[78-L] Capitol Date Codes

[David Lennick]

So they kept them into 1953..

dl

On 4/6/2013 10:57 PM, Royal Pemberton wrote:
> 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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