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Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles

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Pressing plant including metalwork for [l=Capitol Records] in Los Angeles, California. (Note: This profile is being researched. If you have a submission prior to 1947, please post an image of the pressing stamp.) The pressing stamp resembles a "star" (for Hollywood), which evolved from a five-pointed star (☆) to a six-pointed star (✲), and circa 1965, began appearing as a basic asterisk. (A confirmation from 1947 shows the star as "☆" ([r4404809]), and circa 1964, as "✲" ([r3886157].) Los Angeles pressings from 1971 onwards had a 1 9/16" (1.5625" or 39.69 mm) diameter pressing ring, a 11/32" (0.34375" or 8.73 mm) ring around the spindle hole on side A, and a 17/32" (0.53125" or 13.49 mm) ring around the spindle hole on side B. [Before 1971 it was the standard 1 1/2" (1.5" or 38.1 mm) diameter pressing ring.] Note: If an "RCA" etch accompanies the stamp, this likely means that the pressing was on a contract basis by [l465444], with metalwork supplied by [l313266] (e.g., [r705848]). Additional and complementary identifiers for Warner Bros. releases that were pressed by Capitol had the following codes on the lacquer numbers: - LW - for Los Angeles plant (Do not confuse with [l438055]) - JW - for [l314605] - WW - for [l313656] The Los Angeles plant was purchased by Capitol in late 1945 and closed in 1982 due to a fire.