Sales catalogues Edison Bell Penkala
Some sales catalogues of Edison Bell Penkala are available in the National Library of Serbia – Main Catalogue of Domestic and Foreign Records from November 1927 (80+4 p.), II. continuation of the main catalogue from 1931 (106 p.) and III. continuation of the main catalogue from 1933 (12 p.), as well as in the National and University Library in Zagreb – II. continuation of the main catalogue from June 1929 (64+4 p.).
The collection of Paul Voigt stored in the Music Archive of the National Library of Canada (sign. MUS 142) preserves the version of the Main Catalogue of Domestic and Foreign Records from November 1927 (83+4 p.), which differs slightly from the version in the National Library of Serbia. The catalogue intended for the Hungarian market – Edison Bell Penkala Magyar Hanglemezek – is available in the Hungarian National Library (Országos Széchényi Könyvtár).
The catalogue from November 1927, stored in the National Library of Serbia, is available at the link:
https://digitalna.nb.rs/wb/NBS/Zvucni_zapisi/Katalozi_gramofonskih_ploca/VC_431_1928#page/0/mode/1up
The 1931 catalogue, stored in the same institution, is available at:
https://digitalna.nb.rs/wb/NBS/Zvucni_zapisi/Katalozi_gramofonskih_ploca/VC_431_1931#page/0/mode/1up
The catalogue from June 1929, stored in the National and University Library in Zagreb, is available at:
The most prominent researcher and proponent of Croatian music record heritage, dipl. ing. Veljko Lipovšćak, owns the copies of additional five Edison Bell Penkala catalogues, missing several pages. We are grateful for his permission to make them available to the public.
The first catalogue is from April 1928 (partly visible pagination, 30 p., but missing the cover page, p. 2-5 and pages after p. 30 ). A copy of the catalogue is available HERE.
The second catalogue has printed markings February-March, and the year 1930 is written by hand (paginated, 16 p., missing cover page and pages 1-2). A copy is available HERE.
The third catalogue (I. Continuation of the Main Catalogue, pag., 95 p.) lacks the year mark, but it is almost certainly from 1931 because it is identical in structure and other data to the 1931 catalogue stored in the National Library of Serbia; they differ solely in graphic syllables. A copy is available HERE.
The fourth catalogue is from 1935 (Continuation of the Main Catalogue, pag., 24 p.). A copy is available HERE.
The fifth catalogue is from March 1936 (Our Latest Records, 2 p.). A copy is available HERE.
Mr. Saša Spasojević, a collector and researcher from Borča near Belgrade, kindly allowed us to photograph the catalogues (catalogue booklets) in his possession and make them available to the public. We are grateful for his permission.
One is from the period June? -November 1930 (pag., 16 p.). A copy is available HERE. The second is from 1933 (III. Continuation of the main catalogue, pag., 12 p.). A copy is available HERE. The third was released around Christmas and New Year 1936-37. (Our latest records, non pag., 4 p.). A copy is available HERE.
The remaining three copies of the Edison Bell Penkala catalogues owned by Mr. Spasojević are copies of the catalogues that were previously provided to us by Mr. Lipovšćak (I. Continuation of the main catalogue, [1931], pag., 95 p .; Continuation of the main catalogue, 1935, pag., 24 p.; Our latest records, March 1936, non pag., 2 p.).
In addition, Mr. Spasojević owns a catalogue of turntables offered by Edison Bell Penkala (pag., 20 p.). A copy is available HERE.
Elektroton sales catalogues
The most comprehensive catalogue is Elektroton: The Latest List of Gramophone Records (Elektroton – Odeon – Polydor – Cetra; Music for Everyone!) (pag., 40 +2 p., probably from 1944 or early 1945). It is owned by Mr. Lipovšćak and we are grateful for his permission to make the catalogue available to the public. The catalogue is available HERE.
Elektroton Catalogue No. 3(6 p. with the appendix sheet from 1937) is stored in the fund of the Law Office of Milan Dečak in the State Archives in Zagreb (HR-DAZG-93). A copy of the catalogue is available HERE.
The extensive Elektroton Catalogue (before 1938) was probably issued while Elektroton operated in Ljubljana. It is owned by Mr. Suan Pan, known by that name on internet portals related to domestic record production at 78 rpm. We are grateful for his permission to make it available to the public HERE.
An electronic copy of Elektroton’s catalogue from 1946 (pag., 57 p.) is stored in the Collection of Music, Audio and Audiovisual Materials of the National Library of Serbia in Belgrade.
Jugoton sales catalogues
In the period under consideration, the most comprehensive catalogue is Jugoton: Catalogue of Gramophone Records 1957–1958: 78 rpm (pag., 255 p.). It is stored in the archives of Croatia Records. The abbreviated version is available in the National Library of Serbia in Belgrade: Jugoton: Catalogue of gramophone records in alphabetical order 1957–1958. (pag., 41 p.).
The National Library of Serbia keeps several additional Jugoton catalogues (catalogue booklets):
Jugoton 1953 (pag., 22 p.)
Yugoslav Folk Songs and Dances (1954, 33 p.)
Continuation of the catalogue of gramophone records no. 2 (July-August 1955, unp., 4 p.)
Continuation to the catalogue of gramophone records no. 4 (November-December 1955, unp., 4 p.)
Continuation to the catalogue of gramophone records no. 5 (unp., 4 p.; probably from 1955 or early 1956).
Continuation to the catalogue of gramophone records no. 1 (1956, unp., 8 p.)
Catalogue of gramophone records from foreign repertoire (1956, pag., 11 p.)
Continuation to the catalogue of gramophone records no. 2 (March 1957, unp., 8 p.)
Continuation to the catalogue of gramophone records no. 3 (March 1957, unp., 4 p.)
Continuation to the catalogue of gramophone records no. 4 (July 1957, unp., 4 p.)
Continuation to the catalogue of gramophone records no. 7 (August 1958, unp., 15 p.)
Mr. Suan Pan, known by that name on internet portals related to domestic record production at 78 rpm, owns a catalogue from 1950: Jugoton 1950 (pag., 23 p.). We are grateful for his permission to make it available to the public HERE.
A related catalogue from 1951 – Jugoton 1951 (pag., 20 + 8 p.) – is owned by Mr. Veljko Lipovšćak.