Columbia Tables

Columbia Master Book, Volume I-IV, Tim Brooks and Brian Rust, eds.

Table 1: Columbia Double-Disc Prefixes

Table 2: Total U.S. Production of Cylinders and Discs

Table 3: Recording Dates: General U.S. Matrix Series

Table 4: Release Dates: General U.S. Catalog Series

Table 5: Release Dates: Ethnic “E” Series

Table 6a: Columbia Acoustic Matrix Series

Table 6b: Columbia Acoustic Matrix Series: Selected Series Above 100,000

Table 6c: Columbia 12” Release Series

Table 7: 16,000s Matrix Examples

Table 8: 60000-64,000s Matrix Examples

Table 9: 74000-76,000s Matrix Numbering Order

Table 10a: 91,000s—Interesting 10” Items

Table 10b: 91,000s—Interesting 12” Items

Table 11: Phantom Matrix Numbers

Table 12: Columbia Record Catalogs (U. S.)—1900-1934

Table 13: Special Catalogs

Table 14a: Record Labels’ Prefixes and Suffixes, Acoustic Era 10” Discs

Table 14b: Record Labels’ Prefixes and Suffixes, Electric Era 10” Discs

Table 15: Label Name Abbreviations with Approx. Dates

Columbia Master Book Table of Contents | Columbia History | Appendices

The Columbia Master Book Discography, 4 Volumes, Complied by Brian Rust and Tim Brooks. Reprinted by permission.