Incomplete 78s

Organized by letter (prefix or suffix) of highest ordinal (Set > Catalog > Matrix)

Items are stored in large bookcase near Kate's desk.


The Columbia History of Music : In Sixteen Parts (5 volumes, Sets 231-235)

Vol. 1 -- To the opening of the seventeenth century (8 Discs, 5710 – 5717) (Set 231, US)

Vol. 2 -- From the beginning of opera and oratorio to the death of Bach and Handel (8 Discs, DB 500 – DB 507) (Set 232, US) Have DB-501 (Disc 2), DB-504 (Disc 5)

Vol. 3 -- Period III. From Bach's sons to Beethoven period (8 Discs, DB 830 – DB 837) (Set 233, US)

Vol. 4 -- IV. Music as romance and as national expression (8 Discs, DB 1230 – DB 1237) (Set 234, US) (HAVE DB-1230, DB-1231, DB-1232, DB-1233, DB-1235, DB-1236, DB-1237 (Discs 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8)

Vol. 5 -- V. The twentieth century. (8 Discs, DB 1784 – DB 1791) (Set 235, US) Have DB 1785 (Disc 2)

Alternately, Vol. 5 is Set 361, DB 1300 - DB 1307 Have a full set of Vol. 5. Any piece is a duplicate.


Set prefix A – Catalog prefix C – Matrix Prefix CO (Canadian)

A9 – Dinner Music Have C6217 (A9-1 and A9-2). Set size unknown.


Set Prefix BM – Catalog [8###] – Matrix prefix CO

BM 1201 – A Star Is Born? Have 8006 (Sides 2 and 9?) Likely 5 disc set.


Set Prefix C (Catalog #35,000 series (1939-1953) and 40,000 series (1953-1974)

C13 – Strauss Waltzes in Dance Tempo Have 35417 (Disc 2 of 4) Need 35416, 35418, 35419

C16 – Erin Go Bragh Have 35494 (Disc 2 of 4) and 35496 (Disc 4 of 4) Need 35493, 35495

C19 – Musical Hawaii Have 35524 (Disc 2 of 4) and 35525 (Disc 3 of 4) Need 35523, 35526

C21 – Dinner Music Have 35550 (Disc 2 of 4) Need 35549, 35551, 35552

C34 – Show Tunes of Jerome Kern Have 35759 (Disc 3 of 4) Need 35757, 35758, 35760

C42 – Hal Kemp Memorial Album Have 35931 (Disc 4 of 4) Need 35928 - 35930

C47 - Carson Robison, Square Dances, Have 36021 (Disc 4 of 4), Need 36018-20

C68 – Songs of the Red Army Have 36266 (Disc 2 of 3) Need 36265, 36267

C89 - Mordy Bauman, "Songs Of George M. Cohan," Have 36562, Need 36561, 36563-4

C102 – Benny Goodman’s Sextet Have 36723 (Disc 4 of 4) Need 36720 - 36722

C115 – Beatrice Kay Sings Have 36939 (Disc 1 of 4) Need 36940 – 36942

C132 – Tango with Cugat Have 37394, 37395 & 37397(Disc 1, 2 and 4) Need 37394 & 37396 (Disc 3)

C138 – Gene Krupa and His Orchestra Have 37530 (Disc 1 of 4) Need 37531 – 37533

C140 – Theme Songs, Vol. II Have 37539, 37541 and 37542 (Disc 1, 3 & 4) Need 37540

C142 - Bessie Smith, Vol. II Have 37576 (Disc 3) Need 37574, 37575, 37577

C151 – Songs of the Southwest Have 37882 (Disc 4 of 4) Need 37668, 37880, 37881

C187 - Buddy Clark, Songs Of Romance, Have 38490, 38491 (Disc 3 & 4 of 4), Need 38488, 38489

C195 – Buddy Clark Encores Have 38627 (Disc 3 of 4) Need 38625, 38626, 38628

C198 – Young Man with a Horn Have 38728, 38729, 38730 (Discs 3-4) Need 38727

C202 – Arthur Godfrey and his Friends Have 38762 (Disc 2 of 4), 38764 (Disc 4 of 4) Need 38761, 38763

C205 – Hawaiian Festival by Lani Mc Intire Have 38808 (Disc 4 of 4) Need 38805 – 38807

C233 – Piano Moods – Bill Clifton (Unbreakable) Have 39177 (Disc 1 of 4) Need 39178-39180

C287 – One For My Baby Have 39598 (Disc 2 of 4) Need 39597, 39599, 39600

C334 - Doris Day, By the light of the silv'ry moon, Have 39971 (Disc 1 of 4), Need 39972-74

C491 – Arthur Godfrey presents Carmel Quinn Have 40441 (Disc 1 of 4), 40443, 40444 (Discs 3 and 4 of 4) Need 40442


(Catalog or Set) Prefix CL – Matrix Prefix CO – Adjacent to Matrix Numbers in 39000 series. Likely published ~1950

“From CL 6157” – Performed by Eddie Heywood. Matrix CO 44281, CO 44284.


Set Prefix D - Matrix Prefix CO

D244 - South Pacific, Have C10226 (6 record set?)


Set Prefix DB - Matrix Prefix CA

DB-1234 - Columbia History of Music series, Hugo Wolf (Volume 4), Have Part IX/X (CA-13985/CA-14071)


Catalog # Prefix DB

Regimental Marches - The National Military Band

Neither catalog #s or matrix #s are sequential. Have parts 5/6 (DB 138) and parts 11/12 (DB 239).


Catalog # Suffix D (Matrix Prefix A) – Dates Unknown

17003-D - La Trille Du Diable Sonata, in 4 parts. Parts 3 & 4. Likely need 17002-D

17007-D, 17008-D, 17009-D Die Winterreise, Discs 4-6 of 6 disc set. OCLC # 46661703 Need 17004-D, 17005-D, 17006-D


Catalog # Prefix E - (Ethnic Series)

E4672 - Alfodi Magyar Lakodolom. Have resz (part) 3 an 4

E9048 - Lu Tuppi Tuppi Parts 3 & 4 Need E9047 (Parts 1 & 2)


Set Prefix H

H 15 - Lefty Frizzell - Have 20841, 20842, 20843 (Discs 2-4) - Need 20840 (Disc 1)


Set Prefix M – Catalog # Suffix D - Matrix Prefix HCO (Masterworks. Manual Sequence.)

M 393 – A Song Recital : 5 Discs (17174-D – 17178-D) Have 17176-D (Disc 3)

M 396 – A Musicale of Continental Song : 3 discs (17182-D – 17184-D) Have 17182-D (Disc 1)

M 646 – Hymns we love. 5 Discs (17386-D – 17390-D) Have 17387-D (Disc 2 of 5)


Set Prefix MJ – Catalog # 35000 series – Matrix Prefix CO

MJ 42 – Songs from “When We Were Very Young” 2 discs (38030 and 38031) Have 38031 (Disc 2 of 2)


Set Prefix MM – Catalog # Suffix M – Matrix Prefix CO (Masterworks. Drop Automatic Sequence.)

MM 430 – Musical Comedy Favorites, Vol. 1 (cross reference set M430) 4 discs (4373-M – 4376-M) Have 4376-M (Disc 4)

MM 560 – Oscar Levant play popular moderns (?) 3 discs (72079-D – 72081-D) Have 72079-D (Disc 1)

MM 610 – Paul Robeson 4 discs (17467-D – 17470-D) Have 17468-D (Disc 2)

MM 722 – Moore Traditional Have 4504-M (Disc 1 of 4 (side 1 and side 8))


Catalog suffix R (Great Britain) – Matrix Prefix A

1073 R – William Tell – Overture Have 1073 R (Parts 3 and 4) Likely need 1072 R


Set prefix X

X-209 (or MX-209) - Trois Valses Romantiques Have MX 209 (Sides 1 & 4) and X 209 (Sides 3 & 4) Need MX 209 (Sides 2 & 3) OR X 209 (Sides 1 & 2)