The record changer (Mar-Dec 1947)

HOW THE RECORD CHANGER WORKS: Abbreviations used in the Classified "Wanted" and "For Disposition" Sections are as follows: Col. I, Record Label: Ae Aeolian Aj Ajax AM .... American Music Ap Apex Ar Artiphon As Asch Au Autograph Av .... Aeolian Vocalion Ba Banner BB Blue Bird Be Beacon Bl Berliner BN Blue Note BP ... Brunswick Polydor Br Brunswick Bt Beltona BS Black Swan Bu Buddy Bwy Broadway Ca Cameo Ch Champion CI Collectors Item CI Clarion Clg Clangor Cn Chantal Co Columbia Com Commodore Cp Capitol Cq Conqueror Cr Crown CRS. .Collectors Rec. Shop Cs Crescent Cx Claxtonola De Decca DF Discophiles Francoises Di Diva Dl Dolmetsch Do Domino DP Decca Polydor Ds Disc Dx Deluxe Ed Edison EB Edison-Bell El Electrola Em Emerson Ex Excelsior Fo Fonotipia FO .... Fonotipia-Odeon FRM Friends of Recorded Music Ge Gennett GG Grey Gull Gl General Gr Gramophone Gt Gamut Ha Harmony He Homochord Hg Harmograph Hgl Hargail HMV..His Master's Voice HoW Hit of the Week HRS..Hot Record Society Id Ideal Je Jewell Jl .... Jazz Information JM Jazz Man Kn Keynote Li Lincoln Lu Lumen Me Melotone Ml Melba Mo Monarch Mp Masterpiece Ms Master MV. . Musique au Vatican MW . . Montgomery Ward NMQ New Music Quarterly iis Nordskog Od Odeon OL Oiseau Lyre Op Olympia Or Oriole Pa Parlophone Pat Pathe Pd Polydor Pe Perfect Pm Paramount Pr Pro Musica Pu Puritan Ra Radiodisque Re Regal Ro Romeo Ry Royale RZ Regal-Zonophone SA Solo Art Sal Salabert SbJ. Sonabel Sg Signature SI Silvertone St Sterno Su Sunshine Sw Swing Sy Syrena Te Technichord Tfk Telefunken TM ... Treasury of Music Tr Triangle UH . . . United Hot Clubs Ul Ultraphone Ve Velvetone Vi Victor ViE Export Victor Vo Vocalion Vr Variety Vs Varsity Vy Victory When it is necessary to indicate nationality of the record, the following letters appear after the record label abbreviation: A Argentinan Au Australian B Brazilian C Canadian E English F French G German I Italian J Japanese M Mexican S Swiss Sd Swedish In the "For Disposition" section the condition of the record is indicated by these abbreviations: N (New): Surface noise equal to an unplayed record; no visible or audible wear perceptible; original finish intact. E (Excellent) : Surface noise low, smooth, uniform. Not irregular or crackling. Easily' disregarded in listening. No perceptible distortion. V (Very Good): Surface noise somewhat more prominent; light foreign noises, but slight distortion, if any; noises not seriously distracting. G (Good) : A moderate amount of surface noise; background may be somewhat irregular and crackling; some foreign noises, and a little distortion; on the whole, reasonably satisfactory listening without undue distraction of attention. Foreign noises definitely less prominent than the music. F-(Fair): Foreign noises, taken together, are about as prominent as the music, and there is considerable distraction of attention, and listening requires some effort and concentration; nevertheless, under these conditions, listening should be fairly satisfactory. P (Poor) : Foreign noises, collectively, are louder than the recorded music; continuous concentration is required, and there is little satisfaction in listening. Column 4 of the "For Disposition" section shows the method by which each record is to be disposed. "SAL": The record is for sale at the price indicated. "AUC": The record is at auction. The highest bid takes the record. Bid only what the record is worth to you. "TRA": The record is for trade only. If yo are not familiar with the wants of the ad vertiser send for his want list. If you hav certain records in which he may be in terested. mention these in your letter. The extreme right column in both the "Wantec' and "For Disposition" sections shows the fir four letters of the advertiser's name. His a< dress is shown below. ADVERTISERS WHOSE ADDRESSES ARE NOT SHOWN ELSEWHERE ANDE: William E. Anderson, 337 East 29th St., Baltimore 18, Md. ARBE: Gilbert Arbetman, 4747 N. Monticello Ave., Chicago 25, 111. ATCH: L. L. Atcheson, 3100 Paseo, Apt. 204, Kansas City, Mo. AVER: Harry E. Avery, 4538 Ellen St., Oakland 1, Calif. BARR: Dolly Barr, 26 Elm St., Meriden, Conn. BLOC: Roland Bloch, c/o Neilson, 221 Martine Ave., Apt. 8-B, White Plains, N. Y. BOAR: Vivian Boarman, 5721 Grove St., Oakland 9, Calif. BOLL: Dante Bollettino, 696 Rhinelander Ave., New York 60, N. Y. BOWL: T. E. Bowling, 109 David St., Park Place, Greenville, S. C. BROO : J. N. Brooks, 5435 Hibben Ave., Indianapolis 19, Ind. BURD: Henry S. Burd, 19221 Keystone Ave., Detroit 12, Mich. BUTT: Vincent Buttner, 19 East 31 St., Brooklyn 26, N. Y. BYKO : Joe Bykowski, c/o 174 S. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, Penna. CALL: Evelyn Callahan, 485 Bainbridge St., Brooklyn 33, N. Y. (Give price wanted, first letter). CARU : Frank Caruso, 108 High St., Charlestown, Mass. COHE : Norman Cohen, 4622 N. Warnock St., Philadelphia 40, Penna. CO,E: Elson Cook, P. O. Box 769, Phoenix, Ariz. COOK: Jack Cook, 3310 Lakeshore Ave., Oakland 10, Calif. DAVI : George C. Davis, 1058 Ruberta Ave., Glendale 1, Calif ; DELA: P. H. Delano, 349 Lindenwold. Ambler, Penna. DeMI: Don DeMichael, 3519 West Kentucky St.„ Louisville 11, Ky. DODD: Mrs. Elinor Dodds, Harris Hotel, Washington 1, D. C DYMI : Walter Dymit, 2237 N. 73rd St., Elmwood Park 35, 111. EBER: T. R. Ebert, 410 Sonora Dr., San Mateo, Calif. ENTZ : Bob & Fred Entzenberge 108 Roseborough St., San Antonio 4, Tex. EPS: Morris Epstein, 3145 Broadway, Indianapolis 5, Ind. (Monthly auction lists). ERWI : W. G. Erwin, 2315 Jersey Ridge, Davenport, Iowa FARM: Marlin K. Farmer, 1801 S. Pennsylvania, Lansing, Mich. FITZ : James Fitzpatrick, 21 Barnes St., Waterbury 62, Conn. FLEM : James A. Fleming, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, Va. FOX : Frank M. Fox, c/o the Fox Company, Cincinnati 23, O. GERO: Geo. E. Gerold, 75-02 Anzac St. (rear), Houston 10, Tex. GILB: Charles Gilbert, 4927 Argyle Ave., Dearborn, Mich. GODI : Clement Goditus, 313 East Market St., Wilkes-Barre, Penna. HIGH : Robert W. High, 952 McClain Rd., Columbus 8, O. HUDD : Warren C. Huddlestone 2251 N. New Jersey No.^1, Indianapolis 5, Ind. HULL: Joe Hull, 708 Summit Marshalltown, Iowa. ISRA: R. A. Israel, 336 Central Park W., New York 25, N. Y. JACO: Jos. J. Jacobs, 30 E. 208th St., Bronx 67, N KA,P: Pete Kaufman, 151 Central Park W., New York, N. Y. i i ii .481