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4th Jul 2015, 2:30 PM
	Magic Marmalade If you're not lost... It's not an adventure! Member since Jun 2014 3747 Points Moderator	On the verge of a break-through with this label's vinyl issues... but need more data to be definitive... But generally, if all the issues on the list I posted are squeezed into a tighter time frame from may 82 through to the end of 85 for initial release, then a lot of the facts start to fall into place, and the maths begins to add up. (It's the label variations that have extended/later dates). But most appear on the light brown/vanilla/banana -red grid label before the end of 84, then the label experimentation begins in 85. ... with 86 being the year of the repro label. Basically, it looks like more were issued per month than previously thought, with seven being the magic number: May 1982- November 1982 = 7 months x 10 releases per month takes you to the seventy releases (actually 68, but there's a couple of fine points to be worked out) of the initial un-appended cat numbers, before the addition of the 41s and 1s in the new year of 83. This 41-1 cat sequence continues for about 84 (possibly 86, but there's couple of cats missing yet at ether end) releases in 1983... over the same release schedule of May to November, this gives 7 months at 12 releases per month = 84 With EMI's first CDs appearing in 83, the necessity of format distinction explains this appended scheme throughout 83... also, the barcodes start to appear on sleeves about here. Following the same release schedule for the following year: 84, of seven months at 12 per month, gives another 84 (un-appended cats - don't know why yet), which adds to 238 releases since may 82 to November 84. Approximating to my list (certainly within the ball-park). I think this squares the label changes up too.. why so many appeared on the bananavan grid label so late in the sequence, the buggering about with label designs in 85 (brief yellow grid somewhere around the end of 85, with white grid too, before the plain light brown/white labels take over... yet to fix a date for the label repros, but looks like it could be 86. And finally, those pesky dark brown plain labels I believe are not a simple variation on the plain light brown, but are EMI's own artist catalogue repro labels! ...they just didn't want to go back to the tan/dark brown with big red EMI letters labels... so these are contemporary with the custom repro labels for other label's artists. EMI's own CDs with CDP prefix begin in 83, and Marillion: Script For A Jester's Tear appears on this (On site), but Fame's (As distinct from EMI label) begin therefore, in 84.... don't know if that Marillion title appears on Fame CD yet (Should, if it's on Fame Vinyl), but that would mean it replaces the EMI one- probably making that original EMI CD pretty bloomin' rare! So those are my deductions for the day, just have to set about proving them out, and snagging little holes in the scheme. Edited by Magic Marmalade on 4th Jul 2015, 2:36 PM