[78-L] Capitol Date Codes

[David Lennick]

Just a little confusion here..matrix numbers should be 5105 and 5107. Lord 
dates these as October 20, 1949. If the code isn't an issue date, it might be a 
mastering date..? Seems to me these appear only from 1949 to 1952.

dl

On 4/6/2013 10:05 PM, Rodger Holtin wrote:
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> Capitol Date Codes
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> Last weekend I picked up a copy of Capitol 805 by Pete Daily’s
> Dixieland Band.
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> Master 1505=Daily Rag; 1507=Big Bass Horn Blues.  Somebody else thoughtfully posted it on the
> internet here:
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> http://www.discogs.com/Pete-Dailys-Dixieland-Band-Daily-Rag-Big-Bass-Horn-Blues/release/3080437
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> Had I known to look for it instead of finding it in a pile,
> I could have saved myself 99¢.  C’est la
> vie, but I’ve certainly enjoyed it, so it was worth it.  And, it was such a timely find with the
> recent discussion of Pete Kelly’s Blues.Â
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> I have two questions about this disc; one mechanical, one
> musical.
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> The mechanical question: Ty’s site shows recording date of
> October 19, 1945 for both sides, close matrices 1505 and 1507, so seems
> reasonable enough.  At the 12noon
> position in the wax on 1505 is imprinted 1249 and same place on 1507 is imprinted
> 150.  I have enough Capitols of that age
> to recognize that as some kind of date code; ostensibly December 1949 and
> January 1950, respectively. Â All the
> others I remember seemed to have the same date code on both sides.  So, then, this disc, with a more-or-less
> known date of Oct ’49, I’m wondering what must those date codes in the wax
> really signify?Â
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> Rodger
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