New Book Release, October 2026
The Gramophone Company’s Recordings
1898 to 1934
A guide to the Matrix Serials used by the Recording Experts of the Company
Author: Michael Kinnear
(Published Posthumously)
ISBN: 978-0-6456719-4-0
USD $45.00 plus International Postage, USD $35.00
The matrix serial Suffix and Prefix identifying letters assigned to the Recording Experts from 1898 to 1934 used by The Gramophone Company Ltd.
(Including an addition of matrix serials used by The Gramophone Company, Ltd., Calcutta / Columbia Graphophone Co., Ltd., Calcutta, from 1934 to 1939).
This book details from the first recording sessions in the recording rooms set up in May 1898 at 31 Maiden Lane, Strand, London and The Gramophone Company’s first attempt to organize a catalogue of ‘Oriental’recordings made during the early months of 1899 with a series of forty-four recordings also recorded at 31 Maiden Lane, Strand, London and pressed by Josef Berliner’s Telephon Fabrik at Hanover, Germany.
The book also details the record taking expert, matrix series, matrix size, matrix suffix and prefix letters, matrix number, recording location and starting date of each series from 1898 to 1934.
The Gramophone Company’s recording experts travelled globally and their recording expeditions as detailed in this book took them to the regions of Northern Europe, Western and Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Southeastern Europe (The Balkans), South Caucasus, Asia, Central Asia, East Asia, South Asia, South East Asia, Western Asia (Middle East) and North Africa.
With a Corporate history and early development of the Gramophone Company, Recording Experts Biographical Data, the Factories, Supplements, Index and 22 illustrations in the text.
MATRIX SERIAL CODES
PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
PRODUCT DETAILS
♦ Published Independently: Bajakhana, 1st Edition, October, 2026
♦ Language: English
♦ Pages 19+230 pages, Perfect Bound
♦ ISBN: 978-0-6456719-4-0
♦ 21 Illustrations in the Text
PRICE
USD $45.00 plus International Postage, USD $35.00 – Total USD $80.00
(1.5 kg) International Standard Post – 7 -10 Business Days approx. Tracking.
