Comment by han enderman:
Co A-2290 - having tried to convince everyone that the GZ label was the orig. issue (see below), a last search for additional printing codes revealed the existence of the real original issue without codes on
archive. Images added, and these have a similar label type as the GZ release, with long 2-line bottom legend. But it is really different, as it is the earlier "Note The Notes" (at 12) label ! - So we need details of A-2291-92 to know when the printing codes started with FZ.
Both A-2289/2290 without printing codes are
Note the Notes labels, so the printing codes were introduced with the Grafonola label type.
Comment by han enderman:
Co A-2290 - copy with AX-KY printing codes added. Note the different label type.
Comment by han enderman:
Co A-2290 - Congratulations; GZ (Jul 1917) is very early here. The printing codes start (on available images) with FZ on A-2293 by Jim Doherty, which was possibly never reprinted, and also A-2294-95 are known. A-2296 by Al Jolson is fairly common (and I have seen it only with FZ). But A-2297 is the ODJB, of which thus the FZ label is on the original release (and there follow many more). - Z = year, G = month.
The GZ label also is an earlier label type than the other copies here. A-2289 is on discogs without printing code, and thus the FZ code was introduced in the range A-2290-2293. It is unlikely that A-2290 was released without code or with FZ and that one or 2 months later a GZ reprint was needed, so GZ is the orig. issue and this fits the Aug 1917 release date (as is also said on
discogs).
Comment by DeweyGill SUBS:
Added GZ code labels. Don’t know where they fit in the hierarchy