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September 27, 2013

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SID Code reference - https://web.archive.org/web/20170503220101/http://home.lyse.net/bki/met/ifpi-codes.html

CD vs CDr

"Vinyl" or "vinyl" does not belong in FTF

First Pressing does not belong in FTF

RSG §6.12.2 Gold stamp ≠ promo

RSG §1.5.5 Do not keep credits that are not present on the version of the release you are submitting.

RSG §10.7.3 Credits that are not written on that version of the release should be removed.

RSG §1.2.1 The First Letter Of Each Word Is Capitalized rule applies to: artist and label names, joiners, release and track titles, format free text field, index track titles, credits, and headings. All other text (release notes, comments etc) should follow standard English capitalization rules.

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①②③④⑤⑥⑦⑧⑨⑩⑪⑫⑬⑭⑮⑯⑰⑱⑲⑳
⓪⓫⓬⓭⓮⓯⓰⓱⓲⓳⓴⓵⓶⓷⓸⓹⓺⓻⓼⓽⓾
ⒶⒷⒸⒹⒺⒻⒼⒽⒾⒿⓀⓁⓂⓃⓄⓅⓆⓇⓈⓉⓊⓋⓌⓍⓎⓏ
ⓐⓑⓒⓓⓔⓕⓖⓗⓘⓙⓚⓛⓜⓝⓞⓟⓠⓡⓢⓣⓤⓥⓦⓧⓨⓩ
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€ £ $ ¶ ♫ ‡ ≠ ∞ ¹ ² ³ ₁ ₂ ₃
ⓤ ✳ iƒpi ☮ Ω
Ɐɐ Ƃƃ ƅ Ↄↄ Ƌƌ Ǝǝ Əə Ⅎⅎ Ƣƣ Ɣɣ Ⱶⱶ Ɩɩ ĸ Ɯɯ Ƞƞ ʼn ·ɔ Ɵɵ Ƿƿ Ɋɋ ſ Ʃʃ Ʊʊ Ƨƨ Ƽƽ Ʌʌ Ȝȝ Ʒʒ Ǯǯ Þþ ȸ ʘ ǀ ǁ ǂ

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b d f g h j k l m n p r s t v ŋ ɧ ɕ ʂ ɖ ʈ ɳ ɭ ʧ ʤ ʃ ʔ ð ʒ
ˈ ˌ ː ˑ ˘ . ‖ ‿

ᛖ ᛇ ᛃ ᛜ ᛈ þ ð ᚠ ᚢ ᚨ ᚱ ᚲ ᚷ ᚹ ᚺ ᚻ ᚾ ᛁ ᛉ ᛊ ᛏ ᛒ ᛗ ᛚ ᛜ ᛝ ᛟ ᛞ ϟ

а б в г д е ё ж з и й к л м н о п р с т у ф х ц ч ш щ ъ ы ь э ю я

А Б В Г Д Е Ж Ѕ З И І К Л М Н О П Ҁ Р С Т Ѹ
Ф Х Ѡ Ц Ч Ш Щ Ъ Ꙑ Ь Ѣ Ꙗ Ѥ Ю Ѧ Ѫ Ѩ Ѭ Ѯ Ѱ Ѳ Ѵ

Symbol that looks like the outline of a house = Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton
—◁ = Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester

Pressing Plant Numbers:
6 = All Disc Records, Inc., Roselle, NJ
16 = Sonic Recording Products, Inc./Goldisc Recording Products, Inc.
18 = Presswell
19 = Bestway Products Inc., Mountainside, NJ
22 = Allied Record Company
24 = Monarch Record Mfg. Co., Los Angeles, CA
25 = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria, CA
26 = PRC Recording Company, Compton, CA
30 = Plastic Products
49 = Specialty Records Corporation, Olyphant, PA
53 = Keel Mfg. Corp. (prior to '79); Hauppauge Record Manufacturing Ltd. ('79 and later)
54 = Shelley Products, Huntington Station, NY
56 = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman, NJ
70 = RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis, IN
72 = PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN
73 = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute, IN
74 = Electrosound Group Midwest, Inc.
76 = Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp.

London Records label matrix suffix:
AL – Allentown Record Co. Inc.
P – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman, NJ
TH – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute, IN
SM – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria, CA
SH – Shelley Products, Huntington Station, NY
BW – Bestway Products Inc., Mountainside, NJ
GL – Decca Records Pressing Plant, Gloversville / MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville, NY
K – Decca Records Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville/MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville
PH – Philips Recording Company, Inc. (until c. Oct. 1972)/PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN (1972-1990)
W – H.V. Waddell Co., Burbank, CA

Pressing Plant Codes for LPs:
PR = Presswell Records Mfg. Co., Ancora, NJ
LY = Shelley Products, Huntington Station, NY
SP = Specialty Records Corporation, Olyphant, PA
MO = Monarch Record Mfg. Co., Los Angeles, CA
PL = Plastic Products, Inc., Memphis, TN
RI = Philips Recording Company, Inc., Richmond, IN
AR = Allied Record Company, Inc., Los Angeles, CA
CT or CTH = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
CP = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman, NJ
CS or CSM = Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria (very infrequently)
BW = Bestway Products Inc., Mountainside, NJ
SO = Sonic Recording Products, Inc., Freeport, NY/Hicksville, NY/Holbrook, NY
MG or MGS = MGM Records Division, Bloomfield, NJ

Decca Pressing Plant Codes
◉ LPs/✤45 symbol at the end of the B side label matrix and a stick "1" stamped/etched into the runout = Decca Records Pressing Plant, Gloversville
◆ or ★ symbol at the end of the B side label matrix and a "2" stamped into the runout = Decca Records Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville
◈ symbol at the end of the B side label matrix and a "3" stamped into the runout = Decca Records Pressing Plant, Richmond, IN