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Cuba Canta y Baila
Encyclopedic Discography of Cuban Music 1925-1960
 
Cristobal Diaz-Ayala 
Record Company Label Abbreviations

1. The recording labels that have no abbreviation or are represented by prefixes that appear before the record number, as, for example, in the case of MKL for Victor Mexicana, do not appear on the list. The discs listed on the discography are 78s, unless they have the LP, CD or 45 initial attached, or because thay have prefixes that do not correspond to 78 recordings.

2. The abbreviations listed to the right indicate the country or city of the recording label location.

3. The 78s are all on 10" format unless it is stated as 12", indicating a 12 inch format. On the contrary, LPs are always in a 12 inch format, unless indicated by 10", meaning a 10 inch format.

4. Cylinders are written as CL, and cassettes by CAS. Discs on 45pm format use the number 45 at the beginning, preceeded by the EP initials if they are "extended playing", a format that allowed two songs to be recorded on each side.

A.  

ANS	Ansonia 78	(NY)
AMEF	Asociación Mexicana de (Me)
	Estudios Fonográficos, Lp.
ASLP	Ansonia, Lp	(NY)
ALCD	Alma Latina, CD	(Es)
Amer	Americas, 78	(NY)
Ariel, Lp		(Me)
Alg	Alegre 78	(EU)
ACR	Alma criolla, CD	(Es)
Atl	Atlantic, 78	(EU)
Alb	Alberto, 78	(EU)
Apo	Apollo, 78	(EU)

B.
BR	Brunswick, 78	(EU)
BM	Blue Moon, CD	(Es)
Bl	Bluebird, 78, Lp	(EU)
Bill	Billos, 78 y Lp	(Ve)
B	Billos 78	(Ve)
B & W	Black and white, 78	(EU)
BMC	BMC, 78	(EU)

C.
CAM	Camden Lp	(EU)
CAMS	Camden Lp	(EU)
Co	Columbia de 78	(EU)
COR CRL	Coral, 78, Lp	(EU)
CUB	Cubitas, Lp	(NY)
CU	Cubanacán, CD	(CU)
CCD	Lp	
CODF	Columbia 78	(EU)
CAP	Capitol, 78	(EU)
CELP	Seeco, Celebrity serie, Lp (NY)
CNT	Continental, 78	(EU)
CL	Columbia Lp	(EU)
CAF	Cafamo, 78	(CU)
CLT	Caliente, Lp	(EU)
CLN	Colonial, 78	(PR)
CUCD	Cubanacán, CD	(Co)

D.
DML	Peerles, Lp	(Me)
DCA	Peerles, Lp	(Me)
De	Decca, 78	(EU)
DL	Decca, Lp	(EU)
DBMI	Victor, Lp	(EU)
DBLI	Victor Lp	(EU)
DKLI	Victor Lp	(EU)
Dl	Discuba, Lp, CD, 78	(CU,Mia)
DEC	De Colección, Lp	(Me)
DeF	Columbia 78	(EU)
DM	Discomoda, 78 y Lp	(CU,Ve)
Du	Duarte, 78, Lp, 45	(CU,Es)
DH	Disco Hit, Lp o CD	(PR)
DLM	Discos y cintas Melody Lp	(Me)
	(posiblemente relacionada
	con Orfeón)


E.
Ex	Extra, 78 (sello filial de Seeco)(NY)
LPEx	Extra, sello que en los años (NY)
	60 reeditó en Lp's discos Victor.

Eg	Egrem, 45, Lp	(CU)
Ed	Edison, 78	(EU)

F.
FR	Fragoso 78	(PR)
Fi	Fiesta 78	(EU)
Fly	Folklyric CD	(EU)
FPM	Victor, Lp	(EU)
Fu	Fuentes, 78	(Co)

G.
G	Gema, 78	(CU,PR)
Gy	Guayanés, Lp	(PR)
GTH	Gothman, 78	(NY)
GRM	Gramófono, 78	(Es)
GLp	Guayanés, Lp	(PR)

H.
HMV	His Master Voice, Victor ing., 78 (Ing)
HQ	Harlequin, Lp y CD	(Ing)

I.
ICREM 	Lp y CD	(Me)
ID	Ideal, 78	(EU)


K.
Ku	Kubaney, 78, Lp	(CU,Mia)
K	Gramophone, 78	(Fr)

L.
Lp	Panart, Lp	(CU,Mia)
Leg	Legacy, CD	(Co)
LPM	Victor, Lp	(EU)
LPV	Victor Lp	(Ve)
LA	Landia, 78	(NY)
Lon	London, 78	(ING)
INT.Rec	International Records, 78	(EU)

M.
Mu	Musart, 78	(Me)
MKL	Victor mexicana, Lp	(Me)
MV	Martínez Vela o Marvela, 78	(PR)
MT	Montilla, 78	(CU, PR, Mia)
MGM	Metro Goldwyn Meyer, Lp	(EU)
MKS	Victor mexicana, estereofónico,	(Me)
	Lp

MILS	Victor, Lp	(EU)
ML	Victor Lp	(Me)
MMa	Music Memoria, CD	(Fr)
MVL	Martínez Vela, 78	(PR)
MCL	Decca, Lp	(EU)
MSCD	Música del Sol, CD	(Es)
MERC	Mercury, 78	(EU)
MM	Memoria Musical, Lp	(EU)

O.
OD	Odeón, 78, Lp	(EU, Ar)
OF	Orfeón, 78, Lp	(Me)
OK	Okeh	(EU,Me)
OV	Ondina-Venus, 78	(NY)

P.
Pe	Peerles 78	(Me)
P	Panart, 78	(CU,Mia)
PLP	Panart, Lp	(CU,Mia)
PAR	Parnaso, Lp	(NY)
Pt	Pathé, 78	(Fr)
Ply	Polydor, 78	(Fr)
Pu	Puchito, 78, Lp	(CU,Mia)
PAN-AM	Pan American, 78 (EU)
PRL	Lp Victor, editado en PR	(PR)
Pann Panart nacionalizada, 48, 45, Lp (CU)

R.
RR	Rosendo Rosell, Lp	(Mia)
Ri	Rival, 78	(EU)
R	Regal, 78	(Es)

S.
S	Seeco, 78	(NY)
SCLP	Seeco, Lp	(NY)
Su	Suaritos, 78	(CU,NY)
St	Stinson, 78	(NY)
So	Sonora, (Panart) 78	(CU)
SMC	Spanish Music Center	(NY)
	Pro-Arte, 78

Sx	Sonolux, 78, Lp	(Co)
Sy	Symphonic, 78	(EU)

T.
TRLP	Tropical, Lp	(NY)
TC	Tumbao, CD	(Es)
TRC	Tropical , 78 y Lp	(Me,Co)
Ts	Tesoro, Lp	(Co)
TH	TH-Rodven	(Ve)
Tico	78, Lp	(NY)

V.
V	Victor, RCA Victor y 	(EU)
	RCA de 78, CD, 45

Vik	Victor mexicana, Lp	(Me)
Vt	Victoria, Lp	(Co)
VR	Verne, 78	(NY)
V-45	Victor de 45	(EU)
VCDM	Victor, CD	(EU)
VLDM	Victor Lp	(EU)
Vo	Vocalion, 78	(EU)
Ve	Velvet, 78 (o Verne) y Lp	(NY)
VA	Varsity, 78	(EU)
VRV	Verne 78	(NY)
Vt	Victoria 78	(Co)

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Translation by Alan West.
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