Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!wjh12!harvard!seismo!brl-tgr!internet!Curt Hayashi From: Curt Hayashi Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Publication Dates on Records Message-ID: <5547@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Thu, 1-Nov-84 11:06:34 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.5547 Posted: Thu Nov 1 11:06:34 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 3-Nov-84 21:17:17 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 15 I've been annoyed for years that record companies almost uniformly fail to include on album covers or disc labels the date they were released (or the date they were recorded, but that's another issue). By analogy to the publishing world, this would seem to be important information - it is to me, anyway. Can anyone explain this omission that seems to be industry-wide? Curt Hayashi (chayashi@bbn-unix) P.S. There's another industry where this omission is even more critical- roadmaps.