The E-Discographer #1 May, 2000
Updated June 8
OKeh Research
Ross
Laird informs us that he is working with Brian Rust on an OKeh discography for
Greenwood Press. Progress is good but there are still gaps, especially in early
client and subsidiary labels such as Larkin and the
American Odeon 20000 series. An example would be this single-faced
commemorative Larkin:
Matrix number is handwritten in the runout at the eleven o'clock position
73-722-B. The selection is a pleasant salon orchestra rendition, the composer is
W. M. Isham and the user is instructed to "play slowly".
Larkin was once one of America's most successful mail order businesses and
OKeh pressed a series of Larkin discs drawn from its regular catalog. Larkin's
headquarters were in a Frank Lloyd Wright building on Seneca Ave. in Buffalo,
NY. It was the first fully air-conditioned office building in the United States
but it was demolished back in 1950. -DD
Mr. Laird writes:
Can you provide more details of these or any other "client" labels... In
particular I looking for data on:
Ambassador Record #1
Rational Rhythm Records #1/2, 5/6, 7/8, 11/12 and any higher...
Roach Record #1
Sunshine Record #1, 2 or 3
Sunshine Gospel Record 1001, 1002 & 1003
Thompson Record #1
Wesfield Record #1 & #2
And any un-numbered private pressings... There are certainly other "client"
records produced by Okeh for which I have no information.
The following is a list of the Okehs for which I still need mxs. and/or takes.
As I already have artist & title data all I need is cat #, mxs/takes and one
word of each title (so I know which mx. belongs to which side).
4000 series
4011, 13, 16, 17, 19, 25, 29, 43, 44, 48, 56, 58, 61, 70, 82, 83
4100, 01, 03, 05, 09, 11, 15, 20, 22, 23, 29, 39, 42, 47, 48, 50, 52, 59, 65,
84, 86
4200, 29, 36, 38, 39, 40, 45, 57, 61, 62, 64, 77
4308, 09, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 54, 57, 69, 87, 93
4410, 26, 31, 34, 43, 44, 53, 57, 73
4500, 18, 20, 34, 35, 37, 38, 40, 45, 53, 55, 59, 67, 69, 74, 84, 87, 88, 91,
92, 93
4601, 03, 04, 10, 11, 13, 26, 35, 39, 41, 51, 65, 74, 77, 79, 95 4705, 15, 26,
39, 42, 46, 47, 49, 60, 63, 77, 80, 82, 88, 91, 93, 99 4800, 06, 10,
X, 25, 31, 35, 40, 46, 49, 52, 53, 60, 70, 73, 74, 84, 98 4900, 02, 03,
36, 39, 43, 53, 56, 57, 58, 61, 62, 72
7000 series
7001, 02, 05, 07, 20, 73
8000 series
8011, 14, 21, 38
8120, 31, 65, 67
8204, 71
8308, 30, 61
8406, 08, 87
8509, 47
8616, 21
40000 series
40002, 16, 17, 23, 27, 29, 32, 36, 37, 46, 60, 61, 64, X,
75, 77, 82, 86, 95, 98
40102, 05, 20, 30, 34, 41, 43, 44, 51, 59, 68, 69, 71, 73, 74, 78, 87, 94, 95,
96
40202, 04, 09, 11, 12, 15, 22, 24, 30, 32, 41, 47, 48, 49, 63, 64, 69, 71, 74,
76, 88, 90, 96
40304, 05, 11, 19, 20, 31, 36, 38, 42, 43, 52, 53, 62, 66, 67, 71, 74, 76, 83,
84, 89, 90, 91, 95, 98
40402, 03, 04, 05, 07, 08, 11, 15, 16, 19, 28, 30, 33, 35, 36, 45, 46, 47, 53,
54, 63, 65, 67, 70, 73, 75, X, 84,
X, X, 90, 91, 96, 97
40505, 08, 13, 14, 15, 19, 25, 28, 30, 31, 36, 40, 48, X,
58, 61, 63, X, 71, 73, 75, X,
82, 84, 85, 92, 97
40600, 04, 05, 06, 11, 13, X, 20,
X, 33, 35, 36, 37, X, 43, 45, 58, 59, 62,
65, 67, 68, 77, 82, 83, X, 86, 88, 91, 92, 97
***40668 is the last issue for which mxs. are unknown. For all following 40000
series issues I need only takes:
40700, 01, 02, 04, 05, X, 07, 08, 09, 10,
X, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 34, 36, 52, 53,
54, 56, 59, 60, 64, 65, 66, 70, 73, 74, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 86, 87, 89, 91, 92,
93, 94, 95, 96
40802, 08, 11, 12, 16, 28, 30, 49, 51, 52, 62, 64, 66, 72, 75, 78, 83, 87, 94
40901, 10, 20, 24, 29, 33, 39, 42, 46, 48, 51, 63, 69, 78, 81, 83, 91, 94, 98,
99
41002, 09, 22, 27, 29
41105, 07, 08, 09
41200, 01, 46
41335, 53, 55, 63, 67, 79, 80, 81
41460, 89
45000 series
45017, 18, 22, 24, 28, 35, 43, 55, 56, 61, 70, 75, 76
X
Odeon 20000 series
20000-20019 (inclusive), 21, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, 33, 35, 41, 45, 46, 53,
59, 62, 70, 71, 83
20087 is the highest issue in this series known to me.
Also need mxs. for the many ethnic Odeon series issues (Oken mxs. only)
Regards,
Ross Laird
Thanks to Laura Botts and Jack Palmer for their responses.
Please address all correspondence to ddiehlusa@netscape.net
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