[78-L] Capitol Date Codes

[Royal Pemberton]

My 78 of Capitol 1713 (which has a blue label and the catalogue number
shown on the labels is 7-1713) shows '1-53' in the dead wax on both sides.



On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 3:28 AM, David Lennick <dlennick at sympatico.ca> wrote:

> 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:
> >
> >
> > Capitol Date Codes
> >
> > Â
> >
> > Last weekend I picked up a copy of Capitol 805 by Pete Daily’s
> > Dixieland Band.
> >
> > Master 1505=Daily Rag; 1507=Big Bass Horn Blues.  Somebody else
> thoughtfully posted it on the
> > internet here:
> >
> >
> http://www.discogs.com/Pete-Dailys-Dixieland-Band-Daily-Rag-Big-Bass-Horn-Blues/release/3080437
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> > I have two questions about this disc; one mechanical, one
> > musical.
> >
> > Â
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> > Rodger
> >
> >
> >
> > For Best Results use Victor Needles.
> >
> >
> >
> > .
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