Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles

Pressing plant including metalwork for Capitol Records in Los Angeles, California. Operating between 1945 and 1982.
(Note: This profile is being researched. If you have a submission prior to 1947, please post an image of the pressing stamp.)

Plant identifiers:
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 (as confirmed by a 1947 pressing - Jerry Colonna - Here Comes... Colonna's Trolley, and a ca. 1964 pressing - The Hollyridge Strings - The Beach Boys Songbook: Romantic Instrumentals By The Hollyridge Strings).

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., The Beatles - I Feel Fine / She's A Woman).

An additional and complementary identifier for Warner Bros. releases that were pressed by Capitol Los Angeles, is LW on the lacquer numbers (do not confuse with Longwear Plating).
(Other codes were JW - for Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville and WW - for Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester).

Pressing rings:
Until 1971: standard 1 1/2" (1.5" or 38.1 mm) diameter.
From 1971 onwards: 1 9/16" (1.5625" or 39.69 mm) diameter, olus a 11/32" (0.34375" or 8.73 mm) ring around the spindle hole on side A, and a 17/32" (0.53125" or 13.49 mm) ring around the spindle hole on side B.

The Los Angeles plant was purchased by Capitol in late 1945 and closed by end of August 1982, making 275 employees redundant.