US recording/mastering & vinyl-cutting studios of record company Capitol Records, Inc.; closed January 2021. For credits specifically stating "Capitol Studios", "Capitol Recording Studios" or "Capitol Records Studios", please use Capitol Studios.
Also credited as:
- Capitol Disk Mastering - Capitol Facility L.A., California
- Capitol Mastering Hollywood, CA
- Capitol Mastering Studios - LA, CA
- Capitol Records, Hollywood
- Capitol Records Mastering
- Capitol Records Mastering Lab
- Capitol Studios Mastering
- Capitol Tower Mastering
Recognizable with "MASTERED BY CAPITOL" stamped on the runout.
Capitol Mastering had Scully and Neumann lathes. The used lathes are indicated in the matrix by the letter following the catalog number (followed by a number indicating the cut number), e.g. A3, F-9, G-22, J17, P-4, R1, W5, X5.
A / B: Scully stereo lathe in Hollywood, 1967-1974.
F / G: Scully mono lathe in Hollywood, 1967-1969.
H / J: Scully lathe in Hollywood, 1969-1983.
P / T: Scully lathe in New York, 1967-1971.
W / X: Scully stereo lathe in New York, 1967-1974.
F: Neumann VMS-66 lathe used by Tower Mastering in Hollywood, California (1969-1982).
G: Neumann lathe in Hollywood (1975-1989).
R: Neumann lathe in New York (1972-1974).
Engineers known to have worked here:
Dave McEowen as "DAVE" or "DCM" etched in the runout
artist as "DCole" in the runout
Ed Sanders (2) as "Ed" etched cursively in runout
Eddy Schreyer as "E" or "ES" etched in the runout, or a scribble similar to "Ɛ____" or "C____" (see image on his profile)
Gene Thompson as "Gene" or "ƐRT" etched in the runout (from 1975 onward)
Ian Sefchick - what looks like H with an S inside etched (エ∽) in the runout but must be IS
Jay Maynard usually credited "Jay Luck" around 1976, later on simply "Jay" etched
John Stachowiak - "Jc" or "Jc S" etch; the "Jc" is a distinctive conjoined styling
John Lemay as "J. LEMAY" or "JPL" etched in the runout
Ken Perry as "KP" etched in the runout
Kevin Bartley as "KB" etched in the runout
Kevin Reeves as "KEV" etched in the runout
Maurice Long (2) as "ML" etched in the runout
Ron McMaster as "McM" or "RM" etched in the runout
Wally Traugott as "Wally" or "Wly" etched in the runout
Wayne Dailey as "Wayne", "Wayne.", "Wayne D" or "WD" etched cursively in the runout
William Tennis as "WT" etched in the runout
Andrew Sandoval
Robert Vosgien