[78-L] Columbia LP "5" prefix ???

[David Lennick]

I'd have thought it would have APPEARED around 1955 since I see it on 6-eye labels! 

Jack Raymond shows OL 4390. 
http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/ihas/loc.natlib.smor.19501221/default.html

dl

> To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 16:15:06 -0400
> From: sternth at attglobal.net.invalid
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Columbia LP  "5" prefix ???
> 
> 
> Hi David,
>   Thanks!
>   Steve Smolian on ARSCLIST confirms this was a code to charge 5.98 instead
> of 4.98.  It disappeared after about 1955.
>   No one indicated if the Porter Album also appears without the 5 in the ML
> series.  Anyone have one???
>   Best wishes, Thomas.
> 
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> 
> I don't know if the 5 was added to albums they wanted to sell for more
> (although they had the K for that purpose) or just to keep them from looking
> like old releases after 1955. Seems to me the 1951 Prades Festival albums
> have ML 5xxxx numbers on grey label 6-eye pressings.
> 
> dl
> 
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> > Date: Wed, 24 Jun 2015 05:34:32 -0400
> > From: sternth at attglobal.net.invalid
> > Subject: [78-L] Columbia LP  "5" prefix ???
> > 
> > 
> > I've noticed a number of COLUMBIA LPs which have a
> > 
> > star with the number "5" on the jacket, near the catalogue number.
> > 
> > Just noticed an album which actually incorporates the
> > 
> > 5 in the catalogue number:  the cast album of
> > 
> > Cole Porter's "OUT OF THIS WORLD"
> > 
> > issued on 78's as MM-980, on LP as ML-54390, 
> > 
> > reissued as OL-4390 according to
> > 
> > an Sondheim online database, and copies at auction/sale sites.
> > 
> > The CSP reissues use the 4390 number (COL or CML prefix).
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > WHAT is the significance of the "5" star on Columbia albums?
> > 
> > Was the Porter album ever issued as ML-4390 ??
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > Best wishes, Thomas.
> > 
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