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SPARS Code Information
AAA - All Analogue equipment
AAD - All Analogue gear but Digital mastering
ADD - Analogue recorder, Digital mixing and editing
DDD - All Digital gear
DAD - Digital recording, Analogue mixing/editing, Digital mastering
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∆ Release Dates
45s Monarch Records (MR)
LPs Monarch Records (MR)

UK Purchase Tax Codes
Date introduced:
Dec 30th 1950 AT
Apr 15th 1953 NT
Oct 27th 1955 RT
June 1st 1957 XT
Oct 1st 1958 UT
Apr 8th 1959 ET
Aug 1st 1960 WT
July 26th 1961 OT
Apr 10th 1962 ZT
Nov 26th 1962 PT
Jan 1st 1963 MT
July 1st 1963 KT (*the KT code can still be present on some UK EMI labels releases up until 1975)
Nov 23rd 1968 JT
Apr 1st 1973 - Purchase tax replaced by VAT

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