Homocord

German shellac label operating under this name between 1924 and 1932 (renamed from Homokord). In March 1926, Homocord started to record electrically and the records were marketed with the addition "Electro". In 1932, the label was taken over by the Carl Lindström A.-G. The studio orchestra was the Homocord Orchester. The matrix number allows it to date a recording (the release date, however, can be much later): It usually features a letter - (digit -) digit - letter combination (e.g. A15B or CA9W) The first letter indicates the recording month (A to M) The numbers indicate the recording day (1 to 31) The last letter indicates the recording year (B to W). The recording years start in 1924 with the letter B: B = 1924; A = 1925; W = 1926. The recording day is given with one or two numbers between 1 and 31. The recording month starts with A for January and increases: A = January; B = February; C = March; D = April; E = May; F = June; G = July; H = August; J = September; K = October; L = November; M = December. I was not used. So, A15B indicates a track recorded on 15 January 1924, and C9W one recorded on 9 March 1926. This system was abandoned after 1926. The other date code that appears on Homocord discs, starting with an A prefix, indicates the date when a new stamper was produced. That date can be far removed from the recording date, especially for popular records that were frequently repressed.