Status of Victor Matrix Series
Ranges of matrix numbers, 1900–1925 |
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Domestic matrix number series (number ranges not inclusive) |
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Pre-matrix A-1–A-2196 | 7 in. acoustic recordings (1900–1903) | Complete |
Pre-matrix B-7–B-3623 | 10 in. acoustic recordings (1900–1903) | Complete |
Pre-matrix C-2000s & C-31000s | 12 in. acoustic recordings (1900–1903) | Complete |
Pre-matrix B-7000s | 10 in. Chinese acoustic recordings | Known masters complete, only |
A-1–A-3086 | 7 in. acoustic recordings (1903–1908) | Complete |
E-241–E-6547 | 8 in. acoustic recordings (1903–1908) | Complete |
B-1–B-32987 | 10 in. acoustic recordings (1903–1925) | Complete |
C-1–C-32966 | 12 in. acoustic recordings (1903–1925) | Complete |
Trials (audition recordings) | Victor trials (test recordings of new performers, et al) are listed under Trial with a date. No official matrix number was assigned to these recordings | See home page for current status |
Overseas matrix numbers |
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A | 12 in. acoustic recordings from Mexico and Argentina (1908–1910) (See also ‘R’) | Complete |
BA | 10 in. acoustic recordings from Buenos Aires (1922 to 25 Jan. 1926) | Complete |
F | 10 in. acoustic recordings from Argentina (Dec. 1907 to Jan, 1908) | Complete |
G | 10 in. acoustic recordings from Havana, Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Caracas, Santiago, La Paz, Arequipa, Lima (1914 to 1923) (See also ‘K’) | Complete |
H | 10 in. acoustic recordings from Havana, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Montevideo, Brazil (1911–1912) (See also 'J') | Complete |
J | 12 in. acoustic recordings from Havana, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Montevideo, Brazil (1911–1912) (See also 'H') | Complete |
K | 12 in. acoustic recordings from Havana, Trinidad, Puerto Rico, Caracas, Santiago, La Paz, Arequipa, Lima (1914 to 1923) (See also ‘G’) | Complete |
L | 10 in. acoustic recordings from Havana, Lima, Columbia (1913) | Complete |
M | 12 in. acoustic recordings from Havana, Lima, Columbia (1913) | Complete |
O | 10 in. acoustic recordings from Havana and Mexico City (1907 and 1910) | Complete (Ledgers lost: Issued recordings only.) |
R | 10 in. acoustic recordings from Mexico, Argentina (1908–1910) (See also 'A') | Complete |
S | 12 in. acoustic recordings from Havana and Mexico City (1907 and 1910) | Complete (Ledgers lost: Issued recordings only.) |
X | 10 in. acoustic recordings from Havana, Chile (1924–1925) | Complete |