The record changer (Mar-Dec 1947)

HOW THE RECORD CHANGER WORKS: r 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 Ns 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 SW 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. 16 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. "AUG": 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 ac 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 boih the "Wanted and "For Disposition" sections shows the fir: four letters of the advertiser's rams. His ac dress is shown below. ADVERTISERS WHOSE ADDRESSES ARE NOT SHOWN ELSEWHERE ALEX: C. I. Alexander, P. O. Box 780, Tyler, Tex. ARGO: John J. Argo, 60 Tolman St., W. Newton 65, Mass. ATCH: L. L. Atchison, 3100 Paseo, Apt. 204, Kansas City, Mo. BARB: Chris Barber, 20 Heathgate, London, N. W. 11, England (Please reply by Air Mail). BA, D: D. p. Barry, 22 Baker Hill Rd., Great Neck, L. I N. Y. BARR: Dolly Barr, 26 Elm St., Meriden, Conn. (Add 25c for postage, orders under $10). BISS: Hillary & Wadsworth Bissell, 219 6th Ave., DeWitt, Iowa. BLUM: August G. Blume, 2701 N. Charles St., Apt. 20, Baltimore 18, Md. BOAR: Vivian Boarman, Yerba Buena Music Shop, 5721 Grove St., Oakland 9, Calif. BOUR: Herbert Bourdeau, 515 Timpson PI., Bronx 55, N. Y. BURD: Henry S. Burd, 19221 Keystone Ave., Detroit 12, Mich. CARV: Olin G. Carver, 2116 West Ave H., Temple, Tex. CLAR: E. Payson Clark, Jr., 300 West Ave., Temp. Dorm. No. 3, Rm. 313 Ithaca, N. Y. CO,G: George A. Cooke, 4200 N. Hazel Ave., Chicago 13, 111. COHE: Norman Cohen, 4622 N. Warnock St., Philadelphia 40, Penna. COOK: Elson Cook, P. O. Box 769, Phoenix, Ariz. CORR: John W. Corrigan, 2433 Queer. St., So., St. Petersburg 7, Fla. DA,G: George C. Davis, 1058 Ruberta Ave., Glendale 1, Calif. DA VI: J. R. T. Davies, Mulberry Cottage, Ditchling, Sussex, England DAWS: Pat Dawson, Buckhannon, West Virginia. DeMI: Don DeMichael, 3519 W. Kentucky St., Louisville 11, Ky. DUMO: Joe DuMontier, 16766 Fenmore Ave., Detroit 27, Mich. DUNN: Charles A. Dunning, 312 Northfield PL, Baltimore 10, Md. DURA: E. H. Durant, 300 N. Catalina Ave., Redondo Beach, Calif. DYMI: Walter T. Dymit, 2237 N. 73rd Court, Elmwood Park 35, 111. ETDE: Randy Eidemiller, 148 N. Daisy Ave., Pasadena 8, Calif. EMER: Ken Emerson, 3060 Scranton Rd., Cleveland, Ohio. FREE: Carroll W. Freeman, 1418 Prospect Ave., New York 59, N Y GALE: Doris Gale, 1685 Ocean Ave Brooklyn 30, N. Y. GERO: George E. Gerold, 69-30 Hershe St., Houston 10, Tex. GRET: Adam Gretchco, 1726 E 47th St., Cleveland 3, Ohio. HALL: Harry Hall, 1638 Dufossat, New Orleans 15, La. HIGG: Roy Higginson, Box 484 Carlsbad, Calif. ! HOWA: Jack Howard, Commodore Apts, No. 303, 215 N. W., 22nd PI Portland 10, Ore. HUBE: Hal Hubele, Bldg. 23-B-l Halloran V. A. Hosp., Staten Island, N. Y. IMBR: B. V. Imbrie, 1406 Law & Fi nance Bldg., Pittsburgh, Penna. JACO: Joseph Jacobs, 30 East 208tl i St., Apt. 4-A, Bronx 67, N. Y KAPL: Ben Kaplan, 1201 E. 22nd St Brooklyn, N. Y. KILR: Nicholas A. Kilroy, 3505 Meis ner St., Los Angeles 33, Calif. KORN: Milton Korn, 1597 Jesup Ave Bronx 52, N. Y. LANE: Kenneth Lane, 621 V2 So. Detroi St., Los Angeles 36, Calif. LEVY: Louis Levy, 811 Crotona Pk., N New York 60, N. Y. LITT: Ernest R. Little, Jr., 94-11 65tl Rd., Forest Hills, N. Y. LORD: J. Ernest Lord, 88 Newland Park, Sydenham, S. E. 26, England Mad: D. L. Macintosh, 223 Whitne Dr., Pueblo, Colo. MANG: Fred Mangel sdorff, 959 N 14tl St., Milwaukee 3, Wise MATE: H. Mayer, 263 Biltmore Ave Elmont, L. I., N. Y. McKU: James McKune, 179 Marcv Ave Brooklyn 11, N. Y. MELL: Richard J. Mellor, 23 Charle St., Auburndale 66, Mass. MONT: John Montemore, 3 W Madi son St., Paulsboro, N. J. MORS: Roy Morser, Jr., 203 West 35t St., Norfolk 8, Va NI.CHJ H. M. Nichols & Co., 9 Hart ^£?a ' Framir>g-ham, Mass. OKLA: James Orlando, Dickerson Rur Penna. PARR: Sid Parry, 574 W. 176th St New York 33, N Y PERR: W. D. Perry, 1623 St. Paul St., Baltimore 2, Md. PODE: Edward Podesta, 495 Cypres Ave., San Bruno, Calif QUIN: William W. Quinn, 4406 Ave J Galveston, Tex. RAWL: Kenneth Rawlings, 30? W Main St., Millville, N J REAR: William D. Rearick, P. O Bo No. 5, Sea Girt, N. J REYN: Mel Reynolds, Box 883 ^ Glendale 5, Calif. R\?1: 4' Robinson> 224 E. 32nd St' New York 16, N. Y SAMKwHwrV .S^ser, 1610 20th St., N. W., Washington, D. C. SCHR: Bill Schroeder, 348 ' Woodlawn Ave., Jersey City 5, N. J T? r I?21'' S.eiffert 578 Chesterfiel otxtTV TBu'mir|gham, Mich. MNC: W. J Sinclair, 622 7th Ave., S E Minneapolis, Minn. SMIS: Marvin Smissman, 5361 Ridge Ave., St Louis 12, Mo. (State pric & condition). p SMIT: Bob Smith, Jr., 203 W. 2nd S Frederick, Md THE RECORD CHANGE} m