Matrix Number Prefixes: Acoustic Recordings:
B 10 inch (25 cm) disc
C 12 inch (30.5 cm) disc
Electrical Recordings:
BVE, PBVE 10 inch disc
CVE 12 inch disc
BRC-HQ 10 inch disc (High Fidelity test
recordings, unissued)
Original Issue Numbers: Acoustic Recordings:
64000 series 10 inch disc (sf)
66000 series 10 inch disc (sf)
74000 series 12 inch disc (sf)
87000 series 10 inch disc (sf)
88000 series 12 inch disc (sf)
89000 series 12 inch disc (sf)
Acoustic and Electrical Recordings:
700 through 1700 series 10 inch disc
2100, 2200 series 10 inch disc (Canada)
3000 series 10 inch disc
6000 series 12 inch disc
8000 series 12 inch disc
10000 series 12 inch disc
12000 series 12 inch disc
14000 series 12 inch disc (RMV masters)
26000 series 10 inch disc
10-0040 through 10-0042 10 inch discs (3)(in album DM 1358)
10-1434 through 10-1439 10 inch discs (6)(in album MO 1228)
15-1000 series 12 inch disc (red vinyl, Heritage series)
16-0000 series 10 inch disc
16-5000 series 12 inch disc
42-0000 series 10 inch disc
410-0000 series 12 inch disc
Foreign Reissues from original stampers:
AGSA (prefix) series 10 inch disc (American Gramophone
Society special pressing)
AGSB (prefix) series 12 inch disc (American Gramophone
Society special pressing)
ERC (prefix) series 10 inch disc (RCA Ireland)
IRCC (label) International Record Collectors Club
Opera Disc (label) Repressings of pre-1914 matrices for
release in United States.*
Musica (label) Repressings of pre-1914 matrices for
release in United States.*
*Illicit reissues by Deutsche Gramniophon after its break with The Gramophone Co.
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