Vinyl Record Pressing Codes

What you ll usually find may include a string of numbers and letters a signature and a symbol of some sort.
Vinyl record pressing codes. Consisting of numbers and or letters the code may indicate recording dates specific takes and even the system of recording. American vinyl co offers custom lathe cut vinyl records vinyl record pressing custom album covers and labels. There is no sure fire technique for verifying a record s first pressing but there are some basic tried and true methods that will get the best results. We work closely with musicians and record labels to create quality vinyl records with standard turn around times for lps being between 8 10 weeks.
We are the largest record pressing operation in north america with capacity to manufacture over 60 000 records per day. The dead wax marking can be machine stamped hand inscribed or a mix thereof. We operate in our new 143 000 square foot facility where we have on site capabilities for lacquer mastering electro plating printing and automated and manual record pressing. What these inscriptions mean varies from record label to record label and sometimes from pressing plant to pressing plant but there are some commonalities.
So we rolled up our sleeves and turned a building that was a 50 s grocery store into a modern vinyl record pressing plant. This community built list serves as a fantastic resource for determining what those codes may mean and how to enter them. Some plants have clear unambiguous stamps others can be identified only through paper centre labels and proprietary fonts linked to various makes of typesetting machines. Visit the shop and record live to vinyl.
Us pressing plant stamps and other identifiers this section is primarily about vinyl pressing plants in the 50s and 60s which were significant players in the manufacture of jazz records. A matrix or stamper number is a code etched inside the end groove area found on each side of a vinyl lp. This is largely. Such a record may be significantly more.
They require information on how vinyl lp s are made and distributed and an exhaustive knowledge of music in general. Sign double hyphen in between voice and red voice red up to 1955 when the label changed. Knowing how lp s are printed and distributed can make the difference between. Located in california opened june 1947 closed 1976.
The two circles on the outer edge of the label almost touch the rca logo at the bottom they are not connected at the top. H pressed etched in runout for 78s.