------>DB-2247

 

 DB-2247(1935.3)   -------------------------------------------------------------- >  =8996

 DEBUSSY

 Etudes Book II, No.11 Pour les arpèges composes  (34)  

 POULENC    

Pastourelle in Bb         (32)
Toccata                (32)

 SCHUMANN

Toccata in C, Op.7       (34)

 

DB-2788(1936.4)   --------------------------------------------------------------------- > =14140

 CHOPIN                                                                           

Etude No.4 in c#, Op.10-4       (35)                        

  Etude No.5 in Gb, Op.10-5 Black Key     (35)                            

Mazurka No.32 in c#, Op.50-3       (35) 

                                        

DB-2847(1936.7)    -------------------------------------------------------------------- > None

 SCARLATTI

Sonata in b, L.33 (K. 87)     (35)

 Sonata in G, L.487 (K. 125)   (35)

 

DB-3205(1937.7)   ------------------------------------------------------------------- >  =14634

 CHOPIN

Scherzo No.4 in E, Op.54   (36)

  

DB-5861/6=   < ---------------------------------------------  AM-740, DM-740,M-740

 =DB-8884/9                                                                         

                                                                    BRAHMS                                                                       

Concerto No.2 in Bb, Op.83   (40)

                                                    

 DB-5988/91= < --------------------------------------------------  DM-800, M-800

   =DB-8922/5                                       

                                                                     TCHAIKOVSKY                                                                   

Concerto No.1 in bb, Op.23    (41)                                                    

  

DM-1001, M-1001                                        

 

                                                          TCHAIKOVSKY

 DB-6273  <-------------------------------------  Dumka in c, Op.59  (42)  ~ 11-8778                                                 

                                                                     CZERNY

DB-6274  < ----- Variations on a Theme by Rode, Op.33 La Ricordanza (44) ~11-8778

                                             SAINT-SAENS=LISZT=HOROWITZ

 DB-6275  <----------------------------------------- Danse macabre      (42)

 

                                                                                                                    DM-1034, M-1034

                                                                        CHOPIN                

None   -------------------- Andante spianato and grande polonaise brillante in Eb, Op.22   (45)

None   -----------------------------     Waltz No.3 in a, Op.34-2     (45)

 DB-10131  < -----------------------     Polonaise No.6 in Ab, Op.53   (45)

  

 None   ---------------------------------------------------------------     DM-1042M-1042                           

                                         PROKOFIEV                                                      
                             Sonata No.7 in Bb, Op.83   (45) 

                             

 None    ------------------------------------------------------------------    DM-1115.M-1115

                                                                               BEETHOVEN                                                            

                                                                    Sonata No.14 in c#, Op.27-2 Moonlight   (46)                          

 

 DM-1121, M-1121, DV-28, V-28

                                                                             MENDELSSOHN                                                 

 None  -----------------------------------  Variations  serieuses in d, Op.54  (46)   ~ 11-9565

 DB-6613>  < ----------------------------- Song without words: No.25 May breezes, Op.62-1 (46)

 DB-6613>  -------------------------Song without words: No.35 Shepherd's complaint, Op.67-5  (46)

                                                                             MENDELSSOHN=LISZT=HOROWITZ                                                  

None  ----------------------------------   Wedding march and variations   (46)      

  

DM-1165, M-1165, DV-29, V-29

                                                                               CHOPIN

 DB-6627  <---------------------------------- Nocturne No.5 in F#, Op.15-2     (47)

 DB-6688  <---------------------------------- Ballade No.1 in g, Op.23   (47)  

                                                                               LISZT

 DB-6627  <-------Années de pelerinage, Première année, Suisse : No.4 Au bord d'une source  (47)

 DB-6659  <----------------------------------Hungarian rhapsody No.6 in Db   (47)    

                                        

  None   ---------------------------------------------------  DM-1249,M-1249,DV-30.V-30

                                                                             MUSSORGSKY=HOROWITZ                                                    

            By the water   (47)                                       

                                                              Pictures at an exhibition   (47)  

                         

None   -----------------------------------------------------   DM-1282.M-1282

                                                                            KABALEVSKY                      

                                                                        Sonata No.3 in F, Op.46   (47)                                      

  

None   ----------------------------------------------------   DM-1284, M-1284

                                                                          BACH=BUSONI                              

                                              Chorale Prelude No.3 : Nun komm’ der Heiden Heiland, BWV659   (47)      

                                                                          MOZART                                        

                                                                Sonata No.12 in F, K.332      (47)  ~  DB-MC-807        

                          

                                                                                          MO-1262

                                                                            SCARLATTI

 DB-6882   <------------------------------------    Sonata in b, L.33 (K. 87)   (47)   

 DB-6882   <-------------------------------------    Sonata in E, L.430 (K. 531)  (47) 

 None     ----------------------------------------    Sonata in E, L.23 (K. 380)   (46)

 None     ----------------------------------------    Sonata in E, L.25 (K. 46)    (46)

 None     ----------------------------------------    Sonata in G, L.209 (K. 455)  (46)

None     ------------------------------------------   Sonata in A, L.483 (K. 322)  (46)

 

  None  -----------------------------------------------------------------------     10-3424

                                                                           BRAHMS                                                        

Waltz No.15 in Ab, Op.39-15    (50)                                       
                MOSZKOWSKI                           

           Etude in F, Op.72-6    (50)                                                    

                                                                            SOUSA=HOROWITZ                                                            

The stars and stripes forever   (50)

 

DB-10131(1951)=  <------------------------------------------------- 11-9065*,18-0013

                                                                            CHOPIN                                                              

Polonaise No.6 in Ab, Op.53   (45) 

                                            

                                                                      11-9519

                MENDELSSOHN 

DB-6613>   <--------------------------   Song without words: No.30 Spring song, Op.62-6 (46)   
DB-6613>   <
-------------------------    Song without words: No.40 Elegy, Op.85-4  (46)

                                                                                   CHOPIN

DB-21425>  <-------------------------------------    Waltz No.7 in c#, Op.64-2      (46) 

 

                                                                                                   11-9693 *

                                                                            MENDELSSOHN=LISZT=HOROWITZ                                               

                                                              Wedding march and variations   (46)

  

 DB-6953(1947-48) =  <----------------------------------------------------  12-0427

                                                                              CHOPIN                                                                        

Mazurka No.7 in f, Op.7-3      (47)                                                    
                 HOROWITZ                                

Variations on a theme from Bizet’s Carmen     (47)  

                                        

 DB-6971(1947-48) =  <------------------------------------------------------  12-0428

                                                                                DEBUSSY                                                                                        

                                                          Children's corner, suite No.3 Serenade for the Doll    (47)                                

                                                                                   POULENC                                                                   

Presto in Bb      (47)                                                            

                                                                                  PROKOFIEV                                                               

Toccata in d, Op.11    (47)                                            

  

 None    --------------------------------------------------------------------                   12-0429

                                                                                  SCHUMANN                                                                      

         Kinderscenen, Op. 15 (Traumerei only)   (47)                                              

                                                                                  MOZART

Sonata No.11 n A, K.331   (46)  

 

None   -------------------------------------------------------------------                  12-3154

                                                                                     LISZT=HOROWITZ                                               

.Hungarian rhapsody No.15 Rakóczy March in a  (49/50)  

                     

                                                                                                               DM-1446

 

                                  CHOPIN
DB-21561   <-------------------------------------------------  Mazurka No.20 in Db, Op.30-3   (49)  
DB-21561   <
-------------------------------------------------  Mazurka No.21 in c#, Op.30-4   (49) 

 None       --------------------------------------------------   Mazurka No.26 in c#, Op.41-1   (49)

None       ------------------------------------------------- -  Mazurka No.32 in c#, Op.50-3   (49)
DB-21590   <
-------------------------------------------------  Mazurka No.38 in f#,Op.59-3    (50)**

 DB-21590  <---------------------------------------------------  Mazurka No.40 in f, Op.63-2     (49)

DB-21590  <---------------------------------------------------  Mazurka No.41 in c#, Op.63-3   (49)

                                                                                          BARBER

 None  --------------------------------------------------------   Sonata in eb, Op.26         (50)

  

 None   ---------------------------------------------------------------------                       DM-1447

                                                                                          SCHUMANN

                                                                                    Kinderscenen, Op.15     (50)**

 

 DB-9658/60=DB-21312/4   <------------------------------------------------     DM-1472

                                                                                         CHOPIN                              

                                                                                                         Sonata No.2 in bb, Op.35  (50)**

                                       

DB-21359(1951-52)   ----------------------------------------------------------------    None

SCARLATTI
Sonata in a, L.239 (K. 188)  (51)

 Sonata in A, L.483 (K. 322)  (51)

 

DB-21425(1951-52)  ***

 CHOPIN

 Impromptu No.1 in Ab, Op.29   (51)    --------------------------------------------- >  None

 Nocturne No.19 in e, Op.72-1    (51)    ------------------------------------------- >   None

 Waltz No.7 in c#, Op.64-2       (46) (RCA Recording Session) <--------------   <11-9519   

  

 DB-21503(1951-52) ****    <---------------------------------------------------------   None

                                                                                             CHOPIN                                                             

                                                                                  Ballade No.4 in f, Op.52   (49)                                                          

                  

 *   Already released by 78 or reproduced edition.

**  Recording session was made on magnet tape by RCA and released by LP, 45 and 78.

***  Recorded but never be released by 78

**** Recording session was made on magnet tape by RCA, but never be released by 78. Only HMV released 78.

#   According to the booklet (APR6004), it was remarked that the piano piece was released by 78, however, I suspect it was true. It seemed only recording session was made so far.

From RCA recording number, alphabet “M” is used for Victor, and “DM” is for RCA Victor or other labels. The origin of production was RCA, commercially released simultaneously.

  

I.2.4 78 rpm Release Year

First of all, I must tell you that it was not very easy to identify the 78 release year. For any HMV recordings, when it was reproduced by LP, the booklet had provided the information of the original 78 number, along with the release year. Relied on these information and other resource available, I had continued the further investigation and complied the summary of 78 release year below. There are some 78 collections that RCA licensed HMV’s original session and made it available for commercial release, and vice versa. In addition, I have noticed that the recording number given by both labels had the certain logics, which helped my research and interpretation as to identify the release year. The original 78 was printed with a plain record number, while the licensed item was marked with [ ].

 RCA record number had started with the alphabet “M-“, “DM-“, “AM-“, “V-“ or “DV-“. While there was no official interpretation of the chronological order of these alphabet, I personally concluded that V was prior to DV, M was prior to DM, and came up with the summary below. It seems that DB-21425 had never been released by HMV.

  

First Release 78 Record Table                      

           HMV               RCA            

 

1928         [DA-982, 1032]                  ß   1327, 1353

1929                                         (The Victor Talking Machine)

1930         [DA-1140, 1146, 1160]            ß  1455, 1468

1931     

1932

1933      DA-1301.1305

            DB-1486/90, 1848, 1855/57       à      [M-117àDM-117àAM-117]

            DB-1869 (withdrawn)                    [1638, 1654] [8489/90, 8996,]

                                                                     [14515]

                                                                   [M-380àDM-380àAM-380]

 1934       DA-1353

 1935       DA-1381, 1387/8               

               DB-1837/8, 2238(withdrawn)           

               DB-2247                              à     [1713, 14140, 14634]

 1936       DB-2788, 2847

 1937       DB-3205

 1938

 1939

 1940                                        ß        M-740àDM-740àAM-740

 1941     [DB-5861/6]                            M-800àDM-800

 1942     [DB-5988/91]                   

 1943

 1944                                        

 1945                                           M-1001àDM-1001,

                                                               11-8778, 11-9065

1946      [DB-6273, 6274, 6275]      ß        M-1034àDM-1034

                                                M-1042àDM-1042

 1947      [DB-6613]                            M-1115àDM-1115,

                                           V-28àDV-28, M-1121àDM-1121

                                                11-9519, 11-9693

 1948                                    V-29à DV-29. M-1165àDM-1165

                                             V-30à DV-30. M-1249àDM-1249

           [DB-6627, 6659, 6688]                 M-1282àDM-1282

                                     M-1284àDM-1284

                                                     MO-1262,

                                                       12-0427, 12-0428, 12-0429

1949    [DB- 6882, 6953, 6971] 

1950                                           12-3154

[DB-21561, 21590]                     DM-1446, DM-1447, DM-1472

 1951     [DB-9658/60]                          10-3424

             [DB-10130]

             [DB-21312/4]

             DB-21359, 21425, 21503