[78-L] Odd Capitol 78

[David Lennick]

Han..how did Capitol manage to get over 200 numbers into the 15000 series in 15 
months when there was a recording ban on for most of 1948? Are a lot of THOSE 
numbers in album sets, which could use old recordings?

David Lennick wrote:
> 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
>> <<<