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27th Sep 2022, 6:26 AM
	xiphophilos Member since Dec 2013 3335 Points Moderator	Usually, the second letter marks the year: -Z = 1917 -Y = 1918 -X = 1919 -W = 1920 -V = 1921 In 1920, however, Columbia seems to have introduced yet another bunch of year codes that I have found only on represses (examples are listed on the previous page): -G = 1920 -J = 1921 These letters can be securely assigned to these dates because the labels on which they appear have two label designs that date to 1920-1922: Gold Band label with four patents in two lines of unequal length (lower one shorter) (sub-variety v) (used March 1920-Oct. 1922). This label variant partially overlaps with the Gold Band Label with Exclusive Artist inside the golden band (used from February 1921-Oct. 1922). Moreover, as I said in an earlier post, the "GJ" on Columbia A3387 must signify G = July and J = 1921 repressing because this record was originally released only 2 months earlier, in May 1921. That said, it is strange that I've only ever found the codes KG (= Nov. 1920) [2x] and GJ (= July 1921) [9x] But then, I've found the -V codes, except for AV & BV, even more rarely: BV (= Feb. 1921) [11x] EV (= May 1921) [1x] GV (= Jul. 1921) [1x] HV (= Aug. 1921) [2x] Edited by xiphophilos on 9th Jun 2024, 5:08 PM

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