[78-L] dating RCA custom recordings, small correction

[Royal Pemberton]

My turn for a brain fart:  1969 is X, not Y!

On 5/28/09, Royal Pemberton <ampex354 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Actually....RCA skipped a few letters along the way:
>
> P = 1963
> R = 1964
> S = 1965
> T = 1966
> U = 1967
> W = 1968
> Y = 1969
> Z = 1970
> A = 1971
> B = 1972
> C = 1973
>
>
> On 5/27/09, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> Correcting Y (finger slipped on the earlier message).
>>
>> 1959, if this is in the system started in 1954.
>>
>> K = 1959
>> 7 = Custom, recorded by RCA
>> O = Phonograph
>> B (4th position) = 10" 78 rpm standard groove
>> W (4th position) = 7" 45 rpm microgroove
>>
>>  From the Victor Alphabet, NAG, Winter 1981..I know this contains
>> information
>> that has since been corrected.
>>
>> Here are the other first initials and the years they represent:
>>
>> F = 1955
>> G = 1956
>> H = 1957
>> J = 1958
>> L = 1960
>> M = 1961
>> N = 1962
>> O = 1963
>> P = 1964
>> Q = 1965
>> R = 1966
>> S = 1967
>> T = 1968
>> U = 1969
>> V = 1970
>> W = 1971
>> X = 1972
>> Y = 1973
>> Z = 1974
>>
>> dl
>>
>> Thomas Stern wrote:
>>> what is the key to dating RCA recordings??:
>>>
>>> for example, a series K7-0B-xxxx or K7-0W-xxxx  - when were these
>>> recorded?
>>>
>>> Thanks, Thomas.
>>> ______________________________________________
>>
>>
>>
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