Capitol Mastering

US recording/mastering & vinyl-cutting studios of record company Capitol Records, Inc.; closed January, 2021. For credits specifically stating "Capitol Studios" or "Capitol Recording Studios", [u]please use Capitol Studios[/u]. Also credited as: - Capitol Studios Mastering - Capitol Tower Mastering - Capitol Records Mastering - Capitol Mastering Hollywood, CA - Capitol Disk Mastering - Capitol Facility L.A., California 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 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: Dave McEowen as "DAVE" or "DCM" etched in the runout David Cole (4) as "DCole" in the runout Ed Sanders (2) as "Ed" etched cursively in runout Eddy Schreyer as "E" or "ES" etched in the runout, or a scribble similar to "Ɛ____" or "C____" (see image on his profile) Gene Thompson as "Gene" or "ƐRT" etched in the runout (from 1975 onward) Ian Sefchick - what looks like H with an S inside etched (エ∽) in the runout but must be IS Jay Maynard usually credited "Jay Luck" around 1976, later on simply "Jay" etched JC (72) "Jc" a not yet identified mastering engineer John Lemay as "J. LEMAY" etched in the runout Ken Perry as "KP" etched in the runout Kevin Bartley as "KB" etched in the runout Kevin Reeves as "KEV" etched in the runout Maurice Long (2) as "ML" etched in the runout Ron McMaster as "McM" or "RM" etched in the runout Wally Traugott as "Wally" or "Wly" etched in the runout Wayne Dailey as "Wayne", "Wayne.", "Wayne D" or "WD" etched cursively in the runout William Tennis as "WT" etched in the runout