Mercury
Mercury popular 78s were numbered with 4-digit numbers in the 3000s in the late 1940s, and in the 5000s in the late 1940s and early 1950s. This series got up to 5912, but in 1952, 5-digit numbers in the 70000s were assigned.
A series in the 1000s was in use for Latin and jazz singles in 1945–47. During that same period there was a 2000 series, apparently for "race" (African-American-oriented) records.
A separate series in the 8900s, subsequently changed to the 89000s, was issued consisting of jazz singles. Some jazz singles were also issued with numbers in the 11000s.
Additional series were a 6000 series of country & western singles, a 7000 series for children, and an 8000 series for rhythm and blues.
45s were given the same numbers as the 78s, with a suffixed "x45" added.
Read more about this topic: Catalog Numbering Systems For Single Records
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