Serial/catalog no's for your own CDs

Subject: Serial/catalog no's for your own CDs
From: Steve Parkes
Date: 19 Mar 03 - 03:20 AM

This came up in Making a demo CD. OK: any observations/suggestions/tips on hwo to make up a serial or catalogue number for your own home-made CDs? I don't expect there's anything to stop me labelling my first one "SP1" or "SPCD0001" ... or is there? Is there4 a central registry of record and CD catalogues, where each one has to be unique to safeguard the maker against fakes?

Steve

Subject: RE: Serial/catalog no's for your own CDs
From: Watson
Date: 19 Mar 03 - 12:52 PM

Number it however you like Steve.
If it gets airplay and it's logged for PRS / MCPS, it's listed as Own Label and the number doesn't matter much.

PS - regards from sunny Walsall

Subject: RE: Serial/catalog no's for your own CDs
From: treewind
Date: 19 Mar 03 - 01:28 PM

I've been wondering about the same thing!

As far as I can tell you can label your CDs however you like, and there doesn't seem to be a central repository related to the recording industry for label names, much to my surprise. It's possible that MCPS has some information.

I suspect that if you were serious about having a label with a name that you wanted to keep a good first step would be to register it as a trade mark.

Anahata

Subject: RE: Serial/catalog no's for your own CDs
From: Brakn
Date: 19 Mar 03 - 01:57 PM

Call MCPS. They are very helpful. I made up a number myself and reckoned that if it had been used before, they would tell me.

Subject: RE: Serial/catalog no's for your own CDs
From: Phil Cooper
Date: 19 Mar 03 - 06:05 PM

We made up four digit catalogue numbers the first two digits were the number of years Margaret and I had played together and the last two digits were the number recording. Thus our 17th recording has the catalogue number of 2017,for twenty years of playing together and the 17th recording. Someone said that that was better than the standard 001, 002, etc. It doesn't have to mean anything except to you.

Subject: RE: Serial/catalog no's for your own CDs
From: dick greenhaus
Date: 19 Mar 03 - 07:21 PM

Whatever you cll it or number it, please make sure that the number shows clearly on the edge of the jewel case. Alot of retailers file their stock by catalog number, and it's astounding how many recordings have these numbers printed in maroon on a dark red background, or some other illegible combination--or don't have numbers at all.