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US recording/mastering & vinyl-cutting studios of record company [l87317]; closed January 2021. For credits specifically stating "Capitol Studios" or "Capitol Recording Studios", [u]please use [l263812][/u]. Also credited as:[b] - Capitol Disk Mastering - Capitol Facility L.A., California - Capitol Mastering Hollywood, CA - Capitol Mastering Studios - LA, CA - Capitol Records, Hollywood - Capitol Records Mastering - Capitol Records Mastering Lab - Capitol Studios Mastering - Capitol Tower Mastering [/b] Recognizable with "MASTERED BY CAPITOL" stamped on the runout. Capitol Mastering had Scully and Neumann lathes. The used lathes are indicated in the matrix by the letter following the catalog number (followed by a number indicating the cut number), e.g. A3, F-9, G-22, J17, P-4, R1, W5, X5. A / B: Scully stereo lathe in Hollywood, 1967-1974. F / G: Scully mono lathe in Hollywood, 1967-1969. H / J: Scully lathe in Hollywood, 1969-1983. P / T: Scully lathe in New York, 1967-1971. W / X: Scully stereo lathe in New York, 1967-1974. F: Neumann VMS-66 lathe used by [l=Tower Mastering] in Hollywood, California (1969-1982). G: Neumann lathe in Hollywood (1975-1988). R: Neumann lathe in New York (1972-1974). Engineers known to have worked here: [a=Dave McEowen] as "DAVE" or "DCM" etched in the runout [a403492] as "DCole" in the runout [a=Ed Sanders (2)] as "Ed" etched cursively in runout [a=Eddy Schreyer] as "E" or "ES" etched in the runout, or a scribble similar to "Ɛ____" or "C____" (see image on his profile) [a=Gene Thompson] as "Gene" or "ƐRT" etched in the runout (from 1975 onward) [a=Ian Sefchick] - what looks like H with an S inside etched (エ∽) in the runout but must be IS [a=Jay Maynard] usually credited "Jay Luck" around 1976, later on simply "Jay" etched [a5446217] "Jc" a not yet identified mastering engineer [a=John Lemay] as "J. LEMAY" or "JPL" etched in the runout [a=Ken Perry] as "KP" etched in the runout [a=Kevin Bartley] as "KB" etched in the runout [a=Kevin Reeves] as "KEV" etched in the runout [a=Maurice Long (2)] as "ML" etched in the runout [a=Ron McMaster] as "McM" or "RM" etched in the runout [a=Wally Traugott] as "Wally" or "Wly" etched in the runout [a=Wayne Dailey] as "Wayne", "Wayne.", "Wayne D" or "WD" etched cursively in the runout [a=William Tennis] as "WT" etched in the runout [a=Andrew Sandoval] [a=Robert Vosgien]