This discography only covers the 1970s, and it is full of holes. Some of these holes can be accounted for by the fact that CBS singles shared their numbering system with those of other labels in the group - Epic, Philadelphia International, Monument, Dandelion, Nems, and so on; some others are down to the fact that singles with those numbers were released overseas and not in Britain. Initially stereo singles had the letter 'S' before the number, as in 'S 5054' or 'CBS S 7555'; in late 1972, when the numbering changed to the CBS-1000s, it moved in front of the prefix, as in 'S CBS-1091' or 'S CBS-3068'. When stereo became the norm, mono singles were usually - but not always - given an 'M' in addition to the prefix. The first and third columns are to allow for these 'S'es and 'M's; the second column has the prefix, if any; the fourth the number.
Copyright 2007 Robert Lyons.