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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.
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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.
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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
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