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Use the information in DtSt and 260 $c to match the date. Additional explanation may be found in a 500 or 518. Dates in bracket may be inferred from the item in hand, or may be taken from a different source altogether. Be more flexible with dates in brackets, but use the rest of the record to confirm the match.
Examples
DtSt:s Dates: 1999,
260 London, England : ‡b Virgin, ‡c p1999.
DtSt:r Dates: 2000,1962
260 Hamburg [Germany] : ‡b Deutsche Grammophon, ‡c [2000]
500 Previously released material (p1962, p1966).
DtSt: p
Dates: 1999,1939
260 Hamburg : ‡b History, ‡c p1999.
518 Recorded 1939-1950.
DtSt:t Dates: 1998,1993
260 Germany : ‡b Spectrum Music, ‡c [1998], p1993.
Music #
All CDs go to Ping for call numbers??? Different once we switch to accession numbers?