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23rd Mar 2024, 10:14 PM
	PhilMH SUBS Member since Jan 2012 1055 Points	Malcyramone wrote: That's good to know, it should help work out the release order. F must have been released before J and J before P. I'd have to dig out my old Schwann catalogues to double check the tape prices, but the CBS, Inc. alpha price codes for LPs ran thus: K - $5.98 P - $6.98 J - $7.98 F - $8.98 Q - nominally $9.98, but I think by this point CBS was telling the dealers they could charge whatever they wanted! G was for double albums, but was used in various combinations, e.g. CG, KG, PEG, JZG, whatever. Tape prices I think were a dollar more than the vinyl equivalents, and I think soundtrack LPs (e.g. JS) were also a dollar more than regular product. P.S. I don't know why CBS allocated the codes without following any sort of alphabetical order, but IIRC the P code would have come in about 1974, when labels generally began charging $6.98 for topline releases; J for $7.98 circa 1977, and F for $8.98 two or three years later. Edited by PhilMH on 23rd Mar 2024, 10:19 PM

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