Re: [ARSCLIST] MATRIX numbers

["Steven C. Barr(x)" <stevenc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: "D P Ingram" <darren@xxxxxxxxx>
> Hello all.
> 
> (Sorry for the large number of posts today ... keeping things  
> separate to help digest members).
> 
> As part of a cataloguing idea I am trying to sketch out some  
> schematics.  Could somebody kindly explain/clarify something for me?
> 
> One record release can have several matrix numbers dependent on when  
> it was produced? Would it be acceptable for a catalogue to associate  
> several matrixes to the main track information (i.e. artist, album)  
> rather than create several annoying versions of the self same record?  
> I appreciate one should keep the catalogue number unique as different  
> "mixes" and versions could appear for different territories and  
> markets but would it be acceptable to associate the different  
> matrixes to the one catalogue number where known.
> 
This is ONLY true for "multi-track" recordings, such as LP's or
45rpm EP's (or CD's usually anthologies or artist-specific
restrospective collections).

For LP's (etc.) it depends on the policies of the record company.
Some companies assigned separate matrix numbers to each song...
particularly when they were recorded (or final-mixed, in this
current era) on different dates and/or in different places.
Other companies/labels assigned a "matrix number" to the final
"matrix" used to manufature the LP/45 discs ...this is actually
technically correct. And...a lot used BOTH methods...assigning
an internal number to each track, and an actual "matrix number"
to the disc which would be issued. If a number appears on the
label, it is most likely to be the latter...

Steven C. Barr