How Do You Look Up Record Albums By Numbers?
Vinyl records have stood the test of time by outlasting the analog and digital formats like reel to reel, cassette tapes and compact discs. There are now scores of obsessive record collectors who make vinyl record collecting their life’s work. Now with search tools that have been implemented through the World Wide Web, there are many easy ways to shop for records without leaving your living room. You can find almost any record album by merely searching the record label’s catalog number printed on the spine of the record sleeve. Locate the catalog number that is printed on the spine of the record sleeve. This is usually a letter/number combination that combines letters in the record label’s name with the number of the release. For instance, Nirvana’s “Bleach” album was released by the Sub Pop record label in 1989 with the catalog number, SP34b. However, many record labels in the ’50s through the ’70s did not use the letter/number format, primarily using digits in their own cataloging sy
