{"id":844,"count":6,"description":"<strong>Please note, many Capitol Records issues also carry an EMI logo. This is not a label, and EMI should not be added as a label; it instead indicates that Capitol was part of the EMI Group. For LPs the label design may help identify the era of release. See vinylbeat.com &amp; friktech.com links below.<\/strong> <strong>Please note<\/strong>: [u]unofficial \/ counterfeit releases should use [l147244][\/u] instead.\r\n\r\n<strong>Label Code: LC 0148 \/ LC 00148<\/strong>.\r\n\r\nThe [l87317] company was founded on April 8, 1942 in Hollywood, California as \"Liberty Records\" by the songwriters [a164574], [a680985] and record store owner [a3915760]. \r\nOn June 4 of the same year, the label was named \"Capitol\" to avoid a conflict with the New York City-based Liberty Music shops.\r\nBy 1946, Capitol had sold 42 million records and was established as one of the Big Six labels.\r\n\r\nIn January 1955, the British company [l293204] (EMI) acquired Capitol Records, Inc. for $8.5 million. \r\n\r\nIn the UK, Europe and Australasia, EMI began releasing Capitol product in January 1956, after the licenses of [l=The Decca Record Company Limited] and other licensees expired.\r\n\r\nOn August 18, 1958, Capitol introduced it's first stereo discs composed of 10 popular releases and 5 classical releases. \r\n\r\nIn 1979, Capitol was made part of the [l45746] \"Worldwide Division.\" In 2001, [l1032063] merged Capitol Records label with the Priority Records label.\r\n\r\nIn September 2012 Capitol Records was purchased by Vivendi S.A. (owner of the [l38404]). As of March 2024, Capitol Records is part of Universal's Interscope Capitol Labels Group.\r\n\r\n[u]Capitol Records album prefix codes:[\/u]\r\nCatalog numbers are generally divided into a prefix (from 1 to 4 letters) and a number. The number is the actual release number. Capitol started numbering at 100, with some of their subsidiaries (like Tower) starting at higher numbers (such as 5000 for Tower and 3350 for Apple). By 1968, their regular issue albums had reached 2999; 3000 to 9999 were reserved for subsidiaries so they started over at 100. In 1972, album numbering reached 999 and catalog numbers jumped ahead to 10000.\r\n\r\nThe prefix is composed of letters. \r\n\u2022 If the record is in stereo, then the first letter is \"S.\". If the first letter is a \"D\", the record is in reprocessed stereo created from mono recordings (= Duophonic).\r\n     No letter corresponds to a mono recording. \r\n\u2022 The second letter is the price code. Beginning in the late 1950s, \"T\" was the standard code for a full-price single LP. Other letters, such as W, M and K indicate a different list price.\r\n\u2022 The third letter (if present) indicates the number of discs in the album. \"A\" = single LP, \"B\" = two LPs, \"C\" = 3 Lps, etc.\r\n\u2022 A fourth letter (if present) means there was some kind of special packaging, such as a boxed set, gatefold cover, booklet, etc.\r\n\r\n45 RPM Catalog Number, Date and Label Identification:\r\n791 through 4290 (1949\u20131959): Purple label with Capitol\r\nlogo on top.\r\n4291 through 4663 (1959\u20131961): Purple label with Capitol\r\nlogo on left side.\r\n4680 through 5999 (1961\u20131967): Orange and yellow\r\n\"swirl\" label.\r\nRegarding Capitol 4664 through 4679, we've seen enough inconsistencies in this gap to render us unable to make any concrete determinations. Thus far, the highest number we've\r\nseen, pressed exclusively on purple, is 4663. The lowest number we know of, pressed exclusively on orange and yellow, is 4680. Many numbers in-between appeared on both Capitol\r\nlabels. Numbers prior to the beginning of 45 rpm production are reissues of material first issued on 78 rpms.\r\n\r\nNote: During 1951-1954 Capitol released several 7\" inch discs at 78rpm speed under S-R-S (Studio &amp; Recording Services): https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/label\/1367146-SRS-Capitol","link":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/sello\/capitol-records\/","name":"Capitol Records","slug":"capitol-records","taxonomy":"sello","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sello\/844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sello"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/sello"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/egiarecords.com\/eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?sello=844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}