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What are the Catalog Numbers on Vinyl Records   Our
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6 hours ago What Is a Catalog Number? A catalog number is assigned to every release by the record company to identify that particular release. This is true for vinyl (33, 45 and 78 rpm) records, compact discs, cassettes, 8-track tapes and DVDs. The number is used to track sales through distributors and for the label's in-house accounting purposes.

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How To Find Information On A Vinyl Record – Discogs
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Just Now With the exception of the track listing and the alternate catalog number, all information on this back cover example is optional. Example 3: LP Label, US Release. Example 4: LP Label, EU Release. Information on labels may differ depending upon where the record was marketed, but many have similarities.

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Discogs Forum  Catalogue Numbers on the vinyl
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2 hours ago Egotrip's The Big Playback. This has RWK-1171 written on the printed labels on the vinyl, but RWK 1171-1 written on the sleeve (note no dash between RWK and 1171). The bar code is 01617 1711 so that '-1' is relevant. My point is many records don't even have consistent cat nos in different places on the same record!

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Database Guidelines 4. Label / Catalog  Discogs
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4 hours ago Catalog Number. 4.7.1. The catalog number is usually the most prominent number printed on the release - often on the spine, on the back cover and on the label, etc. The catalog number should be entered directly as it appears on a release - it shouldn't be altered for conformity with other catalog numbers listed on the Label page. 4.7.2.

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Vinyl Record Price Guide: Discover the Value of Your
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3 hours ago Step 1: Identify the Vinyl Release. Most albums have been issued more than once, resulting in different release versions. For example, Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon has been pressed over 400 times on vinyl. To determine the value of your record, you must first identify it. Start by looking for a Catalog Number on your record, which is

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Catalog Your Collection  LondonJazzCollector
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1 hours ago The original release catalog number works as a chronological sequence number. It is not intended to be the catalog number of your record, other than coincidentally . For example: Blue Note: BLP 1568 is a unique reference to a Hank Mobley recording. It is found on Blue Note Records with catalog number BN 1568 when mono, or BNST 81568 when stereo.

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What is a catalogue number for music?  Pure Music
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2 hours ago Some record labels will add on some additional information to the catalogue number to help identify the type of product. For example, if we had a CD,Vinyl and DVD version of the same album we might have a cat number for the CD album of “PURE CD 101″, for the vinyl version “PURE LP 101″ and “PURE DVD 101″ for the DVD release.

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Sound record catalogue numbers  International Association
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3 hours ago Later, the development of international standard numbering systems resulted in the use of codes (to identify the format) being part of the catalogue number (e.g. "-1" at the end of a number to indicate a vinyl disc, "-2" to indicate a CD, and "-4" to indicate a cassette release - all of the same published release of the recording).

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How to Look Up Record Albums by Numbers  Our Pastimes
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7 hours ago For instance, Nirvana's "Bleach" album was released by the Sub Pop record label in 1989 with the catalog number, SP34b. However, many record labels in the '50s through the '70s did not use the letter/number format, primarily using digits in their own cataloging system instead.

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How to Determine Value of Vinyl Record?  Fire Inside Music
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Just Now The serial number of the vinyl record is a great tool for determining a value of vinyl record. These numbers are also called Matrix or Stamper numbers. These numbers are often different from another number. In general, you can find the serial number in the right shows of the records. When you have found the serial number, you enable to search

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A Beginner's Guide to Dating and Identifying Records : vinyl
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1 hours ago A Beginner's Guide to Dating and Identifying Records. The Catalog Number - The Catalog Number is often wrongly used to justify the year of release. Usually, a catalog number is meant for a certain album (e.g. a particular album in a particular country). However, it often functions as an umbrella term, sometimes even stretching multiple countries.

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Release / Catalog Number  MusicBrainz
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Just Now Most releases that aren't self-released have a quasi-unique catalog number, assigned to them by the record label releasing them. Generally, this number will include alphanumeric characters, often letters followed by numbers, perhaps separated by a dash, space or other punctuation. The catalog number is most often printed on the spine of CDs and

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How to Identify Original Pressings of LP Records  Our
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6 hours ago When verifying the pressings of your record collection, match all the information on the sleeve with the original pressing. Luckily, websites like Discogs.com make this process a lot more simple than it used to be. You will need to match the catalog number, year of release, exact artwork, colors and liner notes, if available.

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Catalog number (music)  Wikipedia
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2 hours ago A catalog number is an identification number assigned to a music release by a record label.. Catalog numbers on music releases goes back as early as the early 20th century, around the same time as the 10" shellac records. Many catalog numbers are similar to the last digits of the barcode of the release, and is followed by a format code, a single digit defining the physical …

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Catalog numbers  Rate Your Music
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2 hours ago A catalog number (also referred to as "cat #") is the identification number of a release in the catalog of the label under which the release is published. With only a few exceptions, a catalog number is the unique identifier of a release. 2. Sources for catalog numbers. For consistency, catalog numbers should be taken from the spine of the release.

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Search/Browse Help  Number Searches: LC Catalog (Library
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3 hours ago While record numbers from systems other than the LC Catalog can look similar to unprefixed LCCNs, system numbers should be prefixed by a MARC organizational code followed by the database record number. For example, "(DNLM)101543064" or "(AuCNL)anb64207459."

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What are the catalog numbers on vinyl records?

What Is a Catalog Number? A catalog number is assigned to every release by the record company to identify that particular release. This is true for vinyl (33, 45 and 78 rpm) records, compact discs, cassettes, 8-track tapes and DVDs. The number is used to track sales through distributors and for the label's in-house accounting purposes.

Where is the serial number on a vinyl record?

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