[78-L] Odd Capitol 78

[David Lennick]

The 15000s are definitely pre-1948. 15000 is Nat King Cole & Johnny Mercer, 
"Harmony"/"Save the Bones for Henry Jones" which charted October 25/47. Note 
that Cole's "Christmas Song" charted in 1946 and '47 as black label 311 but was 
on purple label 15201 by the following year.

dl

Han Enderman wrote:
> Cap 101-503 are all black label, and there are no purple label repressings with these numbers.
> Ruppli (Cap dg on CD-ROM) states, after 503: "At this time, the popular series was switched to the 15,000 series. The 500 series was resumed later on for records in albums, and later used as a continuation of the 15,000 series."
> 15000-15428 are purple label (15428 is the last label image I have in this series; it's not clear to me
> what then happens; some much higher numbers are from albums).
> 
> 57-543 - 57-788 and 792 &c are purple (these ranges based on available images).
> Cap 502 is mx 3233 (purchased master, recd 1-1-1948), poss. released ca. March/April 1948 . 
> Apparently the purple label was introduced for the popular series with the 15000 series.
> I'm not certain if 15000 was released after 503, or if the 15000 series was introduced late 1947, before 
> the black label series had been ended with 503. 
> 
> Han Enderman
> ===
>>>> The different label colors were in place from the very beginning, with the 
> purple label being the more expensive one. As with Decca, artists who sold well 
> could be moved onto the higher priced label. But at some point the prices must 
> have been leveled and the black label numbering was continued on purple label 
> (for a time with prefixes like 57-), with the 15000s and 10000s continued as 
> album numbers or special series issues.
> 
> Anyone know exactly when the black label disappeared? The numbering system 
> didn't, so I can't tell from chronological listings or entries in Whitburn. I'd 
> guess 1949.
> 
> dl
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