(22-01-2019 16:33)Музыковед писал(а):  А что означают эти точки? И на что влияет их количество?

мне трудно писать по русски и переводить ,но думаю нет проблем здесь с английским,есть и переводчики онлaине.
Nimbus был первым заводом по производству компакт-дисков в Великобритании и третьим в мире.Прессование компакт-дисков начали в сентябре 1984 года ...
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The dots after the catalog number indicate the pressing serial number starting with one dot and a maximum of nine dots possible. This doesn't mean that every release should start with one dot. First public pressing may start with any number of dots, if previous runs were faulty. In 90s there were laser etched numbers added after the dots that mean mother:stamper. Optional (V) after catalogue number means that CD was glass mastered at Charlottesville, Virginia plant in USA. The dots around the Nimbus credit indirectly represent the period, when the mastering was done, while being a decorative element. First pressings in 1984-1986 had no dots, later they were gradually added on both sides of credit starting from two dots (one middle dot in each line) up to five, while the last variant had only one dot between the lines. In 1997 words and dots were replaced by stylized Nimbus logo. Exact periods of credit dots are approximate and not documented so it is not allowed to use them to guess the date by now.