Resources
These are various online resources I use for dating and research of items in the collection
Runout Groove, Manufacturing, and Custom Press Info:
Common Runout Groove Etchings V:8 - List to search for runout groove (or matrix) numbers or letters.
Anoraks Corner.com - Pressing plant & runout groove information
Global Dog Productions.info - Pressing plant info, site is often down
45rpmrecords.com - A generally excellent page for record information
How To Date Rite Pressings
How To Date King Pressings aka Royal Plastics
How To Date QCA Pressings
List of Lists on 45cat.com - Huge forum post with tons of different lists. Good for runout groove info.
Radio Magazines (good for dating, release information:
World Radio History.com - Huge database of periodicals and other searchable information
Cashbox Search - Search hundreds of Cashbox magazines for dates and other info
Billboard Mag Search - 1894-2021 search
Google Books - Good for general searches but use the others for Cashbox/Billboard specifically.
Regional Record Information:
Northwest Music Archives.com - For information regarding any artists or labels from Northwestern United States
Buckeye Beat.com - Database of Ohio artists and labels.
Arkansas 45s Blog - For Arkansas stuff
Other Large Databases:
Bluegrass discography - Searchable discography of bluegrass
Rockin' Country Style - Huge discography of country/rock etc 1951-1964
45cat.com - Database of 45s. Often has older records that discogs doesn't. Many lists of runout/pressing/manufacturing information
Discogs.com - Database of music, great for looking up multitudes of things
Songwriting and Publishing Information:
BMI Database - use to find correct songwriting data. This contains the CURRENT OWNER of the songs under the publishers, so the publishing data is not accurate for the time the record was released.
ASCAP Database - Use to find correct songwriting data. Much less useful than BMI, but does have some things.
Song Histories and Related:
Bluegrass Messengers Song Histories - Huge database of traditional song histories and lyrics
Misc Other Resources:
American Song Poem Database - Various information on Song Poems and Song Poem Labels
Anorakrockabilly's K-Ark Discography - The closest K-Ark completed discography around
PragueFrank's Blog - recording session, players, and date info
Up until 2013
2013 Until Now
45-sleeves.co.uk - The most exhaustive database of 45 factory sleeve dating
Aburkhart's Discogs Profile - Use to copy/paste odd fontage for runouts etc.
Dollar Country Dates
2021.03.21: Dollar Country stamp was delivered, any sleeve that is not stamped was processed before this date
2021.10.29: First date stamp was delivered, any sleeve not dated was processed before this date
2022.07.30: Numerical "Collector Number" stamp was delivered, any sleeve not stamped with a collector number was processed before this date
| Rope Logo Stamp | Date Stamp | Collector Number Stamp | Processed In |
| NO | NO | NO | Before 2021.03.21 |
| YES | NO | NO | 2021.03.21-2021.10.29 |
| YES | YES | NO | 2021.10.29-2022.07.30 |
| YES | YES | YES |
After 2022.07.30 |
Last updated 2025.12.19