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May 23, 2023 13:34
vertigo Dick52 Lyonesse ea

We have recently grouped all Fontana LPs into series by release number. And I took a good look at that ;-) A few things stood out:

1) all release numbers with 6 digits and 2 or 3 letters (eg 858 001 FPY) date from the period 1960 - 1970 and the Y stands for Stereo and the L for mono)
2) all release numbers with 7 digits and no letters (eg 6430 033) date from the period January 1970 - January 1983
3) Pressings from the USA and the UK have their own numbering that differs from what Phonogram used worldwide.
4) many LPs have been released several times over the years with a new cover and a new release number, but often pressed with the original matrices. That makes it difficult to date the pressing, because the run-out groove also contains the old data.
5) the systems for singles and LPs are quite similar. Singles series are more oriented to countries and LPs to genres.
6) the release number system for the 50's I don't know. I should still look into that.

In the meantime I have already looked at the LPs of the Mercury and Philips labels. So far I haven't found any overlapping ranges, so maybe we can classify the Mercury LPs. What I saw was that heaps of Mercury LPs were mis-dated.

From January 1, 1983 Polygram (the merger of Polydor and Phongram) used a new system of 7 digits (eg 814 282-7) The last digit indicates the carrier: 7 is a single, 1 an LP and 2 a CD
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May 23, 2023 14:23
FransS
Nice to see if I can contribute to that too
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May 24, 2023 13:34
Dick52
Hi Dick, you could start with Vertigo. Then I'll do Mercury. Until 1983 it's doable. After that you should use the Polygram sequences ;-)
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May 24, 2023 13:56
Dick52 vertigo Lyonesse

I discovered something else:

Fontana LPs from the sixties have 3 letters after the number (BV 858 001 FPY) The first letter stands for Fontana and the Y for stereo
Mercury LPs from the same period have the same system (BV 134 571 MFY) where the M stands for Mercury and also on Vertigo LPs you see the same system: (BV 847 200 VTY) where the V stands for Vertigo.

If the last letter is L, then it is mono.
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where the V stands for Vertigo

FransS
I know nothing ;-)

By the way, nice discovery! Little by little you learn more and more. And again something that can be incorporated into one of the background pages.
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Very nice

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May 24, 2023 20:21
FransS Dick52
Found a few more stray copies under the (incorrect) label Fontana Special. Those LPs are now also in the series.
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May 25, 2023 16:51
vertigo
Nice! Good job! In the meantime I started with Mercury LPs Going well.
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May 25, 2023 16:53
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And I'm still stuck at Fontana, filling up a bunch of records with Tracks.
What you can find on the Internet about eg the older, more jazzy Fontana records, I found a Side where all band members are listed who contributed to the different Tracks and also when and where the Tracks were recorded. But I won't do anything with that until the Band Members field comes first.
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I still believe that band members should have background information and not track level
Do you want to keep it clear
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You've written before, I'll take John Lennon for example, he wants you to see with a click what he's on records and tracks and has contributed to. That's how I've always understood what you meant.
How do you want to achieve this if this information is only packed in background pages, I mean eg John Lennon as a band member.
You can only do this in such a way that you create a field only for Band members, then I believe something like this is possibly what you mean.
I wrote above that I found a Side of Band Members at the more older Jazz Records of Fontana, it is also the case there, one clicks on a Band Member's name and promptly sees what he has played with.
This is also the case with Discogs, but they are also far from perfect.
Then DAHR America is of course a lot further, but that is more of a scientific side for 78 rpm records.
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I still believe that band members should have background information and not at track level
Still disagree. I think it's especially important who played what and who. it is sometimes sad to notice that some band members die and do not appear in the database, while they have been playing with a band for years.
the solution is to separate the main artist/band and place them separately.
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But if you want to do that you'll have to do it almost at track level,
Perhaps manageable with an album, but with collectors of a group
Also, how do you check that?
Not always listed
And honestly CSN&Y who then often hired a few "friends" are that group member?
And I just want to see Nash!
Or Neil
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If you only want to see Graham Nash then you only have to click on Graham Nash and you will see on which record and which song he has contributed and in which Band he has played, the same for Neil Young.
It's nice that this is possible.
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Dick also wants all Graham Nash's solo work together, without CSN&Y And that is not possible now.
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I'm sorry, I can't quite follow you.
Do you mean, that is not possible now, that it is not yet possible because the Band members field (I actually think the name is wrong, in my opinion the name Musicians would be more appropriate) is not yet present?
Or if the Band Members field is there that this also fails?
I can also be wrong, I don't know if the Band members field is there when you click on a name there, eg Graham Nash and then filter at Main artist, that you then have your Solo work.
But one thing I know for sure, if you want to do it right, you have to do it at Track level.
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Even if there were a field of band members, it's still not possible. It's actually a matter of exclusion. A Band Members field should be separate from Lead Artists. Graham Nash is not only a band member (of several groups), but also a solo artist. He would then be simultaneously in the Database Band Members and in Main Artists. That should be split and that's what Jilles actually proposes. But what does that look like from a programming point of view?
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Please post the discussion about new fields in the appropriate topic: Wishes for new fields in the Music section.
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