[78-L] Take numbers

[J. E. Knox]

Greetings from FixitLand!

David Burnham wrote:

> Bryan Wright wrote:
>
> To follow-up:  the little 6-inch WBOW disc doesn't have a take  
> number appended to the matrix number - either on the label or in  
> the runout wax. It's just "E1-KB-459."  (The reverse side is E1- 
> KB-460.)
>
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>
> Would they still have been putting on take numbers once they were  
> into the era of tape recording?

Not on commercial issues (you see "xS" transfer numbers), but on DJ  
pressings and custom jobs, you'll see real take digits into the  
mid-1950s.

Take care,


Joe
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