OK, this is getting really picky, but my Audition Copy of Candix 331, distributed by Era Record sales, has an extra dash in the matrix numbers, CD-T-S-1-R and CD-T-S-2-R.
Are you
totally sure about that ? To everyone's best knowledge, only Candix 301 was distributed by Era, not 331, and certainly not a November 1961 audition copy. They took over distribution after the X pressing, when Herb Newman got involved. If you really do have an Era-distributed copy of 331, you've got one of two things:
something incredibly rare...
or a counterfeit.
That the matrix inscription differs from any I've ever seen is suspicious.
I'll bet that he's simply confused the 301 for 331;
BUT: when I looked at my 301/Era/Audition the matrix numbers in the runout are, indeed, the way he described them( CD-T-S-1-R and CD-T-S-2-R) farther around the circle is a small triangle and the number 41389.
Yep, I screwed up! I should have said a Dist by Era Record Sales Audition Copy of Candix 301, not 331. I knew it was the later Candix pressing, and even though I know better, 331 just seemed like it should be the number for the later pressing, rather than 301.
My copy also has the same delta number bgas mentioned, and Andrew mentioned in his ESQ article, 41389. And I would agree with bags that Mikie should check his matrix numbers, as it's the label that says CD-TS-1-R, while the actual matrix number from the stamper has the additional hyphen, CD-T-S-1-R.
Also, while Andrew mentions the oft repeated existence of a CD-TS-1R, is there actually a known copy of such a pressing, or did Brad Elliott or someone else along the line simply forget a hyphen? Another possibility is that the actual matrix number on the stamper remained the same, but on a label reprinting the hyphen before the R was omitted.
Finally, my copy does have a notation in the run out grooves found on no other copy of Surfin. It's my name, followed by (1-68). Yes, I had a habit of etching my name in the run out grooves of my 45s, followed by the date i purchased them. I bought my copy of Surfin (yes, I only have one!) at a used record store, Arcade Music in San Diego, in January 1968 for 35 cents.
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