Ох уж эти иностранцы-звукотехники! Постоянно путают названия русских записей.
Исправьте, пожалуйста. Правильное название: "Ой, честь ли-то молодцу лён прясти".
Запорожец, кстати, так и поёт.
Yes, Jacobs rings a bell. I've since found and re-read Howard Friedman's article on Musicweb. It's interesting to see that these Jacobs ones are so early, with matrix numbers in the 100s.
The ones I have seen were a John Morton and a Perceval Allen. Kelly lists a 10" Morton, matrix 1053 R with the comment (Berliner) so it may have been this one that I saw. It's dated just '-01'. I suspect that the Allen I saw was also late 1901. She made published 10" records with matrix numbers from 975.
Clearly British 10" Berliners are rare even by the standards of European ones, as for most months of their existence the equipment was abroad. I've heard more than one experienced collector (one a distinguished discographer) suspect that reports of their existence were mistaken, though that was thirty years ago or more.
The Baku record is surprising if, as I believe, nearly all the British 10" recordings of November 1901 were issued with labels. Could the non-Latin script of Azerbaijani have had anything to do with it, or were all details in Western type?
Obviously it's likely that some 10" records were recorded in London before the tour, even if they were only experimental. There are some British 10" Berliners, but they are so rare that many people have said they didn't exist. I've seen two but never took the matrix numbers.
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A number of 10" Berliners were recorded in April 1901 in London by the violinist J. Jacobs and the Municipal Military Band. I am sure you have seen two of those.
I have seen Russian, French, Italian and German 10" Berliner records. One of these (G.C.-44052, mx. 42x-B, Gertrud Runge + Werner Alberti; Duett from La Traviata, recorded in August 1901 in Berlin) I have in my collection. German 10" Berliner stampers were ready in late September 1901.
The latest 10" Berliner I have seen was recorded on 6 February 1902 in Baku, Azerbayzhan. Its stamper was ready in mid-March, at the earliest.
