[78-L] RCA matrix coding - date

[David Lennick]

D is 40s, E is 50s, and then it changed in 1955 as Royal said. Joe Knox sent 
the entire list a few years ago. I'll see if I can find it.

Also, in the early 50s some nutbar* at Victor decided that dubbed masters of 
old recordings should now carry the numbers they'd have had if the company had 
been using that system in the 1910s, so you'll find reissues with numbers like 
B5-xx-xxxx. I wonder what they did with recordings made before 1910?

dl

(*Hey..maybe it was Joel Whitburn!)

On 11/1/2014 10:13 PM, Thomas Stern wrote:
>
> Thanks Royal,
>    Can you elaborate on the 1954 date.
>    I have a Peggy Seeger record:
> Signet FL 5401  10 Inch E4-KL-5907/5908
> Peggy Seeger Courting And Complaining Songs.
>
> This was reissued on FOLKWAYS FP 49                          10" LP 1955,
> SONGS of COURTING and COMPLAINT, later as FOLKWAYS FA 2049 (FP 49) 10" LP
> 1962
>
> On the SIGNET album does the "E" indicate 1954 ???  How early in 1954 did
> RCA start
> using this code???
>
> Thanks!
> Best wishes, Thomas.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: 78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com
> [mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Royal Pemberton
> Sent: Saturday, November 1, 2014 8:50 PM
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> Subject: Re: [78-L] RCA matrix coding - date
>
>
> The first system was used from 1942 to 1955 (or end of 1954?), the second
> one 1955 to approximately 1962, the third from then on until approximately
> 1973.
>
> On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 12:45 AM, Thomas Stern<sternth at attglobal.net.invalid
>> wrote:
>
>>
>> When did the matrix prefix codes on RCA pressings
>>
>> using a letter to indicate date begin ???
>>
>> Was it 1950 "A"
>>
>> Most writeups about this start at 1955 "F"  ...
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Thomas.
>>
>> _____________________