Which number on this vinyl label is the catalog number?

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I’m editing my first recording and am stumped. In this photo, is the catalog number “2065 292” or “PRCL S-5261”? (Addendum: I found a photo for B side. It lists “2065 292” and “PRCL S-5262”.) How would I determine this on subsequent submissions?

A handful of recordings have already been assigned to Pleiades Records, but their catalog numbers are all over the map. https://musicbrainz.org/label/6ddba2bf-43a4-4844-b5e5-507049ad874f

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Now there’s a coincidence as I done a similar one earlier. According to what Picard chose for mine which was POLD 5007 I would say in your case the catalogue number is PRCL S-5261. I’m not sure what the other number is but I would take a guess that it’s more a regional code and batch number.

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I’d say 2065 292 is the cat number

réf: https://cap.banq.qc.ca/notice?id=p%3A%3Ausmarcdef_0002862585&locale=en

PRCL S-5262 would be Matrix/Runout (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrix_number)

Here’s an example (with both sides): https://www.discogs.com/Goddo-Chantal/release/4538813

PRCL is different depending on the sides, the cat number doesn’t change.

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Yeah, the number in parenthesis is usually for that recording. Kinda like the ISRC is today but back then you could tell if it was the same recording by that number.

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PRCL is different depending on the sides, the cat number doesn’t change.

Makes sense! Thank you for that logical bit of knowledge.