Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles

Pressing plant including metalwork for 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 "☆" (Here Comes... Colonna's Trolley), and circa 1964, as "✲" (The Beach Boys Songbook: Romantic Instrumentals By The Hollyridge Strings.) Los Angeles pressings had a 1 9/16" (1.5625" or 39.69 mm) diameter pressing ring, and, in the 1970s, a second 17/32" (0.53125" or 13.49 mm) ring around the spindle hole on side B. Note: If an "RCA" etch accompanies the stamp, this likely means that the pressing was on a contract basis by RCA Records Pressing Plant, Hollywood, with metalwork supplied by Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles (e.g., I Feel Fine / She's A Woman). 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 Longwear Plating) - JW - for Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville - WW - for Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester The Los Angeles plant was purchased by Capitol in late 1945 and closed in 1981 due to a fire.