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I started collecting records in the 60's. Every kid remembers when the Beatles came on the Ed Sullivan Show. During the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s I amassed a nice collection of LP’s, CD's and 45's that I still have today. I still love the 45’s. One of my weaknesses is singles with picture sleeves. I have a nice collection of 45's with picture sleeves and it’s growing all the time. In the 80's I switched to CD's as they were the obvious future. Virtually replaced all of my albums with CD’s. Now going full circle I'm back to collecting LP's and 45's
You know the good ole days weren't always good
And tomorrow ain't as bad as it seems
Now I'm going outside to have
An ice cold beer in the shade
I'm going to listen to my 45's
Ain't it wonderful to be alive
When the rock 'n' roll plays.
When the memory stays
—Billy Joel
There is nothing more sad or glorious
than generations changing hands.
—John Cougar Mellencamp
We live in a world where we hide to make love,
while violence is practiced In broad daylight.
—John Lennon
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Capitol pressing plant identifiers
ɑ = Allied
Ѽ = Frankford/Wayne
Ƨ = Santa Maria
Pressed by: MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville ◈-P-◈
Pressed by: MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville ⧈─G─⧈
Capitol Records-EMI Of Canada Limited (Target Logo)
Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville 0
Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton IAM in Triangle. OR An abstract anvil-type symbol is used in the runout, indicating (before 1963) the Scranton pressing plant.
Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester -------◁
Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles ✲
A drum with 2 drumsticks Mastered at: Artisan Sound Recorders.
Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute = letter "T" etched or stamped into the run-outs. Many times it will be a "T 1", "T 2", etc. or written in the reverse, "1 T", "2 T", etc. In addition the center label may be identified with "CTH" , or "CT" suffix matrix code. (e.g. ST-A-702035CTH) and possibly a "CT
1. IAM in a triangle = Capitol's Scranton factory
2. * in the matrix = Capitol's Los Angeles factory
3. Miniscule-sized, machine stamped matrix numbers and an "I" somewhere = RCA Indianapolis. That "I" is HARD to spot, but the tiny matrix tells you it's an RCA.
4. Hand-etched or machine stamped matrix and a machine stamped "R" = RCA Rockaway
5. Hand-etched matrix, starting or ending with "G" = Decca Gloversville
6. Hand-etched matrix, ending with "P" = Decca Pickneyville.
E.g., 45-X-44444-F4P
RIAA Capitol albums
The following is a list of numbers, factories and when the LPs were manufactured. This is from the Perry Cox guide:
Number Probable Factory
Probable Period of Manufacture.
Cover fabricator.
None Scranton Up to 1966
2 Scranton Up to 1967 Imperial Paper Box Corp., Inc. of Brooklyn, NY
3 Scranton Up to 1969 Modern Album of Long Island, NY
4 Jacksonville, IL 1965-1968 Imperial Packing Co., Inc. of Indianapolis, IN
5 Los Angeles 1964-1966 Modern Album of Terre Haute, IN
6 LA or Winchester 1964-1971 (original, subsidiary, green or Apple Label) Imperial Packing Co., Inc. of Indianapolis, IN
7 Columbia 1969 (original or subsidiary label)
8 Decca? c. 1966
9 Jacksonville, IL 1968, 1970-1974 (original, or green or Apple Label) Modern Album of Terre Haute, IN
10 Scranton c. 1965
11 Winchester c. 1976
12 Winchester 1971-1976 (Apple or Orange label)
13 Winchester c. 1976-1978
16 Jacksonville, IL 1968-1971 (subsidiary, green or Apple Label)
17 Jacksonville, IL c.1975 (Apple label)
18 Los Angeles 1970-1976 (green, Apple or orange label)
19 Los Angeles c. 1974-1978 (Apple or orange label)
21 Winchester 1969-1971 (green label)
22 Winchester unknown
Lacquers with F numbers (ending in F-1, mastered in Hollywood) pressed by Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles with six-star asterisk stamped onto deadwax; lacquers with P and T numbers (i.e. T2, mastered in New York) pressed by Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton with 'IAM' in a triangle stamped onto deadwax - both plants used label typesetting supplied by Los Angeles.
higher lacquer numbers in 'W' and 'X' would have been seen on Jacksonville pressings.
Hollywood: Mono - F/G, H/J (pre-1967); Stereo - A/B, H (after 1967)/J (after 1969) [NOTE: In 1968, J was used for lacquers for The Beatles' "White Album" that were apparently cut at the Sound Recorders Studio where George Harrison supervised the cuttings]
New York: Mono - P/T; Stereo - W/X
© ℗ ©
A&M:
X = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Y or y = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Z = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
W = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA
C = Monarch Record Mfg. Co. (pre-1985), Electrosound Los Angeles (1985-86)
B = Electrosound Group Midwest, Inc.
R = RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis
Decca:
(1) ✤ / ◉ = Gloversville
(2) ◆ = Pinckneyville
(3) ◈ = Richmond
MCA:
(1) ⧈-G-⧈ = Gloversville
(2) ◈-P-◈ = Pinckneyville
Atlantic:
PR = Presswell Records Mfg. Co., Ancora, NJ
LY = Shelley Products, Huntington Station, NY
SP = Specialty Records Corp., Olyphant, PA
MO = Monarch Record Mfg. Co., Los Angeles, CA
PL = Plastic Products, Inc., Memphis, TN
RI = PRC Recording Corp., Richmond, IN
AR = Allied Record Co., Inc., Los Angeles, CA
CT or CTH = Columbia, Terra Haute, IN
CP = Columbia (Pitman, NJ)
CS or CSM = Columbia (Santa Maria, CA)
MG = MGM Record Mfg. Division in Bloomfield, NJ
Additional Pressing Plant Information:
❀ flower and bird motifs to the right of AZ = Brian Gardner.
ⓤ = Pressed by United Record Pressing
a, Q, O Check Allied Record Company
@ (DC Interlocked) = Dave Crawford (2)
AL = Allentown Record Co. Inc.
AR or ARC= Allied Record Company
ARP = American Record Pressing Co.
BW = Bestway Products Inc.
CS or CSM = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
G or G1= Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA
H (RCA Releases) RCA Records Pressing Plant, Hollywood
HRM = Hauppauge Record Manufacturing Ltd.
I (RCA Releases) RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis
LY = Shelley Products
MG or MGS = MGM Record Mfg. Division, Bloomfield, NJ
MO = Monarch Record Mfg. Co.
PH = PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN
P, PIT = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
PL or PP= Plastic Products
PR = Presswell
PRC = PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN
PRC-C or PRC-W = PRC Recording Company, Compton, CA
RI = Philips Recording Co., Richmond, IN
R (RCA Releases) RCA Records Pressing Plant, Rockaway
SO = Sonic Recording Products, Inc.
SP = Specialty Records Corporation
Ƨ, S, SI, S S2, = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
TI, TII, TII, CT or CTH = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
T, 1T, T1, 2T, T2 = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
X = Embosed or S Backwards In or out of circle = Shelley Products
Others:
MR = Monarch Record Mfg. Co.
∴ or Λ = CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton
SP = Specialty Records Corp., Olyphant, PA
MO = Monarch Record Mfg. Co., Los Angeles, CA
PL = Plastic Products, Inc., Memphis, TN
RI = Philips Recording Co., Richmond, IN
AR = Allied Record Co., Inc., Los Angeles, CA
CT or CTH = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
CP = Columbia (Pitman, NJ)
CS or CSM = Columbia (Santa Maria, CA; very infrequently)
BW = Bestway Plastics, Mountainside NJ
SO = Sonic Recording Products, Holbrook, N
MG or MGS = MGM Record Mfg. Division, Bloomfield, NJ
London Records label matrix suffix:
AL - Allentown Record Co.
P - Columbia, Pitman, NJ
TH - Columbia, Terre Haute, IN
SM - Columbia, Santa Maria, CA
SH - Shelley Products, Ltd., Huntington Station, NY
BW - Bestway Products, Inc., Mountainside, NJ
GL - Decca/MCA, Gloversville, NY
K - Decca/MCA, Pinckneyville, IL
PH - PRC (formerly Philips) Recording Corp., Richmond, IN
W - H.V. Waddell, Burbank, CAl
Deadwax mastering info
G.S.V.) -> Greg Vaughn
(spiral sign) @ D+M -> Robert Henke ( Dubplates-mastering, Berlin )
*-J.T.S.-* -> JTS Studio, London
cul -> Moritz von Oswald
@t GP -> George Piros
“Soundmaster” Lionel @ Translab, Paris -> Lionel Nicod
7AP -> Augustus Pablo
a ( topless lowercase 'ɑ' logo) -> Allied Record Company
A 1ST FOR KEV – TOWNHOUSE -> Kevin Metcalfe ( Townhouse Studios, London )
A Porky ‘Oh yes’ Prime cut -> George Peckham
A Porky Prime Cut -> George Peckham
A PORKY PRIME CUT -> George Peckham
A Porky Prime Er-Er-Er Goldfish I Think -> George Peckham
A Porky Prime sniff sniff cut -> George Peckham
A PORKY PRIME TANGO -> George Peckham
aB -> Al Brown (5)
Allen Zentz -> Allen Zentz
AM -> Andy Mellwig ( The “A” looks like triangle; Dubplates-mastering, Berlin )
an “A with M” sign -> Andy Mellwig ( Dubplates-mastering, Berlin )
andreas at schnittstelle -> Andreas Kauffelt
andreas@schnittstelle -> Andreas Kauffelt
ARNIE or a closely spaced 'AA' (sometimes looks like an 'M' with a line thru it) on his A&M cuttings as well.
ARP (in script) -> American Record Pressing Co.
ARUN -> Arun Chakraverty
AT-GP -> George Piros
Audiodisc YYMMDD -> Pressed at Audiodisc AB
Az -> Allen Zentz ( note the lower case Z )
AZ -> Allen Zentz Mastering Company
AZ (with birds/flower) -> Brian Gardner ( Allen Zentz Mastering Company )
AZ CB -> Chris Bellman ( Allen Zentz Mastering Company )
B, "BW" or oblique "Bestway" stamped in run-out. "BW" can be found also in the label matrix. Or 19 on Label -> Bestway Products Inc.
B.E C.R -> Björn Engelmann ( Cutting Room, Stockholm )
B.E-C.R -> Björn Engelmann ( Cutting Room, Stockholm )
B.G. -> Bernie Grundman
BA -> Björn Almstedt
BA•CR -> Björn Almstedt ( Cutting Room, Stockholm )
BA-CR -> Björn Almstedt ( Cutting Room, Stockholm )
BA-EF -> Björn Almstedt
BA-GP -> Björn Almstedt
BA-T∞ -> Björn Almstedt
Beau -> Beau Thomas
BEAU -> Beau Thomas
beau -> Beau Thomas
Bell Sound -> Bell Sound Studios
Bell Sound sf -> Sam Feldman ( Bell Sound Studios )
BH -> Bobby Hata
BilBo -> Denis Blackham ( which looks like BiBo )
Bilbo master room -> Denis Blackham
Birds or flower drawing -> @ Specialty records =Brian Gardner
BK -> Bill Kipper
BKG -> Brian Gardner
C.R -> Cutting Room, Stockholm
C.T.S. Wembley -> C.T.S. Studios, Wembley.
CGB -> Christoph Grote-Beverborg
CGB / D+M -> Christoph Grote-Beverborg ( Dubplates-mastering, Berlin )
CGB @ D&M -> Christoph Grote-Beverborg ( Dubplates-mastering, Berlin )
CGB@D&M -> Christoph Grote-Beverborg ( Dubplates-mastering, Berlin )
CHRIS P @ UNITY -> Chris Parmenidis
COPYMASTERS – Miles -> Miles Showell
CR -> Cutting Room, Stockholm
CSB ♪♪ -> Carlton Batts ( followed by two musical notes )
CURVE PUSHER. -> Curve Pusher Mastering, London
D Jay @ Masterpiece -> Danny King ( Masterpiece Mastering, London )
D&m -> Dubplates-mastering, Berlin
D. SWABY -> Dudley Swaby
D.A.S. Disc Mastering -> Digital Audio Solutions
D+M -> Moritz Von Oswald ( (note; M has a hook on the end); Dubplates-mastering, Berlin )
DAMONT -> Pressed at Damont Audio Limited
DAS Disc Mastering -> Digital Audio Solutions
DB -> Denis Blackham
DBH -> David Hancock
DCHARLES -> Dick Charles ( Handwritten signature )
Denny -> Mastered By – Denny Purcell
DFI -> Pressed at DFI
Djay@ Masterpiece -> Danny King ( Masterpiece Mastering, London )
DK -> Dennis King
DMM -> Direct Metal Mastering
DMS C -> The Hit Factory, DMS, NYC
DMS cg -> Chris Gehringer ( The Hit Factory, DMS, NYC )
DMS cg [peace sign] -> Chris Gehringer
DMS Coin -> The Hit Factory, DMS, NYC
Doug -> Doug Sax
DT -> Dave Travis - Mastering Engineer
DUDLEY SWABY -> Dudley "Manzie" Swaby
E A S T embossed around the center hole -> Specialty Records Corporation
EcK -> Ralph Eck
EDP -> Europadisk Sometimes credited as a circled (Oval) "EDP" stamp in the vinyl run-out area.
ERT or "gene" (Capitol) = Gene Thompson
Es -> Eddy Schreyer (in a script, sometimes looks like E ____ or Es or Er
EURODISC -> Eurodisk Manufacturing
EUROPADISK -> Pressed at Europadisk, NYC.
EW -> Eirik W. Wangberg sometimes seen with EW/N or EW/CF
EXCHANGE 2000 – SIMON. -> Simon Davey
F.A. -> Frank Arkwright
F.A. Metropolis -> Frank Arkwright ( Metropolis Studios, London )
F/W -> Frankford Wayne Mastering Labs, NYC.
F/W J -> Frankford Wayne Mastering Labs, NYC.
Finnvox MJ -> Mika Jussila
Flower or birds drawing -> @ Specialty records =Brian Gardner
FOON MASTERING -> Foon Mastering Center
Frankford/Wayne -> Frankford Wayne Mastering Labs, NYC.
Frankford/Wayne Mastering by Michael -> Michael Sarsfield ( Frankford Wayne Mastering Labs, NYC. )
FST @ D+M -> Frederic Stader ( Dubplates-mastering, Berlin )
FST D+M -> Frederic Stader ( Dubplates-mastering, Berlin )
FST>D+M -> Frederic Stader ( Dubplates-mastering, Berlin )
FTS -> Federal Recording Studios, Kingston / Total Sounds
G.K. -> Gilbert Kong
GC -> Greg Calbi ( Sterling )
Gene -> Gene Thompson
GEORGE – COPYMASTERS -> George Peckham
GF is Greg Fulginiti of Artisan
GK -> Gilbert Kong
GOL -> etched in runouts = Goldisc Recording Products, Inc.
Gordon at the Townhouse -> Gordon Vickary
GP -> Grammoplast, Sweden
Graeme -> Graeme Durham
GRAEME – SOUND CLINIC -> Graeme Durham
GRAZ – The Exchange -> Graeme Durham
Graz@The Exchange -> Graeme Durham
greyham the exchange -> Graeme Durham
GSV -> Greg Vaughn ( or “G5V“ )
GUY’S – THE EXCHANGE -> Guy Davie
HEM cg -> Chris Gehringer
Herb :^) -> Herb Powers Jr.
Herbie :^) -> Herb Powers Jr.
Herbie Jr :^) -> Herb Powers Jr.
Herve @ Translab -> Hervé Bordes
HFM ´[number] -> The Hit Factory, DMS, NYC
HFM cg -> Chris Gehringer ( The Hit Factory, DMS, NYC )
HP -> Herb Powers Jr.
HTM -> Harry Moss
HuB -> Frankford Wayne Mastering Labs, NYC. ( ? )
HW -> Howie Weinberg
J. Lemay - John Lemay
J.Y. -> Joe Yannece
JA Tape One -> Jack Adams
Jacko – Tape One -> Jack Adams
Jay or JAM or 'Jay Luck' - Jay Maynard (Capitol)
JC Masterroom -> Jeremy Cooper
JD -> John Dent
JD-ASH -> John Dent and Ashley Burchett ( ? )
Joe -> Joe Brescia (may look like 8 e in runout)
JG - John Golden.
JE -> John Eberle
JL MASTERFONICS -> Jim Loyd
John D -> John Davis
JON2 -> John Dent
Jonz -> John Dent
Jonz @ Loud Mastering -> John Dent ( Loud Mastering )
JS -> Jeff Sanders
K -> Andreas Kauffelt
K.P. -> Ken Perry
KDISC -> K Disc Mastering
Kendun -> Kent Duncan or Kendun Recorders
LAWRIE @ CURVE PUSHER -> Lawrie Immersion
LB -> Larry Boden
LH -> Lee Hulko
Lionel & Hervé @ Translab -> Lionel Nicod & Hervé Bordes
Loop-0 at D&M -> Loop-o ( Dubplates-mastering, Berlin )
Lupo -> Loop-o
LW -> at 90 degrees, indicates that the metalwork was made by Longwear Plating (Longwear Stamper Company)
LY -> Shelley Products .. Identified by suffix/code LY, most notably on Atlantic releases
M3 for 7" and 10", M6 for 12" or LP, M9 for 2xLP. => Pathé Marconi, Chatou
M.M.M.J.R. -> Mark Richardson (3) ( Metropolis Mastering, Chicago )
MANDY @ THE EXCHANGE -> Mandy Parnell
MARTIN @ C.T.S. -> Martin Giles
MASTERDED BY CAPITOL -> Capitol Studio & Mastering , Hollywood
MASTERDISK -> Masterdisk, NYC
MASTERDISK G.K. -> Gilbert Kong
MASTERDISK TD -> Tony Dawsey ( Masterdisk, NYC )
Mastered at Abbey Rd -> Abbey Road Studios, London
mastered at 'Abbey Road' -> Abbey Road Studios, London
MASTERED AT ALLEN ZENTZ L.A., CALIF. -> Allen Zentz Mastering Company
MASTERED BY CAPITOL Wally -> Wally Traugott ( Capitol Studio & Mastering , Hollywood )
Mastered by NIMBUS, England -> Nimbus
Mastered MIAMI TAPE -> Miami Tape, Hialeah ( (“MIAMI TAPE” is stamped) )
MATT OPTIMUM -> Matt Colton
MCR -> Master Cutting Room, NYC.
MELYS or MELYS! -> UK mastering engineer Melvyn Abrahams
Metropolis Mastering Chicago M.J.R. -> Mark Richardson (3)
MF -> Mike Fuller @ Criteria
MG or MGS -> MGM Records Division
MIKE @ THE EXCHANGE -> Mike Marsh
Mike @ The Exchange -> Mike Marsh
Mike’s™ -> Mike Marsh
MILES -> Miles Showell
MJFX -> Mika Jussila
ML -> Maurice Long (2) Capitol Records
MMMJR -> Mark Richardson (3) ( Metropolis Mastering, Chicago )
MPaul -> May look like Maul, = Paul Richmond (2)
MPO -> Moulages et Plastiques de l’Ouest, Averton.
MR within a circle, plus the triangle/5 digit matrix -> Monarch Record Mfg. Co.
MR -> Marc Regan or Mark Regan
MR -> Small hand etched = Mercury Record Manufacturing Company
Neil – Masterpiece -> Neil Devine
Neil Masterpiece -> Neil Devine
Nick -> Nick Webb Abbey Road Studios, London )[/i]
NICK W. -> Nick Webb Abbey Road Studios, London
Nick's cut! -> Nick Webb Abbey Road Studios, London )[/i]
NILZ – THE EXCHANGE -> Nilesh Patel
NIX MIX TOWNHOUSE -> Larry Nix
Noel @ Transfermation -> Noel Summerville
NOMIS -> Simon Davey ( “Simon” backwards )
NRP -> Nashville Record Productions
NSC -> National Sound Corporation, Detroit ( used to be solely Ron Murphy (except some very early stuff), now also Heath Brunner )
Ø(Phase) -> Ashley Burchett
Ø(Phase) @ Whitfield London -> Ashley Burchett
ø@CURVE PUSHER -> Ashley Burchett
Ø[Phase] -> Ashley Burchett
Øphase -> Ashley Burchett
øPHASE -> Ashley Burchett
øPHASE @ WHITFIELD ST -> Ashley Burchett
Øphase@ Curve Pusher -> Ashley Burchett ( Curve Pusher Mastering, London )
o -> Customatrix was a division of Columbia's pressing operations that handled the making of metal parts
ORLAKE -> Orlake Records, Dagenham
P.A. -> Phil Austin ( Trutone )
P.O.R.K.Y. -> George Peckham
PAUL S @ PORKY’S -> Paul Solomons
Paul S @ Porky’s -> Paul Solomons
PAUL’S @ PORKYS -> Paul Solomons
Paul’s @ Porkys -> Paul Solomons
PAUL’S THE EXCHANGE -> Paul Solomons
Pauls’ The Exchange -> Paul Solomons
PCMJR -> Mark Richardson (3) ( Prairie Cat Mastering, Belvidere )
PD -> Peter Dahl
PD-CR -> Peter Dahl ( Cutting Room, Stockholm )
PECKO -> George Peckham
PECKO DUCK -> George Peckham
Pete @ Tape To Tape -> Pete Norman
PIPO NYC -> Alberto Roges
PL suffix appearing in matrix numbers on labels, and/or "PP" etched in runout -> Plastic Products
Pogo with the heart belongs to Keith Olson of Pogoland Productions.
POLAR -> Polar Mastering, Stockholm (defunct, now Masters of Audio, Stockholm)
Pole -> Pole
POM TR -> Pompon Finkelstein ( Translab, Paris )
porkeys prime cut -> George Peckham
Porky -> George Peckham
Porky Prime Cut -> George Peckham
Porky Primed -> George Peckham
Porkys -> George Peckham
PP etched in runout -> Plastic Products
PRC was a pressing plant. Initially based out of Richmond, IN, they later opened another plant in Compton, CA
Primed -> George Peckham
R @ D&M -> Rashad Becker ( Squiggly lower case ‘r’; Dubplates & Mastering ,Berlin )
⁄|⁄ǀ⁄|⁄ǀ⁄|⁄K -> Randy Kling, Motown etc.
Rashad -> Rashad Becker
Ray at The Exchange -> Ray Staff
RC code within deadwax = RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis
RCE -> Rick Essig ( F/W )
RCK -> Robin C. Kruse
RFS -> Bob Sowell (Robert F. Sowell)
RJ -> Ray Janos ( Sterling )
RL -> Bob Ludwig or Robert
RV -> Hervé Bordes
RVG -> Rudy Van Gelder
VANGELDER -> Rudy Van Gelder
S ,block-shaped "S" -> MGM Records Division
S -> backwards "S" within a circle = Shelley Products (Shelley Products Ltd - Huntingdon Station, N.Y.)
S.D -> Simon Davey
S.M. M.J.R. -> Mark Richardson (3) ( Session Masters, Carol Stream )
SD -> Simon Davey
Sean Abbey rd i...i -> Sean Magee ( Abbey Road Studios, London )
sf -> Sam Feldman
SG -> Steve Guy
SH -> Steve Hall
SHANE -> Shane McEnhill
Shane – the cutteR -> Shane McEnhill ( Graffiti Style; The “h” looks more like a “t” )
Shane @ Heathman’s -> Shane McEnhill ( Graffiti Style; The “h” looks more like a “t” )
Sol -> Sol Kessler (Bell Sound Studios) never signed work, may be Joe Brescia
SI MASTERPIECE -> Simon Francis
SI Masterpiece -> Simon Francis
SIMON – THE EXCHANGE -> Simon Davey
SIMON „HOOVER POWER“ DAVEY -> Simon Davey
SIMON „NEW SHOOS“ DAVEY -> Simon Davey
SIMON „NIGHT NURSE“ DAVEY -> Simon Davey
simon the exchange -> Simon Davey
SIMON. -> Simon Davey
SLM -> Sheffield Lab Matrix Usually denoted by "SLM △ 00000" / "SLM △ 00000-X" etchings in the matrix/runout area or sometimes just "△ 00000" / "△ 00000-X" along with a "-SH#" in (at the end of) the matrix number string (# being a number).
SNB -> Sabin Brunet
Sound Clinic -> The Sound Clinic, London
Sound Clinic, Graeme -> Graeme Durham ( The Sound Clinic, London )
Sound Clinic/Jonz -> John Dent ( The Sound Clinic, London )
SR -> Stan Ricker
SR/2 -> Stan Ricker
SR2 -> Stan Ricker
SJR -> Stuart J. Romaine
SP, SR or SRC signature -> Specialty Records Corporation ( (Stamped, Large S with the R and C in the loops) or (SP or SR on label after matrix) )
SST -> Schallplatten Schneid Technik, Frankfurt
STERLING -> Sterling Sound, NYC
STRAWBERRY U.K. -> Strawberry Mastering, London
STREAKY @ SOUNDMASTERS -> Streaky
Stu -> Stuart Hawkes
Stu. @ Masterpiece -> Stuart Hawkes
Tape One JA -> Jack Adams
TC or ¢ -> Tom Coyne
THE EXCHANGE -> The Exchange, London
The Exchange – GD -> Guy Davie
THE EXCHANGE – NILZ -> Nilesh Patel
THM -> Terry More - Mastering Engineer
Tim D. -> Tim Dennen
Tim D. Masterpiece -> Tim Dennen
tim dixon masterpiece -> Tony Dixon
TIMTOM -> Tim Young
Timtom -> Tim Young
TJ -> Ted Jensen ( Sterling )
TLC -> The Lacquer Channel Mastering, Toronto
TML -> The Mastering Lab (The Mastering Lab, Hollywood)
TML-M -> The Mastering Lab , Hollywood ( M=Master )
TML-S -> The Mastering Lab , Hollywood ( S=Slave )
TML-X -> The Mastering Lab , Hollywood ( X=Extra )
TOWN HOUSE -> Town House Studios, London
TOWNHOUSE -> Town House Studios, London
Townhouse -> Town House Studios, London
Townhouse Max -> Max Dingel
tph@schnittstelle -> Thomas P. Heckmann
TR -> Translab Mastering, Paris
Transfermation -> Transfermation Mastering, London
TRANSITION -> Transition Mastering Studios, London
Transition -> Transition Mastering Studios, London
Truetone Mastering NYC Carl -> Carl Rowatti ( “Truetone” or “Trutone”? )
Trutone -> Trutone Inc, NYC
Trutone NY – PA -> Phil Austin
Trutone NYC Carl -> Carl Rowatti
TVC -> Tracy-Val Corporation
ty -> Tim Young
TY1 -> Tim Young
Union Jack stamping in the deadwax may signify a pressing by Keel Mfg. in Hauppauge, NY (the future Hauppauge Record Mfg.).
URJ -> Universal Recording Studio
Utopia -> Utopia Studios ( With vertical bar(s) in the “U” / Harp )
Village Mastering NYC CR -> Carl Rowatti
Wally -> Wally Traugott
Wally C. @ Masterpiece -> Walter Coelho
Wally C. @ Masterpiece Mastering -> Walter Coelho
WCW -> Bill Wysock - Mastering engineer
Wly -> Wally Traugott
WG -> Wes Garland
Wayne = Wayne Watkins, Capitol
WMME Alsdorf -> Warner Music Manufacturing Europe, Alsdorf
Woodland -> Mastered At – Woodland Studios
Yann Dub @ DK -> Yann Dub"
Other scriblings:
AT = Mastered by Atlantic Studios
AT/GP (handwritten) = mastered by George Piros at Atlantic
AT/DK (handwritten) = mastered by Dennis King at Atlantic
ATLANTIC STUDIOS DK (stamped) = mastered by Dennis King at Atlantic
ABS = Alex Sadkin
ab = Abbey Record Mfg. Co. (? we still don't know the exact meaning)
EDP [in oval] = Europadisk Pressing
PR or PRC or (PR) = Philips Recording Co. (maker of metal parts from lacquers)
LW or LWP = LongWear Plating (maker of metal parts from lacquers) Enter as "Mastered At"
♡POGO = Keith Olsen's Pogologo Productions
Porky or Porky Prime Cut = George Peckham
Pecko Duck = George Peckham
sƒ = Sam Feldman
RL = Bob Ludwig
LH = Lee Hulko
ɑ = Allied Record Company (usually followed by B-XXXXX)
MG = MGM Record Mfg. Division in Bloomfield, NJ
AMP = ABC-Paramount
M = Mercury
RCA = RCA Victor
◈-P-◈ = MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville
回-G-回 = MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville
G or G1= Columbia Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA
✲ = Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles
—◁ = Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester
RG = Rob Grennell
GK = Gilbert Kong (GK)
"cg" + "☮" = Chris Gehringer
GF = Greg Fulginiti, of Artisan
R3 or R4 = Mastered at Rainbo Records (on Capitol Pressing)
︵︵〰 (birds) or メ or ❀、= Brian Gardner
DT = Dave Travis
RJ = Ray Janos
AZ CB = Chris Bellman at Allen Zentz
JG = John Golden
JJ = John Johnson (3)
SM = Stephen Marcussen
MF = Mike Fuller
BK = Bill Kipper
McM = Ron McMaster at EMI NY
SH = Steve Hall
H.W. = Howie Weinberg
TJ = Ted Jensen
RB = Ron Boustead (Precision)
SG = Steve Guy
Chet = Chet Bennett
RAYS = Ray Staff at Trident Studios, London
TLC = The Lacquer Channel, Toronto
FW Ѽ or FWNY = Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
GOL = Goldisc Recording Products, Inc.
CSB ♪♪ = Carlton Batts
PP = Plastic Products
TD = Terry Dunavan
ESR = Elektra Sound Recorders
GC or Baseball looking symbol next to Sterling = Greg Calbi
Ƨ = Columbia, Santa Maria
Identification of Other Pressing Plant Locations from CD Matrices and Hub Info:
M/YY #"DA"# or MM/YY #"DA"# = Denon Digital Industries - Madison, GA (USA)
"ARC" and "SRC" = pressed by Allied Record Company - Los Angeles, CA (USA); glass mastered at Specialty Records Corporation - Olyphant, PA (USA)
"CAPITOL JAX" = Capitol Records Pressing Plant - Jacksonville, IL (USA)
"CMU P" = Columbia Records Pressing Plant - Pitman, NJ (USA)
"DISC MFG, INC. (A)" = successor to Disctronics - Anaheim, CA (USA) in 1990
"DISC MFG, INC. (H)" = successor to Disctronics - Huntsville, AL (USA) in 1990
"DISCTRONICS (A)" = Disctronics - Anaheim, CA (USA)
"DISCTRONICS (H)" = Disctronics - Huntsville, AL (USA)
"DISCTRONICS USA" = successor to Memory Tech Inc. - Plano, TX (USA) in 1990
"EMI JAX" = successor to Capitol Records Pressing Plant - Jacksonville, IL (USA) in 1993
"MADE IN USA BY PDO" = Philips DuPont Optical - Grover, NC (USA)
"MADE IN W. GERMANY BY PDO" = successor to PolyGram Hanover plant - Langenhagen (Germany) in 1986
"RSA" = Record Service Alsdorf - Alsdorf (Germany)
"SRC" = Specialty Records Corporation - Olyphant, PA (USA)
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