RCA Victor Argentina S.A.I.C.

Argentinian record company, branch of Radio Corporation Of America Renamed from RCA Victor Argentina S.A. circa Jan. 1950 Operated RCA sublabels RCA Victor, RCA Victor Red Seal, "X", Vik, 60s era Groove (3), RCA Camden and homegrown sublabel RCA Vik. It also represented Fantasy, Eurodisc, Montilla, Tamla Motown and others. From 1955 to the mid 60s it operated vinyl pressing and distribution deals with Ariola, Producciones Fermata, Microfon and Music Hall. It was renamed RCA S.A.I.C. when RCA was rechristened RCA Corporation in 1968/69. For Uruguayan copyright credits, use RCA Victor Argentina S.A.I.C. (Sucursal Uruguay) Catalogue Logic: Inherits the 60-XXXX scheme from RCA Victor Argentina S.A. 60-19XX - last 60-XXXX batch - 1950 63-XXXX - 63-XXXX - Blue label dedicated to reissues, 1950-1955. 68-00XX - 68-01XX - Colour labels, 1950-1955, first dozen #cats are RCA Victor Argentina S.A. First Matrix scheme "S-000XXX" is introduced for local and the USA's 1952 YYYY-XXXX scheme. 1A-XXXX - Colour labels - Circa 1954-1961. RCA Victor Argentina S.A.I.C. stops producing 10''s in 1961. For vinyl: 195?-1955 // Non-locally pressed vinyl LP, mostly RCA Victor Red Seal LM-XXXX - RCA Victor Red Seal 1955 and possibly 1954 // Pre LP formats pressed locally AVL-XX - 8'' and 10'' 33 1/3 RPM Microgroove Vinyl // The very first vinyls pressed by RCA Victor, arouund 10 to 20 pressings. AYLT-XX appears too. It's unknown what the T means. 1955-1968 // LPs are pressed since 1956, starting at AVL-3000 // Earliest known AVL-3022 // 7'' Tri-centre 45 RPM EPs are pressed since 1955 or 1957 and run until 1960 // Some 1957 pressings have no apparent matrix // 7'' Tri-centre 45 RPM Singles are introduced in 1960 and run for about 200 pressings until being replaced by Solic-centres // 7'' Solid-centre 45 RPM EPs and 331/3 RPM Singles are pressed since 1961, included in the AVL-3000 and 31A-0000 respectively FIrst batch of pressings were Tri-Centre 45RPM, all sharing the same catalogue sequence: AVE-XXX - RCA Victor EZA-XXX - Vik ERA-XXX RCA Victor Red Seal EGA-XXX - Earliest releases were large hole EP / seems to be a separate numbering from AVE 41Y-XXXX - Single // Introduced in 1960, starts at 41Y-4000 Some EYA format 45s may have the A replaced with B or more depending on the number of vinyls in the release A "T" Extra letter is something included for an unknown designation. After the first batch, starting circa 1956, LP are introduced AVL-XXXX - RCA Victor Mono AVS-XXXX - RCA Victor Stereo AVLE-XXXX - RCA Victor Serie Extraordinaria LZ-XXXX - Vik // starting at LZ-1000 CAL-XXXX - Camden // Introduced in 1964, starts at CAL-2900 TM-XXXX - Tamla Motown D-XXXXX - Dunhill MLM-1XXXX - Montilla S -- Stereo, preffix or suffx. Only LP. P -- Compilation, suffix. EP and LP Solid Centre 7'' 331/3 RPM and 45 RPM are introduced in 1961, replacing the Tri-Centre 31Y-XXXX - Single 3YE-XXXX - EP Where XXXX starts at 0000 and Y can mean: A - RCA Victor C - Camden X - "X" // "X" 7'' starts at 31Y-7000 Z - Vik & RCA Vik // Nueva Ola series and some for-radio / demo pressings start at 31Y-4000 Note: This format to the first batch of 45 RPM #cat 41Y-XXXX singles pressed in 1960. Matrix number analysis Earliest matrixes used follow their unique catalogue, from around 1953 or 1952 to 1955. S-00XXXX - The number of 0s before the XXXX varies. Matrix brought from overseas use RCA's USA 1952 YYYY-XXXX scheme In 1955 or 1956, the USA 1952 format starts being implemented for local pressings. This catalogue format is not abandoned continues all the way to the end of RCA Limited (Suc. Argentina). YYYY-XXXX Y 1: Letter. Year of Matrix Assembly Y 2: Letter A (Argentina) Y 3: Letter. Unknown purpose Y 4: Letter. Record type. Y 1 letters per year: F - 1955 G - 1956 H - 1957 J - 1958 K - 1959 L - 1960 M - 1961 N - 1962 P - 1963 R - 1964 S - 1965 T - 1966 U - 1967 V - 1968 W - 1969 - Last RCA Victor Argentina S.A.I.C. records on Nov. 1969 - start of RCA S.A.I.C. X - 1970 Y - 1971 Z - 1972 A - 1973 - Continues on RCA Limited (Suc. Argentina) Y 3: A - ? G - ? H - ? Y 4: R - LP (12'' 33'1/3 RPM) H - ?? Note: Letter A represents year of Matrix Assembly, not release year. They will not always align albeit they normally do.