## Record Company Abbreviations

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AMF | AMF Music | G
AoC | Ace of Clubs | E,US
AoH | Ace of Hearts | E,US
AoS | Ace of Spades |
AMX | Amazing | G
Amb | Ambassador | It
AM | American Music | US,G
ARA | American Recording Artists |
ARS | American Recording Society | US,E
Atl | Atlantic | US,Jap,G,E,F,Eu,It,Bra,Swd,Can
Ban | Banner | US,Cz
Barc | Barclay | F,US,It,E,Can,Jap,Bra
BC | Benyo Music |
Ber | Berliner | US,Can,E,G
Beth | Bethlehem | US,Jap,F,G
BBA | Big Band Archives |
Bilt | Biltmore |
Bio | Biograph | US,Du,Eu
BBMF | Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Fest |
BL | Black Lion | E,F,US,Jap,G,Eu,It
B-D | Blu-Disc | US,Nor
Ba | Blue Ace | US,F
BN | Blue Note | US,Jap,Eu,E,Du,G,In,F,It,Sp
BS | Blue Star | US,F,G
BB | Bluebird | US,Eu,Aus,E,F,Jap,G,Can
Blue Doc | Blues Document | Au,US
BOMC | Book of the Month Club | US,It,E,G
BRS | British Rhythm Society | E,US
Bwy | Broadway | US,It
Bruns | Brunswick | G,E,US,F,In,Hun,Can,Swi,Nor,Aus,Arg,Du,Cz,Eu,It,Jap,Au,Swd
BG | Bygone |
Cam | Camden | US,Swd,E,F,Arg,Aus,It,G,Can
Cap | Capitol | US,Jap,Can,E,G,Du,F,Eu,Aus,Dan,Au,Sp,Bra,Swd
Car | Cardinal | It,US
Cel | Celebrity | US,E
Cent | Centaur |
Cen | Center | US,G
Chal | Challenge | Du
Champ | Champion |
CMG | Chase Music Group |
Clar | Claremont |
CJM | Classic Jazz Masters | US,Swd,Swi,E,G
Clax | Claxtonola |
Clm | Coliseum | E
Coll | Collector | US,E,Du
Col/Legacy | Columbia Legacy |
CSP | Columbia Special Products | US,G
Col | Columbia | E,G,US,Jap,Can,It,F,Aus,Swi,Dan,Hun,Sp,Swd,Du,Au,Nor,Eu,Fin,Arg,Ir,Cz,Bra,In,B
Com | Commodore | US,G,Jap
Conc Hall | Concert Hall | US,F,Swi,E,Jap
CTJC | Connecticut Traditional Jazz Club |
Conq | Conqueror |
Cont | Contemporary | US,Jap,F,E
CW | Creative World |
D&S | Davis & Schwegler |
De/Om | Decca/Omega | B
Dec | Decca | E,US,Aus,Jap,F,Du,Can,It,B,G,Swd,In,Cz,Dan,Swi,Fin,Sp
DMP | Digital Music Products |
Dom | Domino | US,Can,E,F,Eu
DMI | Doormouse | E
Duc Thomson | Ducretet Thomson | F,US
Duo | Duophone | E,Hun
DP | Durium/Patria | Hun
EBW | Edison Bell Winner | E
Ed | Edison | US,B,E
Eko | Ekophon | F,Swd,US
El | Electrola | Du,G,E,US,Jap
El/Musician | Elektra Musician | US,Eu,G,Jap
ES | Elite Special | Swi
EmA | EmArcy | US,Jap,E,Swd,F,G,Du
Emb | Embassy | US,E,Du,Aus,Au,It,Dan
Em | Emerson | US,E,G
Emp | Empathy | US,Jap,Au,F
Ent | Enterprise |
Esq | Esquire | E
Ev | Everest | US,Jap
Ebs/Mit | Everybody's/Mitchell |
Fam | Family | It,US
Fan | Fantasy | US,Jap,F,G
FCJ | Fat Cat's Jazz |
Fed | Federal |
Fel | Felsted | E,US,Jap
FJF | Femo Jazz | Dan
Fest | Festival | F,US,Aus,Dan
FRCF | Finnish Rhythm Club Federation | Fin,US
FTR | First Time Records |
Font | Fontana | E,Eu,US,Du,F,Can,Jap,It,G,B
FDC | For Discriminate Collectors | It,US,F
FAR | Fox American Retrospectives |
FIN | Free Improvisation Network | US,Jap
FMP | Free Music Production | G,US
GNP | GNP Crescendo | US,B,Jap,Arg
Gaz | Gazell | Swd,US
GNPS | Gene Norman Presents |
Gen | Gennett |
GGMF | Georgia Grass Roots Music Festival |
G.O.J. | Giants of Jazz | US,It,Eu,F,E,Cz,Jap
GT | Golden Tongue | Aus
GTJ | Good Time Jazz | US,E,F,Jap
Gds | Goodson | E
Gra | Grafton | E
Gr | Grammophon | G,US,Dan,F,E
Granny | Grannyphone | US,Eu
GAMH | Great American Music Hall |
Gmn | Guardsman | US,E
Hg | Harmograph |
Har | Harmony | US,Nor,Aus,Can,It,E,F
Her | Herwin |
Hist | Historical | US,G,It,E
HOW | Hit of the Week |
Homo | Homochord | US,E,G
HCJA | Hot Jazz Clubs of America | US,F
I-S | Ideal Scala | E
Gdj | Il Grandi del Jazz | It
Imp | Imperial | US,Du,G,F,Eu,Dan,E,Cz,Jap
IAI | Improvising Artists Inc. |
Imp | Impulse | US,Jap,Eu
ICP | Instant Composers Pool | Du,US,E
Jcoll | Jazz Collector | E,US
Jazz Pan | Jazz Panorama | Swd,US
Jazz Sel | Jazz Selection | F,Swd,US,E,Swi
Jazz Soc | Jazz Society | F,Swd,US,Jap
Je | Jewel |
JJZ | Jukebox Jazz |
Kal | Kalliope | US,G
KJA | Kecskemet Jazz Foundation | Hun
KoJ | Kings of Jazz | It,US
LBJSoC | Left Bank Jazz Society of Charleston |
L of C | Library of Congress |
Lime | Limelight | US,E,Jap
Lin | Lincoln |
LAR | Lindstrom American Record | G
Lob | Lobster | Jap,US
Lon | London | US,E,Jap,G,Can,Du,F,Bra
Maj | Majestic |
MJR | Master Jazz Recordings | US,Aus
MJR | Masters Jazz Recordings |
Med | Medallion |
Melo | Melodisc | E,US,Swd,Jamaica
Mel | Melody | US,Nz,E,Aus
Mt | Melotone | US,Can
Mem | Memory | Dan,F,US
Merc | Mercury | US,Jap,B,F,E,Du,Sp,G,Swd,Urg,Can,Eu
Met | Metronome | G,Swd,US,Dan,E,Jap,F
Mic | Microphone | Can
MJR | Modern Jazz Recordings | F
MF | Moldy Fygge |
Mo | Monkey | F,US
Mon Ever | Monmouth Evergreen | US,E,Jap
Mon Ward | Montgomery Ward | US,F
Mos | Mosaic | US,E,Du
Mov | Movietone | US,G
MHS | Muiscal Heritage Society |
MfC | Music For Collectors | E
MFP | Music For Pleasure | E,F,US,Eu,Arg
Nap | Napoleon | It
NML | National Music Lovers |
Nat | National | US,Jap,Can,F
NJ | New Jazz | US,E
Nor | New Orleans |
NTSU | North Texas State University |
NOST | Nostalgia | Dan
Oct | Octacros | E
Od | Odeon | Nz,Arg,G,US,Aus,It,F,Swd,Hun,B,Nor,Bra,Jap,Du,Dan,Sp,E,Fin,Chi,Cz
Ok | Okeh | US,G,E,F,Au
Oly | Olympia | B,US,Du
Ome | Omega | B,F,Du,US,Swd,E
OFC | Only For Collectors | US,Arg,F
OP | Operaphone | G
Orch | Orchestra | E,US
OBC | Original Blues Classics |
OJC | Original Jazz Classics | US,Jap
Or | Oriole | US,E
Pac Jazz | Pacific Jazz | US,Jap,F
Pcf | Pacific | F,Jap,US,Aus,B
Pal | Paling's | Aus
PC | Palm Club | F
Pana | Panachord | US,Du,E,Au,B
Para | Paramount | US,Aus,E,G
Par | Parlophone | E,It,F,US,Aus,Swi,G,Au,Swd,Arg,Nor,Dan,Fin,Bra,B
PA | Pathe Actuelle | US,E,F,Aus
Pen | Pennington |
Per | Perfect | US,E
Phant | Phantasie |
Phont | Phontastic | Swd
Pic | Picadilly | E
Prest | Prestige | F,US,Jap,Swd,Nz,It,Du,E,G
Pt | Puretone |
Pur | Puritan |
Rx | Radiex |
RCI | Radio Canada International | Can
RIH | Recorded In Hollywood |
Rz | Regal Zonophone | US,E,Aus,G,Au
Re | Regal | US,E,Swd,Sp,B,Du,Aus
Rem | Remington | F,US
Rev | Revelation |
Rhap | Rhapsody | E,US,Eu
Riv | Riverside | US,Jap,Du,E,F,Eu,It,G
Ro | Romeo | US,Swd
Ron | Ronnex | B,US
RR | Rosetta |
Rou | Roulette | US,Swd,Jap,F,E,Aus
SJ | Sacremento Jazz |
Sav | Savoy | US,Jap,F,E,Eu,It,G
SSCA | Seaside | US,Aus
Sig | Signature |
Sil | Silvertone |
SIW | Sittin' in With |
SoS | Sounds of Swing | US,G
SPR | Southern Preservation Records |
SSD | Southport |
SR | Special Record | US,Swd
St | Star | Can,Aus,G,US,Swd
StaK | Stavanger Konserthus | Nor
SD | Steiner-Davis |
Ster | Sterling |
Stv | Storyville | Dan,G,US,Jap,Swd,F
Spr | Superior |
Spt | Supertone | US,Aus
Sup | Supraphon | Cz
Swag | Swaggie | Aus,US,F,Au
SwSo | Swedish Society | Swd
SMCD | Synergy Music |
Syr | Syrena | Pol
Tels | Telstar | Du,US,Swd
TOM | The Old Masters |
TBM | Three Blind Mice | Jap
Tre | Tremont |
UL | Ultraphon | US,F,Cz,G
UA | United Artists | US,Jap,E,Can,G,F
UHCA | United Hot Clubs of America |
VD | Van Dyke |
Vari | Variety | US,Jap,E,Swd,Can,It
Vrv | Verve | US,E,F,G,Du,Eu,It,Dan,Aus,Jap,Swd,Sp
Vic | Victor | F,Jap,G,US,Arg,E,It,Bra,Chi,Aus,Can
VJM | Vintage Jazz Mart | E,US
Voc | Vocalion | US,E,F,Au,G,Aus
VOA | Voice of America |
WRC | World Record Club | E,US,Jap,Aus,Swd,Can
ZECD | Zephyr | E
Zono | Zonophone | E,US,Aus,F