Dating 78s: start with Victor

[mjbarnes]

Can anybody date this one? I am wondering if it is in a Canadian catalogue. Thanks. It is a very stirring recording, and 12 inch.

[Inigo]

If you add photos of whatever is engraved in three rhinos area we can confirm the matrix numbers etc
But only for the titles and artists we can say it's this original British recording transcribed or pressed in Canada:

Source Prefix Matrix # Take Suffix Performer (s) Title Recording date Issue numbers
K 2EA 8198 -1 NANCY EVANS (con), Song of liberty (Land of Hope and Glory (Arthur Benson & Elgar) 1940-10-02 C3191
Kelly File: 0EA
Location: the Kingsway Hall, London, England
Recording date: 1940-10-02
Other: (Kingsway Hall)
Title(s): Song of liberty (Land of Hope and Glory (Arthur Benson & Elgar)
Issued: C3191
Size: 12-inch
Session Performer(s): NANCY EVANS (con),, COLDSTREAM GUARDS BAND (Capt J C WINDRAM), CHORUS (organ)

K 2EA 8199 -1 DENNIS NOBLE (bar), COLDSTREAM GUARDS BAND Song of Liberty (Pomp & Circumstance No 4)(Elgar; A P Herbert) 1940-10-02 C3191
Kelly File: 0EA
Location: the Kingsway Hall, London, England
Recording date: 1940-10-02
Other: (Kingsway Hall)
Title(s): Song of Liberty (Pomp & Circumstance No 4)(Elgar; A P Herbert)
Issued: C3191
Size: 12-inch
Session Performer(s): DENNIS NOBLE (bar), COLDSTREAM GUARDS BAND, (Capt J C WINDRAM), CHORUS (organ)
Recording Notes:

Keep track of this site for future consultancy
https://www.gramophonecompanydiscography.com/

[mjbarnes]

Thank you. There is pretty clearly a shelfful (or digital equivalent) of resource material needed to treat just the important companies, divisions, and eras. Life was simpler before I could play 78s!

However, learning that my Song of Liberty / Land of Hope & Glory were recorded in 1940 makes them poignant as well as powerful.