![]() ![]() The place of recording could be indicated (when other than Camden) thus, PB and PC indicated 10” and 12” recordings made on the Pacific Coast (first in Oakland, later Hollywood), and the initial letters BA were used for 10” records made in Buenos Aires. Starting in the 1920s, the initial letter or letters began to be used for further information in addition to the record size. The matrix system that originated in 1903 consisted of three parts: an initial letter, followed by a dash and a “serial number,” followed by a dash and a “part number,” which we today call a “take.” The initial letter indicated the finished record size: A = 7”, B = 10”, C = 12”, and D = 14”, as well as E for an 8” record size introduced in 1906 and abandoned in 1909. Effective August 15, 1951, a new and much more complex matrix numbering system was introduced (revised December 10, 1954). At that time, a new block of numbers was established, beginning with 00 and reaching 09999 by February 1903 in August 1958. 1 on April 23, 1903, and (with occasional modifications) was in continuous usage until August 1936, when the basic system had reached 104,075. ![]() The original Victor identification system was begun with No. ![]()
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