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| The Beatles Story Capitol Decca Pressing | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Apr 19 2016, 04:05 PM (249 Views) | |
| meaning-less | Apr 19 2016, 04:05 PM Post #1 |
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My copy of The Beatles Story Capitol Rainbow TBO-2222 is, I believe a Decca contract pressing. The labels have the small Decca pressing ring. My question involves the matrix letters/numbers. Side 1 T1-2222 -P11 " 2 T2-2222- P11 " 3 T3-2222- P11 " 4 T4-2222- P11 I know the P represents Decca's Pinckneyville pressing plant but the four 11 suffixes seems odd to me. This example has the 1-4 2-3 configuration. |
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| namralos | Apr 20 2016, 11:37 AM Post #2 |
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Yes, that's a Decca Pinckneyville pressing. Decca used their own stamper numbers instead of the A1/B2 (etc.) system that Capitol used. |
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| meaning-less | Apr 20 2016, 12:30 PM Post #3 |
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Are the identical P11 run-off suffixes for each of the four sides unusual? |
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| namralos | Apr 20 2016, 08:24 PM Post #4 |
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Not for a subcontract. Decca may not have made many copies, relatively speaking. Where is the File-Under "dot" on your cover? Do you have one of the copies with the "dot" in an unusual location? |
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| meaning-less | Apr 21 2016, 02:30 PM Post #5 |
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The Black "File Under" dot is located just to the upper left of the catalog number TBO-2222 which is indented 1 1/4" from the mouth of the cover. |
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| namralos | Apr 21 2016, 09:08 PM Post #6 |
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That might be the one that's further indented; that's the way my Decca copy is. http://www.friktech.com/btls/capitol/StoryPressings.pdf |
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