andrewt3660 29th Oct 2023 |  | Vinyl AlbumDave Davies - AFL1-3603 | The actual number hidden within the barcode on the cover is 319810051417 (I actually parsed it bit by bit to figure it out); however, they deliberately trimmed off two bits from the beginning and nine from the end, so it won't scan. RCA adopted barcoding at the start of 1981, five months after this came out.
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andrewt3660 26th Mar 2022 |  | Vinyl Album[no artist listed] - The Greatest Moments In Sports | Might this be the first appearance of Columbia's 5.98 "K" price code that would eventually become universal across the board by 1971?
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andrewt3660 13th Apr 2021 |  | Vinyl AlbumJethro Tull - Living In The Past | Hmm. So it did!
I wish I knew precisely when this album changed. The December 23rd Billboard listed it as "Chrysalis 2CH 1035," so it evidently happened before the end of the year. The November 18th Billboard lists it as "Chrysalis 2TS 2106." Unfortunately Google magazine search is busted, making it hard to drill down any finer.
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andrewt3660 13th Apr 2021 |  | Vinyl AlbumThe Coasters - The Coasters | According to Discogs the master numbers for this release are 681423 and 681424, consecutive with those for the rechanneled version of 33-111. Both records probably came out in November 1968, years after the mono editions.
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andrewt3660 12th Apr 2021 |  | Vinyl AlbumJethro Tull - Living In The Past | Does this release actually exist?
I've long been under the impression that Living in the Past was the first album issued in the US on the Chrysalis label. No doubt it was planned as a Reprise release (and probably listed in advance catalogues and trade magazines that way), but I've never actually seen a copy of 2RS 2106 on the tan steamship label.
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