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29th Jun 2015, 6:54 PM
	Magic Marmalade If you're not lost... It's not an adventure! Member since Jun 2014 3745 Points Moderator	Another line of inquiry: ...Regarding the 41s and 1s... They begin sometime around 83 (Don't know for sure yet), and continue for some time till about 86/87. It just occured to me that if the 1 element is significant of format, and the need to distinguish format, this would be about the same time CDs came along (although having had a mosey, it seems EMI were pretty late in the game - maybe they had more prep to do, having such a massive back cat to consider, as well as current issues). ...But then I wondered why they discontinued the practice, and reverted to the un-appended four digit cat numbers (CDs didn't go away!). Then I remembered what we were saying about MFP. The only logical reason to discontinue the distinguishing digits is that you no longer need to ditinguish between items on this label, and another.... so either the other label has a new system, or no longer exists.... ...and although the last MFP entry on vinyl here is dated 1989, it's discontinuation could help define dates for Fame.... in that if MFP can be said to be no more at a certain date, and this corresponds to the reversion to simple four digit numbers in fame, we can take that last MFP date as reinforcing the date for the first 41-1-less cat number on Fame.