Common runout groove etchings V8: the full list (may not load with Opera)

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Welcome to the Master List of runout information - version 8

Created: 28.01.2020.
Last edited: 23.05.2025

Discussion forum: https://www.discogs.sie.com/forum/thread/810326

Below you will find names of cutting / mastering / plating engineers, studios, pressing plants and other manufacturing references.

How to read the format:
XXXXX: Identified part as it appears in the runout area
S, H or HS? Stamped, Hand-etched, HandScript
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At / Mastered At / Pressed By / Manufactured By a company.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By / Plated By / Mastered By / DMM By an engineer.
Location Link: Existing company website. Not needed on the submission - just a point of reference.
Example: A linked Discogs example.

To search for a string in the runout list: Press CTRL and F and then enter the search string.

Guidance:
1) The full runout information is entered into one 'Matrix / Runout' field per side, not in several fields (see RSG §5.2.c).
2) Do not split the runout strings into stamped and etched parts - they have to be in one field for each side.
3) Do not distinguish etched or stamped parts in the runouts by parentheses or brackets, e.g. [ABC]
4) Do not add descriptions into the Matrix/Runout fields, e.g. {stamped} / [etched] / (turned 90° sideways) / (mirrored), etc..
5) BAOI descriptions:
a) Despite being allowed by the RSG, please avoid entering into the Matrix/Runout Description field:
- "etched", "stamped", "etched/stamped", or similar (unless the information is essential identification criteria, e.g. a stamped matrix indicates a later pressing, an etched matrix an earlier pressing; plant A is identified by an etched H, plant B by a stamped H)
- the appearance of a matrix element, e.g. upside down, mirrored, turned 90° sideways;
- the position of a matrix element, e.g. 6 o'clock
b) Check the company or engineer profiles for standard runout appearances, e.g. an EMI UK matrix is always stamped so that shouldn't be repeated in the BAOI description.
c) BAOI descriptions should only be edited to correct errors or, potentially, when a new variant is introduced.
d) Existing descriptions should not be moved to the Release Notes, unless a new variant is added and the descriptions are complex (e.g. with etched and stamped parts) and/or too long / illegible / confusing.
e) The very first BAOI variant is standard setter for all following variants: do not add stamped/etched, etc. for your variant, when there is no such description for the preceeding variants.
f) Do not rephrase existing BAOI descriptions, e.g. from "Runout side x" to "Side x runout" or remove "Runout".
6) Capitalization:
a) Capitalize in the Matrix/Runout fields as found in the runouts (e.g. MASTERED BY CAPITOL).
b) Capitalize ANVs and/ or Aliases according to the Guidelines (e.g. Jonz not JONZ, Timtom not TimTom, etc).
c) Use standard English caps in the BAOI descriptions.
7) Do not add adornments to ANVs. Examples: use L. Nix or Max or Paul instead of -L. NIX- or MAX. or PAUL!
8) For combined identifiers with symbols, e.g. ◇F (symbol for the cutting room + letter of the engineer), and where the PAN is known, use an ANV without the symbol. Example: X (16) but not Ian Cooper + ANV X.
9) Locations are not part of the PAN or ANV. Example: For "BA@CR" or "BA-CR", credit "Björn Almstedt" + ANV "BA", and "Cutting Room" with Lacquer Cut At.
10) Cut or lathe or studio numbers are not part of the PAN or ANV. Use e.g. TY instead of TY1 and H instead of H1 as ANVs.
11) Do not use pipes or commas or other separators and only use one space to denote large gaps.
12) To enable a proper search for characters in the matrix strings, use
a) standard letters instead of Unicode (e.g. STERLING instead of sᴛᴇʀʟɪɴɢ, E instead of Ɛ);
b) standard numerals instead of letters, superscript, subscript (e.g. A1 instead of AI / A¹ / A₁ or M1SF1 instead of MISFI);
c) standard uppercase letters instead of roman numerals (e.g. I instead of Ⅰ or ⌶).
13) Symbols or drawn images (e.g. ✩, ⚾︎, or ❀, ♀, Ⓡ, Δ, etc.) are credited as "Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching <symbol>]" plus the full name of the engineer. Example: runout forum.
14) Symbols, characters, numbers should reflect what they actually mean not how they appear. Examples: the incomplete U for EMI Records (looking like a J), 1 instead of ↾, Schn instead of JLi, A instead of Λ or ∴ .
15) Logos are added as "[Name logo]". Example [SNA logo] (unless they are actual words, e.g. use Bell Sound instead of [Bell Sound logo].
16) Engineers derived from the runouts are with credited Lacquer Cut By or Direct Metal Mastering By (for DMM).
17) Studios derived from the runouts are credited Lacquer Cut At, except for DMM or where explicitly credited, e.g. "Mastered By Trutone".
18) Direct Metal Mastering (DMM) is credited "Direct Metal Mastering By" and "Mastered At".
19) Half-speed mastering is credited as Lacquer Cut By and Mastered By [Half-speed Mastering].
20) Platers / metalworkers are credited with Plated By.
21) Plating / galvanization / metalwork companies are credited with Mastered At. Do not create/use a PAN for companies for the sake of Plated By.
22) When unsure about a role, use Mastered By / At.
23) Mastering credits on the cover and scribes in the runouts are both credited. Example:
Mastered By Bernie Grundman (cover) and BG in the runouts = Mastered By - Bernie Grundman, and Lacquer Cut By - Bernie Grundman + ANV BG.
24) Struck out, crossed out, X'd out text in the BAOI field is always represented as S̶t̶r̶i̶k̶e̶t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶ (long strikethrough). Do not use █ or ░ or i̸n̸v̸a̸l̸i̸d̸ or [Struck Out], etc. Also see RSG §1.9.4.
Tool: https://manytools.org/facebook-twitter/strikethrough-text/
25) Laser-etched matrices and logos (e.g. MPO) count as etched.
26) "Lacquer Cut At" and "Lacquer Cut By" should not be added in case of one-man studio operations without prior decision. Example: 'BP' indicates Bud Pressner, the engineer, but not his studio; PF indicates Tonstudio Pfanz but not the engineer.
27) In case of two possible ANVs, i.e. one per side, use both (e.g. S.A. for side A and Steve for side B).
28) Engineer initials in the runouts are always capitalized for the ANV, e.g., p.a. = P.A. or csz = CSZ - unless the second letter is part of the first or last name, e.g. KR = Krafft = ANV Kr.
29) Engineer abbreviations in the runouts are normally capitalized for the ANV, e.g. DCHARLES = DCharles.
30) Undefined initials found in runouts should not be generated as a new PAN because their meaning can be ambiguous.
Please report them at the Runout Discussion Forum to have them listed as Unknown.
31) Different engineers, studios, pressing plants in the runouts mean different subs. Also, the absence of them.
Example: release A has TY on both sides but release B has TY only on side A or B.
32) When in doubt, follow the Guidelines.

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History of previous runout lists and discussions (all topics are locked):
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CONTENT

Part 1: the list of identified etchings and stamps, structured into symbols, numbers and alphanumerical listings
Part 2: the list of marks credited with name but does not exist on Discogs yet
Part 3: the list of unidentified etchings and stamps
Part 4: the list of codes on centre labels

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PART ONE - LIST OF IDENTIFIED ETCHINGS / STAMPS
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NUMBERS SECTION

nn_xxxxx_ms_t (e.g. OI_32008_IA_I - between 1977 and 1987 - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - CBS, Haarlem + sequential number (e.g. 01-32008)
Example: Fox The Fox - Precious Little Diamond
Note: add 01-32008-1A-1 in the BAOI field

nn xxxxxx yy mst (e.g. 08 24618 20 1A1 - between 1987 and 1989 - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - CBS, Haarlem + sequential number (e.g. 08 24618 20)
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - CBS, Haarlem + sequential number (e.g. 01 655580 00)
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - R.A.N.D. Muzik + sequential number (e.g. 29716)
Example: Polygonia - Otro Mundo
Note: stamp appears in font type Arial.

#N¹ or #N¹ DM or #N² DMI or #N³ DMM (e.g. 19L0184·A·1N¹ - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Iberofon, S.A.
Example: Pet Shop Boys - Behaviour
Note: please do not use superscript (e.g. N¹) but straight numbers (= N1)

## ### x-1 (e.g. 05 361 A-1 - German releases between 1972 and 1979 - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - EMI Electrola GmbH
Example: The Beatles - Yesterday / I Should Have Known Better
Note: Use this when GEMA only appears on the labels.

###### x1 (e.g. 46543-A1 - German releases between 1980 and 1993 - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - EMI Electrola GmbH
Example: BAP - Verdamp Lang Her / Waschsalon
Note: Only use this when GEMA only appears on the labels.

##### XY Z (e.g. 65247 or 10345 1A - image - since March 2004)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Record Industry + sequential number (e.g. 65247)
Example: High Contrast - Everything's Different / Green Screen

#####Xz/y (e.g. 90163H1/A) - between January 2000 and December 2013)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - GZ Digital Media + sequential number (e.g. 54082E)
Example: Jonathan Jeremiah - See (It Doesn't Bother Me)
Note: Please refer to the image - since 1 January 2014)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - GZ Media + sequential number (e.g. 82284E) unless there are "Made in Canada/USA" indications in which case use Mastered At
Example: The Dils - 198 Seconds Of The Dils
Note: Please refer to the GZ Media profile for the various runout combinations

(#######) (e.g. 1253674 - since Sept 2022)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Vantiva, Guadalajara, Mexico + sequential number (e.g. 1253674)
Location Link: https://www.vantivasupplychain.com/vinyl-solutions/
Example: The Cure - Songs Of A Lost World

#######-X-# (e.g. 0688743-A-2 - since 2017)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - TAKT + sequential number (e.g. 0313656)
Location link: https://www.takt.eu/en/offer/cd-dvd-vinyl/
Example: The Wake - Pale Spectre / Plastic Flowers

YY-#### NL (e.g. 16-0193 NL)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - Noiseland Industries
Location Link: https://www.noiseland.com/
Example: Sly And The Family Stone* - Live At The Fillmore East
Note: The first two digits stand for the year.

1 (only valid for US pressings)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Decca Records Pressing Plant, Gloversville
Example: Earl Grant - After Hours
Note: Plant also identifiable by a ✤ (45s) or a ◉ (LPs) on the B-side labels.
Occasionally, also a G appears in the runouts.

1H or IH - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By: The British Homophone Co. Ltd
Example: Laurel Aitken - Quando, Quando / Fire In Mi Wire
Note: sometimes suffixed after a 'heavy' straight matrix string

1PS or IPS or PS (Canadian pressings)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - The Compo Company Ltd.
Example: Red Nichols And His Five Pennies - The Red Nichols Story (For Collectors Only)

1 STEP or 2 STEP or 3 STEP
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Mastered At - Musicol
Example: Proof Of Utah - A Dog, A Dodo & A Fool
Note: Indicates the mastering process:
1 step = no mothers, just stampers;
2 step = mothers, stampers
3 step = fathers, mothers, stampers

1 Z or ↽N or N⇀ (Belgian pressings between 1980 and 1986 - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Elpeco
Example: Dead Kennedys - Bleed For Me
Note: can also be 2 Z or ∼N or N∼, etc.
Please do not add add ↽N but 1 Z.

1 Z or ↽N or N⇀ (Belgian pressings since 1987 - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Druco Music
Example: Siglo XX - Till The End Of The Night
Note: can also be 2 Z or ∼N or N∼, etc.

2 (only valid for US pressings)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Decca Records Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville
Example: Brenda Lee - You Can Depend On Me / It's Never Too Late
Note: Plant also identifiable by a ◆ (solid diamond) on the B-side label.
Occasionally, also a P appears in the runouts.

(1) or (2) or (3) (after a string of numbers - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Record Technology Incorporated + sequential side A number (e.g. 9501)
Add a company: Mastered At - Record Technology Incorporated + sequential side B number (e.g. 9502)
Location Link: https://www.recordtech.com/
Example: Fucked Up - The Chemistry Of Common Life
Note: (3) is for a 3-step process (father, mother, stamper), (2) for a 2-step process (father, stamper), and (1) for a 1-step process (just stampers).

2HZ: or 2HKD: or 5HZ: or 5HZDK: (Canadian releases - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Don Mills, ON
Example: Roberta Flack - Killing Me Softly
Note: Please refer to image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Decca Records Pressing Plant, Richmond, IN
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Roman Numeral III] - Benny Quinn
Example: Plunky* And Oneness Of Juju - Make A Change
Note: may appear as CM (m within capital C) or JM, usually in combination with TLP. Please use III in the runout string.

45-xB-####-Y# or xB-####-Nx% or SxB-####-Nx% (e.g. 45-GB-4566-D1, EB-2604-N1B)
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Manufactured By - Capitol Custom, Hollywood
Example: Pro Arte Motettenchor, Peter Marx, Heinz Wehrle - Lieder Zur Weihnachtszeit
Note: the first 2 letters indicate the pressing year (see profile).

6 or 17 or 145 or #425 (US pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Shaw Record Processing
Example: Leroy Washington (2) - Wild Cherry / Be Kind
Note: Usually to the right and slightly above the cat#. The numbers identify the clients
(e.g. 425 = Echo Records), and shall not be added as LCCN number nor as PPID.

7MVM (Spanish pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Mad Vinyl Music + sequential number (e.g. 7MVM 125)
Example: The Mocks (2) - The Bogey Man / Really Wanna Go

10-#### (e.g. 10-83451)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Manufactured By - Precision Record Pressing
Location Link: https://www.precisionpressing.com/
Example: Popol Vuh - Agape-Agape / Love-Love
Note: When in combination with a GZ number, e.g. 157850E, enter:
Mastered At - GZ Media + sequential number (e.g. 157850E)
Manufactured By - Precision Record Pressing + sequential number (e.g. 10-83451)

22 or 33 or 44 or 66 or 77 or 114 (US pressings - image of 22)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - All Disc Records, Inc.
Example: Bobby Womack, J.J. Johnson - Across 110th Street (66)
Note: Only where the pressing ring is 2.75" diameter. These numbers ar no PPID.

24-96 Mastering
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - 24-96 Mastering
Location Link: https://www.24-96.com/
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - 24Mastering + sequential number (e.g. 41350)
Location Link: https://24mastering.com/vinyl
Example: 7zl - Turnmoil
Note: may appear as "ZYM".

111, 112, 121, 131, 141 (Japanese pressings, often with a "+")
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Victor Company Of Japan, Ltd.
Example: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Warriors (Twelve Wild Disciples Mix)
Note: many more numbers existing, meaning unknown.

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Philips/DGG/Phonodisc/PDO/Polygram sub-section

The pressing plants and their codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

012 (Austrian pressings - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonodisc GesmbH
Example: Silver Convention - Fly, Robin, Fly / Tiger Baby

24 (Austrian pressings until June 1970)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Polyphon Schallplatten Ges. mbH
Add a company: Pressed By - Polyphon Schallplatten Ges. mbH
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Phonodisc GesmbH
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonodisc GesmbH
Example: M (2) - Pop Muzik

24 (Austrian pressings between 1980 and 1984)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ges.mbh
Example: Roxy Music - Jealous Guy

24 (Austrian pressings between 1984 and 1997)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Viennola BTG
Example: Premier Orchestre d'Art de Vienne* - Jessas Na !

130 + Artisan Sound logo
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Artisan Sound Recorders
Example: Was (Not Was) - Robot Girl

130 + MASTERDISK or MD
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterdisk
Example: The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong

130 or 130 + STERLING or ▽130 SS
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sterling Sound
Example: The Colourfield - Running Away

200 (between 1958 and March 1971)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Companhia Brasileira De Discos
Example: Elis Regina E Jair Rodrigues - 2 Na Bossa

200 (between April 1971 and December 1978)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Companhia Brasileira De Discos Phonogram
Example: The Who - Odds & Sods

200 (between January 1979 and December 1984)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut By - Polygram Discos Ltda.
Example: The Who - Face Dances

200 (between January 1985 and 1997)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Polygram do Brasil Ltda.
Example: Raulzito E Os Panteras - Raulzito E Os Panteras
Note: may also be etched

230 SNB or SNB 230 (since 1974 - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Disques SNB Ltée.
Example: Happy Mondays - Hallelujah
Note: "230" was the Philips country code for Canada and was used at SNB to indicate lacquer cuts for Philips/Phonogram/PolyGram labels.

300 (Danish pressings between 1958 and 1969)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Nordisk Polyphon Aktieselskab
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft Pressing Plant
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Phonodisc GmbH
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - PRS Hannover
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - PDO,
Example: Camouflage - One Fine Day

320 (German pressings between September 1991 and December 1992)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - PRS Hannover
Example: Violent Femmes - Hallowed Ground

320 (German pressings between January 1993 and March 1999)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - PMDC,
Example: Yello - "On Track"

320 (German pressings between April 1999 and May 2005)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Universal M & L,
Example: Madonna - Ray Of Light

380 (French pressings between May 1957 and 1969)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Société Phonographique Philips
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - C.I.D.I.S. Louviers
Example: Joe - Virtuoso
Note: please refer to the profiles of CIDIS, Antony on how to identify
where a record was pressed

380 (French pressings between 1979 and August 1986 - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Polygram Industries Messageries
Example: The Cure - Pornography

380 (French pressings between August 1986 and 1991)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut At - PDO,
Example: Yello Featuring Shirley Bassey - The Rhythm Divine

410 (Greek pressings between 1970 and 1975)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Helladisc S.A.
Example: The Who - Who's Next

410 (Greek pressings between 1975 and 1995)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - G.P.I. S.A.
Example: New Order - Shellshock (Extended Version)

420 (UK pressings between July 1957 and April 1959)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Record Pressers Ltd.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Philips Records Ltd.
Example: Booker T. And The MGs* - Green Onions

420 (UK pressings between March 1969 and January 1979)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Phonodisc Ltd.
Example: Black Sabbath - Paranoid

420 (UK pressings between February 1979 and mid 1988)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - PRS Ltd.
Example: Specimen - Returning (From A Journey)

470 (Polydor India pressings)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Music India Ltd.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Phonoster
Example: Antonello Venditti - Buona Domenica

520 (Italian pressings between 1986 and 1999)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - PhonoComp
Example: Jimmy Somerville / Happy Mondays - To Love Somebody / Kinky Afro

561 (Kenyan pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - E. A. Records
Example: Boney M. - Daddy Cool / No Woman No Cry
Note: Records were usually cut in Baarn and pressed locally.

670 (Dutch pressings between 1951 and 1962)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Philips Phonografische Industrie
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Phonodisc B.V.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - PRS Baarn
Example: The Associates - The Affectionate Punch

700 (NZ pressings between 1960 and October 1974)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Green And Hall Ltd.
Example: Leon Russell & Marc Benno - Asylum Choir II

700 (NZ pressings between November 1974 and 31 October 1978)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Music Carriers (NZ) Ltd.
Example: Rose Royce - Car Wash

700 (NZ pressings between 01 November 1978 and 1984)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - PRS Ltd., Miramar/Wellington
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonogram Ltd. Nigeria
Example: Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe & His Nigeria Sound Makers International - Osadebe '76 Vol. 2
Note: Records were usually cut in Baarn and pressed locally.

710 (Scandinavian pressings between 1953 and 1967)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - A/S Radio Industri
Example: Vidar Sandbeck Med Ragnar Danielsens Orkester - Pengegaloppen / Dagdrivervise

710 (Scandinavian pressings between 1967 and 1970)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Musikkindustri A/S
Example: Kringkastingsorkestret - Ut Mot Havet / Solregn

710 (Scandinavian pressings between 1970 and 1983)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Rosenborg Studio
Example: Laila Granum - En Real Normann / Jeg Ser Deg Overalt

710 (Scandinavian pressings from 1984)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Roger Arnhoff Studio
Example: Silje* - One Of These Mornings / My Funny Valentine
Note: 710 due to the equipment being used by that studio but without relationship with PolyGram.

720 (Austrian pressings between 1980 and 1984 - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - PRS Ges.mbh
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Polygram Records Private Limited Singapore
Example: Lipps, Inc. - Designer Music
Note: Older releases belong to Phonographic Industries Pte. Ltd. (not yet existing)

850 (Spanish pressings between 1958 and 1962)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - S.E.L.E.Z.
Example: The Charleston All Stars* - ¡Que Tiempos Aquellos!

850 (Spanish pressings between 1962 and 1970
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Fonogram, S.A.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - COFASA
Example: image) )
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - PolyGram Servicios, S.A.
Example: The Durutti Column - Another Setting

850 (Spanish pressings from 1988 onwards)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Eurogram, S.A.
Example: Revenge - 7 Reasons

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-####- or -#####- (e.g. -9999- or -10000- - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH + sequential number (e.g. 23011)
Example: Burst - Origo + Prey On Life

x-#-#-# or x-0#-0#-# (e.g. A-1-1-1 or A-01-01-1) (UK pressings)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - EMI Records
Example: Talking Heads - Girlfriend Is Better
Note: Placed at 6 o'clock in widely spaced typeface.

-xU-m-n (e.g. -1U-1-1) (UK pressings between June 1965 and July 1973)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By – The Gramophone Co. Ltd.
Note: Placed at 6 o'clock, where U indicates a contract pressing for a non-EMI label.
The number before U stands for the number of the cut.

-xU-m-n (e.g. -1U-1-7) (UK pressings since July 1973 - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - EMI Records
Example: Gwen Guthrie - Hopscotch Remix
Note: Placed at 6 o'clock, where U indicates a contract pressing for a non-EMI label.
The number before U stands for the number of the cut.

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SYMBOLS / NON-LETTER / PICTURE / DRAWN IMAGES SECTION

. · . · or . · . . or · . . . (4 dots - Mexican pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching . · . ·] - Raúl Luna
Example: Ian Lloyd - Goose Bumps
Note: do not use . · . ·, etc. as ANV.

✱ (Six-pointed asterisk - UK pressings between 1979 and 1988 - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Immediate Sound Services Ltd.
Example: Wim Mertens - Educes Me
Notes: usually a few centimeters away from the main matrix / cat#.
Not to be confused with *-J.T.S.-* !
When in combination with other pressing plants, use Mastered At.

✱ (Six-pointed asterisk - UK pressings since 1989 - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Audio Services Ltd.
Example: Cath Carroll - Moves Like You
Notes: usually a few centimeters away from the main matrix / cat#.
Not to be confused with *-J.T.S.-* !
When in combination with other pressing plants, use Mastered At.

⎕ (Square following the matrix number, on Gramophone Co. shellacs between 1931 and 1944 - image)
S, H or HS? S
Example: Gracie Fields - Sing As We Go / In My Little Bottom Drawer
Note: Indicating a recording/cutting made with a Blumlein cutting system.
This is no mastering or pressing credit but for information only.
Not to be confused with a "diamond", indicating a Western Electric cutting system.

꙳ (six pionted star on French shellacs - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Société Phonographique Française Polydor S.A.
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Artisan Sound Recorders
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching Treble Clef] - Ross Williams (2)
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching Treble Clef] - Don Grossinger ANV DG
Example: House Of Swing - Perfect Love
Note: May also look like an ampersand "&". The Unicode symbol treble clef is not recognized by all browser fonts, it shall therefore not be used as ANV.

𝄞 + DMM (Treble clef - US pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By [Runout Etching Treble Clef] - Don Grossinger ANV DG
Example: Kim English - Time For Love
Note: Usually Europadisk DMM and the treble clef. Symbol is not recognized by all browser fonts, it shall therefore not be used as ANV

〄 ("Japanese Industrial Standards" symbols)
S, H or HS? S
Location Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_Industrial_Standards
Example: Various - Summer Campaign '85
Note: this is not a mastering or pressing credit. This notation is for information only.

△ or (△) (Circled triangle up - image - US pressings)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Delta Recording Studios
Example: Big Maybelle - Don't Me By
Note: Unicode character 🟕 is not displayed properly with all browers/fonts hence use (△) in the runouts.

ΔM - (US pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dave Moyssiadis + ANV ΔM
Example: LNR - Work It To The Bone
Note: do not confuse with Alan Moy or Disc Makers.

⟷ (double-headed arrow since September 1981 - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Hauppauge Record Manufacturing Ltd.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Disco
Example: Joy Division - Still
Notes: Please use [AGI logo] instead of ⩓ in the runout string. Use Mastered At when there is no 16mm pressing ring.

ダリアン! or ダリアン!! or ダリアン!!! - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - ダリアン!
Example: A Day In Black & White* - Notes
Note: Alias of Darien Waldhoff - Katana characters may appear as Ji/PY! or JijPy!

__ ⁄|⁄ǀ⁄|⁄ǀ⁄|⁄K or__ ⁄|⁄ǀ⁄|⁄ǀ⁄|⁄Kling - image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Randy Kling + ANV ⁄|⁄ǀ⁄|⁄ǀ⁄|⁄K
Example: Alice Cooper - Love It To Death
Note: do not add the leading underscore as part of the ANV

ꔰ (cross(es) with dots in the quadrants - image)
Add a company: Pressed By - Record Technology Incorporated
Location Link: https://www.recordtech.com/
Example: A Certain Ratio - Do The Du (Casse)
Note: When appearing with other pressing plant identifiers, use Mastered At.

⋊ (reverted "Dead Kennedys" logo without vertical bar - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ⋊] - Anne-Marie Suenram
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - 和
Example: UNKLE - Eye 4 An Eye

:-) or :^) or :v) (smiley only)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching :-)] - Herb Powers Jr.
Example: Various - Dancer
Note: the smiley is NOT an ANV. Seen also with F/W.

ₒ ̶Ф̶ ₒ PARELIES or ∘-⊗⊸ PARELIES - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Parelies Audio Visuel
Location Link: https://www.parelies.com/
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching '!'] - Scott Stratton
Example: Puscifer - All Re-Mixed Up
Note: Only in combination with Bernie Grundman Mastering related credits.

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MCA Records pressing plant sub-section

The pressing plants and their codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

◈-P-◈ (two diamonds with a P in the middle, since 1973 - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville
Example: Consolidated - Message To The People
Notes: may also be identified by a GL1 in the matrix.
When in combination with another plant, e.g. CR, use Mastered At.

◎—∈—◎ (2 circles with a straight line through a centre C - image)
S, H, HS? S
Add a credit: Pressed By - MCA Records (Canada)
Example: Free - Heartbreaker

MCA-I or MCA Ill
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville
Example: The Doobie Brothers - Minute By Minute

MCA NY
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville
Example: Fleetwood Mac - Mystery To Me

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Phonodisc Ltd. sub-section

Only between 18 March 1969 and January 1979.
//number + additional letters (e.g. //1 AB) stand for an "external lacquer cut".
# stands for a number. The respective codes are listed here as a group (and not individually):

//# AB
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Abbey Road Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonodisc Ltd.
Example: Bryan Ferry - This Is Tomorrow

//# AZM
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Allen Zentz Mastering
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonodisc Ltd.
Example: Leo Sayer - There Isn't Anything I Wouldn't Do

//# E
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - EMI Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonodisc Ltd.
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - CBS Studios, London
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonodisc Ltd.
Example: The Jam - This Is The Modern World

//# D
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Decca Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonodisc Ltd.
Example: Adam And The Ants - Young Parisians

//# IB
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - I.B.C. Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonodisc Ltd.
Example: Pere Ubu - Dub Housing

//# K
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Kendun Recorders
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonodisc Ltd.
Example: Hush (7) - Glad All Over

//# M
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Master Room
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonodisc Ltd.
Example: Suzi Pinns - Rule Britannia

//# MC
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Music Centre, Wembley (between 1972 and 1981)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - CTS Studios (between 1982 and 1987)
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonodisc Ltd.
Example: The Who - Had Enough / Who Are You
Note: Etchings may feature De Lane Lea, CTS.

//# MCN
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Master Control, Nashville
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonodisc Ltd.
Example: Twiggy (2) - Tomorrow Is Another Day

//# MD
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterdisk
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonodisc Ltd.
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Mastering Lab
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonodisc Ltd.
Example: Pete Townshend • Ronnie Lane - Rough Mix

//# P
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pye Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonodisc Ltd.
Example: Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby

//# ST
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sterling Sound
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonodisc Ltd.
Example: Rainbow - Rainbow Rising

//# STR
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Strawberry Mastering
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonodisc Ltd.
Example: Sandy McLelland & The Backline* - Like A Hurricane

//# T
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Trident Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonodisc Ltd.
Example: Clifford T. Ward - Home Thoughts From Abroad

//# TO
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tape One
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonodisc Ltd.
Example: Zones (2) - Sign Of The Times

//# UT
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Utopia Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonodisc Ltd.
Example: The Boomtown Rats - Lookin' After No. 1

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PRS Ltd. sub-section

▽420 plus 1 or 2 letters, indicating an external lacquer cutting studio.
Introduced 1979 after the transition to PRS Ltd.

▽420 A
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Abbey Road Studios
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - CBS Studios, London
Example: Kiss - Lick It Up

▽420 DA
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Damont
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - PRS Ltd.
Example: The Tearjerkers - Murder Mystery

▽420 E
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - EMI Studios
Example: Killing Joke - Eighties

▽420 EX
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Exchange
Example: Trouble Funk - Trouble Over Here, Trouble Over There

▽420 FRA + CIDIS
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - C.I.D.I.S. Louviers
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - PRS Ltd.
Example: John Travolta - Greased Lightning

▽420 FRA or ▽420 FRA POLYGRAM
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Polygram Industries Messageries
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - PRS Ltd.
Example: Blondie - Dreaming

▽420 G
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Portland Studios
Example: This Final Frame - Give Me Back

▽420 H
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Town House
Example: The Shadows - Silver Album

▽420 MSL
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Multiple Sound Pressings Ltd.
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - PRS Ltd.
Example: Miquel Brown - Symphony Of Love

▽420 MU
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterdisk
Example: The Pretenders - Hymn To Her

▽420 ORL or ORLAKE
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Orlake Records
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - PRS Ltd.
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - PRT Studios
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Master Room
Example: Carmel (2) - The Drum Is Everything

▽420 S
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Strawberry Mastering
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tape One
Example: Lloyd Cole And The Commotions* - Cut Me Down (Remix)

▽420 U
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Utopia Studios
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Trident Studios
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Audio One
Example: Prince - U Got The Look

▽420 W
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Music Centre, Wembley (between 1972 and 1981)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - CTS Studios (between 1982 and 1987)
Example: Cheri - Murphy's Law

▽420 WEA
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - WEA Records Pressing Plant, West Drayton
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - PRS Ltd.
Example: Arpeggio (2) - Love And Desire

▽420 Z
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Sound Clinic
Example: Level 42 - Are You Hearing (What I Hear)?

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▽E + additional letters (UK only).
"E" stands for an "external lacquer cut." Introduced 1979 after the transition to PRS Ltd.
In some cases the mastering house is listed again in the runout, but for those that do not:

▽E AR
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Abbey Road Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Example: Simple Minds - Life In A Day

▽E C
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - CBS Studios, London
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Example: Rainbow - All Night Long

▽E CRI
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Criteria Recording Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Example: The Osmonds - Steppin' Out

▽E D
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Decca Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Example: Adam And The Antz* - Young Parisians

▽E IB
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - I.B.C. Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Example: Jack Jones - I Could Have Been A Sailor

▽E KR
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Kendun Recorders
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Example: Iggy Pop - Five Foot One

▽E M
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Master Room
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Example: The Boomtown Rats - Diamond Smiles

▽E MC
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Music Centre, Wembley (between 1972 and 1981)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - CTS Studios (between 1982 and 1987)
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Example: Leyton Buzzards - Saturday Night Beneath The Plastic Palm Trees

▽E MCR
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Master Cutting Room
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Example: Iggy Pop - Loco Mosquito / Take Care Of Me

▽E MD
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterdisk
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Example: Rush - Live! Tom Sawyer / A age To Bangkok

▽E ML
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Mastering Lab
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Example: The Who - The Kids Are Alright

▽E P
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pye Studios (until 1979)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - PRT Studios (from 1980 to 1989)
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd. (only between February 1979 and mid 1988)
Example: Blondie - Atomic

▽E PS
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Portland Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Example: Soft Cell - Bedsitter

▽E R
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - RCA Studios, London
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Example: David Essex - Imperial Wizard

▽E SC
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Sound Clinic
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Example: The Specials - Ghost Town / Why? / Friday Night, Saturday Morning

▽E ST
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sterling Sound
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Example: The Who - Don't Let Go The Coat

▽E STR
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Strawberry Mastering
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Example: The Cure - A Forest

▽E T
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Trident Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Example: Genesis - Duchess

▽E TH
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Town House
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Example: Ultravox - ing Strangers

▽E TO
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tape One
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Example: Shakatak - Easier Said Than Done

▽E UT
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Utopia Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - PRS Ltd.
Example: Cozy Powell - Sooner Or Later

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ΛM
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Andy Mellwig + ANV AM
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching Δ] - Tony Taurins
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dyam
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Raphaël Jonin + ANV RJ
Example: image
S, H, or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Allied Record Company
Example: Kraftwerk - Musique Non Stop
Notes: Add "[Allied 'ɑ' logo]" on its position in the matrix string.
May appear as balloon, "Q" or "Ω", but is a lower case greek alpha, sometimes with a Warner "W" within.

ᐂ - (Australian pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At: Sheard & Co.
Example Various - Assorted Desecrations And Magnificent Mutations
Note: May appear as coathanger or sticklady drawing

¢ (US "cent" symbol - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ¢] - Tom Coyne
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching Eyes With Eyebrows] - David Turner (2)
Example: Charlie Byrd Featuring Nat Adderley - Top Hat
Note: often in combination with studio and date etching, e.g FS1048DT.

✇ (fan or propeller)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Durium S.p.A.
Example: image)
S, H, HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ♀] - Meredith Brooks (2)
Example: Yello - Stella

♡ POGO
S, H, HS? H
Note: this is not a mastering credit. This notation only served as quality assurance symbol that Keith Olson was present during the cutting.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Pressed By - Premier Albums Of New Jersey
Example: The Fabulous Ronettes* Featuring Veronica* - ...Presenting The Fabulous Ronettes Featuring Veronica
Note: Accompanied by a 2.75" diameter pressing ring. A smaller star was used by Capitol's LA plant.

ø @ SONY - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sony Music Studios, London
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ø [Phase]
Example: Jermaine Dupri / Ghostown DJs* - Money Ain't A Thang / My Boo
Note: Alias for Ashley Burchett

øPhase @ Whitfield St
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Whitfield Street Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ø [Phase]
Example: Kylie* - I Believe In You
Note: Alias for image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ❀] - Brian Gardner
Example: Jane's Addiction - Strays
Note: the flower can come with or without stem.

⁀⁀ ⁀⁀ - (drawing of "birds/seagulls in flight" - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ⁀⁀ ⁀⁀] - Brian Gardner
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sonic Arts
Example: The Residents - The Third Reich 'N' Roll
Note: the logo is squared/edged, not rounded.

Pig snout with pointy ears - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ⚇] - Frank DeLuna
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ⚾︎] - Greg Calbi
Example: The Fixx - Are We Ourselves? / Deeper And Deeper
Note: May resemble a Ⓗ (H in a circle).

Head of a woman - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH
Example: image 2)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ω (2)
Example: Syl Johnson - Is It Because I'm Black / Let Them Hang High
Note: Symbol for an unidentified engineer at Ter Mar Studios during the 1960s and later at RCA Studios, Chicago / RCA's Mid-America Recording Center, Chicago, Illinois. May appear with or without a circle or underline.

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Pye Studios sub-section

△ = Scully/Westrex suite until 1968, then the Neumann VMS-66 suite.
♢ = Scully/Westrex suite until 1970, then the Neumann VMS-70 suite.
✳ = Scully/Westrex suite until ca. 1974.

Please don't confuse ♢ and/or ✳ with mastering symbols used by Deutsche Grammophon
Pressing Plant (on there usually combined with a ℗ Date).

△F or ♢F or ✳F
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pye Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bill Foster + ANV F
Example △F: The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset
Example ♢F: Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Magic Trumpet
Example ✳F: Chuck Berry - Greatest Hits

△G or ♢G or ✳G
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pye Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Gordon Vicary + ANV G
Example △G: Status Quo - Gerdundula
Example ♢G: Brotherhood Of Man - Angelo
Example ✳G: The Grateful Dead - Anthem Of The Sun

△H or ♢H or ✳H
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pye Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Howard Barrow + ANV H
Example △H: Joe Dolan - It Makes No Difference
Example ♢H: No Artist - Memories Of Steam
Example ✳H: Donovan - Catch The Wind

△J
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pye Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Geoff Calver + ANV J
Example: Sandie Shaw - Wight Is Wight
Note: J = Jeff - an alternate spelling for Geoff.

△M or △MD or ✳M - since 1967 only
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pye Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Malcolm Davies + ANV M or MD
Example △M: Margo And The Marvettes* - When Love Slips Away / I'll Be Home
Example ✳M: Miriam Makeba - In Concert!
Note: pre 1967 cuts would have been done by Derek Moore (3)

△MB or ♢MB
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pye Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mike Brown (3) + ANV MB
Example △MB: Ken Leray - Together We Are Beautiful
Example ♢MB: Carl Douglas - Girl You're So Fine / Too Hot To Handle

△S or ♢S or ✳S - (from 1963 to 1968)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pye Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Derek Sticklen + ANV S
Example △S: Ike & Tina Turner - Live! Volume 1 (The Ike & Tina Turner Show)
Example ♢S: Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass* - Whipped Cream & Other Delights
Example ✳S: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pye Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tony Bridge + ANV T
Example △T: Players Association* - Disco Inferno
Example ♢T: Hylda Baker & Arthur Mullard - You're The One That I Want
Example ✳T: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pye Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tony Bridge + ANV Tone
Example: The Searchers - Take Me For What I'm Worth

△W or ♢W - (from 1968 to 1974)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pye Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Derek Sticklen + ANV W
Example △W: Autumn (16) - My Little Girl
Example ♢W: Children Aged 5-11 Accompanied By Eira Davies - Children's Party Songs & Games
Note: W is for the middle name's initial: Derek W. Sticklen.

△X or ♢X or ✳X
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pye Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - X (16)
Example △X: Maureen McGovern - I Won't Last A Day Without You
Example ♢X: Paul Da Vinci - Your Baby Ain't Your Baby Anymore
Example ✳X: Hot Butter - Popcorn
Note: Can also appear in combination with the image of a 'Massey Ferguson 175' tractor!
See Barry White - Don't Make Me Wait Too Long

♢BJ
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pye Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bob Jones (6) + ANV BJ
Example: Delegation - Put A Little Love On Me

♢M or ✳M until 1966 only
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pye Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Derek Moore (3) + ANV M
Example ♢M: Elgar* - Sir John Barbirolli Conducting The Hallé Orchestra* - Symphony No. 1 In A Flat Major, Op. 55
Example ✳M: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pye Studios
Example: The Wombles - Wombling Merry Christmas

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Stickman with halo - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching Stickman With Halo] - Roger 007 Moore
Example: Direct Drive (3) - I Need Some Sunshine
Note: do not confuse with U.S. stickman in quotes or on Irish pressings.

Target logo or bullseye stamp (Canadian Capitol pressings only - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Capitol Records-EMI Of Canada Limited
Example: image)
S, H, HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Hauppauge Record Manufacturing Ltd.
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - A&M Mastering Studios
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ‾V‾] - Eric Boulanger (2)
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - CBS, Haarlem
Example: Bobby Vinton - If That's All I Can

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ALPHABETICAL LISTINGS

XYY Z W(W) (e.g. H79 W NT, German releases between 1955 and May 1990 - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - VEB Deutsche Schallplatten Potsdam-Babelsberg
Example: Chris Doerk - Denn Ich Liebe Die Welt / Bottoms Up

XYY Z W(W) (e.g. G91 E DT, German releases between June 1990 and March 1992)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Deutsche Schallplatten GmbH
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H or S
Add a company: Pressed By - CBS Pressing Plant, Aston Clinton
Example: The The - Heartland
Notes: Not to be confused with ∴ or Λ found on US Columbia pressings, half a turn away from the main number.
Do not add Λ as PPID, it identifies the Mother. Do not add Λ but A into the BAOI.
Other "letters" appear as "[" (a broken circle for B or C) or "[)" (for D).

Å (Scandinavian pressings)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Skandinaviska Grammophon AB
Example: Magnus Lind - I Speglarnas Tid
Note: The "Å" stands for Åmål, which is the town where the plant was located.

Å (Australian pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching Å] - Steve Smart
Example: The Railway Children - Brighter
Note: do not confuse with the symbol used by Sheard & Co.

A BF! CUT
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Made By - Bladud Flies!
Example: Eumig / Diacritical Mark - Live At Suffolk Noise Alliance Weekender 3
Note: Format should be Lathe Cut!

A NIKICUT or A NICKYCUT
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nick Webb + ANV Niki or Nicky
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Porky (5)
Example: Death In June - Burial
Alias of George Peckham.
Notes: "A Porky Prime Cut" is not an ANV!
The B sides often have Primed or Primed ✓ (checkmark)

A Smart Cut - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Steve Smart + ANV Smart
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Arun Chakraverty + ANV A
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nick Webb + ANV N
Example: Rod Stewart - Blondes Have More Fun

A+R or A+R DALLAS TX
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut By - A+R Record Manufacturing Corporation
Example: Osage Lute - Shoot Scooter

A+R or A+R DALLAS TX + ##x## or ##-## or ####+## (e.g. 912x28 or 801-51 or 8211+62)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - A+R Record Manufacturing Corporation + sequential no. (e.g. 912x28)
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - A+R Record Manufacturing Corporation
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Stan Getz II + ANV SPGII
Example: image
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - A&M Mastering Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Andrew Garver + ANV AG
Example: Freestylers Featuring Tenor Fly - B-Boy Stance

A&M MASTERING GS
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - A&M Mastering Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Geoff Sykes + ANV GS
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Arnie Acosta + ANV AA
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - AA Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alex Abrash + ANV AA
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Aardvark Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Brekus + ANV Paul
Location Link: https://www.aardvarkmastering.com/
Example: The Minders - Paper Plane
Note: may appear as M over AA.

AA-BAJ or AA BAJ or AABAJ or AA·BAJ - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Absolute Audio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Brad Johnson + ANV BAJ
Example: In Sync (2) - Let Me See / Rave Thang

AARDMAN
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - AARDMAN
Example: Giuseppe Ielasi - 15 More Tapes
Alias for Stephen Ganser

AATB
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Absolute Audio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tom Brick + ANV TB
Location Link: https://www.absoluteaudio.com/abs/
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Al Brown (5) + ANV AB
Example: Mott The Hoople - Mad Shadows

AB
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Abbey Record Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Andrew Berliner + ANV AB
Example: The Eric Burdon Band* - Sun Secrets

AB CRY or AB CY
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Crystal Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Andrew Berliner + ANV AB
Example: War - Why Can't We Be Friends?

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Abbey Road Studio sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Location Link: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Abbey Road Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching i…i] - Sean Magee
Example: Deep Purple - Made In Japan
Note: the etching represents the famous crossing on Abbey Road.

ABBEY ROAD.MILES or MILES.ABBEY ROAD - image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Abbey Road Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Miles Showell + ANV Miles
Example: The Wombats - Glitterbug

ABBEY ROAD 1/2 SPEED.MILES or MILES.ABBEY ROAD 1/2 SPEED
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Abbey Road Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Miles Showell + ANV Miles
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Abbey Road Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alex Wharton + ANV Alex
Example: Kathryn Joseph - For You Who Are The Wronged
Note: the etching represents the famous crossing on Abbey Road.

ALEX G ABBEY ROAD - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Abbey Road Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alex Gordon (9) + ANV Alex G
Example: Sleeping Dogs - Beware

CHRISTIAN@ABBEYROAD or Christian@Abbeyroad
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Abbey Road Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Christian Wright + ANV Christian
Example: Sissy Wish - Table 44

MASTERED AT ABBEY ROAD - NICK
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Abbey Road Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nick Webb + ANV Nick
Example: X-Ray Spex - Germfree Adolescents

NICK - ABBEY ROAD
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Abbey Road Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nick Webb + ANV Nick
Example: Bill Nelson's Red Noise* - Furniture Music

PEACHY ABBEY RD
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Abbey Road Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Peachy (2)
Example: Basement Jaxx - Take Me Back To Your House
Note: Alias of Geoff Pesche

Sean Abbey Rd
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Abbey Road Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sean Magee + ANV Sean
Example: Velvet Revolver - Contraband

SRZ - ABBEY RD or ABBEY RD - SRZ
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Abbey Road Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Steve Rooke + ANV SRZ
Example: Hammer* - Addams Groove

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ABS - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alex Sadkin + ANV ABS
Example: Eagles - One Of These Nights

Absolute Audio NY JB
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Absolute Audio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jim Brick + ANV JB
Location Link: https://www.absoluteaudio.com/abs/
Example: DJ Soul Slinger - Abducted

AC (UK pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Arun Chakraverty + ANV AC
Example: Black Sabbath - Mob Rules

Ach
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - André Huesler + ANV Ach
Example: Various, The Mercy Sluts - Untitled

A (French pressings between 1951 and 1956)
S, H or HS? H
Add a Company: Mastered At - Studio Chopin-Pleyel
Add a Company: Lacquer Cut At - Studio Chopin-Pleyel
Example: Félix Leclerc - Notre Sentier / Le P'tit Bonheur
Note: A stands for Acétate Chopin-Pleyel.

AcR or ACR
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - RCA Records Pressing Plant, Smiths Falls, Ontario
Example: The Association (2) - The Association

ACTIS or ACTIS.
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Actis Studios
Example: Born Dead Icons - New Scream Industry

AD1 or AD2
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Andy Da Costa + ANV AD
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Audiodisc AB
Example: Cortex (5) - You Can't Kill The Boogeyman
Note: may also be without date

ADAM
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Adam Nunn + ANV Adam
Example: Tata Box Inhibitors - Plasmids

Additiv media or www.additivmedia.com
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Additiv Media
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Adrenalin (4)
Example: image
S, H, or HS: H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By – Anna Pate + ANV Adrianna
Example: Marilyn Horne - Live At La Scala
Note: appears on Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA pressings from the 1980s.

Æ #### or AE #### (e.g. Æ 1325)
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Manufactured By - Aerco Processing
Example: Dennis Brown - Someone Special

AERCO
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - Aerco Productions Limited
Example: Modern English - Drowning Man / Silent World

A.G.
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alex Gordon (9) + ANV A.G.
Example: Angry Looking Face
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Andrew Garver + ANV AG
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Disco
Example: The Damned - Damned Damned Damned
Note: please use Mastered At in case of an additional EX or EXP in the runouts or when there is no 16mm pressing ring.

AGI (until March 1979 - image)
S, H or HS? S (occasionally H)
Add a company: Pressed By - Disco
Example: Michel Sardou - Michel Sardou
Note: please use Mastered At in case of an additional EX or EXP in the runouts or when there is no 16mm pressing ring.

AGR or A.G.R.
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - AGR Manufacturing
Location Link: https://agrm.co.uk/
Example: X Cabs* - Infectious

AGysin
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alfred Gysin + ANV AGysin
Example: Klassik In Der Synagoge - Hochzeitsklänge Und Gebete

AI or A.I. (only until 1969)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Auditronics
Example: Jimmy Hughes - Something Special
Note: Later pressings may also carry A.I. even though being from Mastercraft.

AITCH - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Howard Thompson + ANV Aitch
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - AJAM. + ANV as applicable
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Allen Landau + ANV AL
Example: Mass Production - Welcome To Our World

AL or AL with date
S, H or HS? H
==> see discussion here

Aℓ - (between 1967 and 1971)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - London Records Of Canada (1967) Ltd.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alain DeRoque + ANV Al
Example: image
S, H or HS? H or HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Al Brown (5)
Example: Yusef Lateef - Morning

Al Brown Audiospectrum
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Audio Spectrum (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Al Brown (5)
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alan Graves + ANV Alan
Example: Chrissy (4) - Chrissy

Alberti
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Alberti (2)
Example: Derkéta* - Premature Burial

Alberto Roges or Alb. Roges or A ROGES or Alberto
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alberto Roges + ANV as applicable
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Alco Research And Engineering, Co.
Example: Ty Terrell* / Willie "The Moon Man" Echols - Here Comes The Night - Part I / Here Comes The Night - Part II
Note: Alco also used the delta number system, similar to Monarch Record Mfg. Co. for their metalworks

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Alchemy sub-section (2000 - August 2020)

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

ALCHEMY or ALCHEMY MASTERING
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut - Alchemy Mastering
Example: Ultravox - Lament

BAZZA ALCHEMY or BAZZA@ALCHEMY
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut - Alchemy Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Barry Grint + ANV Bazza
Example: cv313 - Beyond Starlit Sky

CB @ ALCHEMY
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Alchemy Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Cicely Balston + ANV CB
Example: Giorgio Moroder Featuring Kylie Minogue - Right Here, Right Now
Note: may appear as GB, OB

KTUFF ALCHEMY
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Alchemy Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kevin Tuffy + ANV KTuff
Example: A Certain Ratio - ACR Loco

MARTIN @ ALCHEMY SOHO or MG - ALCHEMY SOHO
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Alchemy Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Martin Giles + ANV Martin
Example: Aaron Spectre - Say More Fire

MATT ALCHEMY
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut at Alchemy Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Matt Colton + ANV Matt
Example: Radio Slave - No Sleep (Part Four)

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Alex@Scratch Free
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Scratch Free Press
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alex Fodi + ANV Alex
Example: Deity Zone Feat. Miche Braden & Yasmin Rashid - Live

ALG + LHaudio.com
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - LH Audio Services
Add a credit: Mastered By - Oliver Lieb
Location Link: https://begin.lhaudio.com/
Example: Headless Ghost - Backend EP
Note: ALG means "high-end analogue" mastering. Done by Lieb only.

(ALI) - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Allied Records Ltd.
Examples: Various - Chocolate Soup For Diabetics
Note: when other plants are credited, e.g. LYN, they provided the metals - add them with Mastered At

ALL DISC or AD 00
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - All Disc Records, Inc.
Example: The Doors - The Doors

ALL PLATINUM or AP or (AP)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - All Platinum Studios
Example: Ponderosa Twins Plus One* - 2+2+1 = Ponderosa Twins Plus One
Note: Other companies also used an '(AP)' etching. This one is mostly exclusive to US 1970s pressings on All Platinum and d labels, e.g., Stang Records, Turbo Records, etc.

ALLEN (UK and US pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Allen Landau + ANV Allen
Example: Van Der Graaf* - Vital

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Allen Zentz Mastering sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

❀ MASTERED AT ALLEN ZENTZ L.A., CALIF. (drawing / etching of a flower)
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Allen Zentz Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ❀] - Brian Gardner
Example: Jeffrey Osborne - Don't You Get So Mad
Note: The flower has a stem. When without stem, do not credit to Gardner.

Az - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Allen Zentz + ANV AZ
Example: Jerry Rix - Disco Train
Note: Only Az (Capital A + small z) without any other letters/ symbols means it was cut by Allen Zentz.

AZ or A.Z. (US pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Allen Zentz Mastering
Example: Miss Johnnie - Over The Mountain - Across The Sea
Note: AZ (all capitals) means cut at Allen Zentz Mastering.

AZ ❀ (drawing / etching of a flower - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Allen Zentz Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ❀] - Brian Gardner
Example: Donna Summer - Four Seasons Of Love
Note: The flower has a stem. When without stem, do not credit to Gardner.

AZ ⁀⁀ ⁀⁀ (drawing / etching of "birds/seagulls in flight") - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Allen Zentz Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ⁀⁀ ⁀⁀] - Brian Gardner
Example: Parliament - Mothership Connection

AZ BKG or AZ ❀ BKG
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Allen Zentz Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Brian Gardner + ANV BKG
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Allen Zentz Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Bellman + ANV CB
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Allen Zentz Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bill Wysock + ANV WCW
Example: Donna Summer - Love To Love You Baby

CB. MASTERED AT ALLEN ZENTZ L.A., CALIF.
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Allen Zentz Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Bellman + ANV CB
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Allen Zentz Mastering
Example: Barry White - America / Life

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ALLIED
S, H, or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Allied Record Company
Example: Yellowjackets - Yellowjackets
Notes: Only when appearing along other plant identifiers

ALSHIRE - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Alshire Custom Products
Example: Ednita Nazario - Ednita

ALt with date or ALT with date (may appear as AL+)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Allentown Record Co. Inc.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Marta Alvear + ANV Alvear
Example: Juan Pardo - Caballo De Batalla
Note: may appear as alinear or alicar or alnear

A.M. (Venezuelan pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Audiomatrices De Venezuela, C. A.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alain Morand + ANV AM
Example: Aura* Meets Lee "Scratch" Perry* - Full Experience

AM + Dyam (mostly French pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dyam
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alain Morand + ANV AM
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - StarDelta Audio Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Andy Miles (2) + ANV AM
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Ameise
Example: Rekordah - Cherry Coke / Butternut

AMGDISK
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - AMG Disk
Example: Tunnel (3) Featuring Danilo Rustici - Speed Up / Tunnel Lights

AMIGO
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Amigo Studios
Example: Stiff Little Fingers - Inflammable Material

AMIGO-PB (may appear as P13)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Amigo Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Phil Brown + ANV PB
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Anne-Marie Suenram + ANV AMS (etc.)
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Analogcut Mastering
Example: Boy Harsher - The Runner (Original Soundtrack)

ANDI
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - André Huesler + ANV Andi
Example: Various - KPM Soundclash

André or ANDRE
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - André Huesler + ANV André or Andre
Example: Die Russen - Laika's Revenge

André VINYLIUM.CH or WWW.VINYLIUM.CH ANDRE or ANDRE FOR VINYLIUM MASTERING
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Vinylium.ch
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - André Huesler + ANV André or Andre
Example: Dimlite - Synonym4

Andy '91 or Andy '92
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Andy Crump (2) + ANV Andy
Example: The Mario Brothers - Something

andybee @ dubplate.eu
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dubplate.eu
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Andybee
Example: Tom Novy vs. TV Rock - The Power

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ÅNGSTRÖM sub-section

The studio codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Note that the studio is credited in multiple ways:
ÅNGSTRÖM, ÅNGSTRÖM MASTERING, ANGSTROM BXL, ÅNGSTRÖM MASTERING BXL,
ÅNGSTRÖM BXL, ANGSTROM BXL, Å BXL or A-BXL
Location Link: https://www.angstrom-mastering.com/

⏃ or ⏃ AT ÅNGSTROM (arrow-like symbol pointing down and left)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Ångström Mastering
Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching Arrow Symbol] - Frédéric Alstadt
Example: Imagination (2) - Shake It

FA or FΔ AT ANGSTROM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Ångström Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Frédéric Alstadt + ANV FA
Example: DJ F-seize Falcon* - Sugar Dada

FRED@ANGSTROM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Ångström Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Frédéric Alstadt + ANV Fred
Example: Lowcommittee - Race At Neon Club

H@ANGSTROM or HERVE@ANGSTROM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Ångström Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Hervé de Kéroullas + ANV H or Herve

YANN DUB @ ANGSTROM or YANN @ ANGSTROM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Ångström Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Yann Dub
Example: Trill Bass* - Trillitary Mind EP

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Anna or anna - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Anna Pate + ANV Anna
Example: Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

ANT
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Anthony Chapman + ANV Ant
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Allan Parsons + ANV AP
Example: The Church - When You Were Mine
Note: may look like 'TP' or 'JP'

ARC - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Allentown Record Co. Inc.
Example: Engelbert Humperdinck - Engelbert

**ARC ###### - (e.g. 720433)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Artist's Recording Co.
Example: Everett Reese - Presenting Everett Reese
Note: later, the ARC was dropped to just "** ######" (see Numerical listing)

ARCHER - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Archer Record Pressing
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Archer Record Pressing
Example: Yvette - Pump Me

ARCHER 95
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Nashville Matrix
Add a company: Pressed By - Archer Record Pressing
Example: Funkadelic - Music For My Mother
Note: 95 is not a PPID.

AREACEM - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - A.R.E.A.C.E.M.
Example: Clout - Save Me

ARNIE
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Arnie Acosta + ANV Arnie
Example: image
S, H or HS? S (stamped in script)
Add a company: Pressed By - American Record Pressing Co.
Example: Brenda Holloway - Let Love Grow / Some Quiet Place (To Rest My Mind)

ARP-####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Atwell Record Pressing, Inc. + sequential number (e.g. ARP-8369)
Add a company: Pressed By - Atwell Record Pressing, Inc. + sequential number (e.g. ARP-8370)
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Arun Chakraverty + ANV Arun
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Albert Svoboda + ANV AS
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Astro Record
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Ardent Studios
Location Link: https://ardentstudios.com/
Example: Studebakers - My-T-Tuff
Note: Often in combination with MCRP or NRP

AS (Scaninavian pressings - image)
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Atlantis Studio
Example: Various - Samma Båt

ASCOT
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Ascot Studios, Hollywood, CA
Example: Jack Esquibel & The Aztecs - La Arrimada

ASL
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Audio Services Ltd.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Arányi Tibor + ANV AT or A.T.
Example: Flies* / Kodály* - Bölcsődal / Esti Dal
Note: See also Hungaroton sub-section for post 1975 cuts

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Atlantic Records pressing plant sub-section

From January 1967, the Atlantic family of labels (all of them) had their pressing plant codes added to the master numbers in the runouts. For the centre labels, please see Part Four, 1.6).
The pressing plants and their codes are listed here as a group (and not individually):

BW
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Bestway Products Inc.
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Example: image of CT
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Example: Cream (2) - Disraeli Gears

LW (L over W / sideways LW)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Longwear Plating
Example: Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear
Note: please enter LW in the BAOI field

MR - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Monarch Record Mfg. Co. + sequential number (e.g. △9907)
Example: Blues Brothers* - Soul Man / Excusez Moi Mon Cherie
Note: when in combination with 'Canada' in the matrix, use Mastered At.

MW or WM (depending on reading direction)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Midwest Record Pressing, Inc.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S or H
Add a company: Pressed By - Plastic Products
Example: ABBA - SOS

PR
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Presswell
Example: Milt Jackson - Bags & Flutes
Note: only use in combination with the dipped pressing rings of usually 32 + 70mm or 35 + 70mm.
When other rings and/or other plants can be identified, use Mastered At.

RI
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN
Example: Mott The Hoople - Mad Shadows

SRC
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Specialty Records Corporation
Example: Rasputin's Stash - Rasputin's Stash

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Atlantic Studios sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

@t GP - image
S, H, or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Atlantic Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - George Piros + ANV GP
Example: image)
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Atlantic Studios
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Atlantic Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dennis King + ANV DK or D.K.
Example: Roberta Flack - If Ever I See You Again

AT FT or AT F.T.
S, H, or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Atlantic Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Frank Tabino + ANV FT or F.T.
Example: image)
S, H, or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Atlantic Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - George Piros + ANV GP
Example: Roland Kirk - The Inflated Tear

RG AT or AT RG
S, H, or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Atlantic Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rob Grenell + ANV RG
Example: image
S, H, or HS? HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Atlantic Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sam Feldman + ANV SF
Example: image)
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Atlantic Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Adrian Barber
Example: Cream (2) - Wheels Of Fire

Note:
Atlantic Studios added a letter to the matrix indicating which company's lacquer blank was used to cut a record:
W: Audiodisc
X: Transco
Z: Soundcraft.

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Atlantis (Scaninavian pressings)
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Atlantis Studio
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Atlantis Studio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jan Ugand + ANV JU
Example: John Foxx - The Golden Section
Note: Atlantis may appear as AMS

AU-x (e.g. AU-SL or AU-V)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Engineer - Joachim Augustin + ANV AU
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Plated By - Rick Goldman + ANV Au♂
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Audio Labs
Example: Elusions - Stolen Love

Audio MFG
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Audio Manufacturing Record Co.
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Audio One
Example: Venus In Furs - Almost ...

Audio Uno
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Audio Uno, Caracas
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Audiodisc AB
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Audio Matrix, Inc.
Example: The Crystals - Da Doo Ron Ron (When He Walked Me Home)

Audiospectrum or Audiospectrum Ltd. or Audiospectrum N.Y.C
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Audio Spectrum (2)
Example: Shirley Caesar And The Caesar Singers With The Thompsom Community Choir* - Put Your Hand In The Hand

AV (Austrian pressings since 2018)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Austrovinyl + sequential number (e.g. 19-002)
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Andy VanDette + ANV AV
Example: Kevin Morby - Sundowner

AV DISK-MASTERING or AV DISK
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - AV Disk-Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Aldo Vazquez + ANV AV
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Master Records (15)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Aldo Vazquez + ANV AV
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Master Records Research
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Aldo Vazquez + ANV AV
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - American Vinyl Co.
Location Link: https://americanvinylco.com/
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - American Vinyl Co.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ryan Schilling + ANV RS
Location Link: https://americanvinylco.com/
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - American Vinyl Co.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sean McMillan + ANV SM
Location Link: https://americanvinylco.com/
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Acme Vinyl Corp.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Avco Labs
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Adrian Van Kampe + ANV AVK
Example: Jerry Jeff Walker - Jerry Jeff Walker

AWRIGHT
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Anthony Wright (3) + ANV AWright
Example: Tristan Palmer - Who's That Girl

Ax#####/z (e.g. AE 38677/A or AO 19181/A) - between 1999 and 2004
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - GZ Digital Media
Example: Anyway (2) - Golf Club
Note: Please refer to the GZ profile for the various runout
combinations

Ayre (Jamaican pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sylvester Ayre + ANV Ayre
Example: image)
HS, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Brian Burr + ANV B
Example: Maxine Weldon - Alone On My Own
Note: In conjunction with Monument releases.

B or BW - image of B
HS, H or HS? H or S
Add a company: Pressed By - Bestway Products Inc.
Example: The Rascals - People Got To Be Free / My World
Note: See also BEST / Bestway below.

B. or -b- (German shellacs only - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Mastered By - Otto Birckhahn + ANV B
Example: image
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bert Agudelo + ANV B.A.
S, H or HS? H
Example: image
S, H or HS? H or HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Brian Ingoldsby + ANV B.D.I. / BDI
Example: The Kiki Dee Band - I've Got The Music In Me

B.E.-POLAR
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Polar Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Björn Engelmann + ANV B.E.
Example: Imperiet - Var E' Vargen

B.E. CHILL
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Björn Engelmann + ANV B.E. Chill
Example: Imperiet - Var E' Vargen
Note: Chill is his nickname often credited on his mastering works

B.G. or BG - image
S, H or HS? H, HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bernie Grundman + ANV B.G. or BG
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - CTS Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bob Jones (6) + ANV B.J.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bhola Onadeko + ANV B.O.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bruce Sheldrick + ANV B.S. or BS
Example: John St. Peeters - High Class Woman

B.S. RRS (Jamaican pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Randy's Records
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Basil Solomon + ANV B.S.
Example: Various - Hits Of The Past Vol. 1

B-#####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Allied Record Company + sequential number (e.g. B-12345)
Add a company: Pressed By - Allied Record Company + sequential number (e.g. B-12346)
Example: Kraftwerk - Musique Non Stop

BA
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Björn Almstedt + ANV BA
Example: Fun Boy Three - Waiting

BA-EF
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Europa Film
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Björn Almstedt + ANV BA
Example: Nexus (50) & Enrico Rava - Nexus Meets Enrico Rava

BA-GP
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Grammoplast
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Björn Almstedt + ANV BA
Example: The Pogues - Peace And Love

BA-Tα or BA-Tal
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Björn Almstedt + ANV BA
Add a company: Pressed By - Toolex Alpha
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Bakery (2)
Location Link: https://thebakery.la/
Example: Nickel Creek - Celebrants

BARNEY
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Barney Perkins + ANV Barney
Example: The Smith Connection* - Under My Wings

Barron or Barron π
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pye Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Barron (8)
Example: Siouxsie And The Banshees* - The Staircase (Mystery)
Alias for image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Barry Griffin (2) + ANV Barry
Example: Simon & Garfunkel - Parsley, Sage, Rosemary And Thyme

BARRY WOODWARD
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Barry Woodward
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Barry Grint + ANV Bazza
Example: Siouxsie And The Banshees* - Peek-A-Boo
Note: may appear as Razza.

BAZZA AT PORKYS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Porky's Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Barry Grint + ANV Bazza
Example: 2 Da Core - Na Touch It / Faith And Hope

BAZZA AUDIO ONE
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Audio One
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Barry Grint + ANV Bazza
Example: Adeva - Adeva!

BAZZA T2T
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tape To Tape
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Barry Grint + ANV Bazza
Example: Tangerine Dream - Towards The Evening Star

BAZZA TRIDENT
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Trident Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Barry Grint + ANV Bazza
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bob Berglund
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Black Belt Mastering
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Black Belt Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Levi Seitz + ANV LS
Example: KUUK - Live Fra Blitz
Note: The slash between BBM and LS may appear as a '1' or 'I' or '\'.

BC (capital B within capital C - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bill Connor (2) + ANV BC
Example: Danny Harrison (5) - Only As Far As The Door
Note: may appear as CB = capital C with capital B in it

BD Audiospectrum Ltd
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Audio Spectrum (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bill Danning + ANV BD
Example: King Solomon's Advisers - Back Of My Mind / The Tight Rope

BDG or B.D.G. (Canadian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut By - BDG (2)
Example: The Lance Harrison Dixieland Band* - Happy Jazz

Beets or Beetz or Beatz + CHOPSTICK
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Chopstick Cutting Room
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jack Beetz + ANV Beets or Beetz or Beatz
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Beau Thomas + ANV Beau
Example: Resonant Evil - Angry Man / Screwheadz

Beau @ 1087 or Beau @ Ten Eight Seven
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At – Ten Eight Seven Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By – Beau Thomas + ANV Beau
Example: Dub Dynasty - Unrelenting Force

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Bell Sound Mastering sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Bell Sound is always stamped.

Bell Sound - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bell Sound Studios
Example: image
S, H or HS? S + HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bell Sound Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Joe Brescio + ANV Joe
Example: Dust (12) - Hard Attack
Note: May appear as sre or SRE or Bre.

Bell Sound + Dom
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bell Sound Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dominick Romeo + ANV Dom
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bell Sound Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Irv Diehl + ANV I Diehl
Example: image
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bell Sound Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Robin C. Kruse + ANV RCK
Example: image
S, H or HS? S + HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bell Sound Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sam Feldman + ANV SF
Example: The Beatles - Let It Be

Bell Sound + SK
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bell Sound Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sol Kessler + ANV SK
Example: image
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bell Sound Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sol Kessler + ANV Sol
Example: Lou Courtney - Hey Joyce

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Bellomo - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nucho Bellomo + ANV Bellomo
Example: Miguel Bosé - Linda

Ben
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ben Turner (5) + ANV Ben
Example: Various - Magic Reggae
Note: Often in combination with Bilbo or Pounda.

Ben's or Ben.S - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Benjamin Savignoni + ANV Ben's or Ben.S
Example: Corine (5) - Un Air De Fête

BENJ or -BENJ-
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Benjamin Joubert + ANV Benj
Example: Justice (3) - DVNO

BERT
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bert Agudelo + ANV Bert
S, H or HS? H
Example: image 2
S, H or HS? H or S
Add a company: Pressed By - Bestway Products Inc.
Example: Ann Peebles - Straight From The Heart
Note: See also B / BW above.

BG - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bernie Grundman
Example: Various - The Art of McCartney

BGM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bernie Grundman Mastering
Example: image
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bobby Hata + ANV BH
S, H or HS? H
Example: Deep Purple - Black Night

BHOLA O (African pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bhola Onadeko + ANV Bhola O
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - BilBo (3)
Example: Paul Nicholas - Paul Nicholas
Alias for Denis Blackham

BILBO & GEOFF or
BILBO N GEOFF or
BILBO/GEOFF
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - BilBo (3)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Geoff Pesche + ANV Geoff
Example: Motörhead - On Parole

Bilbo @ Porkys
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Porky's Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - BilBo (3)
Example: Faith No More - Midlife Crisis
Alias for Denis Blackham

Big D's
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dave Tucker (4) + ANV Big D's
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bill Kipper + ANV BK
Example: image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bruce Leek + ANV BL
Example: Various - Night Of The Living Dead (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

BL (US pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bill Lazerus + ANV BL
Example: John Mayall - The Latest Edition

BLACK SALOON or BLACK SALOON STUDIOS
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Black Saloon Studios
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Black Belt Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Levi Seitz + ANV Levi
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Blair + ANV Blair or Blair's etc.
Example: Bryan Ferry - Let's Stick Together
Note: Also used image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bernard Mihalić + ANV BM
Example: Mike Oldfield - Amarok

BMG (Brazilian pressings between November 1986 and July 1996)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - BMG Ariola Discos Ltda. Divisão Sonopress
Example: Happy Mondays - Hallelujah
Note: Only use when there's a single 26mm ring on the labels. BMG is not a PPID.

BNJ
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Benjamin Joubert + ANV BNJ
Example: Kavinsky - Odd Look

"Bo" or -Bo-
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bo Bohannon + ANV Bo
Example: Shirley Brown - For The Real Feeling

BOB COPYMASTERS or B.J. COPYMASTERS or BOB JONES - COPYMASTERS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Copymasters
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bob Jones (6) + ANV Bob or B.J.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bob Jones (6) + ANV Bob J.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bobil
Example: Las Mothers* - Just Another Band From L.A.
Note: Alias of Bob Hill (9)

BohaNNoN
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bo Bohannon + ANV Bohannon
Example: Ron Banks And The Dramatics - Dramatically Yours

Bon R or BonR (Mexican releases)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Carlos Bon Rosas + ANV Bon R or BonR
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Carlos Bon Rosas + ANV Bon Rosas or Bon Ros
Example: Menudo - Evolucion
Note: often appears with the cutting date, with the month in Roman numerals, e.g. 3 V 85

BONATI MASTERING NYC
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bonati Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Uncredited] - Josh Bonati
Location Link: https://www.bonatimastering.com/
Example: Omar S* And OB Ignitt* - Wayne County Hill Cop's (Part.2)
Note: "Since I'm a one-man shop here, when you see "Bonati Mastering NYC" you can be sure
the work was done by me. No one else is cutting here."

Boppin' Bob or BOPPIN' BOB - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bob Jones (6) + ANV Boppin' Bob
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - CTS Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bob Jones (6) + ANV Boppin' Bob
Example: The Church - It's No Reason / Someone Special

BOPPIN' BOB / DE LANE LEA
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - De Lane Lea Music Centre
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bob Jones (6) + ANV Boppin' Bob
Example: Anti-Pasti - Six Guns

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Bovema / EMI Studios sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
The studios had several different stages adding the matrices, please refer to the Bovema / EMI Studios
profile for full guidance.

//#####-n-Y or //#####-n (e.g. //48505-1-Y) - between 1967 and 1970, and between 1978 and 1987 -
image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bovema / EMI Studios + sequential number (e.g. 48505)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bovema / EMI Studios + sequential number (e.g. 48506)
Example: Joy Division - Unknown Pleasures
Note: Slashes may not necessarily appear, or are replaced by "/" or "--"

//Hm nnnnnn-x-y (e.g. //HV 39517-1-Y) - between 1961 and 1967, and between 1971 and 1978
H stands for Holland,
m stands for a letter of the cutting engineer: A, D, E, H, L, M, N, P, S, V (see below)
x and y stand for numbers and letters

HA
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bovema / EMI Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - André Hooning + ANV A
Example: The Jackson 5 - Doctor My Eyes

HD (since 1971)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bovema / EMI Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jacques Delemarre + ANV D
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bovema / EMI Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Eric Vacher + ANV E
Example: James Last - The James Last Sound Vol. 2

HH
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bovema / EMI Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Gerard Hali + ANV H
Example: Aretha Franklin - With Everything I Feel In Me

HL (between 1961 and 1968)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bovema / EMI Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - L (5)
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bovema / EMI Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - André Leenders + ANV L
Example: Bonnie Raitt - Home Plate

HM (between 1961 and 1968)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bovema / EMI Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - M (58)
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bovema / EMI Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - M (111)
Example: Joke* & José* - We Did It
Note: Alias for Henk Horden. M stands for Marianne, his girlfriend.

HN (shared lines - may appear as I‒N" - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bovema / EMI Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Hans Nouse + ANV HN
Example: The Motors - 1
Note: the HN is usually scribed after the matrix!

HP
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bovema / EMI Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pierre Geoffroy Chateau + ANV P
Example: The Kinks - Dandy

HS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bovema / EMI Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - S (80)
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bovema / EMI Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - André De Vries + ANV V
Example: Teach In* - Teach In

Additional scribes, often in conjunction with Hm above:

𝒜 or 𝀵 (scripted A with large bow - appears as or cD or cT or cR - image 2 - since 1975)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - André Leenders + ANV A
Example: Little River Band - Shut Down Turn Off
Note: when in combination with HL on either side (see above), only use L as ANV.

Henk + H. (appears as ℋ - since 1971)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bovema / EMI Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Henk Horden + ANV Henk or H
Example: Alice Cooper - Halo Of Flies
Note: when in combination with HM on either side (see above), also use alias M (111).

Jac or Jac. (since 1971)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bovema / EMI Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jacques Delemarre + ANV Jac
Example: Cats* - One Way Wind
Note: when in combination with HD on either side (see above), only use D as ANV

RH or R.H
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bovema / EMI Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rinus Hooning + ANV RH
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bovema / EMI Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rinus Hooning + ANV Rinus
Example: Kate Bush - Breathing

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BP or ´BP or ´BP´ - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bud Pressner + ANV BP or ´BP´ etc.
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Benny Quinn + ANV BQ
Example: Barkays* - The Slide

Bradley Recording Co.
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Bradley Recording Co.
Example: Antony Villa - The Impossible Dream (The Quest)

Brian (African pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Brian Sheppard + ANV Brian
Example: The Beatles - With The Beatles

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Broadcrest sub-section

The pressing plant codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

BC #### or BC
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Broadcrest Ltd. + sequential number (e.g. BC 2231)
Example: Raw Stylus - Many Ways
Notes: When appearing alongside other companies, e.g. Musitech or P.R. Records Limited, those companies should be given a Mastered At (metalwork) credit.

PA#### or Pa #### - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Broadcrest Ltd. + sequential number (e.g. PA 3085)
Example: Fourth Dimension* - Fourth Dimension Vol 2
Notes: When appearing alongside other companies, e.g. Musitech or P.R. Records Limited, those companies should be given a Mastered At (metalwork) credit.

W#### + BC (12" releases)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Broadcrest Ltd. + sequential number (e.g. W 4563)
Example: Dinosaur Jr* - Whatever's Cool With Me

W#### + BC (7" releases)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Broadcrest Ltd. + sequential number (e.g. W 4381)
Example: R.E.M. - Shiny Happy People
Note: When appearing alongside other pressing plants companies, e.g. Lyntone, Broadcrest should be given a Mastered At (metalwork) credit and a Note: Plated at Broadcrest Ltd.

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brooklynphono + P Gold
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Brooklyn Phono
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Gold + ANV P Gold
Location Link: https://brooklynphono.myshopify.com/
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At: Broadway Recording Studios
Example: Landy McNeil* - What Are You Trying To Prove

BS (African pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Brian Sheppard + ANV BS
Example: The Police - Walking On The Moon

BS (Jamaican pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Byron Smith + ANV BS
Example: John Holt - I'm Coming Home

BSF (European pressings - since 2022)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - B-Side Factory
Location Link: https://www.b-sidefactory.com
Example: Oiapok - Oisolün

BSS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At: Black Saloon Studios
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - BST (6)
Example: Fall Of Efrafa - Owsla
Note: Alias of Björn Bieber

BST + 24-96 MASTERING (BST can appear as RS)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - 24-96 Mastering
Add a company: Mastered At - 24-96 Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - BST (6)
Add a credit: Mastered By - Robin Schmidt
Location Link: https://www.24-96.com/
Example: Various - Kitsuné Maison Compilation 15: 15 Songs

Bud
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bud Osterberg + ANV Bud
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Plated By - Remberto Bustamante + ANV Busta etc.
Example: Eddie Lovette - Gypsy Girl / Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel
Note: Busta Stamper is not an ANV - only use Busta.

BW - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bob Wilcke + ANV BW
Example: The Conservatives - Loneliness
Note: appears as W with a horizontal stroke across the middle

Ⓒ (C in a circle - image)
S, H or HS? S
Example: Unknown Artist - Promenade En Auto
Note: Indicating a recording/cutting made with a Blumlein cutting system.
Placed before the matrix number on Chappell, Columbia, Hugophone, Odeon, Parlophone,
Pathé, Regal-Zonophone shellacs between 1931 and 1944.
This is no mastering or pressing credit but for information only.

C70 - (Europe, since 2022 - image)
S, H or HS ? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Cutting 70
Example: Lee Holman - Sonic Borders EP
Note: may appear as C79.

C70 + DZ
S, H or HS ? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Cutting 70
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - David Zanfrino + ANV DZ
Example: image)
S, H or HS ? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Carlos Ceballos + ANV C.C.T.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Claude Rie + ANV C.L.R.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Clair Krepps + ANV C. Krepps
Example: Duke Ellington - Duke Ellington's 70th Birthday Concert

C.R.
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Claude Rie + ANV C.R.
Example: Skitch Henderson - Body & Soul
Note: when in combination with DT

C & G + DZ or C&G Dz - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Cutting & Galvanoforming
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - David Zanfrino + ANV DZ
Example: Vandalaze - Body Slime

C/G + MIAMI TAPE
S, H or HS? H
Add a ompany: Lacquer Cut At - Miami Tape Inc.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Carlos Garcia (3) + ANV C/G
Example: Fernandito Villalona Y Su Orquesta - Feliz Cumbe

CA
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Athens + ANV CA
Examples: The High & Mighty - Home Field Advantage (Instrumentals)

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Calyx sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
If two engineers are credited along with CALYX, in the form X for Y or X · Y or X ▷ Y or X & Y, credit the first one with Lacquer Cut By and the second with Mastered By.
Location Link: https://www.calyx-mastering.com/

BO & fmw / CALYX
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a company: Mastered At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - fmw (2)
Add a credit: Mastered By - Bo Kondren + ANV Bo
Example: Richie Hawtin - From My Mind To Yours
Note: fmw = alias for Felix Müller

CALYX Alexej
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alexej Gottschau + ANV Alexej
Examples: Aspect (3) / Electrosoul System - Soul Lady / Fun

CALYX MARK
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mark Bihler + ANV Mark
Example: Funkstörung - Fat Camp Feva / Disconnected

CDL @ CALYX
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris De Luca + ANV CDL
Example: Steve Bug Feat. Foremost Poets - No Adjustments

DNDFNC @ CALYX
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - DNDFNC
Example: Ender* - Cage & Mirrors EP
Note: Alias for sco Donadello

fmw / CALYX
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - fmw (2)
Example: Richie Hawtin - From My Mind To Yours
Note: Alias for Felix Müller

FMW FOR KASAR CALYX
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a company: Mastered At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - fmw (2)
Add a credit: Mastered By - Arnold Kasar + ANV Kasar
Example: Hunee - Hunchin' All Night
Note: Alias for Felix Müller

fmw / for Loopo CALYX or
FMW ▷ Loop_o ▷ CALYX
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a company: Mastered At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - fmw (2)
Add a credit: Mastered By - Loop-o
Example: Leafar Legov - Talk
Note: Aliases for image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a company: Mastered At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - fmw (2)
Add a credit: Mastered By - Norman Nitzsche + ANV NN
Example: Fadi Mohem & Rødhåd - Untitled

HAL ▷ BO CALYX
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a company: Mastered At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By – Hanno Leichtmann (2) + ANV Hal
Add a credit: Mastered By - Bo Kondren + ANV Bo
Example: Patrice Bäumel - Glutes

HAL ▷ KASAR CALYX or HAL & KASAR CALYX
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a company: Mastered At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By – Hanno Leichtmann (2) + ANV Hal
Add a credit: Mastered By – Arnold Kasar + ANV Kasar
Example: Octual - Untold Places EP

HAL ▷ Loop-o CALYX
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a company: Mastered At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By – Hanno Leichtmann (2) + ANV Hal
Add a credit: Mastered By – Loop-o
Example: Penguin Cafe - The Imperfect Sea
Note: Loop-o = alias for Andreas Lubich

HL for Bo or HLA for Bo or HLA · Bo or HL · Bo CALYX or HL FOR BO@CALYX
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a company: Mastered At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Henry Lau + ANV HLA
Add a credit: Mastered By – Bo Kondren + ANV Bo
Example: Various - Realm Of Consciousness Pt. IV

HLA for BS or HL for BS or HLA · BS or HL · BS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a company: Mastered At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Henry Lau + ANV HLA
Add a credit: Mastered By – Brian Sanhaji + ANV BS
Example: Dominik Eulberg - Mannigfaltig Remixes Part II

HLA FOR CONOR / KASAR @ CALYX
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a company: Mastered At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Henry Lau + ANV HLA
Add a credit: Mastered By – Conor Dalton + ANV Conor
Add a credit: Mastered By – Arnold Kasar + ANV Kasar
Example: Rene Wise & Rødhåd - Untitled

HLA FOR KASAR @ CALYX
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a company: Mastered At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Henry Lau + ANV HLA
Add a credit: Mastered By – Arnold Kasar + ANV Kasar
Example: Jackie Lynn (2) - Jacqueline

HLA for NN or HLA · NN
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a company: Mastered At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Henry Lau + ANV HLA
Add a credit: Mastered By - Norman Nitzsche + ANV NN
Example: Dumama + Kechou - Buffering Juju

Honesty CALYX
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Honesty
Example: Orlando Voorn / Lodig* - The Split
Note: Alias for image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jan Ingmar Fabritius + ANV Jan
Example: Dario Zenker - Alto Fragments

JAN & BO / CALYX or JAN for BO / CALYX
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a company: Mastered At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jan Ingmar Fabritius + ANV Jan
Add a credit: Mastered By - Bo Kondren + ANV Bo
Example: Stephan Bodzin - Singularity

JAN for Loop-o / CALYX
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a company: Mastered At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jan Ingmar Fabritius + ANV Jan
Add a credit: Mastered By - Loop-o
Example: Sicker Man - The Missing

JSZ ▷ BO CALYX
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a company: Mastered At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Joen Szmidt + ANV JSZ
Add a credit: Mastered By - Bo Kondren + ANV Bo
Example: Mind Against & Aether (14) - Solaris

JSZ ▷ KASAR CALYX
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a company: Mastered At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Joen Szmidt + ANV JSZ
Add a credit: Mastered By - Arnold Kasar + ANV Kasar
Example: These Hidden Hands - Vicarious Memories / Remixed

JSZ ▷ Loopo CALYX
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a company: Mastered At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Joen Szmidt + ANV JSZ
Add a credit: Mastered By - Loop-o
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Arnold Kasar + ANV Kasar
Example: Psychonauts - World Keeps Turning

Loop-o Calyx or Loop-o @ Calyx (between 01.01.2013 and 31.03.2019)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Loop-o
Example: Edward - Fortune Teller

NN / CALYX
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Norman Nitzsche + ANV NN
Example: Foster - Neon Life
Note: NN appears as a single stroke /W

NN FOR LOOP-O
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a company: Mastered At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Norman Nitzsche + ANV NN
Add a credit: Mastered By - Loop-o
Example: Lubomyr Melnyk - Evertina
Note: NN appears as a single stroke /W

TK · Bo Calyx
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a company: Mastered At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Till Kreische + ANV TK
Add a credit: Mastered By - Bo Kondren + ANV Bo

TK · Kasar Calyx
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a company: Mastered At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Till Kreische + ANV TK
Add a credit: Mastered By - Arnold Kasar + ANV Kasar
Example: Fire! - The Hands

TK · Loop-O Calyx
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Calyx Mastering
Add a company: Mastered At - Calyx Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Till Kreische + ANV TK
Add a credit: Mastered By - Loop-o
Example: Fire! - The Hands

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CAMILO H. - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Camilo H.
Example: Lisa M - Every Body Dancing Now / Bim Bom Ben

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Capitol Records pressing plant sub-section

Note: Should only be applied to US releases unless there is distinct evidence.
The pressing plants and their codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

0 (large zero - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville
Example: Illustrated Man - Head Over Heels

1 (or 2, 3, etc., can also be 90° rotated: ⇀ )
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles
Example: The Undisputed Truth - Method To The Madness
Notes: indicates the Mother. Please add as 1 (2, 3). Only use when the LA plant is clearly identified.

—◁ or ─◁ or · ─◁ ("Winchester" rifle - image)
S, H or HS? H / S [Stamped only between 1969/70]
Add a company: Pressed By - Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester
Example: Attitudes - Good News

✩ (five-pointed star)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles
Example: Tommy Sands - I'll Be Seeing You
Note: Accompanied by a 1.5625" diameter pressing ring. A larger star was used by Premier.

✲ (six-pointed star - image 2)
S, H or HS? S or H
Add a company: Pressed By - Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton
Example: Ferlin Husky - Once / Why Do I Put Up With You
Note: IAM = International Association of Machinists' union whose worked at the Scranton plant.
Note: When in combination with other pressing plants, please use Mastered At.

Anvil / Lathe symbol - (between mid-1944 to March 26, 1946)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Scranton Record Company
Example: Johnny Mercer And The Pied Pipers With Paul Weston And His Orchestra - Personality / If I Knew Then
Notes: In the runouts, please use [Anvil symbol] instead of an Unicode symbol.

Anvil / Lathe symbol - (between March 27, 1946 to January 1963 - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton
Example: Leon Berry - Beast In The Basement + Leon Berry
Notes: In the runouts, please use [Anvil symbol] instead of an Unicode symbol.
When in combination with another pressing plant identifier, use Mastered At - Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - North American Music Industries
Example: Nighthawks* - Side Pocket Shot
Note: Sometimes referred to as "square with triangle up". Please use [Anvil symbol] instead of an Unicode symbol.

& (Ampersand - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton
Add a company: Pressed by - Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Scranton
Example: The Beatles - The Beatles' Second Album
Note: Note: Indication by the plant that they received stereo lacquers for plating and pressing.
Potentially, the symbol was used by other plants, too (confirmation needed).

CA-LA - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville
Example: M (2) - New York, London, Paris, Munich
Note: Additional identifier for mainly Warner Bros. releases pressed in Jacksonville.

CAP.W.
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester
Example: Yellowjackets - Yellowjackets
Note: Additional identifier for mainly Warner Bros. releases pressed in Winchester.

JW (usually followed by a number, e.g. JW1, JW 2, etc. - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville
Example: Candi Staton - I'm Gonna Make You Love Me / Honest I Do Love You
Note: Additional identifier for Warner Bros. releases pressed in Jacksonville.

LW or L-W (usually followed by a number, e.g. LW1, LW 2, L-W-1, etc.)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles
Example: The Undisputed Truth - Method To The Madness
Notes: Additional identifier for Warner Bros. releases pressed in LA.
Do not confuse with Longwear Plating, when in doubt, inquire in the forum.

WW# (e.g. WW1, WW-2, etc. - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Winchester
Example: Funkadelic - Hardcore Jollies
Note: Additional identifier for Warner Bros. releases pressed in Winchester.

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CAPSULELABS.COM
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Capsule Labs
Location Link: capsulelabs.com
Example: In Motion Collective - Jesse’s Jing

Carl-JLM
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Joe Lambert Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Carl Rowatti + ANV Carl
Example: Chuck Berry - Chuck

CARLA@GEARBOX
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At – Gearbox Records
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By – Carla Iannace + ANV Carla
Example: Jelly Cleaver - Forever Presence

carli@stereodisk
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At – Stereodisk
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By – Carli Beguerie + ANV Carli
Example: Noun (3) - In The Shade

carlos / Georgetown
S, H or HS ?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Georgetown Masters
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Carlos Grier + ANV Carlos
Example: image
S, H or HS ? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Carlos Ceballos
Example: Maria Bernard - Maria Bernard Y Los 7 Modernistas

CASPAR
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Caspar Sutton-Jones + ANV Caspar
Example: Dwight Trible - Mothership

CASPAR@GEARBOX
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Gearbox Records
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Caspar Sutton-Jones + ANV Caspar
Example: Ashley Henry & The RE:ensemble - Easter EP

CB (US pressings 1960s and 1970s)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Charlie Bragg + ANV CB
Example: Gail Wynters - You Don't Have To Be In Love
Note: Only when in combination with a Columbia Recording Studios Nashville matrix (e.g. ZTSB, ZSSB, XTBV, XSBV)

CB or ᶜB (often combined - image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Bellman + ANV CB
Example: Fleetwood Mac - Mirage

CB / SS (US, since 2014)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Bellman + ANV CB
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Scott Sedillo + ANV SS
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chet Bennett + ANV CB
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Cicely Balston + ANV CB
Example: HMC* - LSD (25th Anniversary Release)
Note: may appear as , GB, OB

CBA or C.B.A. - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - CBA Productions
Example: N.Y. Connection - Infront : Want It?
Note: CBA were a broker only.

CBV-I.S.D
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At: Canada Boy Vinyl
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ian Dillon + ANV I.S.D
Example: Art Bergmann - The Apostate

CDALTON
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At: Glowcast Audio Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By: Conor Dalton + ANV CDalton
Location Link: https://glowcast.co.uk/blog/engineers/
Example: The Traffic - White Lines​

CDK
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Clair Krepps + ANV CDK
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Plated By - CED (21)
Example: NewOrder* - Blue Monday 1988

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Celebrate Records sub-section

The engineers and their codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Location Link: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Celebrate Records GmbH
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Celebrate Records GmbH
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Frank Kirschner + ANV FK
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Celebrate Records GmbH
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Celebrate Records GmbH
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Julia Pampel + ANV JP
Example: Andain - Turn Up The Sound
Note: Not be confused with JP from Optimal. When in doubt, ask in the forum first!

KM (European pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Celebrate Records GmbH
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Celebrate Records GmbH
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kati Müller + ANV KM
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Celebrate Records GmbH
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Celebrate Records GmbH
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - KW (5)
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Celebrate Records GmbH
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Celebrate Records GmbH
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Lukas Santoso + ANV LS
Example: Anna* - Redemption / Odd Behaviour

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Centraldubs sub-section

The engineers and their codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Location Link: https://centraldubs.com

A.F. Centraldubs
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Centraldubs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Adi Flück + ANV A.F.
Example: Malia, Boris Blank - Convergence

AF + C-Dubs
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Centraldubs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Adi Flück + ANV AF
Example: Batbait - Dirty Clothes
Note: C-Dubs is usually found on the other side of the AF etching

C-Dubs
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Centraldubs
Location Link: https://centraldubs.com
Example: Evelinn Trouble - Season Indicators

Centraldubs
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Centraldubs
Example: Siavash Amini - Foras

centraldubs FRANK
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Centraldubs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Frank Heierli + ANV Frank
Example: Yello - Touch Yello

F.H. centraldubs
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Centraldubs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Frank Heierli + ANV F.H.
Example: Balduin - Rainbow Tapes

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CENTURY RECORD MFG. CO.
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Century Record Mfg. Co.
Example: Dr. Loye Holmes Miller* - Music In Nature

CeT or CET
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Carlos Torres (4) + ANV CeT or CET
Example: Sweden Heaven And Hell (Banda Sonora De La Pelicula)

CeTorres or cetorres
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Carlos Torres (4) + ANV CeTorres
Example: image 2
S, H or HS? H or S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Custom Fidelity
Examples: Various - Home Grown (image 2)
Note: may appear as Sixteenth Note 𝅘𝅥𝅯 or as c with an F coming out of it.

CF M.L. or ML or M.S.L. - image
S, H or HS? H or S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Custom Fidelity
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mike Levey (3) + ANV M.L. or ML or M.S.L.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H or S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Custom Fidelity
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Terry More + ANV TM or THM
Example: Gaylord Carter - Reprise Performance

CF WCW
S, H or HS? H or S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Custom Fidelity
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bill Wysock + ANV WCW
Example: Various - WFYR Another Time, Another Place

CG
S, H or HS? S or H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Gennaro Carone + ANV CG
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - CGD Pressing Plant
Example: Freur - Doot-Doot
Note: Their logo "cgd", arranged in a triangle

CH (coned - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Christina Hersch + ANV CH
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Carlton Hamil + ANV CH or CHamil
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Chateau Du Pape
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Achim Kruse + ANV AK
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chet Bennett + ANV Chet
Example: John Cougar* - American Fool

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CMS / Chicago Mastering Service sub-section
The identifier is a "lying Y" in a circle (Ⓨ, rotated 90° to the left), as in their logo.

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Location Link: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Chicago Mastering Service
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Robert Weston+ ANV BW
Example: Jawbox - For Your Own Special Sweetheart
Note: may appear as RW

[CMS loogo]GO
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Chicago Mastering Service
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Greg Obis+ ANV GO
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Chicago Mastering Service
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jason Ward + ANV JW
Example: image)
YYMMDD[/b]
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Chicago Mastering Service
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Matthew Barnhart + ANV MB
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Chicago Mastering Service
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By Margaret Luthar + ANV ML
Example: Sean Morales - Call It In

[CMS Logo] SS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Chicago Mastering Service
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Shelly Steffens + ANV SS
Example: Danzig - Skeletons

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CHP or CH-P or - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Christian Périlhou + ANV CHP or CH-P or
Example: Jacques Brel - Brel

CHRIS
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Blair + ANV Chris
Example: David Gates - Never Let Her Go

CHRIS@SONY
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sony Music Studios, London
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Potter + ANV Chris
Example: InDirect - Gold Rush

Chris A. @ HEATHMANS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Heathmans Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Alexander + ANV Chris / Chris A.
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Unity Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Parmenidis + ANV Chris P
Location Link: https://www.unitymastering.com/
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - C.I.D.I.S. Louviers
Example: Mort Shuman - Voila Comment..

CIF or C.I.F (Italian releases)
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Pressed By - CIF
Example: image
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By Clint Holley + ANV CJ III
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Cameron Henry (2) + ANV CJH
Example: TOPS (3) - Picture You Staring

CJM
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Colin Marston + ANV CJM
Example: Behold The Arctopus* - Horrorscension

CKJ or -CKJ-
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Jackson (18) + ANV CJK
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Clive Lipman + ANV CL
Example: Various - 1981...Rocks On

CL or CHL (Jamaican pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Carlton Lee + ANV CL or CHL
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Muth + ANV CM
Example: Ministry - Greatest Fits

CM/ OPTIMUM or CM// OPTIMUM or CM @ OPTIMUM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Optimum Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Cameron Mahail + ANV CM
Location Link: https://www.optimum-mastering.com/
Example: Frankie Knuckles - House Masters (Volume One)
Note: Occasionally also used CMAC or MAC

CMD or CM♡ or q_A♡ or MD (German pressings - image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bo Kondren + ANV CMD etc.
Example: Deco 2 - Maniac

CMS
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Manufactured By - CMS (11) + sequential number (e.g. 40029777)
Example: Thangorodrim - Taur Nu Fuin
Note: often in combination with a Celebrate job number.

CN
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Noel (2) + ANV CN
Example: The Devil Makes Three - Chains Are Broken

CNAI
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Pressed By - C.N.A.I.
Example: Paul Abraham (3) - Je T'emmène

CO-####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Cook Laboratories Inc. + sequential number (e.g. CO-1234)
Example: Michael William Gilbert - Moving Pictures
Note: Only when the label ring measures 1-inch.

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Cohearent sub-section

The engineers and their codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Location Link: https://www.cohearent.com

DR. GROOVE & MR. RECORD @ CA
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Cohearent Audio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dr. Groove (4)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mr. Record
Example: The Thelonious Monk Quartet - Monk's Dream

KPG@CA
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Cohearent Audio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kevin Gray + ANV KPG
Example: Silverchair - Neon Ballroom
Note: The PG of KPG mooshed into something that looks like an M.

KPG & MZ @ CA or KPG + MZ @ CA
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Cohearent Audio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kevin Gray + ANV KPG
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Momchil Zanev + ANV MZ
Example: John Coltrane - Coltrane

KPG & SCM @CA
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Cohearent Audio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kevin Gray + ANV KPG
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bernard Herrmann - Vertigo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

MR RECORD & KPG@CA
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Cohearent Audio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mr. Record + ANV Mr Record
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Monk* - Straight, No Chaser

MZ@CA
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Cohearent Audio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Momchil Zanev + ANV MZ
Example: Dusty Springfield - Dusty In Memphis

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COIN
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tom Coyne + ANV Coin
Example: Die Warzau - Funkopolis

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Columbia Records Pressing Plant sub-section

The pressing plants and their codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

⦁ (Pinprick dot or period - image)
S, H or HS? S or H
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Bridgeport
Example: The Everly Brothers* - When Will I Be Loved / Be Bop A-Lula
Note: late 1950's and early '60's: positioned to the bottom right of the lacquer number, and between 1962-63 positioned to the left of the lacquer number.

BH (only between 1960 and 1963 - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Bridgeport
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Hollywood
Example: Dinah Washington And Brook Benton - The Two Of Us

BP-# (e.g. BP-3)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Bridgeport
Example: Lenny Welch - A Taste Of Honey
Note: Only for image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Bridgeport
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Example: Tim Buckley - Lorca

CRPPIT#
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Example: Eric Dolphy - Status

CRPSM#
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Example: Thelonious Monk - In Person

CRPTH#
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Example: image - until 1991)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA
Example: The Psychedelic Furs - The Psychedelic Furs
Note: Do not confuse with Capitol Mastering's G1 / G2, etc. standing for the cutting room and cut

H or /// H or HH or H H - (between 1948 and 1964 - image)
S, H or HS? H or S
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Hollywood
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Example: Bruce Springsteen - Glory Days
Note: often with a number.

P (stamped - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Example: Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66* - The Fool On The Hill / So Many Stars
Note: can also be inverted

Pn - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Add a company: Pressed By - North American Music Industries
Example: Schelomo - Hebraic Rhaposdie For 'Cello And Orchestra / Concerto No. 1 In A Minor For 'Cello And Orchestra

PXS
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Example: Various - America's Musical Roots

PXT
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Example: image
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Example: Isaac Hayes - Juicy Fruit (Disco Freak)
Note: Please use S and 1 or 2 in the matrix field.

SM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Example: Big Brother And The Holding Company* - Piece Of My Heart
Note: on 7"s only; could also include reversed 2

SX (or XS, depending reading direction)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Example: Jade Warrior - Floating World

SXT
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Example: Faces (3) - A Nod Is As Good As A Wink...To A Blind Horse
Note: Could be T \ or I T or 2 T or Ƨ T. Please use T and 1 or 2 in the matrix field.

TX (or XT, depending on reading direction)
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Example: Miles Davis - Nefertiti
Note: the "T" is stamped but the "X" could be etched.

TXG
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA
Example: Paul And Linda McCartney* - Ram

TXS
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Example: Traffic - On The Road

XS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Example: Ike & Tina Turner - Get It Together!

XTMR
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Monarch Record Mfg. Co. + sequential number (e.g. △9907)
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Example: Styx - Equinox

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Columbia Recording Studios/ Columbia Mastering sub-section
The codes are listed here as a group (and not individually):

CL
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Columbia Recording Studios
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Columbia Mastering
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Columbia Recording Studios
Example: Les Elgart - It Must Be True

The Columbia masterings for custom clients are identifiable by a stamped
prefix in the runouts, e.g. ZTSB, that can be broken down into:
Z = Medium (Z = 7", X = 12" LP)
T = Transcription (T = Mono, S = Stereo)
S = Speed (S = 45rpm, V = 33 1/3 RPM)
B, C, P = Location (B = Nashville, C = Chicago, P = New York / Hollywood)

Nashville (B = derived from former Bradley Studios)
XSBV (LP 33 1/3 RPM Stereo - until 1971)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville
Example: Johnny Cash & The Tennessee Two - Story Songs Of The Trains And Rivers

XSY (LP 33 1/3 RPM - after 1971)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville
Example: Sonny Landreth - Blues Attack

XTBV (LP 33 1/3 RPM Mono)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville
Example: Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs - Their Second Album

ZSSB (7" 45 RPM Stereo)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville
Example: Sonny Martin (2) - Mail Me Back To Georgia

ZTBV (7" 33⅓ RPM mono)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville
Example: Unknown Artist - "What's His Name" Theme

ZTEB (7" 45 RPM EP Mono)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville
Example: Blue Grass Boys Trio* - Blue Grass Boys Trio

ZTSB (7" 45 RPM Mono)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville
Example: Neil Diamond - Brother Love's Travelling Salvation Show

Without example yet: ZSBV (7" 33 1/3 RPM stereo)

Chicago
XCTV (LP 33 1/3 RPM Mono)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Recording Studios, Chicago
Example: Ramsey Lewis - Wade In The Water

XCSV (LP 33 1/3 RPM Stereo)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Recording Studios, Chicago
Example: The Dells - Like It Is Like It Was

ZCSV (7" 45 RPM Stereo prior to 1969)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Recording Studios, Chicago
Example: The Sunsetters - Dancing After Sunset

ZPC (7" 78 RPM)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Recording Studios, Chicago
Example: Unknown Artist - Preview Copy Of New Schlitz Musical Commercial

ZTEC (7" 45 RPM EP Mono)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Recording Studios, Chicago
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Recording Studios, Chicago
Example: Edwin Starr - Agent Double-O-Soul

ZTSV (7" 45 RPM Stereo after 1969)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Recording Studios, Chicago
Example: Fantastic Epic's - Fun And Funk

Other codes (without examples yet): ZPAC, PAC, PC

New York (machine-stamped)
XTLP (Custom 12" LP 33 1/3 RPM)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Recording Studios
Example: Fauré*, Chausson* - Ballade For Piano And Orchestra. Op. 19 / Poeme For Violin And Orchestra

XSV (LP 33 1/3 RPM Stereo)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Recording Studios
Example: Various - Exciting New Sounds In Stereo From Zenith

XTV (LP 33 1/3 RPM Mono "Natural Balance" or "Microgroove")
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Recording Studios
Example: Carl Orff / Wiener Kammerchor, Heinrich Hollreiser - Catulli Carmina

ZP (7" 78 RPM Mono)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Recording Studios
Example: John Rebhan - How You Can Have A Beautiful Lawn

ZTSP (7" 45 RPM Mono)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Recording Studios
Example: Les Cooper And The Soul Rockers* - Wiggle Wobble

ZTEP (7" 45 RPM EP Mono)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Recording Studios
Example: Trini Lopez - Sings His Greatest Hits

ZTSP (7" 45 RPM Mono)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Recording Studios
Example: The Spencer Davis Group - Gimme Some Lovin'

ZTV (7" 33 1/3 RPM Mono)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Recording Studios
Example: Bobby Gregg - Drums The Easy Way!

Other codes: TLP, TV, ZSV, QZSV, P, XP, PA, XPA, ZPA.

Hollywood
QXSV (LP Quadraphonic)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Studios, Hollywood
Example: Stokowski*, Tchaikovsky* / Skryabin* – American Symphony Orchestra* - Symphony No. 4 In F Minor, Op. 36 / Etude In C# Minor, Op.2, No.1

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COOK-####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Cook Laboratories Inc. + sequential number (e.g. COOK-1234)
Example: George And Madeleine Brown - The Story Of The Music Box
Note: Only when the label ring measures 1-inch.

COOKiE - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Cookie (46)
Example: Trammps* - Hold Back The Night
Note: Alias of Ian Cooper

COOL ## e.g. COOL 99 (German pressings only)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Coolmusic Sound & Graphic Design
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Copperman (2)
Example: Propaganda - Wishful Thinking
Note: Alias of image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Copymasters
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Miles Showell + ANV Miles
Example: Energenic - Energenic

COS (can appear as GOS)
S, H or HS? H or HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Cosimo V. Matassa + ANV Cos
Example: Oliver Morgan - Roll Call

COSIMO
S, H or HS? H or HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Cosimo V. Matassa + ANV Cosimo
Example: image 2)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Carlton Productions
Example: The Sisters Of Mercy - Walk Away
Note: vinyl often is translucent brown

-####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Rite Record Productions, Inc. + sequential side A number (e.g. 2248)
Add a company: Pressed By - Rite Record Productions, Inc. + sequential side B number (e.g. 2249)
Example: The Escos - Chick-A-Dee / I'm Lonesome For You
Note: stands for Custom Pressing.

##-#### ( followed by 2 digit year and 4 digit number - since 2014 only)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Cascade Record Pressing + sequential number (e.g. 16-0066)
Example: Anakin (4) - Celestial Frequency Shifter


S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Potter + ANV
Example: Arthur Baker - Breaker's Revenge

@ SMS or @SONY
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sony Music Studios, London
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Potter + ANV
Example: Rob Mello Featuring Cecile* - Fantasize

@ WS (may appear as eNS)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Whitfield Street Recording Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Potter + ANV
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Carl Rowatti + ANV CR
Example: Various - Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange
Note: Not to be confused with Cinram below.

CR (Combined - Canadian pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Cinram
Example: Lipps, Inc. - 4
Note: may also appear as combined C2

CR in a circle (mostly Canadian pressings - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Cinram
Example: Charlie Peacock - Charlie Peacock

CR (since 2024)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Charlie Rowell + ANV CR
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - CRC Records Ltd.
Example: Zanov - In Course Of Time
Note: not to be confused with CRC printed on packaging/labels that indicate Columbia Record Club.

Criteria + MF - image
S, H or HS? S and H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Criteria Recording Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mike Fuller + ANV MF
Location Link: https://www.criteriastudios.com
Example: The Mike Theodore Orchestra - High On Mad Mountain
Note: Criteria usually stamped.

C.ROWELL @ PITCHCRAFT
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pitchcraft
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Charlie Rowell + ANV C. Rowell
Example: Sam Townend / Amber D & Agent Jack - Mother F#cking Psycho / Funkadelic Kickin'

CRS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - County Recording Service
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - County Recording Service
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Uncredited] - John Martin (13)
Example: The Buzz (5) - Insanity
Note: When another cutting studio/credit appears, use Manufactured By only.

Cruquius - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Cruquius
Example: Seth* - "En Waarom Zeg Ik Dit...?" Oudejaarsconférence '85-'86

CS
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Scott (2) + ANV CS
Example: image)
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Carlton Batts + ANV CSB
Example: Mark Imperial - Rock This House '89 EP
Note: the musical notes are not part of the ANV

Csizmar J. - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Csizmár János + ANV Csizmar J.
Examples: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Chicago Stereo Mastering, Inc.
Example: Jimmy Walker (9) And Erwin Helfer - Blues And Boogie-Woogie Piano: Duets And Solo
Note: Not to be confused with Columbia Santa Maria pressings

csz (sz combined - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - RCA Victor Studios, Nashville
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chuck Seitz + ANV CSZ
Example: image 2
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - CTS Studios
Example: Inevitech* - Reform EP

CU@LELAB
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Le Lab Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Cristobal Urbina + ANV CU
Example: Reptilicus And The Hafler Trio - Designer Time

CU@SCAPEMASTERING
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Scape Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Cristobal Urbina + ANV CU
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Cub Richardson + ANV Cub
Example: WhoAmI - Cunt Trax

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Curve Pusher sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Location Link: https://curvepusher.co.uk/

øPhase @ Curvepusher or ø @ Curvepusher
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Curve Pusher
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ø [Phase]
Example: Analog Fingerprints - Roofs
Note: Alias for Ashley Burchett

BM@CURVEPUSHER or Pest Curvepusher
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Curve Pusher
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ben Mallot + ANV BM
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Curve Pusher
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ben Pest + ANV BPest or Pest
Example: Dawn Again And Rothmans (2) - Timeless Odyssey

CURVE PUSHER
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Curve Pusher
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Curve Pusher
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Lawrence Dunster + ANV LAD
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Curve Pusher
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dave Turner + ANV Dave
Example: Trinidadian Deep / Javonntte - Various Vol. 2

ED@CURVEPUSHER
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Curve Pusher
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ed Upton + ANV Ed
Example: Mike Ash - Acid Attack

FST CURVEPUSHER
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Curve Pusher
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Frederic Stader + ANV FST
Example: Edu Imbernon* & Los Suruba - Fayer

H@
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Curve Pusher
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Henry Cullen + ANV H
Example: Chidish* - Chidish

Henry@curvepusher or Henry@
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Curve Pusher
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Henry Cullen + ANV Henry
Example: Various - SUF Studio Sessions Vol. 3

KEVIN@CURVEPUSHER
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Curve Pusher
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kevin Vanbergen + ANV Kevin
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Curve Pusher
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Lawrence Dunster + ANV Lawrie
Example: Harold Heath - Aretha's Reign

LSD@CURVE
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Curve Pusher
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Leo Dunster + ANV LSD
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Curve Pusher
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Radioactive Man + ANV RAM
Example: Jack J* - Looking Forward To You
Note: Alias of Keith Tenniswood. May also appear as RAXX.

RAXX@CURVEPUSHER
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Curve Pusher
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Raxx (3)
Example: Ruby Fields - Been Doin' It For A Bit

Sam@Curve Pusher
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Curve Pusher
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sam John + ANV Sam
Example: Patrik Skoog vs. A. Johansson & M. Fridell* - Alliance III

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CUS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Sound Recording Technology
Location Link: https://www.soundrecordingtechnology.com/
Example: The Astronauts (5) - The Astronauts EP

CUT AT DURAPHON or Cut By Duraphon-Studio
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Duraphon
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Skip Shimmin
Example: Bennie Maupin - Slow Traffic To The Right

CUTSVILLE
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Cutsville
Example: Various - Polymeric 8
Note: Alias for Max Quirk

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Cutting Room sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Location Link: image 2
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Cutting Room
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Björn Engelmann + ANV B.E
Example: Roxette - Look Sharp!
Note: can look like T .J LZ

BA-CR or BA•CR
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Cutting Room
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Björn Almstedt + ANV BA
Example: Blindboy - Ruckus In Lo-Fi

CR or C.R. (Swedish pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Cutting Room
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Cutting Room, Finland
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Cutting Room
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Lars Rosin + ANV LR
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Cutting Room
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Olle Ramm + ANV OR / Olle
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Cutting Room
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Peter Dahl + ANV PD
Example: Freda' - Vindarna

PIB·CR
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Cutting Room
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Peter In de Betou + ANV PIB
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Cutting Room
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Peter Strindberg + ANV PS
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Cutting Room, Finland
Add a credit: Lacquer By - Rauno Liukkunen + ANV RL
Example: Mona Carita - Anna, Kulta, Anna

RP-CR or CR RP
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Cutting Room
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rune Persson + ANV RP
Example: Eva Dahlgren - För Väntan

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CWG (Australian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - W & G Record Processing Co.
Example: Jelly Roll Morton - The Library Of Congress Recordings Volume Four

CX-####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Cook Laboratories, Inc. + sequential number (e.g. CX-1234)
Example: Mr. Magic (9) - Rappin' With Mr. Magic
Note: Only when the label ring measures 1-inch.

CYC ####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - Cyclone Music Productions Ltd + sequential number (e.g. CYC 4009)
Example: Exit Stance* - Retch With Mother

D (UK pressings only)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Pressed By - Damont
Example: Gary Numan - We Are Glass
Note: Found at 12 o'clock and/or with WEA references. When in doubt inquire in the forum.

D or D. (German shellacs only)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Mastered By - Adalbert Dargatz + ANV D or D.
Example: Carl Maxen - O Mädchen, Mein Mädchen / Sah Ein Knab' Ein Röslein Stehen ...
Note: Single D or D. only.

D# or D#. or Dx (e.g. D4. or Dx - German shellacs since 1925 only)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Mastered By - Fritz Dargatz + ANV D
Example: Saxophon-Orchester Dobbri - Schluß, Meine Herrschaften!! / Ich Hab’ Zu Haus’ Ein Grammophon
Note: D + number or D + "x".

d/Georgetown
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Georgetown Masters
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Denny Purcell + ANV D
Example: Silverwind - Set Apart
Note: also dp/Georgetown possible

d.b.
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - David Baer + ANV D.B.
Examples: Le Pamplemousse - Sweet Magic

d.baer or d baer or david baer
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - David Baer + ANV D.Baer or D Baer
Examples: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dave Jones (37) + ANV D.J.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - David López (2) + ANV D. Lopez
Example: Harlem River Drive - Harlem River Drive
Note: Can resemble "O. Lipes", "Ol. Lipez", etc.

D. McGrew or Dick McGrew
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dick McGrew + ANV D. McGrew
Example: Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm* - A Black Man's Soul

D.R.
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Don Robey
Examples: Clarence "Gatemouth" Brown - Please Tell Me Baby / Gate Walks To Board

D. SWABY or DUDLEY SWABY
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dudley "Manzie" Swaby + ANV D. Swaby
Example: Scorcher* - Tourist Season

D.A.D. Disc Mastering or DAD Disc Mastering
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Mastered At - Digital Audio Solutions
Example: Visionaries - Galleries

D.A.S. Disc Mastering MR or DAS Disc Mastering MR
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Digital Audio Solutions
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Marc Regan + ANV MR
Example: Latin II Latin - Got To Keep 'Em Dancin'

D.W. or DW.
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - D.W. (9)
Example: Gregory Issacs* - Make My Confession

D.S.R. or DSR or DYNA (Jamaican pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dynamic Sounds Recording Co. Ltd.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dennis Thompson + ANV D.T. etc.
Example: Franklyn "Bubbler" Waul & The Chariot Riders - Before The Rain

DAB 020 8509 2244
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Hiltongrove Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - David Blackman
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Damont
Example: Seduction* & Dougal - It's Not Over (Remix)
Note: can also be upside-down

@ dansmithdks
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dan Smith (14)
Example: Mabe Fratti - Será Que Ahora Podremos Entendernos

Danny Dallas
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sound Patterns DXM
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Danny Dallas
Example: Costa (17) - One In a Million

Dave's
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dave Tucker (4) + ANV Dave's
Example: Jingle Single - Jingle Single No.6
Note: When in doubt, do not add a credit

Dave's I.B.C.
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - I.B.C. Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dave Tucker (4) + ANV Dave's
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - RCA Studios, London
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dave Tucker (4) + ANV Dave's
Example: Gloria Mundi - Fight Back!

DAVE 360 or DAVE AT 360
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - 360 Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dave Turner + ANV Dave
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Darrel Sheinman + ANV Daz
Example: Emily Barker - Sweet Kind Of Blue
Note: Only when in relation with a credit to Gearbox Records

dB (combined - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Daniel Bacigalupi + ANV DB
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Denis Blackham + ANV DB
Example: image)
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Don Bartley + ANV DB
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - David Hancock + ANV DBH
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dave Crawford (2) + ANV DC
Example: Liz Lands - Midnight Johnny
Note: May look like a lower case "e" with an extra vertical line inside the top loop.

DC (connected - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dick Charles + ANV DC
Example: Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five* - Super Rappin' No. 2
Note: Not be confused with Dave Crawford, who also used a connected DC.
When in doubt, inquire in the forum.

dc - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - David Cheppa + ANV DC
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Plush Vinyl
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - David Cheppa + ANV DC
Location Link: https://plushvinyl.com/site/
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Better Quality Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - David Cheppa + ANV DC
Example: Matt Johnson (2) - E-Normous Johnson EP
Note: can be mistaken for: De Bφs, De BQS, De Bcs, De Bos, De Bss, De Rcs, De Ros, De BPS

DCHARLES or D CHARLES - image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dick Charles + ANV DCharles or D Charles
Example: Kidzstuff - Wanting You

DCM or dcm
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - DCM (3)
Location Link: https://dicentia.dk/ or https://dicentia.se/ or https://dicentia.no/vinyl-produksjon/
Example: Treble & Bass - My Sweet Señorita

DCR
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dick Charles Recording Inc.
Example: No Artist - The Groove Room

DCT or DCT1 or DCT2 (US pressings from 1964 to 1975)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - DCT Recorders
Example: The Fun And Games - Elephant Candy
Note: Became Quad Teck.

DD or DDD (Italian pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Daniele Delfitto + ANV DD
Example: Olivia Newton-John / Electric Light Orchestra - Xanadu

DDCS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dublin Disc Cutting Service
Example: The Fun Boy Three* - Summertime

DE LANE LEA
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - De Lane Lea Music Centre
Example: The Overnight Players* - Babylon Destruction

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Decca records from the 60’s and 70’s sub-section

The engineer's codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

[Format indicator] - [Master tape number] - [number]+[letter designating the engineer]
Ex: XZAL-9067.P-1A
or on some Singles:
[Format indicator] - [Master tape number] - [Take number T#] - [number]+[letter designating the engineer]
Ex: XDRF-34960-T1-1C

Format indicator can be XARL (or ARL) for Mono or XZAL (or ZAL) for Stereo recordings.

For more information on Master tape number or Take number, please refer to: Stones on Decca(external link)

XXXX-XXXX-#[letter]
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Decca Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - see below

A = Lacquer Cut By - A (26) (aka Guy Fletcher) - from 1954 onwards
Example: The Rolling Stones - Through The Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)

B = Lacquer Cut By - B (3) (aka Ron Mason)
Example: Billie Holiday - The Lady Sings - Vol. 2

C = Lacquer Cut By - Trevor Fletcher (3))
Example: Isla St. Clair* - Isla

D = Lacquer Cut By - Jack Law)
Example: The Rolling Stones - Big Hits (High Tide And Green Grass)

E = Lacquer Cut By - Stanley Goodall)
Example: Mario Del Monaco, New Symphony Orchestra Of London*, Erede* - Great Tenor Arias

F = Lacquer Cut By - Cyril Windebank)
Example: Israel Philharmonic*, Zubin Mehta - Showcase

G = Lacquer Cut By - G (22) (aka Ted Burkett) - from 1962 onwards
Example: Joan Sutherland, L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge - French Opera Gala (Volume One)

H - Unknown (Eric ?)
Example: t.b.d.

J - Unknown (Dick ?)
Example: t.b.d.

K = Lacquer Cut By - Anthony Hawkins) - from 1962 onwards
Example: The Rolling Stones - Their Satanic Majesties Request

L - Lacquer Cut By - George Bettyes)
Example: The Rolling Stones - Out Of Our Heads

M - Lacquer Cut By - James Brown (13))
Example: The Rolling Stones - Flowers

N - Lacquer Cut By - N (27) (aka Noel Taylor)
Example: Frank Chacksfield & His Orchestra - Play To Me, Gipsy

P - Lacquer Cut By - Mike Goldsmith (1959) or Training Dash
Example: t.b.d.

R - Remasterings
Example: t.b.d.

S - Unknown
Example: t.b.d.

T - Lacquer Cut By - Gil Went)
Example: Dave Edmunds' Rockpile* - I Hear You Knocking

V - Lacquer Cut By - Quentin Williams)
Example: Patrick D. Martin - I Like 'Lectric Motors

W - Lacquer Cut By - Harry Fisher)
Example: The Rolling Stones - Aftermath

X - Lacquer Cut By - Guy Fletcher (after PolyGram takeover)
Example: t.b.d.

Y - Lacquer Cut By - Y (35)
Example: Antonio Vivaldi, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Neville Marriner* - Concerti For Wind And Strings

Unused: O, Q, U and Z.

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Decca Studios, Paris / Sofrason Studios sub-section

The engineer's codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

XXXXXXX X[letter] Y[letters]#[number]
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Decca Studios, Paris
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - see below

A - Lacquer Cut By - A (7) (aka Gérard Gustave)
Example: Bill Coleman (2) / Ben Webster - Swingin' In London

B - Lacquer Cut By - Michel Blanvillain + ANV B
Example: Ann Sorel - Saint Trojan

C - Lacquer Cut By - Christian Orsini - ANV C
Example: Fernandel - Les Gens Riaient

D - Lacquer Cut By - Anne-Marie Désiré + ANV D
Example: Soul Affair Orchestra* - Soul Affair Orchestra

JS - Lacquer Cut By - Joël Savy + ANV JS
Example: Lalo Schifrin - Towering Toccata

K - Lacquer Cut By - Kristina Domotor + ANV K
Example: Jean Ferrat - Jean Ferrat

L - Lacquer Cut By - L (44) (Still unknown)
Example: Stan Getz - Quintet And Quartet

P - Lacquer Cut By - Catherine Patault + ANV P
Example: Fats Theus* - Black Out

R - Lacquer Cut By - R (52) (Still unknown)
Example: The Rolling Stones - «L'âge D'or» Des Rolling Stones - Vol.7 - Between The Buttons

T - Lacquer Cut By - François Terrazzoni + ANV T
Example: Elvis* - King Creole / Crawfish

Y - Lacquer Cut By - Y (44) (Jean-Pierre Michau)
Example: Rachel* - Romeo Na Julietta / Na Tiki

YD - Lacquer Cut By - Yves Delaunay + ANV YD
Example: Tom Jones - Green Green Grass Of Home

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DEMBLING mediasound
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mediasound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nicholas Dembling + ANV Dembling
Example: Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff - The Four Piano Concertos, Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini

DENBOY or DEN BOY
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Denis Blackham + ANV Denboy
Example: The Veil - Surrender
Note: in conjunction with Stoney or Blackmikey (Black = ANV for Blackham)

Dennis - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bob Dennis + ANV Dennis
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Georgetown Masters
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Denny Purcell + ANV Denny
Example: Wayne Toups & Zydecajun - Blast From The Bayou

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Deutsche Grammophon sub-section

Listed are the DGG “Tonmeister” (balance engineers) or recording supervisors.
They didn’t cut any lacquers hence the credit Engineer.
The codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

Ax (e.g. AS, AN, LAS)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Engineer - Wilhelm Aulenkamp + ANV A
Example: Sonate Für Viola Da Gamba Und Cembalo Nr. 1, G-Dur (BWV 1027)

AU-x (e.g. AU-SL, AU-V)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Engineer - Joachim Augustin + ANV AU
Example: Jacques Offenbach - Hoffmanns Erzählungen

BA-x or BA/x or BA◇x (e.g. BA-K or BA/V or BA◇H)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Engineer - Harald Baudis + ANV BA
Example: Klavierkonzert Nr. 1 C-dur Op. 15 ∙ Klaviersonate As-dur Op. 110

Bx (e.g. BS)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Engineer - Harald Baudis + ANV B
Example: Laudes Solemnes

Gx (e.g. GS, GN, GK)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Engineer - Werner Grimme + ANV G
Example: Aus Holbergs Zeit (Suite Für Streichorchester Op. 40 (Holberg-Suite))

GR♢x or GR/x or GR-x (e.g. GR♢H or GR/V or GR-K)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Engineer - Werner Grimme + ANV GR
Example: Mick Und Micky - Eine Rote Jalousie / Sweet, Sweet

HR♢x or HR/x or HR-x (e.g. HR♢W or HR/S or HR-SL)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Engineer - Günter Hermanns + ANV HR
Example: Die Macht Des Schicksals

K♢x (e.g. K♢V)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Engineer - Heinrich Keilholz + ANV K
Example: Renate Kern - You'll Be The First One To Know / Now And Then

KE/x or KE-x (e.g. KE/V or KE-S)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Engineer - Heinrich Keilholz + ANV KE
Example: Symphonien Nr. 2 Und Nr. 3

SCH-x or SCH⬦x (e.g. SCH-S or SCH⬦K)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Engineer - Klaus Scheibe + ANV SCH
Example: Schumann* / Christian Ferras, Pierre Barbizet - Sonaten • Romanzen

SCHW-x or SCHW⬦x (e.g. SCHW-K or SCH⬦W)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Engineer - Peter Schweigmann + ANV SCHW
Example: Schubert* - Amadeus-Quartett • William Pleeth - Streichquintett C-dur

ST or STx (e.g. STN, STS, LSTN)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Engineer - Alfred Steinke + ANV ST
Example: Johannes Brahms, Berliner Philharmoniker, Paul van Kempen - Ungarische Tänze

WE/x or WE-x (e.g. WE/S or WE-S)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Engineer - Walter Alfred Wettler + ANV WE
Example: Johann Sebastian Bach - Aus Der H-Moll-Messe

WI◇x or WI/x or WI-x (e.g. WI◇W, WI/S or WI-W)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Engineer - Heinz Wildhagen + ANV WI
Example: Das Lied Von Der Erde
Note: may appear as W1S or W1W

WO◇x or WO/x or WO-x (e.g. WO◇W, WI/S or WI-SL)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Engineer - Werner Wolf + ANV WO
Example: Tänze Von Brahms Und Dvorak

Wx (e.g. WS, WN, WH, LWN)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Engineer - Karl-Heinz Westphal + ANV W
Example: Konzert Für Klavier Und Orchester Nr. 4 G-Dur Op. 58

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DF (French pressings until March 1979 - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Disco
Example: Christophe - Christophe (Main Dans La Main)
Note: please use Mastered At in case of an additional EX or EXP in the runouts or when there is no 16mm pressing ring.

DFI + YY MM date - image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Pressed By - DFI
Example: The Brand New Heavies - Midnight At The Oasis
Note: please use Mastered At in case of an additional EX or EXP in the runouts or when there is no 16mm pressing ring.

dg - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - David Gold (3) + ANV DG
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Don Grossinger + ANV DG
Example: Mood II Swing Featuring John Ciafone - I See You Dancing

dG + DMM
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Don Grossinger + ANV DG
Example: Smif-N-Wessun - Dah Shinin'

DG (US pressings after 2001)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dave Gardner (2) + ANV DG
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Don Holden + ANV dh
Example: Marvin Gaye - What's Going On

DIALBA20 INDIMANT DSL (appears as DIACBAZO)
Refers to DiAlba cutterheads with Indimant diamond stylus.

Dietrich or Dietrch or Diet - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dietrich Schoenemann + ANV Dietrich etc.
Example: Boris The Spyder - The Mission
Note: often with DS on side B.

DIGERTRYKK
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Manufactured By - Digertrykk
Location Link: https://digerdistro.no/digertrykk
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dillinja + ANV Dill
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dinkum Recording Services
Example: Zappa* - Ship Arriving Too Late To Save A Drowning Witch

DISC MASTERS, INC.
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Disc Masters, Inc.
Example: Force (15) - Force

DISKWERKS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Diskwerks
Example: Acme Thunder - Let's All Get Naked

DISKWERKS - IAIN
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Diskwerks
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Iain Burgess + ANV Iain
Example: Z Factor* - (I Like To Do It In) Fast Cars

DISKWERKS - RON or RL
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Diskwerks
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ron Lewter + ANV Ron or RL
Example: The Dells - I Touched A Dream

DiToma
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Guido Di Toma + ANV DiToma
Example: Boy Meets Girl - Bring Down The Moon

Djamil
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Djamil Mehtieff + ANV Djamil
Example: DJ Slip - Empire Digital Ghetto

DJW (UK pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dave Williams (87) + ANV DJW
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - David Kulka + ANV DK
Example: Bola Sete - Ocean
Note: please do not use the ANV CK.

DK or D K - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dennis King + ANV DK
Example: Kon Kan - I Beg Your Pardon

[DKS] or Cut by DKS
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dan Smith (14) + ANV DKS
Example: Barry Adamson - Know Where To Run

[DKS] @ FLUID or Cut by DKS @ FLUID
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Fluid Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dan Smith (14) + ANV DKS
Example: Stereophonics - Performance And Cocktails

DKS @ sicmastering.com
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - sicmastering.com
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dan Smith (14) + ANV DKS
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Diskmakers
Example: King Curtis - It's Party Time With
Note: Small stamp that may appear incomplete and reversed

DM or DM- (Canadian releases - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Don Mills, ON
Example: Echo And The Bunnymen* - Crocodiles
Note: "DM" or "DM-" without number stands for a plating only (its' not a PPID)

DM # or DM-# (Canadian releases - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Don Mills, ON
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Don Mills, ON
Example: New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
Notes: DM with number stands for plating and pressing. "DM-#" or DM- plus number are no PPID.

DM𝙸 (US releases - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Disc Mastering, Inc.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Disc Mastering, Inc.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jim Loyd + ANV JL
Example: Shout (12) - I'm So Hurt

DMM
S, H or HS?
Add a note: Direct Metal Mastering
Explanation Link: https://totalsonicmastering.com/dmm.htm
Note: This is a technique for mastering vinyl, please use Mastered At / Direct Metal Mastering By in such cases.

DMM E.M. or DMM EM - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Emre Meydan + ANV E.M. or EM
Example: Astrosoniq - Big Ideas Dare Imagination

DMRS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dick McGrew Recording Service
Example: Ike Turner & The Kings Of Rhythm* - A Black Man's Soul

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DMS / Hit Factory Mastering sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

DMS ¢ - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - DMS (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ¢] - Tom Coyne
Example: Black Box - Strike It Up

DMM DMS ¢
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - DMS (2)
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By [Runout Etching ¢] - Tom Coyne
Example: Yazz - Treat Me Good

DMS Coin or DMS.Coin
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - DMS (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tom Coyne + ANV Coin
Example: Veronique (2) - The Beat That Shook The World
Note: when in combination with DMM, use Mastered At.

DMM DMS Coin or DMM DMS.Coin
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - DMS (2)
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Tom Coyne + ANV Coin
Example: The KLF - What Time Is Love?

DMS cg ☮ (peace sign) or DMS cg
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - DMS (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Gehringer + ANV CG
Example: Debbie "D" - Get Up

DMM DMS cg ☮ or DMM DMS cg
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - DMS (2)
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Chris Gehringer + ANV CG
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - DMS (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Herb Powers Jr. + ANV Herbie Jr.
Example: Deee-Lite - E.S.P. / Good Beat
Note: the smiley is NOT part of the ANV.

HFM ' (number)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Hit Factory Mastering
Example: Tevin Campbell - Another Way

HFM :-) or (^: HFM
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Hit Factory Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching :-)] - Herb Powers Jr.
Example: George Clinton & The P-Funk Allstars* - T.A.P.O.A.F.O.M. (The Awesome Power Of A Fully-Operational Mothership)
Note: the smiley is NOT an ANV.

HFM cg or The Hit Factory cg ☮ - image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Hit Factory Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Gehringer + ANV CG
Example: Kid 'N' Play - Bounce

HFM J.Y.
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Hit Factory Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Joe Yannece + ANV J.Y.
Example: Shyne - More Or Less

Hit Factory ¢ or H.F. ¢
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Hit Factory Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ¢] - Tom Coyne
Example: Yello - The Race
Note: when in combination with DMM, use Mastered At.

Tippy - Hit Factory - image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Hit Factory Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tony "Tippy" Tarochione + ANV Tippy
Example: The Chemical Brothers - It Began In Afrika

TY Hit Factory or TY-HF
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Hit Factory Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Young + ANV TY
Example: Dimples D - Resucker DJ

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DOC
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dr. Schnoz + ANV Doc
Example: Brother To Brother - Chance With You / Joni
Alias of Richard Corsello

DON GROSSINGER
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Don Grossinger
Example: Bama & The Family - Don't Think ... Do / Get Up In Your Hot Pants

DON ROBEY
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Don Robey
Examples: Johnny Ace - The Clock / Aces Wild

DONGROSSINGER.COM
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Don Grossinger + ANV Dongrossinger.com
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Don One Sound Studio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Anthony Wright (3) + ANV AW
Example: No False Lyricists - Who Ever Thought / Funk The Radio
Note: Mainly appears on US releases beginning in the 1990s.

Donora - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Donora Mfg. Co. Inc.
Example: Heldon - IV

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Dorogi Hanglemezgyár sub-section

Hungarian lacquer cutting engineers at the Hungaroton plant Dorogi Hanglemezgyár since 1976.
The codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

A T or A.T. - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dorogi Hanglemezgyár
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Arányi Tibor + ANV AT or A.T.
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dorogi Hanglemezgyár
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Battha Endre + ANV BE or B.E.
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dorogi Hanglemezgyár
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ernőffy Olivér + ANV EO or E.O.
Example: image
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dorogi Hanglemezgyár
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Horváth Péter + ANV HP or H.P.
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dorogi Hanglemezgyár
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Keppinger Károly + ANV KK or K.K.
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dorogi Hanglemezgyár
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Gábor Mocsáry + ANV MG
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dorogi Hanglemezgyár
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Petrás József + ANV PJ or P.J.
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dorogi Hanglemezgyár
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Imre Selmeczi + ANV SI or S.I
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dorogi Hanglemezgyár
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Spangel Rudolf + ANV SR or S.R.
Example: Kocsis*, Debussy* - Hungaroton Hanglemez Hetek '85

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DOUG (US pressings)
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Doug Sax + ANV Doug
Example: Instil (3) - Scar

dp / Georgetown
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Georgetown Masters
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Denny Purcell + ANV DP
Example: Bill Woody - Organized Noise
Note: also d/Georgetown possible

DP or D.P. (European pressings - image 2)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Disco-Press
Example: image)
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Damir Pavunić + ANV DP
Example: iamge)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Des Redding + ANV DR
Example: image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dominick Romeo + ANV DR
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mobineko Multimedia
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Richard Dron + ANV Dron
Example: Various - Intersection On The Point Of Parallel Vol. I

DRP-#### (US pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Deltron Record Pressing
Example: International City Band - I.C.B.
Note: Do not confuse with Dixie Record Pressing, which uses a single four-digit matrix.

DS - image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Duncan Stanbury + ANV DS
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dominique Samarcq + ANV DS
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dietrich Schoenemann + ANV DS
Example: Cal Tjader / Executive Suite - Fritz The Cat / You Believed In Me
Note: often with Diet on side A. May appear as D2 / DZ

DSR or D.S.R.
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dynamic Sounds Recording Co. Ltd.
Example: Anthony B / Adigun - Lock Di Gun Dem / Burn A Fire

DSS
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dennis Sands + ANV DSS
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Guido Di Toma + ANV dT
Example: James Dashow - Computer Music - Musica Elettronica

DT (US releases by Cadence, Candid, Liberty until 1967)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dulcet Tone Corporation
Example: Don Shirley Trio - Don Shirley Trio
Note: do not confuse with Dave Travis scribes

DT (after 1967 - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dave Travis + ANV DT
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - DT (19)
Example: Jost Ribary - Keck Und Munter

DT / DG
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Guido Di Toma + ANV DT
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Guido Di Toma + ANV DG
Example: Renato D'Andrea - Dammi La Mano
Note: DT appears on side A cuts and DG on side B cuts.

DTG (Italian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Guido Di Toma + ANV DTG
Example: Le Colonne Sonore Di Ennio Morricone Vol. 2

dubplate @ gmx.com
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dubplate.eu
Example: Rockers Hi-Fi - Push Push

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Dubplates & Mastering sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Location Link: image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dubplates & Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - ≠
Example: Toby Dreher - Notendruck
Note: Alias for image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dubplates & Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching Spiral Sign] - Robert Henke
Example: DP-SOL - Live In Leipzig

☺D&M
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dubplates & Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ☺] - Youri Balcers
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dubplates & Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Anne Taegert + ANV Anne
Example: URA (3) - Baby With A Halo

AT @ D&M
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dubplates & Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Anne Taegert + ANV AT
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dubplates & Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Christoph Grote-Beverborg + ANV CGB
Example: M. Schaffhä* - Nice To Meet You
Note: Can be often mistaken for CEE. May also appear as "cg@d/m"?

D+M or D&M or D&m
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dubplates & Mastering
Example: image)
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dubplates & Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Moritz von Oswald
Example: Image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dubplates & Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Frederic Stader + ANV FST
Example: TSR - Monkey Suit Party

K @ D&M or Kassian @ D&M
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dubplates & Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kassian Troyer + ANV K or Kassian
Examples: image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dubplates & Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Loop-o
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dubplates & Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Andy Mellwig + ANV AM
Example: Rhythm & Sound w/ Tikiman - Never Tell You

mg@d&m or mg@d/m
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dubplates & Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Michelle Grinser + ANV MG
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dubplates & Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pole
Example: image)
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dubplates & Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rashad Becker + ANV r
Example: Der Zyklus - Der Tonimpulstest

Rashad Becker @ D&M
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dubplates & Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rashad Becker
Example: Kobosil - RK2

Ruy@D&M
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dubplates & Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ruy Mariné + ANV Ruy
Example: Varuna (3) - Genesis

YURi@D&M or Y.D&M
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dubplates & Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Youri Balcers + ANV Yuri or Y
Example: Mikael Romanenko - To Let Go

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dunk!pressing or DUNK! PRESSING
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - dunk!pressing
Example: Bolt Ruin - Bolt Ruin

duoYYYYXXXX MI (until May 2015)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Duophonic GbR + sequential number (e.g. duo20091332)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Moritz Illner + ANV MI
Example: Sotatila - Vituiks Meni
Note: MI can be mistaken as MD or MP

duoYYXXXX MI (since June 2015)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Duophonic GmbH + sequential number (e.g. duo173091)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Moritz Illner + ANV MI
Example: Sotatila - Pete Rock / INI - Lost Sessions
Note: MI can be mistaken as MD or MP

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Dureco Studio sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
General note: the first 1 or 2 digits stand for the week the record was cut (1 to 52); the letters are the initial(s) of the engineer; the succeeding digit means 1st, 2nd, 3rd cut, respectively.

A or AK or K (after 1 or 2 numbers and followed by a number, e.g. 32A1)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dureco Studio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Antoon Kooij + ANV A or AK or K
Example: Divine - Love Reaction
Note: Kooij had a specific way of g his lacquer cuts, using the initial 'A' on side A and 'K' on side B.

C (after 1 or 2 numbers, followed by a number, e.g. 5C1)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dureco Studio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kees Grijpink + ANV C
Example: New Order - Touched By The Hand Of God
Note: C stands for Cornelis. When in combination with K.G., also add Mastered By with ANV K.G.

D (after 1 or 2 numbers and followed by a number, e.g. 3D1)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dureco Studio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Dobbe + ANV D
Example: Vader Abraham & Zijn Goede Zonen* - Harem Lied

DH (after 1 or 2 numbers, followed by a number, e.g. 17DH7)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dureco Studio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dirk Huisstede + ANV DH
Example: T-Spoon (2) - Spank

E (after 1 or 2 numbers and followed by a number, e.g. 34E1)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dureco Studio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Eduard Huis In 'T Veld + ANV E
Example: Squallor - Bla, Bla, Bla, Je T'aime.... / Santanna

R (after 1 or 2 numbers and followed by a number, e.g. 29R1)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dureco Studio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Keimpe Rozeboom + ANV R
Example: Simon Carmiggelt - Taxiritje

S (after 1 or 2 numbers and followed by a number, e.g. 33S1)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dureco Studio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sander Bos + ANV S
Example: De Specials - Polka Pose

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DVG SOUNDWAVE (DVG in circle - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Soundwave
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Don Van Gordon + ANV DVG
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - MCA Recording Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Darrell Johnson + ANV DJ or DWJ
Example: Ernest Tubb And Loretta Lynn - The Ernest Tubb / Loretta Lynn Story
Note: may appear as DWG

DWJ/2 or DWJ/² - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - JVC Cutting Center
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Darrell Johnson + ANV DWJ
Example: Eddie Rabbitt - Loveline

DXM or DXM Detroit or DXM Mastering
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sound Patterns DXM
Example: Rudy Robinson And The Hungry Five* - Yes, My Goodness, Yes / Vick

Dyam + Py
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dyam
Example: Dean Rockwood - Why / Early Too Early
Note: The Py can also be circled and stands for a Pyral lacquer.

Dyam + Tr in circle
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dyam
Example: Bill Pritchard - Three Months, Three Weeks & Two Days
Note: The circled Tr stands for a Transco lacquer.

E.F. - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Elliott Federman + ANV E.F.
Example: The Rolling Stones - Sticky Fingers
Note: may appear as £7 or £.7.

<E> (E fully enclosed inside diamond - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At: Charles Eckhart Company
Example: Unknown Artist - American Patrol

E-#### or E #### (up to 1962)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Pressed By - Allied Record Manufacturing Company
Example: Wes Montgomery Quartet* - Summertime
Note: Styrene pressings only.

e2g mastering or e2g
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Ear2ground Mastering
Examples: Utah Jazz - Mesmerize / Riddim Track

EBS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Emil Berliner Studios
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Emil Berliner Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rainer Maillard + ANV RM
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Emil Berliner Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sidney Meyer + ANV SCM
Example: Marius Neset - Happy

eC IM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Independent Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Eric Conn + ANV EC
Example: Riot 111 - 1981!

EC or ELC
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Earl Cousins + ANV EC or ELC
Example: Johnny P - Expensive And Dear

ECA (Mexican pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ernesto Constanzo + ANV ECA
Example: image
S, H or HS? S or H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ralph Eck + ANV Eck
Examples: Roy Wood - Forever / Woodbe
Note: do not use Ɛ or ℰ in the runouts or as ANV.

eddie - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Eddie Smith (3) + ANV Eddie
Examples: image
S, H or HS? S, H
Add a company: Mastered At - Europadisk
Example: Steve Lacy - The Way
Note: EDP in oval is a logo, please use [Europadisk logo] in it's place

EE
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Egil Eide + ANV EE
Example: Various - Finnhits 2
Note: Often in combination with RS

Efrain or Efrain O.
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Efraín Osuna + ANV Efrain or Afrain O.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Plated By - Eddy Gorecki + ANV EG or E.G.
Examples: A Certain Ratio - All Night Party

EJSP-####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - Ellie Jay (Productions) Ltd.
Example: image)
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Émile Lépine + ANV EL
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Elio Gomes + ANV EL
Example: Djavan - Coisa De Acender
Note: May appear as combined G_

ELA
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Electrosound Los Angeles
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Elaton (2)
Example: ABS (2) Feat. Creutzfeld&Jakob*, Onandon* & Dike - Weisst Du...?

ELDO or ELDORADO
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - Eldorado Media
Link: https://www.eldorado-media.com/
Example: Corrupted - Nadie
Note: Not a mastering studio / pressing plant but a broker

ELECTRIC
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Electric Mastering
Link: https://www.electricmastering.com/
Example: The Natural Yogurt Band - Away With Meloncholy

ELECTRIC MANDY PARNELL
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Electric Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mandy Parnell
Example: The Twilight Sad - And She Would Darken The Memory

Elettroformati
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Elettroformati
Location Link: https://www.elettroformati.com/
Example: Spartaque - Methamorph / Freshener

EMIDISC DMM (Australian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Mastered At - EMI Studios, Homebush
Example: image 2
S, H or HS? H, HS
Add a credit: Pressed By - Electrosound Group Midwest, Inc.
Example: Misfits - Misfits
Note: do not use Ɛ or ℰ in the runout fields but EMW only

EO or ƐO (Swedish / Scandinavian releases - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Erik Olhester + ANV EO
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ernőffy Olivér + ANV EO or E.O.
Example: Korda György - Táncdalok
Note: See also Hungaroton sub-section for post 1975 cuts.

EP or EP. (French pressings - intertwined image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - EP. (15)
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Gene Thompson + ANV ERT
Example: Bill Cosby - Bill Cosby Is Not Himself These Days (Rat Own, Rat Own, Rat Own)
Note: please do not use Ɛ in the runout fields or as ANV

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ESR / Electra Sound Recorders sub-section

ESR - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Elektra Sound Recorders
Example: Sweet Salvation - Sweet Salvation

ESR-MS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Elektra Sound Recorders
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Michele Stone + ANV MS
Example: Jimmy Smith - Off The Top

ESR-PC
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Elektra Sound Recorders
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Phil Cross + ANV PC
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Elektra Sound Recorders
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Terry Dunavan + ANV TD
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Elektra Sound Recorders
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Vic Zaslav + ANV VZ
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Elektra Sound Recorders
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mike Martin (48) + ANV MM
Example: David Ackles - American Gothic

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E-T (German pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Elaton (2)
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Elaton (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching et] - Djamil Mehtieff
Example: Co-Al 159 - Co-Al 159

ET (Jamaican pressings)
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Errol Thompson + ANV ET
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Poly Som Com. E Ind. de Plásticos Ltda. + sequential number (e.g. P1559)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Diego Estevam (2) + ANV Etec
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Eurogram, S.A.
Example: Happy Mondays - ...Yes Please!

EURODISC
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Manufactured By - Eurodisc Manufacturing
Location Link: https://www.euro-disc.co.uk/
Example: Supermammoth - Supermammoth 001
Note: Not a mastering house / pressing plant

EUROPADISK or EUROPADISK NY - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Europadisk + 4 or 5 digit number
Example: Reality - Yolanda

EUROPADISK DMM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Europadisk + 4 or 5 digit number
Example: image)
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Plated By - EW (2)
Example: The Adventure Babies - Barking Mad

EW (US pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Erik Wolf + ANV EW
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Eirik W. Wangberg + ANV EW
Example: Paul & Linda McCartney - Ram
Note: /N stands for Eirik Wangberg the Norwegian

EY
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Edison Youngblood + ANV EY
Example: The Rationals - Leavin' Here

EY+SM or SM+EY
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Edison Youngblood + ANV EY
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Souren Mozian + ANV SM
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Fabelsound
Example: Various - 24 Λαϊκά Καράτια

Ⓕ (F in a circle - US pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Fidelatone Mfg.
Example: Joe Jackson - Look Sharp!

F 710
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ivar Finsen + ANV F
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - WEA Records Pressing Plant, West Drayton
Example: Associates* - Sulk
Note: x stands for a number and # for either K or D

F.A.
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Frank Arkwright + ANV F.A.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Frank Tabino + ANV F.T.
Example: Yes - Drama
Note: do not confuse with Finyl Tweek (F.T.) releases issued in the 2010s and later

F.T. (Scandinavian releases - [image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Fred Torgunrud + ANV F.T.
Example: Jean-Claude Borelly - Dolannes Melodie

F△ @ Mont Analogue
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mont Analogue
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Frédéric Alstadt + ANV FA
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Fader (17)
Example: Ninja Man* - Go Sit Dung

FAP
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Federal Record Mfg. Co. Ltd.
Example: Agustus Pablo* / Pablo All Stars - Frozen Dub / Hot Dub
Notes: the cursive “F” can look like a European “7” with the cross hash

FAR·RR or FAR RR - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Far Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ralph P. Ruppert + ANV RR
Example: image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Fernando Cortez + ANV FCortez
Example: AC/DC - Who Made Who
Note: the signature is indecipherable/illegible but has a capital C

FDA - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Denby Allen + ANV FDA
Example: Larry Houston - Give Me Something To Go On
Note: may appear as RDA

FDS-x (e.g. FDS-1)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Future Disc
Location Link: https://www.futurediscsystems.com/
Example: Sheena Easton - The Lover In Me

FE (Scandinavian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Fred Engh
Example: The Jam - This Is The Modern World

FEDE@DK or FEDE@DKMastering
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - DK Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Fédé + ANV Fede
Example: Ash Ra Tempel - Schwingungen

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Festival Studios sub-section

The engineers and their codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

P2A or P2B - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Festival Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Ibbotson + ANV P
Example: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax (U.S. Dance Mix)
Note: P = Paul, 2 = Stereo, A is the first cut, B the second etc.

Ⓡ2A or Ⓡ2B (R in a circle - may appear as ൫ - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Festival Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching Ⓡ] - Rick O'Neil
Example: The Housemartins - Think For A Minute (New Version)
Note: Please use the symbol 'circled R', not the 'ed' sign

W2A (W may appear as u2A or uRA - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Festival Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Warren Barnett + ANV W
Example: Revenge - Pineapple Face
Note: W = Warren, 2 = Stereo, A is the first cut, B the second etc.

WB2A or WB2B (WB looks like a stylized butterfly - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Festival Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - William Bowden + ANV WB
Example: New Order - Movement
Note: WB = William Bowden, 2 = Stereo, A is the first cut, B the second etc.

AMX##### or
DMX##### or
DTMX##### or
DATMX##### or
SMX-##### or
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Festival Studios + sequential number (e.g. DMX-74965)
Example: Revenge - One True ion

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fh or FH or F.H. (Australian pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Frank Hulbert + ANV FH or F.H. or fh
Example: Stevie Wonder - Talking Book

FHK
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Flo Kaufmann + ANV FHK
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By – Femi Oke + ANV Femi
Example: Sunny Ade* - Mo Dupe (Gratitude)

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Fine Recording Studios sub-section

The pressing plants and their codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

CBFR (US pressings until March 1964))
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Fine Recording Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Bridgeport
Example: Rachmaninoff*, Byron Janis, London Symphony*, Antal Dorati - Piano Concerto No. 3

CCFR (US pressings until end of 1963))
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Fine Recording Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Hollywood
Example: Schumann* - Paul Paray, Detroit Symphony Orchestra - Symphony No. 3 In E-Flat Major, Op. 97 "Rhenish"

CCFR (US pressings between 1964 and 1981)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Fine Recording Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Example: Handel*, London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus* | Colin Davis* - Messiah

FR
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Fine Recording Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Pitman
Example: Tchaikovsky*, Antal Dorati, London Symphony* - The Nutcracker Ballet

CTFR
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Fine Recording Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute
Example: Handel*, London Symphony Orchestra And Chorus* | Colin Davis* - Messiah

F (US pressings from 1957 until 1971)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Fine Recording Studios
Example: Brook Benton - Golden Hits
Note: The F is etched, about 3 or 4 mm tall, capital styled font, squared corners. May also appear as 𝔽.

FRx and I (on Mercury Living Presence releases)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Fine Recording Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis
Example: Albéniz* - Arbós* / Falla*, Antal Dorati, Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra - Iberia / Interlude And Dance No.1 La Vida Breve
Note: when the "I" is missing or has been crossed out, please just use the "Mastered At" credit

RFR (US pressings from October 1961 to 1966)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Fine Recording Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - Richmond Record Pressings, Inc.
Example: John Alden Carpenter / Burrill Phillips, Eastman-Rochester Orchestra, Howard Hanson - Adventures In A Perambulator / Selections From McGuffey's Readers

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Finnvox MJ or FX MJ or FXMJ or MJFX - image 2
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Finnvox
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mika Jussila + ANV MJ
Location Link: https://www.finnvox.fi/
Example: Babach - Russkaya Vodka
Note: Also appears as ”MJ.” and "Fx".

FLO or FLΘ or Flozki
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Flo Kaufmann + ANV Flo or Flozki
Example: Strato Zoo - Strato Zoo I - II

Flo@Flokason
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Flokason
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Flo Kaufmann + ANV Flo
Example: Pig Sweat - Pig Sweat

Flo At Le Magnet Mastering or FLOZKI LE MAGNET MASTER
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Le Magnet Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Flo Kaufmann + ANV Flo or Flozki
Example: The Delta Rhythm Section - Nassau Strut / King Midnite

FLV-2XX.XXX or FLV-2XX XXX (e.g. FLV-201.886)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Flight 13 Duplication
Location Link: https://www.flight13-duplication.com/en/starting-point
Example: Joseph Boys - Rochus

FLV-2XX.XXX + FN
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Flight 13 Duplication
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Felix Nutz + ANV FN
Example: Morlockko Plus - Monda Regado Instrumentals

FLV-2XX.XXX + SST
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - SST Brüggemann GmbH (until end of 2016)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - SST GmbH (since 2017)
Add a company: Pressed By - Flight 13 Duplication
Example: Yat-Kha - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

FLV-2XX.XXX + SST + MPO
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - SST Brüggemann GmbH (until end of 2016)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - SST GmbH (since 2017)
Add a company: Pressed By - MPO
Add a company: Manufactured By - Flight 13 Duplication
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Example: Mahler: Symphony No. 8 / Solti
Note: for reference only - the Franklin Mint trident indicates that the Franklin Mint Record Society was involved

FML####DT (e.g. FML1777DT)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Fantasy Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - David Turner (2) + ANV DT
Example: Spiders Webb - I Don't Know What's On Your Mind
Note: only when without the eyebrows etching

FMR (appearing as ed ߔMR) - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - FMR (9)
Example: Willie Morganfield - I Have Made Connections

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Foon sub-section

The engineers and their codes are listed here as a group and not individually.

FL or FLyy (Belgian pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Foon
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ludo Ceurremans + ANV L
Example: Guillaume Henrard - 12 Successen
Note: yy stands for a year, e.g. 71.

FOON MASTERING or FOON
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Foon
Example: Quadrophonia - Quadrophonia

FOON-PAUL or FOON MASTERING PAUL
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Foon
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul van der Jonckheyd + ANV Paul
Example: Section 25 - From The Hip

FOON-S
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Foon
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sean Davies + ANV S
Example: Little River Band - Help Is On Its Way

FOON-Sean or Sean-FOON
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Foon
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sean Davies + ANV Sean
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Foon
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul van der Jonckheyd + ANV P
Example: Natalie Cole - This Will Be
Note: yy stands for a year, e.g. 74.

Mastered By Paul At Foon
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Foon
Add a credit: Mastered By - Paul van der Jonckheyd + ANV Paul
Example: Bonnie Forman - I Only Have Eyes For You (Remix)

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FOR - ## TK or TC (Finnish releases - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - For Oy
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tom Korttila + ANV
Example: Sonja Lumme - Mua Jättää Et Saa / Pääsi Rinnallein Painuu
Note: ## is the year in 2 digits

FPV or FP-V ######
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Century Record Mfg. Co.
Example: 17 Pygmies - Jedda By The Sea
Note: May appear as 7̶ PV (cursive capital F)

FR-#### (e.g. FR-1086)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Flashback Records (17)
Example: Sum 41 - Does This Look Infected?

VINYL
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - Vinyl
Example: Teenage Bad Girl - Hands Of A Stranger

Francino
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Frank Arkwright + ANV Francino
Example: The Alones - Silver

FRANCIS
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Simon Francis + ANV Francis
Example: image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Fred Torgunrud + ANV Fred
Example: Asa* - Brocade

FRED COLE
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Fred Cole
Example: Thee Headhunters - It's My Tribe

FRM
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Federal Record Mfg. Co. Ltd.
Example: The Rocking Horse - Festival Bells
Notes: the cursive “F” can look like a European “7” with the cross hash.
The last two letters stand for the respective producer.

FRP (since mid 2023)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Fidelity Record Pressing
Example: Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - So What
Note: when in combination with RTI identifiers

FS - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Fullersound
Location Link: https://www.fullersound.com/
Example: M.C. Supurb - Gimmie Some

FS RF
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Fullersound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rod Fuller + ANV RF
Location Link: https://www.fullersound.com/
Example: Floor (2) - Loanin / Figbender

FS####DT (e.g. FS1048DT)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Fantasy Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - David Turner (2) + ANV DT
Example: Booker Ervin - The Song Book
Note: only when not in combination with the eyebrows etching.

FST⟶EBS (may appear as FIST)
S, H or HS? H
Lacquer Cut By - Frederic Stader ANV FST
Lacquer Cut At - Emil Berliner Studios
Example: Nicolas Bougaïeff - Cognitive Resonance

FSV
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - FSV
Example: Sven Dedek - Ohrenbluten

FT or F.T. (UK releases)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Finyl Tweek
Example: Al Zanders - Ripley's Voyage / Dexter's Morning
Note: usually along with MPO

FTS
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Federal Records Studio
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Fullersound
Location Link: https://www.fullersound.com/
Example: Joey Gilmore - So Good To Be Bad

FULLERSOUND MF
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Fullersound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mike Fuller + ANV MF
Location Link: https://www.fullersound.com/
Example: Dimples Tee - Jealous Fella's

FULLERSOUND RF
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Fullersound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rod Fuller + ANV RF
Location Link: https://www.fullersound.com/
Example: Colonel Abrams - Bad Timing

FUTURE DISC
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Future Disc
Location Link: https://www.futurediscsystems.com/index.html
Example: Ready For The World - Ready For The World

FUTURE DISC - T.B. (US pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Future Disc
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tom Baker (3) + ANV T.B.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Finnvox
Location Link: https://www.finnvox.fi/
Example: Ami Aspelund - Framtidens Skugga

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F/W - Frankford/Wayne sub-section

For Philadelphia and NYC and Miami. The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

FW or F/W + Frankford Recording is written on the label / cover
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Recording Labs
Example: Karen Young - Hot Shot
Note: If Frankford Recording is not stated and it's post 1973, it may stand for F/W NYC.

FW/FLA
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs of Miami
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Example: Eddie Cheba - Lookin' Good (Shake Your Body)
Note: The apple may appear as combined CS

FW/NYC/USA Al Brown
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Al Brown (5)
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ¢] - Tom Coyne
Example: image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Gehringer + ANV CG
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Recording Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dave Moyssiadis + ANV ΔM
Example: The Three Degrees - When Will I See You Again

FW/NY DC
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dave Crawford (2) + ANV DC
Example: Mikey Dread - S.W.A.L.K.

FW DS or FWDS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Duncan Stanbury + ANV DS
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Greg Vaughn + ANV GSV or G.S.V.
Example: Brutal Truth - Kill Trend Suicide
Note: may appear as G⌁V

F/W Herbie :^) or F/W Herbie - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Herb Powers Jr. + ANV Herbie etc.
Example: Robbie Nevil - Back On Holiday (New Mixes)
Note: the smiley is NOT part of the ANV.

F/W :-) or F/W :v) (smiley only)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching :-)] - Herb Powers Jr.
Example: Sade - Never As Good As The First Time
Note: the smiley is NOT an ANV.

F/W HP :-) or F/W :v) HP
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Herb Powers Jr. + ANV HP
Example: Bobby Mann - Spank Me
Note: the smiley is NOT part of the ANV.

F/W JA
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jeff Ader + ANV JA
Example: Love Exchange - Got To Find A Disco
Note: Can also appear alongside a drawing of an apple

F/W JR
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - José Rodriguez + ANV JR
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Michael Sarsfield + ANV MJS
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Recording Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nimitr Sarikananda + ANV Nim
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Recording Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nimitr Sarikananda + ANV NS
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rick Essig + ANV RCE
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Stuart J. Romaine + ANV SJR
Example: Roy Ayers Ubiquity - Mystic Voyage

F/W TC
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tom Coyne + ANV TC
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tom Steele + ANV TSS
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Recording Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tom Steele + ANV TSS
Example: Billy Glenn (2) - Raised On The Streets

JG♡ FW or G♡ FW ("J" and "G" are combined)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Joe Gastwirt + ANV JG
Example: David Rudder - Lorraine / Obeah

JG♡Pogo F.W. or G♡Pogo fw
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Joe Gastwirt + ANV JG
Example: The Babys - Turn And Walk Away
Note: Keith Olson of Pogo was present during the cutting

MASTERING BY FRANKFORD/WAYNE PHILA.
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Frankford/Wayne Recording Labs
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
Example: "D" Train* - You're The One For Me

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FRESH --JTS-- or FRESHPLATE --JTS--
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut AT - JTS Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Freddy "Freshplate" + ANV Fresh or Freshplate
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Mastered By - Edgar Fuhrhop + ANV Fu.
Add a credit: Mastered By - Alexander Seeland + ANV Se.
Example: Großes Blas-Orchester* - Feuerwehr-Marsch / Die Schneidige Feuerwehr

G CUTMASTER GENERAL @ HM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Heathmans Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - George Cutmaster General + ANV G Cutmaster General
Example: Mutiny - The Virus (L-B Mixes)
Note: Alias of George Lambert

G M or GZ M or GK M or GH M or GD M or GX M (Canadian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - RCA Victor Studios, Montreal
Examples: image)
S, H or HS? H / HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - George Clements (3) + ANV G.C.
Example: Jimmy Hughes - Something Special

G.D. or GD (US pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Goldisc Recording Products, Inc.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Gilbert Kong + ANV G.K. or GK or G. Kong
Example: Bohannon* - Let's Start The Dance / Summertime Groove

G. Murder or G Murder or G-Murder
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - George Murder + ANV G Murder etc.
Example: Barakas - Stabilo Bossa

G MURDER @ CUT A GROOVE
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Cut And Groove Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - George Murder + ANV G Murder
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At At - Pauler Acoustics
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Günter Pauler + ANV G. Pauler or G.P.
Location Link: https://www.pauleracoustics.de/pa14_start_d.html
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Pauler Acoustics
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Günter Pauler + ANV G. Pauler or G.P
Location Link: https://www.pauleracoustics.de/pa14_start_d.html
Example: Deine Lakaien - Forest Enter Exit

G.T. (UK pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Geoff Tuck + ANV G.T.
Example: Keane Brothers - Dancin' In The Moonlight (Disco Mix)
Note: Only in combination with CBS, Trident Studios. When in doubt, leave out.

GA (US pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credity: Lacquer Cut Cy - Glenn Allen (3) + ANV GA
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credity: Lacquer Cut Cy - Gabriel Alzate + ANV Gabriel Alzarte C.
Example: Lisandro Meza Y Su Conjunto - Estás Pillao

Galvanica e Pressagio Phonotype Record s.r.l.
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Phonotype Record S.r.l.
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonotype Record S.r.l.
Example: Franco Moreno - E...Le Canzoni Che Piacciono A Lei

GAM (Canadian pressings]
S, H, or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alan Moy + ANV GAM
Example: image
S, H, or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Garfield Francis + ANV Garfield
Example: Delton Screechy* / Pablo Irie - Who Is Gonna Pay / The Law Of The Lord

Gary SOUND PIT
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Sound Pit
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Gary Ham + ANV Gary
Example: The Freedom Song (The Ballad Of Kunta Kinte)

GAŠA or Г or Гаша
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Gaša + ANV Гаша or Г
Example: Dževad Ibrahimagić - Momačko Veče

Gateway
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Gateway Mastering
Example: Jawbreaker - Dear You

Gateway LC or LEC
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Gateway Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Lance Clark + ANV LC or LEC
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Greg Bogantz + ANV gb
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Glenn Bullard + ANV GB
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Giorgio Brusatin + ANV GB
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H / HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Greg Calbi + ANV GC
Example: Graham Parker And The Rumour - Mercury Poisoning

GC (UK pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Geoff Calver + ANV GC
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company - Lacquer Cut At - The Sound Clinic
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Graeme Durham + ANV GD
Example: Various - Funky Alternatives Volume 1

GE/SO
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sky Onion Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Gus Elg + ANV GE
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Gengy
Example: DJ Kraftune - Speedxpress / Woofs
Note: Could appear as SENGN or 4ENGN or GENGN

GEO
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - George Ingram + ANV Geo
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Geoff Tuck + ANV Geoff
Example: Bryn Yemm - The King And Di
Note: Only in combination with CBS, Trident Studios and/or Ray Staff. When in doubt, leave out.

GEOFF's
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Geoff Pesche + ANV Geoff's
Example: Phyllis Hyman - You Know How To Love Me
Note: Only in combination with EMI and Phonodisc. When in doubt, leave out.

GEOFF'S & RAY'S
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Geoff Tuck + ANV Geoff's
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ray Staff + ANV Ray's
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Copymasters
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - George Lambert + ANV George
Example: Unity* - Tru D'Light EP

Georgetown Masters or Georgetown
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Georgetown Masters
Location Link: https://georgetownmasters.com/
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Geovanni
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Plated By - GERRY-O + ANV Gery or Gerry or Gerry O, etc.
Example: The Pretenders - Message Of Love
Note: Often in combination with .

GF (French pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - GF (2)
Example: image)
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Greg Fulginiti + ANV GF
Example: image
S, H or HS? H + S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Artisan Sound Recorders
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Greg Fulginiti + ANV GF
Example: Toni Basil - Word Of Mouth
Note: the Artisan logo looks like 2 stamped circles with 2 sticks or a drum with 2 drumsticks

GG or ५५ (UK pressings - image 2)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Gedmal Galvanic Ltd.
Examples: image)
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - George Graves + ANV GG
Example: ORF Disco Band - My Sweet Little Girl Is Back / Waves And Clouds

GG TAPE MASTER LTD or GGTM or GGR (Jamaican pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - GG Tape Masters Limited + sequential number (e.g. GGTM 150 or GGR 2924)
Example: Yellow Man* / Junior Delgado - How To Keep A Dance / Loving You Girl

GH (US pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - George Horn + ANV GH
Example: Wynton Kelly - Kelly Blue

GH SOUND PIT
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Sound Pit
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Gary Ham + ANV GH
Example: image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - George Ingram + ANV GI
Example: Eddie Skelton - You’re The Last Thing (That I Want To Lose) / Enough To Bring Me Home
Note: the capital I may appear as ℓ

GIRAFFE GP### (since 2018)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Manufactured By - Giraffe Pressings + sequential number (e.g. GP627)
Location Link: https://giraffepressings.com/
Example: Jowe Head And Fleeting Glimpses - Rotten Wood
Note: Often followed by one or more letters after the GP number; these are initials of the artists

Gl (l is a small L)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Gavin Lurssen + ANV GL
Location Link: https://www.lurssenmastering.com/
Example: Bruce Cockburn - Stealing Fire
Note: not to be confused with GI found in combination with RM

GLADYS-STI or GLADYS - SOUND TECHNIQUE -NY
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sound Technique
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Gladys Hopkowitz + ANV Gladys
Example: Candy J - Desirable Revenge (The Saga Of Sweet Pussy Pauline)

GLS (Turkish pressings - can be mistaken as CLS)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Gramofon Limitet Şirketi
Example: Muzaffer Akgün - İbibikler / Köprüden Geçti Gelin

GM or gM or gm
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - George Marino + ANV GM
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - GM Studios
Example: Funkadelic - Funkadelic - Free Your Mind And Your Ass Will Follow
Note: 'Det' can also look like 'Dot'

GN (G is above and to the left of the N, may appear as 6N - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Graham Newton + ANV GN
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Goldisc Recording Products, Inc.
Example: Andrea True Connection - Party Line

GOL and K-#####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Goldisc Recording Products, Inc.
Example: Mancefield Hitchmon - Going To A P&P Disco Party

GOL and/or K-##### and either SOL, SO, or SON
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Sonic Recording Products, Inc.
Add a company: Pressed By - Goldisc Recording Products, Inc.
Example: Dukes Of Dixieland - Duke's Place
Note: Only for US releases pressed after 1975.
Add a note: SOL, SO or SON in the runout indicate that the metal parts were originally made by Sonic Recording Products, Inc.

GOLD DISC or GOLD DISK (US pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Goldisc Recording Products, Inc.
Example: Paul Jabara - Shut Out

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GOLDEN sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

GOLDEN - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Golden Mastering
Example: Mike Patton - Mondo Cane

A GOLDEN
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Golden Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - April Golden + ANV A Golden
Example: Soundgarden - A-Sides
Note: The daughter of John Golden

GOLDEN + GS
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Golden Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Geoff Sykes + ANV GS
Example: Boss Martians - Boss-O-Nova

GOLDEN JG
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Golden Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Golden + ANV JG
Example: image
S, H or HS? H + S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Golden Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - JJ Golden
Example: Andrew Collberg - Dirty Wind + Back On The Shore
Note: the son of John Golden

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Gonzo
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Leandro Gonzalez (2) + ANV Gonzo
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Grammoplast
Example: Raga Rockers - Blaff
Note: when in combination with another plant, use Mastered At

GP#### (since November 2021)
Add a company: Pressed By - Grama Pressing + sequential number (e.g. GP0208)
Example: Luísa Sobral - Dansando
Note: sometimes the number after GP is the year in which the discs were made, e.g. GP2022. In this case, do not add this to LCCN

GR
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Greg Reilly + ANV GR
Example: image
S, H or HS? HS + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Super Disc Inc.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Greg Reilly + ANV GR
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Graeme Durham + ANV Graeme
Example: Pablo* - Madeleina

GRAMOPH or GRAMOPH L or GRAMOPH LTD
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia, Athens
Example: Deep Purple - In Rock

GRAMPIAN
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Grampian Records Ltd., Annan
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Finyl Tweek
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Greg Moore (4) + ANV Greg
Example: Lucy Ward (2) - I Dreamt I Was A Bird...

GRT
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - GRT Record Pressing
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - George Semkiw + ANV GS
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Göran Stelin + ANV GS
Example: image 2)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Geoff Sykes + ANV GS
Example: The Pills (2) - Don't Blues

<GSM> CL
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Glenn Schick Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Colin Leonard + ANV CL
Location Link: https://www.gsmastering.com/
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Electric Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Guy Davie + ANV Guy's
Location Link: https://www.electricmastering.com/
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Guy Villers + ANV GV or G.V
Example: Various - Viva La Muerte (Bande Originale Du Film De Arrabal)
Note: Often in combination with /CED or /BLY

GWE PDX
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Gus Elg + ANV GWE
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Press On Vinyl
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alex Gylda + ANV Gylda
Example: 33EMYBW - Holes Of Sinian

GZ•Dallas or GZone • Dallas
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Getzone, Dallas
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Getzone, Dallas
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Stan Getz II + ANV SPGII
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - CBS, Haarlem
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Reverse Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Hervé de Kéroullas + ANV H
Example: Aïwax - Menace To Free Party

H + IFinsen
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Hønepress A/S
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ivar Finsen + ANV IF or IFinsen
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Harvey R D Jones + ANV H.J
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pauler Acoustics
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Hendrik Pauler + ANV HP or H.P.
Example: FâLX çèrêbRi Feat. Graf Haufen - Antimuzick
Note: H.P. can appear as H.R.

H.P. DMM (since 1992)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Pauler Acoustics
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Hendrik Pauler + ANV HP or H.P.
Example: Song Of Zarathustra - The Birth Of Tragedy
Note: H.P. can appear as H.R., and DMM can look like ym or ymm

H.R or H.R.
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Henry Rudkins + ANV H.R or H.R.
Example: Sylvie (41) - Sylvie

H-DUR
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Hugo Durandi + ANV H-Dur
Example: image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Peter Harenberg + ANV HA
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Hegyaljai Anna + ANV HA or H.A.
Example: Szécsi Pál - Carolina / Zenészballada

HALL or Hall
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jerry Hall (2) + ANV Hall
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Ham Audio
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pitchcraft
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Harvey R D Jones + ANV Harvey
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Harvey R D Jones + ANV Harvey J
Example: Krugah - This Iration In Version

HC
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Howard Chung + ANV HC
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Holland Cutting (1982 - 1987)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Masters (1988 onwards)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Maarten De Boer + ANV B
Example: Loleatta Holloway & Dan Hartman - Love Sensation
Note: The H may appear as И and/or the B as 3.

HCB EBS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Emil Berliner Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Maarten De Boer + ANV B
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Masters (1988 onwards)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Patrick Richter + ANV P
Example: Wim Mertens - Vergessen

HCT or HC T
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Masters (1994-1998)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim de Wolf + ANV T
Example: Playboy - In Da Jungle

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HDH Sound Studios sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Can appear with SS, SSI, SSS.

HDH or H.D.H. or HDHSSI
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - HDH Sound Studios
Example: The Honey Cone* - When Will It End / Take Me With You

HDH + BARNEY or Barney
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - HDH Sound Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Barney Perkins + ANV Barney
Example: Chairmen Of The Board - In Session

HDH + BVH
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - HDH Sound Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Brian Holland + ANV BVH
Example: Chairman Of The Board* - Everything's Tuesday
Note: Brian Van Holland is his full name.

HDH + DENNIS or Dennis
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - HDH Sound Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bob Dennis + ANV Dennis
Example: The Honey Cone* - When Will It End / Take Me With You

HDH + JERRY
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - HDH Sound Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jerry Hall (2) + ANV Jerry
Example: The Glass House* - Touch Me Jesus / If It Ain't Love, It Don't Matter

HDH + LTH
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - HDH Sound Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Lawrence Horn + ANV LTH
Example: Chairmen Of The Board - Everything's Tuesday / Patches

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HDP####~
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Hand Drawn Pressing + respective number (e.g. HDP8180)
Location Link: https://www.handdrawnpressing.com/
Example: The Lone Bellow - Half Moon Light

Henry @ Pitchcraft
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pitchcraft
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Henry Rudkins + ANV Henry
Location Link: https://www.pitchcraftmastering.com/
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Herb Powers Jr. + ANV Herbie Jr. or Herbie, etc.
Example: Seduction - Breakdown
Note: the smiley is NOT part of the ANV.

Hermilo (Mexican releases - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Hermilo
Example: Sonia Rivas - A La Par
Note: often appears with the cutting date, with the month in Roman numerals, e.g. 3 V 85

HERVE@dK
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - DK Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Hervé de Kéroullas + ANV Herve or Hervé
Example: The Diva - The Diva

HG 020 8509 2244 or HGM 020 8509 2244 or HGM-0208 5092244
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Hiltongrove Mastering
Example: image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Joachim Hinsch + ANV Hi
Link: https://www.hinsch-audio.de/
Example: Salvatore Freda & Volta & Langenberg - Wild Beach / Ideosami
Note: appears as 𐒎 or ℋ𝓲 (scripted capital H and small i) – since 1984.

Hiltop
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Hiltop
Example: Genesis - Nursery Cryme
Note: Alias of Bob Hill (9)

HITMAN @ SONIC or HITMAN AT SONIC
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sonic Arts (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Hitman (32)
Example: Bloodhound Gang - Mope
Note: Alias of image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Mastered By - Heinrich Lampe + ANV HL
Example: image
S, H or HS? S or H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Manfred Hummel + ANV HMD
Example: image
S, H or HS? H or S
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Manfred Hummel + ANV HM or HM.
Example: Tom Felix - Anonyme Masse

Holland Cutting
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Holland Cutting (1982 - 1987)
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut Cy - Carlos Horacio López Roldán + ANV Horacio López
Example: Grupo Farallones - Latinoamérica Con Todo...s

HOTNIFE (UK releases, 1980s)
S, H or HS: H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Hotnife, Manchester
Example: Desoto - Turn Your Love Around

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Houston Records sub-section

The various identifiers are listed here as a group (and not individually).
AIH
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Ardent Mastering
Add a company: Mastered At - Ingram Record Plating
Add a company: Pressed By - Houston Records
Example: Jandek - You Walk Alone

GH (US 7" pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Greg Lee Processing
Add a company: Pressed By - Houston Records
Example: Little Alfred And Cookie & Cupcakes* - Even Though / Walking Down The Aisle

LH (US 7" pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Location Recording Service
Add a company: Pressed By - Houston Records
Example: The Keyhole - Sweet Jesus

LIH
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Location Recording Service
Add a company: Mastered At - Ingram Record Plating
Add a company: Pressed By - Houston Records
Example: The Mike Gunn - Durban Poison

SH (US 7" pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Sheldon (2)
Add a company: Pressed By - Houston Records
Example: Neto Perez & The Young Originals* - Estoy Perdido

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HOVIS
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - HOVIS
Example: Kool And The Gang* - Super Band
Note: Alias of image
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Horváth Péter + ANV HP or H.P.
Example: Chopin* / Dezső Ránki - Etudes, Op. 10 / Nocturne In B Major, Op. 9/3 / Ballade In F Major, Op. 38 / Ballade In G Minor, Op. 23
Note: See also Hungaroton sub-section for post 1975 cuts.

HP :-) (smiley)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Herb Powers Jr. + ANV HP
Example: Nice & Nasty 3 - The Ultimate Rap
Note: the smiley is NOT part of the ANV, please

HPP (French shellacs)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Mastered By - Rudolf "Rudy" Hamburger + ANV H
Add a company: Pressed By - Société Phonographique Française Polydor S.A.
Example: image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Henry Riedel + ANV HR
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Hauppauge Record Manufacturing Ltd.
Example: Cameo - Talkin' Out The Side Of Your Neck / She's Strange (Rap Version)
Note: Can on some releases also be identified by a 53 on the labels.

H-S
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Mastered By - Willy Haßfort + ANV HT
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Humberto Torrealba + ANV HT
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Harry Moss + ANV HTM
Example: The Beatles - Beatles For Sale
Note: may appear as H r M or as H Γ M or as I+ r M

HUB - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp.
Example: Lead Into Gold - Idiot

HUB TV
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Tracy-Val Corporation
Add a company: Pressed By - Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp.
Example: Jazzy - Lonely

HUGO H (Colombian releases)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Hugo Hernández P. + ANV Hugo H
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Humberto Torrealba + ANV Humberto
Example: Silvio Rodríguez - Unicornio

HVQ
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Hugo Von Qualen + ANV HVQ
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Harry Williamson + ANV HW
Example: image)
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Howie Weinberg + ANV HW
Example: Payola$ - Hammer On A Drum

HY-#### (e.g. HY-1353)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - L. David Young + sequential number, e.g. HY-134
Example: Clayton Head - I Wish

I - # (where # is a number (mother))
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Island Records Manufacturing Ltd
Example: Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
Note: Often in association with E.G. (Eddy Gorecki for the Metal Works)

I.S.D
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ian Dillon + ANV I.S.D
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - International Automated Media
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - International Automated Media
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Richard Donaldson + ANV RD
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - International Automated Media
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Richard Donaldson + ANV RD
Example: George Benson - Tell It Like It Is
Note: Lacquer cut at half-speed.

ID. or I.D.
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - I.D. Sound
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ivar Finsen + ANV IF
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ivar Finsen + ANV IFinsen
Example:Holton/Steel* - III Edition

IHE
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ingrid Elting + ANV IHE
Example: Ruffien - To Win In Silence

IHJ
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Inge Holst Jacobsen + ANV IHJ
Example: Herodes Falsk - Sex Machine / Monster Dance

IMPRESS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - Impress (2)
Example: Matt Wood - Do What You Want

INDIGO or INDIGO LP
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - Indigo (2)
Example: Moebius* + Tietchens* - Moebius + Tietchens

INFRA LA
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Infrasonic Sound
Example: Prof (5) - Powderhorn Suites

INFRA LA NT ('NT' is intertwined)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At – Infrasonic Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nick Townsend + ANV NT
Example: Le Butcherettes, Death Valley Girls - The Universe b/w When I'm Free

INFRA LA PL ('PL' is intertwined)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At – Infrasonic Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pete Lyman + ANV PL
Example: Emily Scott Robinson - American Siren

intakt!
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Pressed By - Intakt! Presswerk GmbH
Location link: https://www.intakt-vinyl.com
Example: MF Eistee - Moonshine.

interpressvinyl.com
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - interpressvinyl.com
Location Link: https://www.interpressvinyl.com/
Example: Assassin (20) - Metal Knights

INTERSONIDO
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Intersonido C.A.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Marco Inzadi + ANV Inzadi
Example: CLS - Can You Feel It
Note: may not look so but indeed stands for Inzadi

IP or I P or I+P or I.P. (the "I" can appear as "J" - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Interpress
Example: Shannon - Let The Music Play (Special-Remix)

IPC or @ IPC
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Independent Pressing Co.
Example: Alpha - South

IR-#### or IR #### or #### IR
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Imperial Records (5) + sequential number (e.g. IR-5217)
Example: Leslie McKay - The Ballad Of The Cathlamet

IRC-#### or IRC #### or #### IRC
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Imperial Record Corp. Ltd. + sequential number (e.g. IRC-2587)
Example: Various - Hot Jazz

IRP (since 2015 only)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Independent Record Pressing
Example: image
S, H, HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ian Sefchick + ANV IS
Example: Arcade Fire - Get Right
Note: エ∽ is a caps I with top and bottom bars and a sideways S

ISLAND MASTERING
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut At - The Sound Clinic
Example: Inner Circle - Everything Is Great

ISS or I.S.S.
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Pressed By - Immediate Sound Services Ltd.
Example: Blaster Bates - Lift-Off! (The Explosive Exploits Of Blaster Bates Volume Five)

IVO or JVO
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ivo Studer + ANV Ivo
Example: Wurzel 5 - Jugendsündä Beats

IW
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Iven Walters + ANV IW
Example: The Crown Heights Affair* - Dreaming A Dream

IW/JR
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Iven Walters + ANV IW
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - José Rodriguez + ANV JR
Example: The Crown Heights Affair* - Dreaming A Dream

J@ TRANSITION or Jason @ Transition
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Transition Mastering Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jason Goz + ANV J or Jason
Location Link: https://transition-studios.com/
Example: PD Syndicate - Ruff Like Me (Remixes)

J.A. - (1960s US pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jack Adams + ANV J.A.
Example: Patti Deutsch - Ode To The Great Society

J.A.II
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jose Armada Jr. + ANV J.A.II
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - John Cremer + ANV J.C.
Example: Various - Cool Struttin' Volume 2

J.C. (French releases)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jean Chanudet + ANV J.C.
Example: Les Fingers - Telstar

J.H.
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Hudson + ANV J.H.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jack Hunt + ANV J.H.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - J.J. Trujillo
Example: Los Tupamaros Bailables* - Sonido Digital

J. Lambert @ JLM
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Joe Lambert Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Joe Lambert + ANV J. Lambert
Location Link: https://www.joelambertmastering.com/
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jeff Powell + ANV J. Powell or J Powell
Example: Plastic Ants - Falling To Rise
Note: This is the Take Out Vinyl / Memphis based engineer

J.R. (Venezuelan pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Julian Rodriguez (6) + ANV J.R.
Example: Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express

J.S.
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jorge Sorroza + ANV J.S.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - JTS Studios
Location Link: https://www.jtsstudio.co.uk/
Example: Original DJ Vibes & Hellrazor - Future Sounds

J.Y.
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Joe Yannece + ANV J.Y.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jorge Garcia + ANV J/G or JG
Example: Herman Kelly & Life - Dance To The Drummer Beat
Note: In combination with Miami Tape

JA - (UK / European pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H, HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jack Adams (2) + ANV JA
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jack Andrews + ANV JA
Example: image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jack Adelman + ANV JA
Example: The Weather Girls - It's Raining Men

JACKO or JACKO ADAMS
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jack Adams (2) + ANV Jacko
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jaime García (2) + ANV Jaime or Jaim
Example: The Beatles - Let It Be

JAMF
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - J.A.M.F.
Example: Rush - A Farewell To Kings

Jan Ugand (Scandinavian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jan Ugand
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ray Janos + ANV Janos
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company : Lacquer Cut At - Loud Mastering
Add a credit : Lacquer Cut By - Jasdaface
Example: Theo Parrish With Maurissa Rose - This Is For You

JASPER
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit : Lacquer Cut By - Jasper Ward + ANV Jasper
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Javier Yepes
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Plated By - James Baddeley + ANV JB
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Blanche + ANV JB
Example: Miami - Miami
Note: looks like 𝙹B, not to be confused with John Bittner.

JB (combined - US - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Bittner + ANV JB
Example: Pat Metheny - Bright Size Life

JB SS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - [Invalid Label]
Add a company: Pressed By - JB Vinyl
Example: Five Canadians* - Writing On The Wall / Goodnight

JB Talking Machine
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Talking Machine
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Bittner + ANV JB
Example: Limited Warranty - Elements

JB Vinyl
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - JB Vinyl
Example: Samiyam - Return

JBAD or J-BAD
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Plated By - James Baddeley + ANV JBad or J-Bad
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Independent Pressing Co.
Add a company: Pressed By - Independent Pressing Co.
Add a credit: Plated By - James Baddeley + ANV JBad or J-Bad
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jean-Christophe Beaudon + ANV JC
Example: DJ Rhythm - The Urban Lounge EP

JC Masterroom (UK pressings)
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Master Room
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jeremy Cooper + ANV JC
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jean-Claude Pellé + ANV JC Pellé
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - J.C. Ruiz
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - JCG
Example: Felicia* - Felicia
Note: often appears with the cutting date, with the month in Roman numerals, e.g. 5 IV 89

J - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jean-Claude Pellé + ANV J
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Stachowiak + ANV JcS
Example: image)
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Dent + ANV JD
Example: Hi-Tension - Hi Tension
Note: please do not confuse with John Davis - check the profile images.

JD - (UK pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Davis (4) + ANV JD
Example: Soul II Soul - Represent
Note: do not confuse with JD of John Dent (until 2017) - please check the profile images.

JD (combined) - (US pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jack Davis (3) + ANV JD
Example: Richie Delamore - This Is Richie Delamore

JDavis
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Davis (4) + ANV JDavis
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H (stylized)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Doug Lawrence (2) + ANV JDL
Example: image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Delgatto + ANV JDel
Example: image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Eberle + ANV JE
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jose Espinosa (4) + ANV JE
Example: image 2
S, H or HS? H or HS
Add a credit: Plated By - Jerry Pynes + ANV Jerry or J. Pynes
Example: Curtis Mayfield - Super Fly (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Jesus (Venezuelan pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jesús Jiménez + ANV Jesus
Example: Punto Sur - Temeridad

JEZ MASTERROOM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Master Room
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jeremy Cooper + ANV Jez
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Soundtrap Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jeremy Cooper + ANV Jez
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Fischbach + ANV JF
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Johann Fauster + ANV JF
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Joaquim Figueira + ANV JF
Example: Wilson Simonal - Olhaí Balândro... É Bufo No Birrolho Grinza!

JG
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jett Galindo + ANV JG
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Joe Gastwirt + ANV JG
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - JVC Cutting Center
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Joe Gastwirt + ANV JG
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jack Hunt + ANV J
Example: Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass - Greatest Hits
Note: stands for Jack & Gary (Gary is a shoutout)

JH (combined - on Artist's Recording Co. pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jim Holley (3) + ANV JH
Example: Frank Hamilton (9) - Cincinnati's Rose
Note: may appear as combined jHf

JHC - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - James Cruz + ANV JHC
Example: Chris G.O.T.T.I. - Love Or Hate Me
Note: May look like JFC and/or JHC, with an sideways H building off the top of the J

Jim or UA Jim (United Artists 1970s pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H or HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - United Artists Recording Studio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jim Dorrell + ANV Jim
Example: Chris Rea - Deltics

JIMMY (UK pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jimmy (104)
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Johnson (3) + ANV JJ
Example: image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Matousek + ANV jm
Example: image
S, H or HS? S, H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Julian Lowe + ANV JML
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jerry Watson + ANV JMW
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Joop Niggebrugge + ANV JN
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nikola Jovanović + ANV JN
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Joaquín Bedoya
Example: Los Fantasmas Del Caribe - Aguita E' Coco
Note: use ANV where Joaquin B. is found

JOCA
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jovan Stojanović + ANV Joca
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Davis (4) + ANV John D
Example: Soul Capsule - Law Of Grace / Meltdown

John D - Whitfield St
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Whitfield Street Recording Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Davis (4) + ANV John D
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Peluso + ANV John P
Example: Vassar Clements - Crossing The Catskills

JOLY or -JOLY-
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Arthur Joly + ANV Joly
Example: image)
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Dent + ANV Jonz
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Loud Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Dent + ANV Jonz
Location Link: https://loudmastering.com/
Exampe: 2 Bald Men - Acid Phonk

JOSEY or JOSEY RECORD MFG.
Add a company: Pressed By – Josey Record Manufacturing + sequential number (e.g. 1707X03)
Example: Mike Huckaby - My Life With The Wave 2.73

JP (US pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jeff Peters + ANV JP
Example: 1983 CSU, Fresno Jazz Band "A"* - Untitled
Note: not to be confused with JP appearing combination with MCA Pinckneyville.

JP (Scandinavian pressings - image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jan-Eric Persson + ANV JP
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jim Rabchuk + ANV JR
Example: Lime (2) - Take It Up / On The Grid

JRM (can appear as JRW) (Jamaican pressings)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Pressed By - Jamaica Recording Mfg. Co. Ltd.
Example: Eagles (2) - It's So Nice

JR MEDIASOUND
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mediasound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - José Rodriguez + ANV JR
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Joe Sidore + ANV JS
Example: image
H, S, HS: HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By – Johannes Schimmel + ANV JS
Example: Various - Wenn Der Vorhang Fällt (O.S.T.)

JS - (Scandinavian shellacs)
H, S, HS: H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By – Gustaf Jonason + ANV JS
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Crystal Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jeff Sanders + ANV JS.
Example: Various - Yes L.A.

JSB
H, S, HS: H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By – John Baldwin (5) + ANV JSB
Example: John Moreland - In The Throes

Ju or JU (Scandinavian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jan Ugand + ANV Ju or JU
Example: Various - Samma Båt

Julian (Venezuelan pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Julian Rodriguez (6) + ANV Julian
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Julian Mills + ANV Julian's
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - JVC Cutting Center
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ron Lewter + ANV RL
Example: The Chi-Lites Featuring Eugene Record - Me And You

JW
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Webber + ANV JW
Example: image of JW)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Joe Webster (2) + ANV JW or J. Webster
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - McClear Place
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Joe Webster (2) + ANV JW
Example: Yello - I Love You

JWM
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Webber + ANV JWM
Example: The Sisters Of Mercy - Body And Soul / Walk Away

"K" (only valid for Canadian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Keel Record Mfg. Of Canada Limited
Example: Ike & Tina Turner - Workin' Together

+ KM +
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - KM Matrix
Example: Frank Skinner (2) - Man Of A Thousand Faces (Music From The Sound Track)

-K- (only valid for Canadian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Keel Record Mfg. Of Canada Limited
Example: The Who - Meaty Beaty Big And Bouncy

(K) (only valid for Canadian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Keel Record Mfg. Of Canada Limited
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kyle Bayens + ANV K. Bayens
Example: Gnod - 5th Sun
Note: may appear as K. Bayer or K. Beyer

K.M. or K.M or KM (Jamaican pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - K.M. (10)
Example: Revolutionaries* - Leftist

K-#####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Sonic Recording Products, Inc.
Example: Suni McGrath - Cornflower Suite
Note: Only for US releases pressed prior to 1975. For later pressings, see image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kevin Bartley + ANV KB
Example: a-ha - Hunting High And Low (The Early Alternate Mixes)

KCV### or KCV #### (### / #### are numbers)
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Pressed By - Kindercore Vinyl + sequential number (e.g. KCV009)
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kent Duncan + ANV KD
Example: Rufus - Party 'Til You're Broke
Note: KD also appears on some pressings from WEA, West Drayton (alongside a 'W-#' code) but
in that case does not apply to Kent Duncan

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KDISC sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

KDISC or kdisc or K-Disc or k disc
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - K Disc Mastering
Example: image
S, H or HS? S / H (L / BL)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - K Disc Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bill Lightner + ANV BL or L
Example: image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - K Disc Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Carol Hibbs + ANV CH
Example: Romeo & Master Rhyme* - Crackerjack

kdisc ƒ
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - K Disc Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jo Hansch + ANV JH
Example: Frank Zappa - Special Clean Cuts Edition - Tinsel Town Rebellion
Note: JH looks similar to a cursive 'ƒ' with an additional stroke for the H

KDISC JG or kdisc JG - image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - K Disc Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Golden + ANV JG
Example: The Basics (2) - Run By You

kdisc JS or JS kdisc
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - K Disc Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Joe Sidore + ANV JS
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - K Disc Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ken Perry + ANV KP
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - K Disc Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Phil Brown + ANV PB
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - K Disc Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bill Lightner + ANV L
Example: Trusty - Cockatoo

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KE - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - KE (7)
Example: Judie Tzuke - Stay With Me Till Dawn
Note: only in conjunction with MCA (US) pressings

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Keel Manufacturing sub-section

The various identifiers are listed here as a group (and not individually).

⟷ (double-headed arrow - until August 1981)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Keel Mfg. Corp.
Example: Black Uhuru - Sinsemilla
Note: the symbol was used by Hauppauge after 1981

ᐉ (horizontal triangle with dot inside - (until August 1981 - image)
S, H, HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Keel Mfg. Corp.
Example: Corea* / Hancock* - An Evening With Chick Corea And Herbie Hancock
Note: the symbol was used by Hauppauge after 1981

⊂◯⊃ (rounded US airforce style logo - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Keel Mfg. Corp.
Example: Chilly - For Your Love
Note: the logo is rounded, not squared/edged.

Keel
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Keel Mfg. Corp.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Keel Mfg. Corp.
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Keel Mfg. Corp.
Example: Munich Machine Introducing Chris Bennett - A Whiter Shade Of Pale

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KENDUN sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
It frequently happened that the engineers added -A, -B, -C, or -D to Kendun (e.g. Kendun-C GS) -
to simplify the entries, the respective studio letters are not included here.
See below which studio to credit for each letter.

KENDUN or KENDUN-A or KENDUN-B or KENDUN-C - image
S, H or HS? H or S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Kendun Recorders
Example: Dionne Warwick - Track Of The Cat

KENDUN-D
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Kendun Studio D
Example: Candi Staton - Victim
Note: studio D was located 3 miles away from the other studios.

KENDUN GS
H, S or HS: H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Kendun Recorders
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Geoff Sykes + ANV GS
Example: L.A. Boppers - L.A. Boppers

KENDUN JG
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Kendun Recorders
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Golden + ANV JG
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Kendun Recorders
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jim Sintetos + ANV JGS
Example: Ava Cherry - Ripe !!!

KENDUN ƒ/
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Kendun Recorders
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jo Hansch + ANV JH
Example: Melissa Manchester - Don't Cry Out Loud
Note: JH looks like a cursive 'ƒ' with an additional stroke for the H

KENDUN JS - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Kendun Recorders
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jeff Sanders + ANV JS
Example: Cheryl Lynn - Encore (Dance Version)

KENDUN KD
S, H or HS? H or S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Kendun Recorders
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kent Duncan + ANV KD
Example: Nicolette Larson - Radioland

KENDUN MCRC
S, H or HS? H or S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Kendun Recorders
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Malcom Cecil + ANV MC
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rick Collins + ANV RC
Example: Mandrill - Beast From The East

KENDUN MCRJM or MC-RJM
S, H or HS? H or S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Kendun Recorders
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Malcom Cecil + ANV MC
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Robert Margouleff + ANV RJM
Example: Billy Preston - It's My Pleasure

KENDUN RC
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Kendun Recorders
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rick Collins + ANV RC
Example: Grateful Dead* - enger

KENDUN RJM
S, H or HS? H or S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Kendun Recorders
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Robert Margouleff + ANV RJM
Example: Stairsteps* - From Us To You

KENDUN TF
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Kendun Recorders
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Toby Foster + ANV TF
Example: John W. Peterson - Don't Turn Around

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KEV - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kevin Metcalfe + ANV Kev
Example: The Hues Corporation - Rock The Boat

Kev. (Drum & Bass releases since 2006)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kevin King + ANV Kev.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kevin Hodge + ANV Kevin
Example: Ronny And The Daytonas* - G.T.O.

KEVIN @ SCRATCH FREE
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Scratch Free Press
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kevin Park + ANV Kevin
Example: Ginuwine - Kadena Remix Vol. 1

KEVIN GRAY
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kevin Gray
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Manufactured By - Kinney Filipacchi Music
Example: image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add companies: Mastered At, Lacquer Cut At: Dureco Studio
Add credits: Mastered By, Lacquer Cut By - Kees Grijpink + ANV KG or K.G.
Example: Stars On 45 - Stars On 45 Volume Two
Note: Kees has confirmed that both roles were done in the Dureco Studios.

KG - (Swiss and Yugoslavian pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kurt Grieder + ANV KG
Example: Flo Sandon's - Mi Cafetal / Parole Amare

KIMBALL
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Steve Kimball + ANV Kimball
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Kinetec Mastering
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kipper (5) + ANV Kip
Example: David Bowie - John, I'm Only Dancing
Alias of Howard Thompson (3)

KK Mastering
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - KK Mastering Labs, Inc.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ken Lee + ANV KKL
Example: Caroliner Rainbow Wire Thin Sheep Legs Baking Exhibit* - Strike Them Hard Drag Them To Church

KL/2
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ken Lee + ANV KL
Example: etched)
S, H or HS? S or H
Add a company: Pressed By - KM Records Inc. + sequential number (e.g. KM 2218)
Example: The Cars - The Cars

KMPRCR
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - KM Records Inc. + sequential number (e.g. KM 2218)
Add a company: Pressed By - PRC Recording Company, Compton, CA
Example: Chuck Riley - Star Trek The Motion Picture

KN (Scandinavian releases)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kjell Nitteberg + ANV KN
Example: Olav Stedje - Ein Nordmann Sin Draum

Koinonia ©
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut At - Koinonia Ltd.
Example: Beenie Man - What Those Guys Are For

KOSTA or VV KOSTA
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kosta Vesković + ANV Kosta or VV Kosta
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kevin Park + ANV KP
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ken Perry + ANV KP
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit : Lacquer Cut By - Kenneth R. Place + ANV KP
Example : image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kevin Gray + ANV KPG
Example: Consumed - Hit For Six
Note: The PG of KPG mooshed into something that looks like an M, so may appear as KM

KPG@ATM - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - AcousTech Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kevin Gray + ANV KPG
Example: Against Me! - Searching For A Former Clarity
Note: The PG of KPG mooshed into something that looks like an M.

KPG@MCA - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - MCA Whitney Recording Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kevin Gray + ANV KPG
Example: Steely Dan - Aja

KPG@TCS (may be mistaken as 'CTCS')
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Cutting System, Inc.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kevin Gray + ANV KPG
Example: Chris Hillman - Morning Sky

KR7#### or KR12####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Krakatoa Records (2) + sequential number 7#### or 12####
Location link: https://www.krakatoarecords.com
Example: Luciano (2) / Joseph Cotton / Shuga (2) / Kazam / Infinite (4) / Sr. Wilson & Yeyo Perez - Zero Stress Riddim

KRIS P or KRIS P CUT or Krisp Cut or KRIS P CUTZ or KRISP
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Potter + ANV Kris P
Example: Blue Vegas - Wish You Left

KS (Austrian pressings only)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Karl Schantl + ANV KS
Example: Various - TheBigLulu.

KTUFF or K TUFF
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kevin Tuffy + ANV KTuff
Example: A Certain Ratio - ACR:EPA

KTX (Southeast Asian releases)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Kinetex Studios
Example: Elly Kasim - Pantai Pandang

KUTMASTA KURT ☮ or KUTMASTA KUR☮
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kut Masta Kurt + ANV Kutmasta Kurt
Example: The Dontells - Move On Down The Line

L - (Canadian pressings between 1965 and 1966)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - London Records Of Canada Ltd.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Émile Lépine + ANV L
Example: Claude Nougaro - Claude Nougaro

L - (Canadian pressings between 1967 and 1982)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - London Records Of Canada (1967) Ltd.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Émile Lépine + ANV L
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Example: Lotte Lehmann With Orchestra* - Traum Durch Die Dämmerung / Ständchen
Note: on shellacs indicating a recording / cutting made with a Lindström system.
This is not a mastering or pressing credit. This notation is for information only.

Enrique Barreto or LE Barreto or Barreto - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - L. Enrique Barreto + ANV Enrique Barreto or LE Barreto or Barreto
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Larry Nix + ANV L Nix
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Ardent Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Larry Nix + ANV L. Nix
Location Link: https://www.ardentstudios.com/
Example: Amazing Rhythm Aces* - Too Stuffed To Jump

L. PETERSON
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Lucas Peterson + ANV L. Peterson
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Greg Lee Processing + sequential number (e.g. L-1835)
Example: Joy Division - She's Lost Control / Atmosphere

LA or LGA (Jamaican pressings, 1960s and '70s)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Engineered At - Dynamic Sounds Studios
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dynamic Sounds Recording Co. Ltd.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By Lynford Anderson + ANV LA or LGA
Example: Desmond Dekker And The Aces* - Action!
Note: often but not exclusively in association with Dynamic Sounds Studios

LAB MOG
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Le Lab Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By Marc-Olivier Germain + ANV MOG
Example: The Blue Stones - Black Holes

LAB PG
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Le Lab Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By Philip Gosselin + ANV PG
Example: Treble Boys - Real Life In The Red

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Lathesville sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here (and not individually).

Lathesville
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Lathesville
Example: Florence Adooni - Yinne / Fo Yelle

≠ Lathesville (sometimes appearing as ‡ or ⧧)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - ≠
Example: Neotnas - Clad In Scales
Note: Alias for Helmut Erler. Also appears as an upside down trident-like figure.

LO/FI@LATHESVILLE
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Lathesville
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By – LO/FI
Example: Gob Psychic - Rent Payer
Note: Alias for Filippo Samore

LATHESVILLE MDP or MDP LATHESVILLE
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Lathesville
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Marta De Pascalis + ANV MDP
Example: Svart Ridå - Svart Ridå

-NE-
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Lathesville
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nene (5)
Example: North Posse - Ten Nights Up North
Note: Alias for Emanuele Baratto

Lathesville Sophie or SOPHIE Lathesville[/ b]
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Lathesville
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sophie Schwarze + ANV Sophie
Example: Freak Kitchen - Everyone Gets Bloody

[b]TOBI @ Lathesville
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Lathesville
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tobias Lill + ANV Tobi
Example: Die Verlierer - Die Verlierer

Rex@Lathesville
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Lathesville
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - T-Rex (11)
Example: Various - Änglarna

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LAZERUS
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bill Lazerus + ANV Lazerus
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Larry Boden + ANV LB
Example: Foxy - Get Off Your Aahh! And Dance

LB (UK pressings
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Plated By - LB (35)
Example: image)
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - L. Enrique Barreto + ANV LE Barreto
Example: Ivonne E Ivette - Ivonne + Ivette = Gemelas

Leermatrize or LEERMATRIZE
S, H or HS? S S
Example: P. Diddy - Let's Get Ill (Hell Remix)
Note: This NOT a credit. Leermatrize means "Empty Lacquer"

LEON + MASTERED BY STUDIOS 301
S, H or HS? H + S
Add a company: Mastered At - EMI Studios 301
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Leon Zervos + ANV Leon
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Leoncio (3)
Example: Eydie Gorme* - Eydie Gorme

Lewis AcL or ACL Lewis
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Lewis Durham + ANV Lewis
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - StarDelta Audio Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Lewis Hopkin + ANV Lewis
Location Link: https://www.stardeltamastering.com/
Example: Otik - Acne Downs

LF (Ascot releases)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Lou Frohman + ANV LF
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S or H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Helmut Leistner + ANV LH
Example: Luv' - Casanova
Note: often in combination with 24 or 720

LH (Brazilian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Luigi Hoffer + ANV LH
Example: Orquestra Som Bateau - Ataca Para Todas As Festas

LH (US pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Lee Hulko + ANV LH
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Lee Hazen + ANV LH
Example: James Brown & The Famous Flames - Bring It Up

LINN
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Linn Records
Example: Roger Chapman - Mango Crazy

LINTON (Jamaican pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Linton
Example: Natural Blacks* - What've Done Wrong

LIQUID MASTERING or LIQUIDMASTERING or LIQUID
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Liquid Mastering
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sonic Arts
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Leo Kulka + ANV LKulka or LK
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - DCT Recorders
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Lance L. Landon + ANV LL
Example: Deep Purple - Shades Of Deep Purple

LMDV ####
S, H or HS?
Add a company : Pressed By - La Manufacture De Vinyles + sequential number ####
Location link: https://www.lamanufacturedevinyles.com
Example: Ester Poly - Pique Dame
Note: Due to the nature of the hand etching, the D or d might be mistaken for a N.

LO/FI
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - LO/FI
Example: Knifven - Linköping!
Note: Alias for Filippo Samore

lopsided @ SMS or LOPSIDED@SONY
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sony Music Studios, London
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Lopsided
Example: King Britt Presents Obafunke* - Freedom
Note: Alias of Chris Potter

Loud or LOUD
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Loud Mastering
Location Link: https://www.loudmastering.com/
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Ljudpress
Add a company: Mastered At - Ljudpress (only when with date)
Example: Björn Afzelius - Riddarna Kring Runda Bordet

LPMVM (Spanish pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Mad Vinyl Music + sequential number (e.g. LPMVM 153)
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ivan Lisnik
Example: Emilio* - Emilio
Note: The Pentagram combines the letters of his full first names A I P L.

LRS-JH
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Location Recording Service
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jack Hunt + ANV JH
Example: The Foundations - Build Me Up Buttercup

LRS-JP or LRS J/P
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Location Recording Service
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jeff Peters + ANV JP
Example: Dick Rosmini / Hello People - Home Made With Teac

LTTG
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - Lathe to the Grave
Example: image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Luciano Torani + ANV Lu or Lut
Example: Mia Martini - Vola
Note: may appear as or 𝓁𝓊𝓉 or luv

Lu. (German pressings]
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Adalbert Lutter + ANV Lu.
Example: image
S, H or HS? S or H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At: Lucky Lacquers
Example: Black God (2) - Black God

Lucy or LUCY (Venezuelan releases)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Lucy García + ANV Lucy
Example: image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Lex van Coeverden + ANV LvC
Example: image 3
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Longwear Plating
Example: Booker T. & The MG's* - Doin' Our Thing

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Lyntone sub-section

The pressing plants and their codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
The engineers and their scribes are also listed here (and not individually)

LYN
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Lyntone Recordings Ltd. + sequential side A number (e.g. LYN-8728)
Add a company: Pressed By - Lyntone Recordings Ltd. + sequential side B number (e.g. LYN-8729)
Example: Kreisler String Orchestra - 226
Note: when in combination with other pressing plants, use 2x Mastered At.

Lyntone + additional numbers / letters (e.g. LYN 15584-ITO)
Note that the leading I (e.g. ITO) is in fact a 1 (see 2TO or 3UT).
In some cases the mastering house is listed again in the runout, but for those that do not:

CBS or C
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - CBS Studios, London
Add a company: Pressed By - Lyntone Recordings Ltd.
Examples: Nitzer Ebb - Murderous (C)

CRS or CR
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - County Recording Service
Add a company: Pressed By - Lyntone Recordings Ltd.
Examples: 'O' Level - We Love Malcolm (CR)

CTS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - CTS Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - Lyntone Recordings Ltd.
Example: Bloodsport (5) - On Ice / Agent

EMI or E
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Abbey Road Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - Lyntone Recordings Ltd.
Examples: Erroll Garner - Gemini (E)

EX or X
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Exchange
Add a company: Pressed By - Lyntone Recordings Ltd.
Examples: Cargo (2) - Do It (X)

MSR or MS or M
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Master Room
Add a company: Pressed By - Lyntone Recordings Ltd.
Examples: José Feliciano - Portrait (M)

PRT (since 1980)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - PRT Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - Lyntone Recordings Ltd.
Example: Black Flag - Keep It In The Family

S
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Spectrum Sound (2)
Add a company: Pressed By - Lyntone Recordings Ltd.
Example: Eternal Scream* - Hypocrite / Action In My Life

SC
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Sound Clinic
Add a company: Pressed By - Lyntone Recordings Ltd.
Example: Basement 5 - Silicone Chip

SM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Strawberry Mastering
Add a company: Pressed By - Lyntone Recordings Ltd.
Example: UK Subs - C.I.D.

TAM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tam Studio
Add a company: Pressed By - Lyntone Recordings Ltd.
Example: The What - East Coast Kids Ep

TD or T
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Trident Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - Lyntone Recordings Ltd.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Town House
Add a company: Pressed By - Lyntone Recordings Ltd.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tape One
Add a company: Pressed By - Lyntone Recordings Ltd.
Example: Play Dead (2) - From The Promised Land

TR
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Trident Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - Lyntone Recordings Ltd.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Portland Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - Lyntone Recordings Ltd.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Porky's Mastering
Add a company: Pressed By - Lyntone Recordings Ltd.
Example: Kenny "Jammin" Jason Featuring Paris Grey - Don't Want It
Note: may occasionally be P instead of U

UT - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Utopia Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - Lyntone Recordings Ltd.
Example: The Nuns - Wild
Note: may occasionally be P or PP instead of U

W
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Music Centre, Wembley (between 1972 and 1981)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - CTS Studios (between 1982 and 1987)
Add a company: Pressed By - Lyntone Recordings Ltd.
Example: Pablo Gad - Visions Of Pablo / Tru I De A Jail

Y
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pye Studios (only until September 1980)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - PRT Studios (since September 1980)
Add a company: Pressed By - Lyntone Recordings Ltd.
Examples: The Method (4) - Chances

Lyntone engineers
When in combination with a LYN number.
Use Plated By in all cases.

AO
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Plated By - Arthur Owen + ANV AO
Example: The Meteors (2) - Meteor Madness

F.H.
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Plated By - Fred Hulme (2) + ANV F.H.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Plated By - Maxwell Anandappa + ANV Max
Example: Joy Division - Komakino

MAX P.R.P. or MAX PRP
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Plated By - Maxwell Anandappa + ANV Max
Example: Derek Newark - sca Suite
Note: P.R.P. stands for "Positive Record Processing"

(MO) or MO
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Plated By - Gwen Mohan + ANV Mo
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Plated By - P (41)
Example: Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
Note: Do not use ·P or .P. as ANV.

S.M. or S.m. or SM
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Plated By - Shailesh Mehta + ANV S.M.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Plated By - Z (2)
Example: New Order - Perfect Kiss
Note: Do not use ·Z· or -Z- as ANV.

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LZ - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Leon Zervos + ANV LZ
Example: Rockmelons* - Tales Of The City

LZ ABSOLUTE AUDIO
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Absolute Audio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Leon Zervos + ANV LZ
Location Link: https://www.absoluteaudio.com/
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching / \ / \] - Macedonian Mysterio
Example: Perfect Moment (2) - Kangourou
Note: May also be accompanied by a star, then use [Runout Etching / \ / \ ☆])

M - (Spanish pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Marta Alvear + ANV M
Example: Yes - Yesterdays
Note: appears as wave line (ꕀ)

M. A - (Spanish pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Marta Alvear + ANV M. A
Example: El Disco Para Los Pequeños Con Enrique Y Ana
Note: appears as M╻A or VW A

M.C [signature] (not obvious at first sight)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Custom Mastering Inc.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - M.C. Rather + ANV M.C
Example: Tycho (3) - Past Is Prologue (Sampler)

M. GRACE
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Michael Grace + ANV M. Grace
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Metropolis Mastering, Ltd
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mark Richardson (3) + ANV MJR or M.J.R.
Example: Sade - Haunt Me

M.Y
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mitsuo Yamaguchi + ANV M.Y
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Pathé Marconi, Chatou + sequential side A number (e.g. 279180)
Add a company: Pressed By - Pathé Marconi, Chatou + sequential side B number (e.g. 279181)
Example: The Beatles - Paperback Writer
Note: when the labels do NOT state Made in (but e.g. Made in Holland), use Mastered At

M1/MI or M3 or M6 - (between 1972 and February 1990 - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Pathé Marconi EMI, Chatou + sequential side A number (e.g. 330156)
Add a company: Pressed By - Pathé Marconi EMI, Chatou + sequential side B number (e.g. 330157)
Example: New Order - Brotherhood

M3 or M6 - (between 1928 and the end of 1935)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Cie Française Du Gramophone + sequential side A number (e.g. 77989)
Add a company: Pressed By - Cie Française Du Gramophone + sequential side B number (e.g. 77990)
Example: José Pinel Et Son Orchestre - Jalousie / Au Printemps

M9 - (between 1983 and February 1990)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Pathé Marconi EMI, Chatou + sequential side A number (e.g. 357242)
Add a company: Pressed By - Pathé Marconi EMI, Chatou + sequential side B number (e.g. 357243)
Example: Depeche Mode - Music For The Masses
Note: M9 indicates that the plant received DMM coppers for pressing. When a studio is credited, use Mastered At
and Direct Metal Mastering By for an engineer

M&S
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Manufactured By - Master & Servant
Location Link: https://master-servant.de/
Example: Boksch - Ocker 1-8

m3 mastering
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - M3 Mastering
Location Link: https://www.m3mastering.com/
Example: Anthony Rother - Back Home

Mxx ####/z (e.g. MZE 0499/A, MTE 0139/A, MZH 4227/A, MZO 1023/A)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Gramofonové Závody + sequential number (e.g. MZE 6359)
Example: Evolution (2) - Cuzco / Beach-Sound-Water-Palms-Stars-Space
Note: Please refer to the GZ profile for the various runout combinations

Made in Switzerland
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Turicaphon AG
Examples: Circus (8) - Circus

MAHU YYMMDD ML (Norwegian pressings, e.g. MAHU 900918 ML)
S, H or HS? H + S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterhuset
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Morten Lund + ANV ML
Example: Raga Rockers - Party / Gatelangs

MAHU YYMMDD OLA (Norwegian pressings, e.g. MAHU 910104 OLA)
S, H or HS? H + S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterhuset
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ola Johansen + ANV Ola
Example: De Press - East Block-2-Step

Maison HeLiX Mastering
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Maison Helix Mastering
Example: Fresno - Ciano
Location link: https://www.instagram.com/maison_helix_mastering/
Note: Laser etched, between the studio logo

Mandy or Mandy Parnell
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mandy Parnell + ANV Mandy
Example: Blue Roses (2) - I Am Leaving

Marcello/b]
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By Marcello Spiridioni + ANV Marcello
Example: Lucio Dalla - Come È Profondo Il Mare

[b]MARCO (Mexican pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Marco (231)
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Analogcut Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Marco Pellegrino + ANV Marco
Example: image 2
S, H or HS? HS or H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Marcus Cassani + ANV Marcus or Marcus C
Example: Various - Magic Deejay
Note: may also have used a combined MC

Maria
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Maria (116)
Example: Ed Davenport - More Red Lights EP
Note: Alias for Jack Adams (2)

MARTIN @ C.T.S or MARTIN AT www.cts-lansdowne.co.uk
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - CTS Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Martin Giles + ANV Martin
Example: Ray Hurley - Ride The Storm

Martijn at R.I.
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Record Industry
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Martijn Schreuder
Example: Riva - Pitchcontrol / Keep On

MASTER CONTROL or MC
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Mastered At - Master Control, Nashville
Example: Rex Allen Jr. - Teardrops In My Heart

MASTER RECORDS or MASTER REC or M RECORDS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Master Records (15)
Example: Bill Bass Steel Orchestra - Happy Birthday America

MASTER ROOM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Master Room
Example: Mallard - Mallard

Master Room tone
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Master Room
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tony Bridge + ANV Tone
Example: Magnificent Mercury Brothers* - New Girl In School

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Mastercraft sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

MASTERCRAFT HC
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mastercraft
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Howard Craft + ANV HC
Example: The Staple Singers - The Staple Swingers

MASTERCRAFT M JC
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mastercraft
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - James Craft + ANV JC
Example: Johnny Adams - After All The Good Is Gone

MASTERCRAFT P.R.
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mastercraft
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Richmond (2) + ANV P.R.
Example: Johnnie Taylor - Steal Away / Friday Night

MASTERCRAFT WJ
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mastercraft
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Welton Jetton + ANV WJ
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mastercraft
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Richmond (2) + ANV P.R.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mastercraft
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Howard Craft + ANV HC
Example: Soul Children - Soul Children

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Masterdisk sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Location Link: https://www.masterdisk.com/

DMM MASTERDISK (since 1986)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Masterdisk
Example: Phil Collins - ...But Seriously

DMM MASTERDISK-AV (since 1986)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Masterdisk
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Andy VanDette + ANV AV
Example: Lloyd Cole And The Commotions* - Mainstream

DMM MASTERDISK-BK (since 1986)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Masterdisk
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Bill Kipper + ANV BK
Example: Crowded House - Temple Of Low Men

DMM MASTERDISK-HW (since 1986)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Masterdisk
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Howie Weinberg + ANV HW
Example: Stacey Q - Nights Like This

DMM MASTERDISK RL (since 1986)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Masterdisk
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Bob Ludwig + ANV RL
Example: John Adams - The Chairman Dances

DMM MASTERDISK-TD (since 1986)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Masterdisk
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Tony Dawsey + ANV TD
Example: KRS-One - Return Of The Boom Bap

MASTERDISK
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterdisk
Example: image
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterdisk
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alex DeTurk + ANV AD
Example: OFF! - Live At Generation Records

MASTERDISK AΛ
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterdisk
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alan Moy + ANV AM
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterdisk
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Andy VanDette + ANV AV
Example: image
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company:Lacquer Cut At - Masterdisk
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bill Kipper + ANV BK
Example: image
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterdisk
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dave Crawford (2) + ANV DC
Example: Lester Young - Mean To Me
Note: May look like a lower case "e" with an extra vertical line inside the top loop.

MASTERDISK G.K. - image
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterdisk
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Gilbert Kong + ANV G.K.
Example: The Jam - I Need You (For Someone)

MASTERDISK Howie
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterdisk
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Howie Weinberg + ANV Howie
Example: image
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterdisk
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Howie Weinberg + ANV HW
Example: Journey - Don't Stop Believin'

MASTERDISK JD
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterdisk
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jean Dyer + ANV JD
Example: Music To Make Love To Your Old Lady By

MASTERDISK JG
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterdisk
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Joe Gastwirt + ANV JG
Example: image
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterdisk
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jeremy Lubsey + ANV JL
Example: Amanda Palmer & The Grand Theft Orchestra - Theatre Is Evil

MASTERDISK JPS
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterdisk
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jim Shelton + ANV JPS
Example: image
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterdisk
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Joe Scariza + ANV JS
Example: image
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterdisk
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bob Ludwig + ANV RL
Example: image
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterdisk
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Scott Hull (2) + ANV SH
Example: image
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterdisk
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tony Dawsey - ANV TD
Example: Showbiz & A.G. - Runaway Slave

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Mastered & cut by DKS or
MSTR'D & Cut by Dan Smith [DKS]
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Mastered By - Dan Smith (14) + ANV DKS or Dan Smith [DKS]
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dan Smith (14) + ANV DKS or Dan Smith [DKS]
Example: Sorrow (6) - The Twelve

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Mastered By Capitol sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Mastered By Capitol is always stamped.

MASTERED BY CAPITOL
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Mastered At - Capitol Mastering
Example: image
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Mastered At - Capitol Mastering
Add a redit: Lacquer Cut By - David Cole (4)
Example: Dead Kennedys - In God We Trust, Inc.

MASTERED BY CAPITOL DCM
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Mastered At - Capitol Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dave McEowen + ANV DCM
Example: image
S, H or HS? S + HS
Add a company: Mastered At - Capitol Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ed Sanders (2) + ANV Ed
Example: image
S, H or HS? S + HS
Add a company: Mastered At - Capitol Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Eddy Schreyer + ANV ES
Example: Various - When Men Were Men... And Sheep Were Scared
Note: Please do not use ℇ in the Runout field or as ANV

MASTERED BY CAPITOL ƐRT - image
S, H or HS? S + HS
Add a company: Mastered At - Capitol Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Gene Thompson + ANV ERT
Example: Natalie Cole - Unpredictable
Note: Please do not use ℇ in the Runout field or as ANV

MASTERED BY CAPITOL Gene or gene - image
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Mastered At - Capitol Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Gene Thompson + ANV Gene
Example: Weirdos* - Who? What? When? Where? Why?

MASTERED BY CAPITOL IS
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Mastered At - Capitol Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ian Sefchick + ANV IS
Example: R.E.M. - 7IN-83-88

MASTERED BY CAPITOL J. Lemay
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Mastered At - Capitol Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Lemay + ANV J. Lemay
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Mastered At - Capitol Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jay Maynard + ANV Jay
Example: Frank Sinatra - The Best Of Frank Sinatra

MASTERED BY CAPITOL Jay Luck
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Mastered At - Capitol Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jay Maynard + ANV Jay Luck
Example: image
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Mastered At - Capitol Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - JC (72)
Example: image
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Mastered At - Capitol Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Lemay + ANV J. Lemay
Example: Lettermen* - "Alive" Again...Naturally

MASTERED BY CAPITOL KEV or "KEV"
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Mastered At - Capitol Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kevin Reeves + ANV Kev
Example: Greg Osby - Mr. Gutterman

MASTERED BY CAPITOL KP
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Mastered At - Capitol Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ken Perry + ANV KP
Example: Devo - Snowball / Freedom Of Choice

MASTERED BY CAPITOL ML
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Mastered At - Capitol Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Maurice Long (2) + ANV ML
Example: image
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Mastered At - Capitol Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Wally Traugott + ANV Wally or Wly
Example: image
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Mastered At - Capitol Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Wayne Dailey + ANV Wayne or Wayne D.
Examples: Kate Bush - The Kick Inside (Wayne D.)

MASTERED BY CAPITOL WD
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Mastered At - Capitol Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Wayne Dailey + ANV WD
Example: The Beatles - 1967-1970

MASTERED BY CAPITOL WT
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Mastered At - Capitol Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - William Tennis + ANV WT
Example: Bobbi Jane - Bobbi Jane

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Mastered & Cut by DKS @ FLUID
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Fluid Mastering
Add a credit: Mastered By - Dan Smith (14) + ANV DKS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dan Smith (14) + ANV DKS
Example: Asa (5) - Torn Together

MASTERED BY EMI/A or MASTERED BY EMI/ᴬ or MASTERED BY EMI/▵ or MASTERED BY EMI/.
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - EMI America Recording Studios
Example: Pet Shop Boys - Please

MASTERED BY EMI/A W.W
S, H or HS? S & H
Add a company: Mastered At - EMI America Recording Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ron McMaster + ANV M.M
Example: Pet Shop Boys - Actually / Always On My Mind

MASTERED BY LIBERTY
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Liberty Recording Studios
Example: The Jazz Crusaders* - The Best Of The Jazz Crusaders

MASTERED BY NICK W
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Mastered By - Nick Webb + ANV Nick W
Example: Olivia Newton-John - Olivia Newton-John's Greatest Hits

Mastered by Pgold
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Mastered By - Paul Gold + ANV Pgold
Example: image
S, H, or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Studio-Nord-Bremen
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Studio-Nord-Bremen
Location Link: https://studio-nord.net/
Example: Cabaret Voltaire - Yashar

MASTERED BY Y-MIXX
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Mastered By - Y-Mixx
Add a company: Mastered At - Y-Mixx Mastering
Example: Strawberry Lime Soda - Get Away

MASTERED ON COPPER (Australian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a note: Cut direct-to-copper stampers
Example: Queen - A Kind Of Magic
Note: This is similar to DMM Mastering, not a mastering house nor pressing plant

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Masterfonics sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

JL MASTERFONICS - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterfonics
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jim Loyd + ANV JL
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterfonics
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jim Loyd + ANV JL
Example : Mike McAuley (2) - Ain't That A Shame
Note: JL is above the dash and can appear as b.

Ⓜ (M in a circle - US pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterfonics
Example: The Breakers (4) - Breakdance U.S.A. (The Original Step By Step Method!)
Note: The circle is not closed - can resemble a large "C" (see Masterfonics logo).

MASTERFONICS - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterfonics
Example: George Strait - Ocean Front Property

MASTERFONICS GAM or MASTERFONICS-GM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterfonics
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Glenn Meadows + ANV GAM or GM
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterfonics
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Glenn Meadows + ANV Glenn or Glen
Example: Jerry Jeff Walker - It's A Good Night For Singin'

TD @ Masterfonics
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterfonics
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tommy Dorsey (2) + ANV TD
Example: Delarosa* - Sleep Method Suite

WME MASTERFONICS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterfonics
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mack Evans + ANV WME
Example: Pork And The Havana Ducks - Pork Live!

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MASTERING MIAMI TAPE
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Miami Tape Inc.
Location Link: https://www.miami-tape.com/
Example: Wilfrido Vargas - El Rey Del Merengue - 15 Grandes Exitos
Note: X-Y-ZZ or X-YY-ZZ or XX-YY-ZZ stand for the mastering date in Spanish,
e.g. D-S-ND = Dos-Seis-Nueve Dos = February 6, 1992.

MASTERING RECO-ART PHILA
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Reco-Art
Example: The Beatles - She Loves You / I'll Get You

Mastermix or MasterMix or Master Mix or Master-Mix
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mastermix
Example: Tami Gunden - Celebration

MasterMix HW
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mastermix
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Hank Williams (2) + ANV HW
Example: Steve Wariner - Midnight Fire
Note: Do not confuse with Masterdisk HW (Howie Weinberg).

Master Mix-KL
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mastermix
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ken Love + ANV KL
Example: Glad (3) - Who Do You Love?

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Masterpiece sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

D Jay or DJay @ Masterpiece
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - masterpiece
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Danny King + ANV DJay or D Jay
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - masterpiece
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dave Williams (87) + ANV Dave W
Example: Strict Instructor - Step 2-3-4

FRANCIS @ MASTERPIECE
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - masterpiece
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Simon Francis + ANV Francis
Example: Midtone - Pearl

GREG @ MASTERPIECE or Masterpiece Greg
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - masterpiece
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Greg Moore (4) + ANV Greg
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - masterpiece
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mike Palmer + ANV Mike
Example: DND Productions* Presents Daniel Bedingfield - Gotta Get Thru This

MILES MASTERPIECE or MASTERPIECE MILES
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - masterpiece
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Miles Showell + ANV Miles
Example: Da Mighty Dub Katz* - Ghetto Girl / Work It Work It

Neil MASTERPIECE
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - masterpiece
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Neil Devine + ANV Neil
Example: Total Science - Freak Me / Sophisticated Bitch

SI MASTERPIECE
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - masterpiece
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Simon Francis + ANV SI
Example: DJ Faz - The E.P

Stu. @ Masterpiece
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - masterpiece
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Stuart Hawkes + ANV Stu.
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - masterpiece
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Dennen + ANV Tim D.
Example: Mr Toizio - Breath Taking

Wally Masterpiece or Wally C. @ Masterpiece or Wally C. @ Masterpiece Mastering
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - masterpiece
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Walter Coelho + ANV Wally or Wally C. etc.
Example: Funky Green Dogs - Body

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MASTERWORK
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Masterwork Recording
Example: Lou Rawls - I Wish You Belonged To Me / It's A Tough Job

"Matris Tony" or Matris Tony or Matris-Tony
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Plated By - Tony (173) + ANV Matris-Tony or Matris Tony
Example: U2 - War

MATT @ AIR or MATT C @ AIR
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Air Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Matt Colton + ANV Matt
Example: Trus'me* - Bail Me Out

MATT @ MATTCOLTONMASTERING.COM
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Matt Colton Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Matt Colton + ANV Matt
Example: Bass Junkie - Comply EP1

MATT OPTIMUM or OPTIMISED
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Optimum Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Matt Colton + ANV Matt
Location Link: https://www.optimum-mastering.com/
Example: Milton Jackson - Tech Neeks

MATT.P. 020 8509 2244
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Hiltongrove Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Matt Pople
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Matt Colton + ANV Matt's
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Plated By - Maxwell Anandappa + ANV Max or MA
Example: New Order - True Faith Remix
Note: Often with a succeeding middle dot ·

Maxicut or Maxicut at Studios 301 or Maxicut at 301 (Australian releases between 1954 and 1998)
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - EMI Studios 301
Example: The Durutti Column - The Return Of The Durutti Column
Note: Maxicut was a special mastering technique developed and used exclusively at EMI Studios 301.

MAYFAIR⋅R⋅S or MAYFAIR R S or MAYFAIR.R.S
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mayfair Recording Studios
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Monument Recording Studio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Brian Burr + ANV B or Brian
Example: image)
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mathieu Berthet + ANV MB
Example: Laidback Luke - Hot Hot Hotter

MB (GZ Vinyl pressings)
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Mario Bakus + ANV MB
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mike Brown (3) + ANV MB
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pye Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mike Brown (3) + ANV MB
Example: Patrick Juvet - Où Sont Les Femmes
Note: Pi signs stands for the studio and is not part of the ANV

MB - CTS (UK pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - CTS Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mike Brown (3) + ANV MB
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - George Marino + ANV G
Example: Stevie Wonder - Innervisions
Note: stands for "Mastered By George" - do not confuse with MG.B. or MGB by Milan Bogdan.

MCA + LB
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - MCA Whitney Recording Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Larry Boden + ANV LB
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - MCA Whitney Recording Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Steve Hall + ANV SH
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Mastering Lab
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Matthew Lutthans + ANV MCL
Example: Various - Audiophile Masters Volume 1
Note: in combination with TML-M, etc.

MCL@CA
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Cohearent Audio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Matthew Lutthans + ANV MCL
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - McClear Place
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ron McMaster + ANV M.M
Example: Hiroko - My Love's Waiting
Note: when appearing as W.W, add a note that the signature is upside down in relation to the rest of the runout

MCM (French/ Belgian releases)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Pressed By - M Com' Musique
Example: Head On (5) - Summer Days

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MCR / Master Cutting Room sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

KH MCR (can look like Ki ICi MCR image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Master Cutting Room
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kevin Hodge + ANV KH
Example: 95 North - Chasing My Dreams

MCR
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Master Cutting Room
Example: David Bowie - Young Americans

MCR JA
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Master Cutting Room
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jeff Ader + ANV JA
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H + HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Master Cutting Room
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut by - Joe Brescio + ANV Joe
Example: Iggy Pop - Soldier
Note: May appear as gre or sre or SRE or Bre.

MCR - RCE - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Master Cutting Room
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rick Essig + ANV RCE
Example: Blaze - Found Love

MCR tom
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Master Cutting Room
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tom Rabstenek + ANV Tom
Example: image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Master Cutting Room
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Duncan Stanbury + ANV DS
Example: DJ Duke Presents Freedom Featuring Lee Smith Jr. - Love Don't Come Easy

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MCRP - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Midwest Custom Record Pressing
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Peter MacTaggart + ANV McT or Mc T
Example: Galgevögel - Sauhund

MDB-EBS or MDB@EBS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Emil Berliner Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Maarten De Boer + ANV MDB
Example: Elaiza - March 28

ME or MΞ (Irish pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Michael Ellis (18)
Example: Clannad - Dúlamán

MEDIA
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mediasound
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - CTS Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Melvyn Abrahams + ANV Mel
Example: Status Quo - The Wanderer

MELS or MEL or MELO or MELVS or MELVYNS
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Melvyn Abrahams + ANV Mels or Mel or Melvyns etc.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Melvyn Abrahams + ANV Melys
Example: The Rubettes - I Can Do It

MELYS IBC
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - I.B.C. Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Melvyn Abrahams + ANV Melys
Example: Status Quo - Rain

MELLY + DAVE'S I.B.C.
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - I.B.C. Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Melvyn Abrahams + ANV Melly
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dave Tucker (4) + ANV Dave's
Example: Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Nightingales & Bombers

MEMPHIS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Memphis
Example: The Scrap Yard - High

MEMPHIS TTR
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - Memphis Tonträgerproduktion GmbH
Example: Various - VibraZone 8/93

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Metropolis Mastering sub-section

Not to be confused with the US studio Metropolis Mastering, Ltd.
The engineers and their codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Location Link: https://www.thisismetropolis.com/mastering/

F.A. METROPOLIS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Metropolis Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Frank Arkwright + ANV F.A.
Example: The Whip - Trash

FRANK - METROPOLIS or FRANK AT METROPOLIS or FRANK @ METROPOLIS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Metropolis Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Frank Arkwright + ANV Frank
Example: Embrace - Target

JohnD-metropolis
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Metropolis Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Davis (4) + ANV JohnD
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Metropolis Mastering
Example: Kraftwerk - Expo2000

MATT @ METROPOLIS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Metropolis Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Matt Colton + ANV Matt
Example: Four Tet - Teenage Birdsong

MIKE H @ METROPOLIS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Metropolis Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mike Hillier + ANV Mike
Example: image
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Metropolis Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Miles Showell + ANV Miles
Example: Prince Quick Mix - A Song For Kay

timtom - METROPOLIS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Metropolis Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Young + ANV Timtom
Example: Jamiroquai - Space Cowboy

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MFG CZECH/IOS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - Impressive One Stop
Example: Halkyn - Winterhill EP

MG (UK pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Martin Giles + ANV MG
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Maurizio Giannotti + ANV MG
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Gábor Mocsáry + ANV MG
Example: Hofi* - Hofi
Note: See also Hungaroton sub-section for post 1975 cuts.

MGB or M.G.B.
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Milan Bogdan + ANV MGB or M.G.B.
Example: Funkadelic - I'll Bet You / Open Our Eyes
Note: do not confuse with MBG or M.B.G. by George Marino.

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MGM sub-section

Important information: Both, the Record Manufacturing Division used the typical symbols block-shaped S, sailors cap, block-shaped T, and Ankh.
All MGM + sub-label releases were pressed at the Record Manufacturing Division
All non-MGM labels (e.g. Atlantic, Atco) were pressed by the Custom Pressing Division.

The pressing plants and their codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

AMP
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - MGM Custom Pressing Division
Example: Bobby Scott - Chain Gang

AT
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - MGM Record Manufacturing Division
Example: The Modern Jazz Quartet At Music Inn — Volume 2
Note: on MGM releases in the 1950s.

AT (rotated 90° - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - MGM Custom Pressing Division
Example: Bobby Darin - That's All
Note: on Atlantic / ATCO releases until ca. 1962.

M (US Mercury or Wing Records pressings from the 1950s/1960s only)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - MGM Custom Pressing Division
Example: Red Prysock - 2 Point 8 / Rooster Walk
Note: Please inquire in the forum prior to adding anything as M can be standing for many things.

MG or MGS (US pressings prior to 1966)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - MGM Record Manufacturing Division
Example: Sheb Wooley - The Very Best Of Sheb Wooley

RCA (RCA US pressings from the mid to late 1950s only)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - MGM Custom Pressing Division
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - MGM Record Manufacturing Division
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - MGM Record Manufacturing Division
Example: Every Mothers' Son - Every Mothers' Son's Back
Note: Also known as "blocky S".

Block-shaped S - (Non-MGM Records labels between March 1947 and 1971 - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - MGM Custom Pressing Division
Example: Nino Tempo & April Stevens - Whispering
Note: Also known as "blocky S".

Sailor's Cap (MGM Records and sub-labels between March 1947 and 1971 - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - MGM Record Manufacturing Division
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - MGM Record Manufacturing Division
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - MGM Custom Pressing Division
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - MGM Record Manufacturing Division
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - MGM Custom Pressing Division
Example: Ray Charles - The Genius Of Ray Charles

X20 (only for US Savoy and Savoy sub labels pressed 1947 to 1960s)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - MGM Custom Pressing Division
Example: The Jive Bombers - Bad Boy

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MH - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mike Hillier + ANV MH
Example: David Sylvian - Blemish

MH Buenos Aires or MH BsAs
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut At - Estudios Music-Hall
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Moritz Illner + ANV MI
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut At - Masterfonics
Example: Moose* - Moose
Note: may appear as MI-N

MIAMI TAPE or MIAMI TAPE with X-Y-ZZ - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Miami Tape Inc.
Location Link: https://www.miami-tape.com/
Example: Model 500 - No UFO's
Note: X-Y-ZZ or X-YY-ZZ or XX-YY-ZZ stand for the mastering date in Spanish,
e.g. D-S-ND = Dos-Seis-Nueve Dos = February 6, 1992.

MICROWATT or micro watt
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Microwatt
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Michel Nath + ANV Mics
Example: Duo Moviola - O Retrato Do Artista Quando Pede

MIKE'S™ THE EXCHANGE MMM or MIKE'S™ - THE EXCHANGE MIKE MARSH MASTERING - (since 2015)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Exchange Mike Marsh Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mike Marsh + ANV Mike's
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Milan Bogdan + ANV Milan
Example: The Whole Darn Family - Has Arrived

MILE or МИЛЕ
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mile (3) + ANV Mile or МИЛЕ
Example: Viky Mosholiou* - Bele, Crvene, Žute, Plave Lađice / To Je Život

MILƐS
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Miles Showell + ANV Miles
Example: image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Millo Bear + ANV Millo B
Example: Various - The Final Mission

Mirasound
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mirasound Studios
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mirasound Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Robert Goldman (4) + ANV R/G or RG
Example: The Crystals - Then He Kissed Me / Brother Julius
Note: Only applies to US pressings where the RG etching appears in conjunction with Mirasound.

MJ
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mike Jarratt + ANV MJ
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Michael Sarsfield + ANV MJS
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - MK (32)
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mel Kaiser + ANV MK
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Milivoj Kalafatić + ANV MK
Example: Geordie - Electric Lady

ML##### (e.g. ML10064 - Australian pressings only)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Corduroy Records (2)
Example: The Master's Apprentices / The Groop (3) - Cortina Jingle / Mandrake Wine

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Max Lüssi Tonstudio sub-section

The codes of the engineers are listed here as a group (and not individually).

AW ML
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tonstudio Max Lussi, Basel
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Walter Alfred Wettler + ANV AW
Example: Franz Schubert, Paul Müller-Zürich, Zürcher Kammerorchester, Edmond De Stoutz, Nicolas Chumachenco - 10 Jahre Gesellschaft Der Freunde Des Zürcher Kammerorchesters

HK ML or HK / ML
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tonstudio Max Lussi, Basel
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Hellmuth Kolbe + ANV HK
Example: Ländlerkapelle «Vadret» Davos* - Vo Klosters Uf Parsenn

HT ML or HT / ML
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tonstudio Max Lussi, Basel
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Hans A. Traber + ANV HT
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Max Lussi + ML or MLüssi etc.
Example: Trudi Gerster - Vom Leu Und Vom Zebra
Note: only if there is no other mastering credit

ML / FS or ML FS - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tonstudio Max Lussi, Basel
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Franz Sutter + ANV FS
Example: image
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tonstudio Max Lussi, Basel
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jürg Löffler + ANV JL
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tonstudio Max Lussi, Basel
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Franz Sutter + ANV Su
Example: Pete Gavin (2) - 4 Songs

PL / ML (Swiss pressings)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tonstudio Max Lussi, Basel
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pitt Linder + ANV PL
Example: The Red Devils (3) - Wooly Bully / Jenny Jenny

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ML + NMP (Norwegian pressings)
S, H or HS? H + S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Norsk Musikkproduksjon
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Morten Lund + ANV ML
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Martin Giles + ANV MLG
Example: Inevitech* - Reform EP

MML
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Tuff Gong Recording Studio
Example: Michael Prophet - Know The "Right"
Note: Stands for Marley Music Limited

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Manmade Mastering (MMM / Manmade) sub-section

The codes of the engineers are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Location Link: https://manmademastering.com/#studio

GriNSEr + MANMADE
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Manmade Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Michelle Grinser + ANV Grinser
Example: Marcus Meinhardt - Better Not

K TUFF MANMADE
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Manmade Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kevin Tuffy + ANV K Tuff
Example: ØXN - CYRM

mg @ MANMADE or mg - mg · MANMADE or mg - Manmade
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Manmade Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Michelle Grinser + ANV MG
Example: SVN (2) - 2006 - 2014

MMM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Manmade Mastering
Example: s/h/u/y/a - The Sleeper

ⓡ at MANMADE
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Manmade Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rashad Becker + ANV r
Example: British Murder Boys - Active Agents And House Boys

X + MMM
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Manmade Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Xavier + ANV X
Example: Edit Select - Habitual EP

XAVIER + MANMADE or XAVIER + MMM
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Manmade Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Xavier + ANV Xavier
Example: Tester / Twinhooker & Paulie Walnuts - Dancehall Murdah / Buck Up Competition (VIP Mix)

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MMP VINYL or MMP [Logo] or MMP VINYL RECORD INDUSTRIES - image 3
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Master Media Productions
Example: Fucked Up - Bruises

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Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (MFSL / MoFi) sub-section

The codes of the engineers are listed here as a group (and not individually).

"Robot Monster" - Image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching Robot Monster] - Shawn R. Britton
Note: So far only known in connection with a Lacquer Cut at Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab.

KW or KW/2 @ MoFi - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Krieg Wunderlich + ANV KW
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Stubblebine + ANV PS
Example: Alison Krauss & Union Station - So Long So Wrong

SR@MOFI or SR/2@MOFI
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Stan Ricker + ANV SR
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Shawn R. Britton + ANV SRB
Example: Elvis Costello And The Attractions* - Get Happy!!

Mondophonix
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mondophonix
Example: Various - Sounds From The Verve Hi-Fi

MONOPR or Monotype Pressing
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - Monotype Pressing
Example: Telephone Lovers - Telephone Lovers
Note: When in combination with a 08x yyy number, e.g. 084533, please add Pressed By - image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Monument Recording Studio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Richmond (2) + ANV Paul
Example: image 3
S, H or HS? H or S
Add a company: Pressed By - MPO
Location Link: https://mpo-international.com/en/disque/vinyle/
Examples: Cam (2) - Mug / Mellowman
Notes: In cases of MP, please ask first.
MPO can also be laser-etched.
For MPO without concentric rings, use Mastered At - MPO

MPPV or M.P.P.V. - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Manufacture De Productions Phonographiques Vogue
Example: Candi Staton - Count On Me (Vocal & Instrumental)
Note: stamp may appear incomplete

MPR
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Monument Recording Studio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Richmond (2) + ANV PR
Example: Doris Duke - A Legend In Her Own Time

MPX
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mondophonix
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Marie Pieprzownik + ANV MPZ
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mike Roberts (14) + ANV MR
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Monarch Record Mfg. Co. + sequential number (e.g. △9907)
Example: Ray Charles - Renaissance
Note: Pressing ring diameter of approx. 2.875". When in combination with 'Canada', use Mastered At.

MR + Canada
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Monarch Record Mfg. Co. + sequential number (e.g. △96753)
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Monarch Record Mfg. Co. + sequential number (e.g. △9907)
Example: The Human League - Hysteria
Notes: Pressing ring diameter of approx. 2.875". Not to be confused with Sheffield Lab, that used the delta + number system, too.
Add a second Pressed By credit if there are 2 consecutive numbers (e.g. △9907 and △9908).
Use Mastered At when in combination with another pressing plant, e.g. SRC.

MR (Since 1994 only)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Marc Regan + ANV MR
Example: Leana (2) - Dance With A Stranger (Part II)
Note: Do not confuse with etched MR from Monarch Record Mfg. Co.

MR (US pressings on Philips/Mercury and sublabels between 1966 and 1969 - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Mercury Record Manufacturing Company
Example: Ken Nordine - Colors (A Sensuous Listening Experience)
Note: Pressing ring diameter of 2.75"

MR + RR or RRI or RRII - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Mercury Record Manufacturing Company
Add a company: Mastered At - Richmond Record Pressings, Inc.
Example: James Brown - Sings Out Of Sight
Add a note: "RR" in the runout indicates that metal parts from Richmond Record Pressings were used.
Note #1: Pressing ring diameter of 2.75".
Note #2: Only valid for US pressings on Philips/Mercury and its sublabels between 1966 and 1970.

MRP#### (e.g. MRP0062)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Memphis Record Pressing + sequential number (e.g. MRP0030)
Example: Nots - Virgin Mary
Note: When in combination with a GZ Media number, e.g. 157850E, used Mastered At - GZ Media and credit Memphis Record Pressing with Manufactured By.

MS or MSI or MS1 (US Mercury pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mercury Sound Studios
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mark Santangelo + ANV MS
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Amigo Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Michele Stone + ANV MS
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - KM Records Inc.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Michele Stone + ANV MS
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - MSI Co.
Example: The Spiders (2) - Witchcraft / Is It True?

MS/RP
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Metronome Studio, Stockholm
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rune Persson + ANV RP
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Brian Gardner + ANV BKG
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mastertone Recording Studios, Inc.
Example: Judy Collins - Judy Collins #3
Note: can also appear as Tm or Ǝ⊣

MT or MT. (UK Pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Musitech
Example: Minny Pops - Secret Story / Island

MT (US pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mastertone Recording Studios, Inc.
Example: Judy Collins - A Maid Of Constant Sorrow

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MTV sub-section

The codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

MTV or MTV-AV (Finnish pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - MTV (2)
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - MTV (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - AP Kivinen + ANV ap
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - MTV (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jukka Laaksonen + ANV JL
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - MTV (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mikael Bredenberg + ANV MB
Example: Jukkis Uotila - Introspection

MTV MJ or MTV ## MJ (Finnish pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - MTV (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mika Jussila + ANV MJ
Example: Bogart Co. - Hearts Break / People

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MURDA @ Chopstick
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Chopstick Cutting Room
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jacky Murda + ANV Murda
Example: Various - Blazin Reggae Acapellas Vol 1

Music City
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Music City Recorders, Nashville
Example: The Rivieras* - You Counter Feit Girl

Music House or Musichouse or MH
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Music House (4)
Example: Ellis Dee, DJ Krome & Mr Time* - Free The Feeling / Drum Thunder

MUSIC PRESERVATION SOCIETY
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - Music Preservation Society
Location Link: https://www.mpsvinyl.co.uk/
Example: Original Nutter - Oi! Nutter!!

MUSICOL
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Musicol + sequential side A number (e.g. 103067)
Add a company: Pressed By - Musicol + sequential side B number (e.g. 103068)
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - MVS (Record Pressing) Ltd.
Example: The Stockholm Monsters* - Alma Mater

MW (Canadian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mark Wright (3) + ANV MW
Example: Cliff Carter (4) - Thrill of a Lifetime
Note: not to be confused with the sloppy McClear Place "MW" looking McL

MW (ed) - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mike Walters + ANV MW
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Masterwork Recording
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterwork Recording
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nimitr Sarikananda + ANV Nim
Example: Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers / T-N-T (2) - Family Affair / Babies Making Babies

MX ###### (e.g. MX155115 / MX155116 - between 1953 and October 1977)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - ARC, Artarmon + MX+number (e.g. MX155115)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - ARC, Artarmon + MX+number (e.g. MX155116)
Example: Gentle Giant - The Power And The Glory

MX ###### (e.g. MX 215727 / MX 215728 - between November 1977 and 1991)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - CBS Records, Artarmon + MX+number (e.g. MX 215727)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - CBS Records, Artarmon + MX+number (e.g. MX 215728)
Example: New Order - Low-life

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MY45 sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Location Link: https://my45.de/en/

ab @ my45
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - My45
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Andreas Bauer (8) + ANV ab
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - My45
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Arne Albrecht + ANV ARAL
Example: Family*5 Mit Freunden* - Stolpere Nicht
Note: may appear as A2A@MY45.

Bewe@MY45 - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - My45
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bewe
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - My45
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dario Köstinger + ANV DK
Example: Children Of Leir - Children Of Leir

My45 MG
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - My45
Lacquer Cut By - Michal Gallus + ANV MG
Example: Typical Girls (3) - Typical Girls EP

MW (combined to single sign) @ MY45
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - My45
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Marco Wilkens + ANV MW
Example: Craggy Collyde - Sorry Now

MY45.SG
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - My45
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Stefan Göls + ANV SG
Example: Soul Supreme (4) - Check The Rhime

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n (may be mistaken for a sideways ? - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Neil Carter (3) + ANV n
Example: Claudja Barry - Take It Easy

N-47 (US pressings only)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - All Disc Records, Inc.
Example: Kwick - Kwick
Note: Only where the pressing ring is 2.75" diameter.

N.Ɛ.S. - image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Neville E. Smith + ANV N.E.S.
Example: Musarrat* & Mahendra Kapoor - M3 Disco Fantasy In Hindi
Note: do not use the Ɛ in the Runout fields or with ANV

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Nashville Matrix sub-section

The pressing plant codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

N.M. (US pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Nashville Matrix
Example: The Supremes - Your Heart Belongs To Me / (He's) Seventeen
Note: maybe accompanied by a number, e.g. 5, 10, 95

Nashville Matrix - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Mastered At - Nashville Matrix
Example: Brenton Wood - Gimme Little Sign
Note: Metal parts only.

Nashville Matrix 5
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Nashville Matrix
Add a company: Pressed By - Southern Plastics
Example: Bobby Vee - My Girl / Hey Girl
Note: 5 is not a PPID. May also be accompanied by SO + sequential number.

Nashville Matrix 7
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Nashville Matrix
Add a company: Pressed By - National Recording Corporation
Example: Razzye Bailey* - 9,999 Years / Keep Her Out Of Sight
Note: 7 is not a PPID.

Nashville Matrix 10
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Nashville Matrix
Add a company: Pressed By - American Record Pressing Co.
Example: Kim Weston - Just Loving You / Another Train Coming
Note: 10 is not a PPID.

Nashville Matrix 15
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Nashville Matrix
Add a company: Pressed By - Record Service Co., Inc.
Example: Hank Owens - Hank Owens Sings Country Songs For Secret Agents
Note: 15 is not a PPID.

Nashville Matrix 18
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Nashville Matrix
Add a company: Pressed By - Sound Of Nashville
Example: Susan Coleman - The Age Of The Wolf
Note: 18 is not a PPID. May also be accompanied by SoN + sequential number.

Nashville Matrix 33
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Nashville Matrix
Add a company: Pressed By - Sims Record Pressing Corp.
Example: Autry Inman - Adults Only With Autry Inman At The Frontier Club
Note: 33 is not a PPID.

Nashville Matrix 95
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Nashville Matrix
Add a company: Pressed By - Archer Record Pressing
Example: Don Hart And The Fyve - Soldier Coming Home
Note: 95 is not a PPID.

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NAMI
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - North American Music Industries
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Naweed Ahmed + ANV Naweed
Example: Harmony (4) And Carmen Reece - Hey Lover (MJ Cole Remixes)

NAWEED @ SONY STUDIOS or SONY STUDIOS-NAWEED
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sony Music Studios, London
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Naweed Ahmed + ANV Naweed
Example: Pascal + Mister Day* - Vision Of A New World

NB (UK releases)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nick Bennett (3) + ANV NB
Example: Mob Rules (2) - Nothing Left

NB The Carvery
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Carvery
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Neal Birnie + ANV NB
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Neil Carter (3) + ANV nc
Example: Queen - A Night At The Opera

ND mediasound
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mediasound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nicholas Dembling + ANV ND
Example: Eddy Mitchell - Après Minuit

NEIL - MASSIVE MASTERS
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Massive Masters
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Neil Devine + ANV Neil
Example: Current Value - Tunnel Vision / End Of Days

NEIL MASTERROOM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Master Room
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Neil Devine + ANV Neil
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Noel Hanson (2)
Example: Madeline Bell - This Is One Girl

NI
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - NI (9)
Example: Victor Hugo - Ruy Blas
Note: NI is the abbreviation of Ninel, the nickname of image
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nick Webb + ANV Nick Nick's or Nickz
Example: Kraftwerk - Tour De (Remix)

NICK @ FLUID
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Fluid Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nick Watson + ANV Nick
Location Link: https://www.fluidmastering.com/
Example: British Sea Power - Waving Flags

NICK @ LIQUID MASTERING or NICK @ LIQUID
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Liquid Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nick Bennett (3) + ANV Nick
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nick Webb + ANV Nick W
Example: Eddie Henderson - Cyclops

NICK W-ARUN
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nick Webb + ANV Nick W
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Arun Chakraverty + ANV Arun
Example: Rod Stewart - Da 'Ya' Think I'm Sexy?

Nickz Penthouse
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Penthouse
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nick Webb + ANV Nickz
Example: Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Warriors (Of The Wasteland)

NIFE- (UK releases, 1980s)
S, H or HS: H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Hotnife, Manchester
Example: Slum Turkeys - Ugly As Sin

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NIMBUS / NRL sub-section

The codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

NIMBUS ENGLAND or NIMBUS LABS
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Nimbus
Add a company: Pressed By - Nimbus
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Nimbus
Add a company: Pressed By - Nimbus
Example: Jackson Browne - Running On Empty
Note: also combined, resembling a face.

NRL + BILBO (resembles NLR)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Nimbus
Add a company: Pressed By - Nimbus
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - BilBo (3)
Example: Bachdenkel - Сталинград

NRL + CD (resembles NLR)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Nimbus
Add a company: Pressed By - Nimbus
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Colin Dix + ANV CD
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Nimbus
Add a company: Pressed By - Nimbus
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Gerald Reynolds + ANV GR
Example: image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Nimbus
Add a company: Pressed By - Nimbus
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Gladwyn + ANV JWG or JG
Example: Paul McCartney & Wings* - Band On The Run

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NOEL - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Noel Summerville + ANV Noel
Example: The Adventures - Send My Heart (Extended Re-Mix)

NOISELAND
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - Noiseland Industries
Location Link: https://www.noiseland.com/
Example: Patty Griffin - Servant Of Love

NOLA or NOLA N.Y. or NOLA SOUND N.Y
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Nola Recording Studios
Example: George Jones (2) - George Jones With Love

NOLA SOUND KROLIK
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Nola Recording Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bob Krolik + ANV Krolik
Example: Gene Pitney - Ten Years Later

NOLA SOUND R.K.
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Nola Recording Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bob Krolik + ANV R.K.
Example: Various - Blue Grass Banjo (Country & Western)

NORMA
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Norma (14)
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Manufactured By - Neophon
Example: Yürke - Not Available

NPV (US pressings since 2024)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - New Press Vinyl
Location Link: https://www.newpressvinyl.com
Example: Little Janice - Today's Youth - Tomorrow the World
Note: Often in combination with SPGII and DS etchings.

NR ## ## ## ### (e.g. NR 22 12 00 078)
S, H or HS? H or S
Add a company: Pressed By - Nordsø Records
Location Link: https://nordsorecords.com/
Example: Cæcilie Norby - Earthenya

NRC-### (e.g. NRC-808) - between 1959 and 1969)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - National Recording Corporation + sequential number (e.g. NRC-406)
Example: Jake Tolbert - Jake's Trip To The Goat Rock

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NRP sub-section
Nashville Record Productions.
The codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Please do not add as company with an engineer's scribe only.
Location Link: https://nashvillerecordproductionsinc.com/

NR##### or NR ##### or NR-##### (e.g. NR15584/ NR-15858 etc.)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Nashville Record Productions + 4 or 5 digit "NR" number
Example: The Texas Instruments - ¡More Texas Instruments!
Note: just the NR number, no other identifier.

GEO/NRP or GEO NRP
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Nashville Record Productions + 4 or 5 digit "NR" number
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - George Ingram + ANV Geo
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Nashville Record Productions + 4 or 5 digit "NR" number
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - George Ingram + ANV GI
Example: The Byrds - Mr. Tambourine Man

JDL/NRP (may appear as or _D_/NRP)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Nashville Record Productions + 4 or 5 digit "NR" number
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Doug Lawrence (2) + ANV JDL
Example: image
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Nashville Record Productions + 4 or 5 digit "NR" number
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Eberle + ANV JE
Example: Various - Flex Your Head

LB NRP
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut At - Nashville Record Productions + 4 or 5 digit "NR" number
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Larry Boden + ANV LB
Example: Latimore (2) - Qualified Man

NRP or NRP MASTERING
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Nashville Record Productions + 4 or 5 digit "NR" number
Example: Nas - Illmatic

NRP B or NRP Ⓑ (B in circle) (US 12" / LP pressings since 2014 only)
HS, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Nashville Record Productions
Add a company: Pressed By - Burlington Record Plant
Location Link: https://burlingtonrecordplant.com/
Example: image
HS, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Nashville Record Productions + 5 digit "NR" number
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Wes Garland + ANV WG
Example: The Night Marchers - Scene Report

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NS - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Noel Summerville + ANV NS
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - National Sound Corporation
Example: Sounders Department - Cosmopolitan
Note: can appear as NSO or NSe or is in a circle

NSC ARP - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company : Lacquer Cut At - National Sound Corporation
Add a company : Pressed By - Archer Record Pressing
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nick Townsend + ANV NT
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - Nu Gruv Alliance
Example: The Anonymous - Dedicated

Nucho
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nucho Bellomo + ANV Nucho
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Customatrix
Example: Poco (3) - Pickin' Up The Pieces
Note: Usually positioned to the left of matrix numbers in the runouts - varied in size over the years.
Not to be confused with 0 for pressings from the Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Jacksonville.
Please use o in the BAOI field instead of sub or superscripted symbols.

OAK MASTERING or OAK MASTERING LAB
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Oak Mastering
Example: The Spaniels Featuring "Pookie" Hudson* - Peace Of Mind

OAKCUT
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Oakcut
Example: Perel - Star
Note: Alias of Arne Albrecht

OASIS DISC MASTERING
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Oasis Mastering
Location Link: https://www.oasismastering.com
Example: image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Mastered By - Otto Birckhahn + ANV OB
Example: C. Richard Tauber* - Always - Heimweh / In Der Pfalz

OfmV or official.fm ViNYL
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Ofm Vinyl (in combination with MPO)
Add a company: Pressed By - Ofm Vinyl (when on its own)
Location Link: https://www.tumblr.com/search/official.fm%20vinyl
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Ofm Vinyl
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - David Zanfrino + ANV DZ
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Polar Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Olle Ramm + ANV Olle
Example: Jonas Hellborg - Bass

OLOWU (Nigerian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - S. Olowu + ANV Olowu
Example: King Sunny Ade & His African Beats - Bobby

OM (Venezuelan pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Oscar Moreau + ANV OM
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Oneil Barnett
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company : Lacquer Cut At - Deep Grooves Mastering
Add a credit : Lacquer Cut By - Opcode66 + ANV OP 66
Example : Damon Wild - Comet Finder (Part 1)
Note: may appear as UP 66.

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Optimal Media sub-section

Optimal Media Production was active until October 1, 2011, and then renamed to
Optimal Media GmbH. Optimal Media does not publish the names of their mastering engineers.
The plant codes as well as the engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
For the meaning of additional marks, e.g. = ↾ , please refer to the Optimal Media profile.
Location Link: https://www.optimal-media.com/en/

AM
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Andre Muchow + ANV AM
Example: The Names - Stranger Than You

B#nnnnn-yy (e.g. B847793-01) - (only valid for releases between 01 October 1997 and 30 September 2011)
S, H or HS? S or H
Add a company: Pressed By - Optimal Media Production + sequential number (e.g. B033900)
Example: Wamdue Project - King Of My Castle
Note: B always stands for vinyl, while # stands for the year of pressing, and can be a numeral ((e.g. 8 = 1998 or 2008) or a letter (A = 2010 and B = 2011).

B#nnnnnn-yy (e.g. BC781001-01) - (only for releases since 01 October 2011)
S, H or HS? S or H
Add a company: Pressed By - Optimal Media GmbH + sequential number (e.g. BE65590)
Example: Critical Impact - Only Girl / Chinese Burns
Note: B always stands for vinyl, while # is always a letter and stands for the year of pressing (e.g. C=2012).
Please cf. to the respective profiles on how to add it as LCCN number.

BK
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - BK (14)
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Björn Wolfram + ANV BW
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Heino Leja + ANV HL
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jörg Peters + ANV JP
Example: AMO (6) - Outside The Box EP
Note: When in doubt if the correct JP, ask in the forum first.

KL
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - KL (5)
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Martin Krafft (2) + ANV Kr
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Marko Kluge (2) + ANV MK
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Steffan Jeschek + ANV SJ
Example: Black Honey (2) - Headspin
Note: when runouts are etched. When stamped, use Lacquer Cut By.

ST - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Stefan Tenner (2) + ANV ST
Example: Saint Etienne - Dive

TW
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Thorsten Wyk + ANV TW
Example: Binary Finary - 2000

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ORLAKE or ORl or OR or O - image 2
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Orlake Records
Example: John Tejada - Little Green Lights And Four Inch Faders
Note: Characteristic for Orlake pressings are the "+" in the matrix (not always present though).

Orlando or Orlando A.
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Orlando Alvarado (2) + ANV Orlando or Orlando A.
Example: Enigma - MCMXC a.D.

OSCAR V. or OSCAR VALENCIA
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Oscar Valencia + ANV Oscar V.
Example: Fruko Y Sus Tesos - El Son Del Tren / Toma Jabon Pa'que Laves

OSS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Olmsted Sound Studios
Example: Chris Connor - Chris Connor

OSV DZ
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - OSV
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - David Zanfrino + ANV DZ
Example: Good Good Things - Cold Town E.P.

OV or OVS or OVEP or OVL or OVLS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Oneida Video-Audio Tape Cassette Corp. + sequential number (e.g. OV 185
Example: image 2)
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Otto Ruiter + ANV Otto or OR
Example: image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Pressed By - Plastylite
Example: Charley Christian* - Jazz Immortal
Note: May appear as backwards capital P or as an "ear".
Plastylite pressed all of Blue Note's records until 1965; also for Prestige, Folkways and United Artists a.o.

🄿 (P inside a square)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Palomino Records (2)
Example: Black Panties - Everyone

P ####
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Polonez (2) + sequential number (e.g. P 1020)
Example: Fallout (4) - Fallout

P.B.
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pat Burnette + ANV P.B.
Example: The Blasters - The Blasters
Note: usually connected to QT (Quad Teck)

P.E.M. or P.E M
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul-Émile Mongeau + ANV P.E.M. or P.E M
Example: John Ogdon, Coulthard*, Ravel* - Coulthard - Ravel

P. MURIEL or PEDRO MURIEL
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By – Pedro Muriel G. + ANV P. Muriel
Example: Wganda Kenya - Sumiké / La Bomba

P.R. or PR
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN
Example: Rod Stewart - Sing It Again Rod

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P.R. Records Limited sub-section

The pressing plant and cutting codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

Note: Pressed By can also be added when the characteristic image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - P.R. Records Limited
Add a credit: Plated By - CED (21)
Example: Red Eye (2) - Kut It
Note: Also see CED (21) further up.

PR-D
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - P.R. Records Limited
Add a credit: Plated By - D (63)
Example: Barry Adamson - The Man With The Golden Arm

PR-E
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - P.R. Records Limited
Add a credit: Plated By - E (59)
Example: Little People (2) - Happiness

PR-G
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - P.R. Records Limited
Add a credit: Plated By - G (55)
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - P.R. Records Limited
Add a credit: Plated By - M (91)
Example: Gat Decor - ion

PR-P
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - P.R. Records Limited
Add a credit: Plated By - P (29)
Example: Liaisons Dangereuses - Los Niños Del Parque

PR-R
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - P.R. Records Limited
Add a credit: Plated By - R (29)
Example: 808 State - Olympic State

PR-T or PR T
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - P.R. Records Limited
Add a credit: Plated By - T (60)
Example: The Moore Project - Upside Down

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P.USA or P. USA
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH
Add a company: Manufactured By - Pallas USA
Location Link: https://www.pallasgroup.de/
Example: The Black Keys - Magic Potion
Note: an etched "P. U" has also been observed.

PABLO - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pablo (77)
Example: Frankie Paul - Curfew In The Dance
Note: A similar 'PABLO' tag etched in the runout area often indicates Augustus Pablo productions.

PACO - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Francisco Castanedo + ANV Paco
Example: Olé! - Olé!

PACO-ATM or PACO-AUDIOMATRICES
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Audiomatrices De Venezuela, C. A.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Francisco Castanedo + ANV Paco
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Plated By - PAG
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Press On Vinyl
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Papá Goose + ANV Papa
Example: David Brewis - The Soft Struggles

PARA or Para - (Canadian pressings between 1978 and 1982)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Paramount Pressing
Example: Sal Barbieri And The Royal Company - Let's Get Funky / I Want You, I Need You, I Love You
Note: PARA usually appears in block letters and Para may appear in cursive script

PARELIES (with/over) HD, HCC / HCX
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Parelies Audio Visuel
Location Link: https://www.parelies.com/
Example: B. B. Seaton* - Dancing In The Moonlight
Note: HCC/HCX stands for "Optimisation HCX Home Cinema", a method of mastering developed by Parelies.

PASTOR or =PASTOR=
S, H or HS? H
Engineer - Pastor Albertini ANV Pastor
Example: Merry Makers* - Ma La Nomme
Note: this is not a mastering credit.

PAULS:CUTZ- or PAULS PHAT CUTZ - image
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Solomons + ANV Pauls
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Porky's Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Solomons + ANV Pauls or Paul's or Paul S
Example: Various - People's Choice

PB (Australian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Bryant (2) + ANV PB
Example: Mark Gillespie (5) - Only Human

PB AMM (Australian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - All Music Manufacturing
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Bryant (2) + ANV PB
Example: Sonic Youth - Whores Moaning / Oz '93 Tour Edition

PB EMIDISC (Australian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - EMI Studios, Homebush
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Bryant (2) + ANV PB
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Peter Bartok + ANV PB
Example: Josh White - Empty Bed Blues
Note: sometimes with corners appearing like a square.

PC (US pressings -image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Cady + ANV PC
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Prairie Cat Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mark Richardson (3) + ANV MJR
Example: Blank Dogs - Waiting

PD
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Peter Dahl + ANV PD
Example: Magnum Bonum - Hög Hatt Och Låga Skor

PDK
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Da Kutt + ANV PDK
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Pressed By - PDO,
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Polar Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Peter Dahl + ANV PD
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Perpetual Disc, Inc.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - George Peckham + ANV Pecko etc.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Europa Film
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Peter Dahl + ANV Ped
Example: Factory - Factory

PEDRO
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pedro (102)
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jean-Claude Pellé + ANV Pellé
Example: Bela Bartok* – Michel Beroff* - Pièces Pour Piano

PELURE
S, H or HS? H
Example: Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man
Note: French word for stamper or metal plate.

Penthouse - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Penthouse
Example: Crazyhead - Rags

Penthouse SRZ
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Penthouse
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Steve Rooke + ANV SRZ
Example: Neworder* - Round & Round

PEPPER
S, H or HS? S or H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pepper Sound Studios, Inc.
Example: Darron Lee* - I've Been Searching

PEPPER WJ
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pepper Sound Studios, Inc.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Welton Jetton + ANV WJ
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pete Norman + ANV Pete or Pete N or Pete's
Example: Elvis* - Don't Be Cruel

Pete @ Finyl Tweek
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Finyl Tweek
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pete Norman + ANV Pete
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pete Helffrich
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tonstudio Pfanz
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tonstudio Pfanz
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Günther Sörensen + ANV Sö
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Gold + ANV PGold
Location Link: https://www.saltmastering.com/
Example: Grizzly Bear - Knife

PH (UK pressings on Pye and sublabels)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonodisc Ltd.
Example: The Real Thing - Can't Get By Without You
Note: in combination with an engineer's code, e.g. X, G, H, etc.

PH (only valid for US pressings on Elektra and its sublabels between 1970 and April 1972)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Philips Recording Company, Inc.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Peter Houston + ANV PH
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Peter Hewitt-Dutton + ANV PHD
Example: Royal Blood (6) - Royal Blood

PHD @ THE BAKERY
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Bakery (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Peter Hewitt-Dutton + ANV PHD
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Phil Pigram + ANV Phil
Example: Faith No More - We Care A Lot
Note: Often in combination with ▽420W (cut at CTS Wembley)

Phil Brown (US pressings only)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Phil Brown
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Philipp Fasching + ANV Phil Fasching
Example: Pet Shop Boys - Love Comes Quickly / Paninaro / Always On My Mind (Live)

Phil R (Italian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Phono Press International s.r.l.
Add a company: Pressed By - Phono Press International s.r.l.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Phil Rizzi + ANV Phil R
Example: Fred Ventura & Phil R* - A Life In Colors

Phillips (US pressings only)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sam Phillips Recording Studio
Example: Dennis Turner - Little Miss Heartbreak / Someone To Love Me

Phoenix of Vinyl Ltd. UK.
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Pressed By - Phoenix Of Vinyl Ltd.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Ibbotson + ANV PI
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Piero Mannucci + ANV Piero
Example: Jethro Tull - Stand Up

PINO (Italian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pino Vicari + ANV Pino
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pipo (4)
Example: Jestofunk - Stellar Funk / Be A Warrior (Lazarro Shoes / Bourbon Street Remixes)
Note: Alias of Alberto Roges

PiPo W.S.S.
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Westside Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pipo (4)
Example: Various - The Men On Wax Volume II

PIRATES PRESS
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Manufactured By - Pirates Press
Location Link: https://www.piratespress.com/
Example: Gogol Bordello - Immigraniada
Note: When in combination with a GZ Media number, e.g. 157850E, use Manufactured By.
And add Pressed By - GZ Media (since 2014).

Pittman
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By Jerry Pittman + ANV Pittman
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pino Vicari + ANV PiVic
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At: Broadway Recording Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pat Jaques + ANV PJ or P.J.
Example: Chuck-A-Luck & The Lovemen LTD - Not On Your Life (Never In A Million Years) / Hard To Satisfy

PK - (German flexis from the 50s and 60s)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By: [Invalid Label]
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pete Lyman + ANV PL
Example: Rival Sons - Head Down

PLAX (Venezuelan releases)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Productos Plax C.A.
Example: Luis Alonso - Tangueando Con Luís Alonso

PLG LHaudio.com
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Mastered At - LH Audio Services
Add a credit: Mastered By - Oliver Lieb
Location Link: https://www.lhaudio.com/
Example: Cirkel - Cirkel
Note: PLG stands for "plugin mastering", done by Lieb only.

PM
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Martinson
Example: Leo Kottke - Ice Water

PM (Italian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Piero Mannucci + ANV PM
Example: Tomita - Bolero

PM/RCE
Lacquer Cut At - Precision Mastering
Lacquer Cut By - Rick Essig ANV RCE
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pete Norman + ANV PN
Example: Various - V

PN/F.T.
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Finyl Tweek
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pete Norman + ANV PN
Example: John Harle, Marc Almond - The Tyburn Tree (Dark London)

POLAR
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Polar Mastering
Example: Electric Boys - All Lips N' Hips / Electrified / Get Nasty
Note: now Masters of Audio, Stockholm

POLDARK
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - POLDARK
Example: Ian Page (5) - Tucking Up The Love
Alias of Ian Cooper

pole
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pole
Example: Various - The Defenders Of The Deep House World

POLE @ SCAPE MASTERING
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Scape Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pole
Example: Apparat - Song Of Los

POPLE 020 8509 2244
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Hiltongrove Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Matt Pople
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Polygram Industries Messageries
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Porky (5)
Example: Traffic - Mr. Fantasy
Alias of George Peckham.

POUNDA COPYMASTERS or POUNDA CUTMASTER PEACHY COPYMASTERS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Copymasters
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pounda
Example: Incognito - Can You Feel Me
Note: can be misread BUNDA, due to the O being under the P

POV
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Press On Vinyl
Example: Early Maze - Fast Train, Slow Thoughts

POV -33- SMG
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Press On Vinyl
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sam McGinley + ANV SMG
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Phil Pigram + ANV PP
Example: Cheri - Murphy's Law

PP - (US pressings since 1975)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Peter Pan Industries
Example: Al Green - Greatest Hits
Note: On Peter Pan, US London, Parrot, Phase 4, Deram, Threshold, MAM, Bell and Arista.
Not to be confused with the PP of Plastic Products found on Atlantic 7"s until 1976.

PPM - (Italian pressings since November 2017)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - PPM Italy
Example: Elius Inferno & The Magic Octagram - Rat In Space

PPVLP or PPVS - (Spanish pressings since 2019)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Press Play Vinyl + sequential number (e.g. 031029)
Example: Rahaan - NeighbourSoul Edits

PPW
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - PRC Recording Company, Compton, CA
Example: Boz Scaggs - Silk Degrees
Note: Shorthand for "PRC Pressing Plant, West".

PR or (PR) (US pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Presswell
Example: ABBA - Dancing Queen
Note: Only when with pressing rings 32+70mm (1960 to 1973) or 35+70mm (1968 to 1984).

PR - (US pressings between 1970 and April 1972)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Philips Recording Company, Inc.
Example: Chi-Lites* - Have You Seen Her / Yes I'm Ready (If I Don't Get To Go)
Note: PRC pressings with 'PR' in the deadwax uniformly have a 2.75" pressing ring.

PR - (backward P and R combined - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Phillip S. Rodriguez + ANV PR
Example: STRFKR* - Future Past Life
Note: the symbol looks like cR or CR or like a "pair of scissors".

ꟼR EM - (PR - backward P and R combined - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Elysian Masters
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Phillip S. Rodriguez + ANV PR
Example: Ben LaMar Gay - Open Arms to Open Us
Note: the symbol looks like cR or CR or like a "pair of scissors".

PRC or PRC-R (US pressings between May 1972 and 1990)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - PRC Recording Company, Richmond, IN
Example: Debbie Taylor - I Don't Wanna Leave You
two rings, the outer around that diameter that used an angle to depress the label area, the inner being a 1.25" ring.

PRC-C or PRCC (US pressings between May 1975 and 1984)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - PRC Recording Company, Compton, CA
Example: Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
Note: Have a 2.75" pressing ring until 1977, and two rings, the inner being 1.32" thereafter.

PRC-W or PRCW (US pressings between May 1975 and 1984)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - PRC Recording Company, Compton, CA
Example: Greg Kihn Band - With The Naked Eye

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Precision / Precision Lacquer sub-section

The pressing plant and cutting codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Location Link: https://www.precisionmastering.com

PLSM
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Precision Lacquer
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Stephen Marcussen + ANV SM
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Precision Lacquer
Example: Devo - Are You Experienced?

PRECISION DMM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Precision Lacquer
Example: Suicidal Tendencies - Trip At The Brain

PRECISION J
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Precision Lacquer
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jay Willis + ANV J
Example: Hugh Cornwell - Wolf

PRECISION JW
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Precision Lacquer
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jay Willis + ANV JW
Example: The Spinners* - Spaceballs

PRECISION LACQUER D.L. or PRECISION D.L.
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Precision Lacquer
Example: Stevie Wonder - Do I Do
Note: D.L. stands for "direct lathe" for cuts with the Neumann DMM lathe.

PRECISION LACQUER LE
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Precision Lacquer
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Larry Emerine + ANV LE
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Precision Lacquer
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Stephen Marcussen + ANV S
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Arnie Acosta + ANV A
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Larry Emerine + ANV L
Example: Stevie Wonder - Hotter Than July

PRECISION SF
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Precision Lacquer
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Stuart Furusho + ANV SF
Example: Elvis Costello Featuring The Attractions And Confederates* - King Of America

PRECISION SM or PRECISION LACQUER SM
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Precision Lacquer
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Stephen Marcussen + ANV SM
Example: New Order - Low-life

PRECISION TD
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Precision Lacquer
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Dennen + ANV TD
Example: Siouxsie And The Banshees* - Kiss Them For Me

RB PRECISION
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Precision Lacquer
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ron Boustead + ANV RB
Example: Foo Fighters - Exhausted

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✩PRESSED AT SOUND MAKERS,✩N.J. - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Sound Makers
Example: UTFO - Leader Of The Pack

PRI or P.R.I.
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Pressed By - PRI Record Pressing + sequential number (e.g. 615)
Example: Laboratory Adults - The Air Is Chemical
Note: may appear as PR1

PRL
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Pressed By - Precision Records Labs Limited
Example: Duane And Co.* - Hardcore Jazz

PROTOTYPE MASTERING dave or dave PROTOKUT
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Prototype Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - David Green + ANV Dave
Example: The Outside Agency - Un Titre En Francais Intensement Profond Et Compliqué Que Vous Ne Comprendrez Jamais

PRP
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Precision Record Pressing, Inc.
Example: Joe Carter (3) / Joe* & Lisa Carter (2) - Jimmy Brown Is Back In Town / Wharf Rat Tale

PRT
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - PRT Studios
Example: The Adventures - Send My Heart (Extended Re-Mix)

PS (UK pressings since 2000)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Portal Space
Example: Kraftwerk - Aerodynamik

PS (US pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Prosound, Inc.
Example: Gigolo Tony - Smurf Rock
Note: Often in combination with Miami Tape.

PS
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Stubblebine + ANV PS
Example: New Order - Power, Corruption & Lies

PS or -PS- (only on records pressed at Record Industry)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Record Industry
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Patrick Scholtens + ANV PS
Location Link: https://www.recordindustry.com/
Example: Igor S - Boomerang

PS or P.S. (South American pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pascual Saldarriaga + ANV PS
Example: Los Diablos Rojos - Paseo Tropical

PSM-SF
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Paul Stubblebine Mastering Studio
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - PUG (7)
Example: Calibro 35 - Blanca (Colonna Sonora Originale)
Note: Alias of Giulia Amendola

PV (Italian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pino Vicari + ANV PV
Example: Edgar Allan Poe* - Jaws (Music From The Original Motion Picture) - Main Title / End Title

PW
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - PRC Recording Company, Compton, CA
Example: Bad Company (3) - Bad Company

Qu or Q or (Q) (Canadian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Quality Records Limited
Example: The Durutti Column - LC

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QCA sub-section

The pressing plant and cutting codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Location Link: https://go-qca.com/index.html

QCA
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - QCA Custom Pressing
Add a company: Pressed By - QCA Custom Pressing + sequential number (e.g. 607035X or 8104N3)
Example: Mr. Lee & Kompany - Shoot Your Best Shot

QCA + CM
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - QCA Custom Pressing
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chuck Madden + ANV CM
Example: King Penguin (2) - King Penguin

QCA + DK
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - QCA Custom Pressing
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Donnie Kraft + ANV DK
Example: Screeching Weasel - Punkhouse

QCA + DS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - QCA Custom Pressing
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Don Schepmann + ANV DS
Example: Various - Busted At OZ

QCA + JB
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - QCA Custom Pressing
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jim Bosken + ANV JB
Example: image
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - QCA Custom Pressing
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ken Martin (4) + ANV KM
Example: Starfire (6) - Dancing And Singing For You

QCA + LR
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - QCA Custom Pressing
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Larry Ratliff + ANV LR
Example: Kathy Tapp - Merry Go Round (In My Mind)

QCA + MF
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - QCA Custom Pressing
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mike Fuller + ANV MF
Example: The Cathedral Quartet* - One At A Time

QCA + RH
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - QCA Custom Pressing
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ron Hamad + ANV RH
Example: The Suburbs - World War III

QCA + RS
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - QCA Custom Pressing
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Roger Seibel + ANV RS
Example: The Erector Set* - Inside Out / No Room For Comfort

QCA + RJS
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - QCA Custom Pressing
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Roger Seibel + ANV RJS
Example: image
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - QCA Custom Pressing
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Todd Deasey + ANV TD
Example: Big Black - Lungs

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QRP
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Quality Record Pressings
Example: Tom Waits - Small Change

QT-# (e.g. QT-2)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Quad Teck
Example: image
S, H or HS? S or H
Add a company: Pressed By - Royal Plastics Corporation
Example: Marva Whitney - If You Love Me
Note: may appear as 𝓡 or half cursive / calligraphy styled P

Ⓡ (R in a circle - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching Ⓡ] - Richard Finch
Example: Fire (5) - Fire
Note: Usually in combination with SSE or SSℇ in a circle.

R. Alonso - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By – R. Alonso
Example: Los Virtuosos De La Salsa - Mírame
Note: usually with dd/m/yy.

R. Houghten or R Houghten or RHoughten - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By – Richard Houghten + ANV R Houghton / R. Houghten / RHoughten
Example: image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Richard Simpson + ANV R. Simpson
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Robert A. Vogt + ANV R.A.V.
Example: Wailin' DBD And The Heartmen - For Generations Yet Unborn

R.P.I.
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - R.P.I. Plastics
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rico Sonderegger + ANV R.So.
Example: Yello - I Love You

R.W.M
S, H, or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Roger 007 Moore
Add a credit: Plated By - Roger 007 Moore
Example: Babla & Kanchan - Tinje Winje (Tiney Winey)

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R/S Alsdorf / Record Service Alsdorf sub-section

The pressing plant and engineer codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

R/S Alsdorf - image
S, H or HS? H / S
Add a company: Pressed By - Record Service Alsdorf
Example: Associates* - Sulk

R/S Alsdorf + <E>
S, H or HS? H / S
Add a company: Mastered At - Record Service Alsdorf
Add a company: Pressed By EMI Electrola GmbH
Example: Madonna - Like A Prayer

R/S Alsdorf + <IR> or <Ir> or <EIRE>
S, H or HS? H / S
Add a company: Mastered At - Record Service Alsdorf
Add a company: Pressed By Carlton Productions
Example: Christy Moore - Unfinished Revolution

R/S Alsdorf + < S > or <SO> or <Sono>
S, H or HS? H / S
Add a company: Mastered At - Record Service Alsdorf
Add a company: Pressed By Sonopress
Example: Wang Chung - Mosaic

R/S Alsdorf + <T>
S, H or HS? H / S
Add a company: Mastered At - Record Service Alsdorf
Add a company: Pressed By Teldec-Press GmbH
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Record Service Alsdorf
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ulf Horbelt + ANV H or Ho or Hor
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Record Service Alsdorf
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Ulf Horbelt + ANV H or Ho or Hor
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Record Service Alsdorf
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Ludwig Hümmler + ANV Hü
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Record Service Alsdorf
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Joachim Kondziela + ANV JK
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Specialty Records Corporation
Add a company: Pressed By - Record Service Alsdorf
Example: Anita Baker - Rapture

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R-#####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Allied Record Company + sequential number (e.g. R-12345)
Add a company: Pressed By - Allied Record Company + sequential number (e.g. R-12346)
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By – Rogelio Arias + ANV Rac
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bob Dennis + ANV RAD or R.A.D.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Super Disc Inc.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bob Dennis + ANV RAD
Example: image
S, H, or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Endre Radányi +ANV Radanyi E
Example: Horváth Tivadar - Táncdalok

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Rainbo Records Sub-section

The pressing plant codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

L-#####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Rainbo Records + sequential side A number (e.g. L-11460)
Add a company: Pressed By - Rainbo Records + sequential side B number (e.g. L-11461)
Example: Unknown D.J.* - Basstronic
Note: For releases with L-##### / L-#####-X, please see Greg Lee Processing

R-##### (usually on 7" releases)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Rainbo Records + sequential side A number (e.g. R-26810)
Add a company: Pressed By - Rainbo Records + sequential side B number (e.g. R-26811)
Example: A-Trak - Enter Ralph Wiggum B/W Live @ Tableturns
Note: Other plants used this pattern as well, so please compare with Allied Record Company and other releases with proximate matrix numbers and release years

S-##### (usually on 12" / LP releases)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Rainbo Records + sequential side A number (e.g. S-24466)
Add a company: Pressed By - Rainbo Records + sequential side B number (e.g. S-24467)
Example: Dr. Dre - The Chronic
Notes: Other plants used this pattern as well, so please compare the S-##### with the release date of other proximate releases and the label ring diameters

Ƨ (backwards S)
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Pressed By - Rainbo Records + sequential side A number (e.g. S-6859)
Add a credit: Pressed By - Rainbo Records + sequential side B number (e.g. S-6860)
Example: Cameo - Secret Omen
Note: Only in combination with 28 on the labels.

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RAINBOW-DALLAS
S, H, or HS?
Add a company: Pressed By - Rainbow Record Pressing, Dallas
Example: image
S, H, or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ralph Copeman + ANV Ralfo
Example: Peters & Lee - Favourites

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RAND Music Sub-section

The engineer codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
When another studio or engineer is credited, use Mastered At / By for the other studio / engineer and Lacquer Cut At / By for RAND (as confirmed by Tom Haunstein).
Location Link: https://www.randmuzik.de/

☮ (Peace Symbol) by RAND
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - R.A.N.D. Muzik
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Peace Symbol] - Stefan Dornberger
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - R.A.N.D. Muzik
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Halz
Example: System 360 - I 2 Nd This
Note: Alias of Jan Freund

DTL@RAND
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - R.A.N.D. Muzik
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - DTL (4)
Example: Abacus - Collectors Edition Vol1
Note: Alias of Markus Broy

LXC RAND or LXC // R.A.N.D. or LXC @ RAND
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - R.A.N.D. Muzik
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - LXC
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - R.A.N.D. Muzik
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Norbert Gerhold (2) + ANV NO
Example: Various - Blaq Satin Trax

RAND or ->RAND (before 2012)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - R.A.N.D. Muzik
Example: Buruman - Kep Track

RAND (between 2012 and 2016)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - R.A.N.D. Muzik
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By Rand (5)
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - R.A.N.D. Muzik
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By Rand (5)
Example: DJ Pierre - Acid Love

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Randy M. (US pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Randy Mahon + ANV Randy M.
Example: Brothers In Rhythm Featuring Charvoni - Forever And A Day
Note: May appear along with RM.

RASIN - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rasin
Example: Norman Greenbaum - Spirit In The Sky
Alias of image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rasputin (10)
Example: The Sweet - Little Willy
Alias of Ray Staff

Raúl E Ramírez
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Raúl E. Ramírez
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Plated By - Ray (144)
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ray Hagerty + ANV Ray
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ray Staff + ANV Rays or Ray's
Example: The Police - Nothing Achieving / Fall Out

RAZEL
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - RAZEL (2)
Example: Billy Cobham - Crosswinds
Alias of Ray Staff

RBMC
S, H or HS? H
Note: not a mastering credit. It only served as "quality assurance" that Ray Bardani and Michael Colina were present during and supervised the cutting done by George Marino. Do not add Mastered By or Lacquer Cut By.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ralph Copeman + ANV RC
Example: Village People - Y.M.C.A.
Note: Also see below and above to avoid wrong entries.

RC or Rc (only UK since 2015! - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rhys Crouch + ANV RC
Example: Various - From Hell With Love - 5 Years Of Lumberjacks In Hell
Note: Not to be used for lacquer cuts prior to 2015.

RC @ OPTIMUM
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Optimum Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rhys Crouch + ANV RC
Location Link: https://www.optimum-mastering.com/
Example: Wrangler - A Situation

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RCA Records Pressing Plant sub-section

Note for the US pressings: the symbols should not be applied to non-US releases unless there is distinct evidence.
The pressing plant codes are listed here as a group (and not individually):

C (small, faint, sans-serif 'C')
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - RCA Records Pressing Plant, Canonsburg
Example: Arthur Godfrey - Slow Poke
Note: Please check the profile for additional runout identifiers prior to using this plant.

H or RCAH (image 2)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - RCA Records Pressing Plant, Hollywood
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis
Example: Shawn Phillips (2) - Transcendence
Note: may look like a lower case L (l) or a roman numeral 1

N
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - RCA Records Pressing Plant, New York
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - RCA Records Pressing Plant, Rockaway
Example: Elvis Presley - Elvis' Christmas Album
Note: Can also appear upside down.

RCA (Capitol US pressings only)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles
Add a company: Pressed By - RCA Records Pressing Plant, Hollywood
Example: The Beatles - I Feel Fine / She's A Woman
Note: Contract pressing by RCA Records Pressing Plant, Hollywood, with metalwork supplied by
Capitol Records Pressing Plant, Los Angeles

RCA used a special code to indicate when a record was mastered as part of their eight digit matrix number.
It is a letter and a number (up to 1954):
A0 to A9 = 1910 to 1919
B0 to B9 = 1920 to 1929
C0 to C9 = 1930 to 1939
D0 to D9 = 1940 to 1949
E0 to E4 = 1950 to 1954

In 1955, RCA changed the system, then using a letter alone, omitting letters that
could be confused with a number (hence, I, O, Q, V and Y are not featured):
F to K = 1955 to 1959
L to X = 1960 to 1969
Z to E = 1970 to 1975

Pre-1954, custom jobs were indicated by a letter in the third character of a matrix number prefix:
C: Recorded by RCA (i.e. E2-CW)
K: Tape furnished to RCA (i.e. E3-KW)
Q: Lacquer furnished to RCA (i.e. E4-QW).

In 1955, the first full year of the "New Orthophonic" based codes, a new system for identifying
custom pressings was used. It now came in the form of a number in the second character,
followed by an 'O' (which signified Phonograph); if the block of numbers ed 10000, then -
to keep the numbers four-digit - they switched the order of the second and third characters
(such as FO-8W). The numerical assignation, as held to 1962, was:
7: Recorded at RCA (i.e. J7OW)
8: Re-recorded from client source (i.e. K8OW)
9: Lacquer furnished to RCA (i.e. L9OW)

In 1963, with the first full year of their "Dynagroove" system, the system changed again:
1: Reserved for Reader's Digest box sets (i.e. P1RM)
2: Reserved for Reader's Digest box sets (i.e. P2RS)
3: Recorded at RCA (i.e. R3KM)
4: Re-recorded from client's furnished tapes (i.e. S4KM)
5: Lacquer furnished to RCA (i.e. T5KM)

Please also check this excellent reference: RCA Victor Master Serial Number Codes - 1942-1980's

ABCD nnnnn 1S - 1A 1 (e.g. UKAY)
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Pressed By - RCA Records Factory, Italy
Example: David Bowie - Starman / John, I'm Only Dancing

where:
A stands for the mastering year
B stands for the country of reference of the masters
C stands for the musical genre
D stands for the format.
12345 1S - 1A 1 stand for the number of the master tape - followed by the numbers for the lacquer, mother and stamper.

Example: UKAY would translate to: Mastered in 1969, with masters from Italy, Pop, 12" 33 1/3 RPM LP Stereo.

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RCK - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Robin C. Kruse + ANV RCK
Example: Seventh Wave - Psi-Fi

Re (cursive - since the mid 1960s, predominantly on Liberty)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Research Craft
Example: Jackie DeShannon - Put A Little Love In Your Heart
Note: do not confuse with all caps RE.

RE
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Remus Stoica + ANV RE
Example: Carlo Gozzi (2) - Prințesa Turandot

Recordpressing.com
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - Recordpressing.com
Example: The Crucified - The Pillars Of Humanity

REGIMENTAL
S, H or HS? H
Note: not a mastering credit. It only served as "quality assurance" that Bob Sargeant was present during or that he supervised the cutting. Do not add Mastered By or Lacquer Cut By.
Example: Halo James - Could Have Told You So

regson
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Regson Studio
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ray Hagerty + ANV RH or REH
Example: Joe Henderson - Black Is The Color

REM + RCE
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - R.E.M. Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rick Essig + ANV RCE
Example: Madvillain - Madvillainy "2" Aka The Madlib Remix
Note: Rick was the only Cutting Engineer @ REM

REVERSE or REVERSE PRIME CUT or REVERSE-PRIMECUT
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Reverse-Primecut
Example: La Peste & Helius Zhamiq - Spanking Sounds Better With You

REVOLUTION
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Revolution Mastering
Example: Kromestar - What Else / Stratosphere

REY
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rey Magrini + ANV Rey
Example: Lipps, Inc. - Mouth To Mouth

RFJ
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ray Janos + ANV RFJ
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Randy Kling + ANV RfK
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Rare Form Mastering
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Master Control, Nashville
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bob Sowell + ANV RFS
Example: The Earl Scruggs Revue* - Bold And New

RG
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Plated By - Rick Goldman + ANV RG
Example: Richard Nardin* - The Pencil Line
Note: not to be confused with the Rob Grenell or King Studio engineer.

RG - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rob Grenell + ANV RG
Example: Buffalo Springfield - Retrospective - The Best Of Buffalo Springfield
Note: not to be confused with Rob Grenell (2), associated with Audio Fidelity / Desto.

RG - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rob Grenell (2) + ANV RG
Example: Christobel Weerasinghe - Japan - Its Music And Its People
Note: not to be confused with Rob Grenell, associated with ATCO / Atlantic labels.

RG ('G' is cursive - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - RG (10)
Example: James Brown - Sex Machine
Note: Engineer at King Studios. Not to be confused with Rob Grenell or Rick Goldman.

RGJ
S, H, or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - RG Jones Sound Engineering
Link Location: https://www.rgjones.co.uk/
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By – Ron Hitchcock + ANV Rh
Example: Melissa Manchester - Singin'

RH or R.H.
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By – Richard Houghten + ANV RH or R.H.
Example: image
S, H or HS ? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dynamic Sounds Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ronald Logan + ANV RHL
Example: Eric Donaldson - Beautiful Maiden

RI or RI/ITI or RINC or RIS or ITIRI
S, H, or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Recordings, Incorporated + + sequential numbers (e.g. RI3138)
Example: The Young Senators - Jungle

Rich Flores or Rich or R. Flores or R.F.
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rich Flores + ANV R. Flores or Rich or R.F.
Example: image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Claude Rie + ANV Rie or C. Rie or Ri
Example: Ibert* / Jolivet* / Rivier* - Jean-Pierre Rampal - Their Flute Concerti In The Twentieth Century

RINUS AT R.I.
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Record Industry
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rinus Hooning + ANV Rinus
Example: A Situation Vs. Poptastic - Love Talk / The Situation

RITE
S, H, or HS? E
Add a company: Pressed By - Rite Record Productions, Inc. + sequential number (e.g. 42568)
Example: Rejectors / The Accused* - Through My Mind's Eye / Please Pardon Our Noise... It Is A Sound Of Freedom

RITCHIE
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Beryl Ritchie + ANV Ritchie
Example: image)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By – Ricardo Rico (2)
Example: The Jam - 30 Años De Musica Rock Salvat - In The City
Note: often appears with the cutting date, with the month in Roman numerals, e.g. 15-IX-88

RJ
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ray Janos + ANV RJ
Example: Venus Starr - Ms. Sassy, Frassy, Classy

RJL (UK pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Richard Langham + ANV RJL
Example: Al Haig Trio - Invitation

RJM
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Robert Margouleff + ANV RJM
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - RL (8)
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bob Ludwig + ANV rL
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bob Liftin + ANV RL
Example - The Dynamic Jack Mc Duff

RL (tiny capital letters)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ron Lewter + ANV RL
Example - Various - Session III

RL or R.L (Jamaican pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ronald Logan + ANV RL or R.L
Example: Joe Higgs / High Times Players - So It Go / Big Friend

RL D.S.R.
S, H or HS ? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ronald Logan + ANV RL
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Dynamic Sounds Studios
Example: image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Robert Honablue + ANV rlh
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ron McMaster + ANV RM
Example: A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step

RM (German releases)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - RM-Schallplattenpresswerk GmbH
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Far Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rainer M. Ehrhardt + ANV RME
Example: Die Doraus Und Die Marinas - Die Welt Ist Schlecht

RMNL or R.M.N.L. (Nigerian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - [Invalid Label]]
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rob LoVerde + ANV RML etc.
Example: Billy Joel - Piano Man

RMM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tuff Gong Recording Studio
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rob Wise (3) + ANV Rob
Example: Dead Kennedys - Holiday In Cambodia

ROB @ 1087 or ROB @ TEN EIGHT SEVEN
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At – Ten Eight Seven Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By – Rob Thomas (4) + ANV Rob
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By – Rogelio Arias + ANV Rogelio or Rogelio.A.C.
Example: Kerigma - Siguiendo La Linea

ROGER 007 or ROGER - (Barbadian pressings)
S, H, or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Roger 007 Moore + ANV Roger or Roger 007
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alberto Roges + ANV Roges, Rog. or R.
Example: Radio Clip - Radio Clip

RoKj (Norwegian pressings)
S, H, or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rolf Kjernet + ANV RoKj
Example: Kjell Vidars - 7

RP
S, H, or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Records Press Manufacture
Example: Yano - Yano 1 RP

RPM ### or RPM ###-######
S, H, or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - RPM Records (28)
Example: Steso Songs - 34

RR or RI (US pressings from 1961 to 1966)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Richmond Record Pressings, Inc.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Randy's Roost
Example: Diana Warwick - Spoiled Like A Baby

RRS (Jamaican pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Randy's Records
Example: image)
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Richard Simpson Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Richard Simpson + ANV RS
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Roger Seibel + ANV RS
Example: Cartoon (4) - Music From Left Field

RS (Scandinavian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut At - Rosenborg Studio
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rico Sonderegger + ANV RS
Example: Edi Baer Und Seine Seemusikanten - Rund Um Den See

RS/T
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Trident Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ray Staff + ANV RS
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Note: this is not a mastering credit. This notation only served as quality assurance symbol that Roy Thomas Baker was present during the cutting.
Example: Queen - Bicycle Race / Fat Bottomed Girls

RUKIE or ROOKIE
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rukie + ANV Rookie
Example: Macka Diamond - Hoolla Hoop

RuNT
S, H or HS? H
Example: The Pastels - Up For A Bit With The Pastels
Note: For reference only; lacquers were ordered by / cut for Runt Distribution.

RVG - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rudy Van Gelder + ANV RVG
Example: Deodato* - Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) / Spirit Of Summer

RW or R.W. (Australian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rob Wise (3) + ANV RW
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Plated By - RW (8)
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Pressed By - Scranton Record Company
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Pressed By - Shelley Products
Example: Jackie DeShannon - Put A Little Love In Your Heart / Always Together
Note: Often also with mirrored digits.

Ƨ (backwards S) (since 1979)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Pressed By - Shelley Products
Example: Asha* - L'Indiana

S Berson EUROPADISK DMM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Europadisk
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Steve Berson + ANV S Berson
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rico Sonderegger + ANV S
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Steven Barkan + ANV S.B. or SB
Example: image 2
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Session Masters
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mark Richardson (3) + ANV M.J.R.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sound Technique
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Soundwave
Example: Natalie Lamb - Natalie Lamb Wails The Blues
Note: may also appear as Sw + date

s/w/d at toolhouse
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Toolhouse Recordings (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - s/w/d
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Steve Angel + ANV SA
Example: Lene Lovich - Lucky Number

SAC or SACC
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sonic Arts
Example: Beltram* Presents Odyssey Nine - Forklift / Drama 20

SAE MASTERING
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - SAE Mastering
Location Link: https://www.saemastering.com/
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Carl Saff + ANV Saff
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Salt Mastering
Location Link: https://www.saltmastering.com/home.htm
Example: Eternal Tapestry - Dawn In 2 Dimensions

Sam - Precise Mastering
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Precise Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sam John + ANV Sam
Location Link: https://www.precisemastering.com/
Example: Doctor P - Sweet Shop / Gargoyles

Sam@Biduloscope
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Biduloscope
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sam Berdah + ANV Sam
Example: Minuit Machine - Queendom

SAmo
S, H or HS? H
Example: White Ring - Suffocation
Note: For reference only; lacquers were ordered by / cut for broker Samo Media.

SB DMM EUROPADISK
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Steve Berson + ANV SB
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Silvano Bulešić + ANV SB
Example: Xenia (2) - Tko Je To Učinio?
Note: often etched alongside a date - DDMMYY

S.B. + C.F.S. or SB + CFS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Chalk Farm Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sid Bucknor + ANV S.B. or SB
Example: My Little Red Top / That Wonderful Sound

SC/FLA
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sound Cutting Inc.
Example: image
S, H, or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Schneid-Werke
Example: Seamus Haji - Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
Note: actually an upside down triangle above a tilde.

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Schnittstelle sub-section

Location Link: https://www.schnittstelle.ws/en/

The engineer and studio codes are listed here as a group (and not individually):

andreas@schnittstelle or andreas at schnittstelle - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Schnittstelle (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Andreas Kauffelt + ANV Andreas
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Schnittstelle (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jana Falcon + ANV Jana
Example: DJ Hell* - House Music Box Remixes

Kassian@Schnittstelle
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Schnittstelle (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kassian Troyer + ANV Kassian
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Schnittstelle (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kitaro Beeh + ANV Kitaro
Example: Fatima Yamaha - Araya

Stefan@Schnittstelle or stefan at schnittstelle
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Schnittstelle (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Stefan Brüggemann + ANV Stefan
Example: Liniker - Caju

tph@schnittstelle or tph at schnittstelle
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Schnittstelle (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Thomas P. Heckmann + ANV TPH
Example: Rondenion - Love Bound EP

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SCIENCE - image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Science (19)
Example: Sinewave (3) - Sinewave
Note: Alias for Simon Davey

SCRUNCH
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Scrunch Recordings
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sean Davies + ANV Sean
Example: The Walker Brothers - Nite Flights

SELECT SOUND
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Select Sound Studios, New York
Example: The Meters - Look-Ka Py Py / This Is My Last Affair

SEMIKOLS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Semikols Record Pressing
Location Link: https://semikols.eu/
Example: I Am Planet - Natura Resonat

Seren
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Seren Seaborn + ANV Seren
Example: Killer Loop - Someone

SES or SES master lab
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sound & Electro Systems A/S
Example: Elin Prøysen - Emigrantviser

SF Audio or SFAud or S.F. Audio-Records Co.
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - S.F. Audio
Example: The Tempests (14) - Tempest Beat / Lonely Lady

SFD or SFD R. (New Zealand pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Frank Douglas + ANV SFD
Example: The Avengers (2) - Electric Recording

SFR (Argentinian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Salvador F. Risiglione + ANV SFR
Example: image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By By - Scott Gorsuch (2) + ANV SG
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Steve Guy + ANV SG or S.G.
Example: The Beach Boys - 15 Big Ones

SGAM
S, H, or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Aardvark Record Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Stephen Ganser + ANV SG
Location Link: https://www.aardvarkmastering.com/
Example: Police Des Moeurs - Police Des Moeurs

SGI
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - AB Svensk Grammofonindustri
Example: Thommy* & Christer Abrahamsson (2) - Ishockeyskola Med Thommy & Christer Abrahamsson

SH
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Spence Hollinger + ANV SH
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - AcousTech Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Steve Hoffman + ANV SH
Example: Tom Petty - Highway Companion

Sh@SONIC
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sonic Arts (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Simon Hitner + ANV Sh
Example: Limp Bizkit - Take A Look Around

SHAH@SCRUNCH
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Scrunch Recordings
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - John Shah + ANV Shah
Example: Holmes Ives - Eros

SHANE or Shane - the cutteR (Graffiti Style; The “h” looks more like a “t”)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Shane McEnhill + ANV Shane
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Finyl Tweek
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Shane McEnhill + ANV Shane
Example: Reso (2) - Temjin

Shane @ Heathmans or SHANE! HEATHMANS UK
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Heathmans Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Shane McEnhill + ANV Shane
Example: image
S, H, or HS? S (in cursive)
Add a company: Mastered At - Sheldon (2)
Add a company: Pressed By - Sheldon (2) - only with three or four digit matrix number
Example: image 2)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Skip Shimmin
Example: Lenny Bruce - The Real Lenny Bruce

SI @ SONIC
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sonic Arts (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Simon Hitner + ANV Si
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Exchange Vinyl
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Simon Davey + ANV Simon
Example: Denis Sulta - Nein Fortiate EP
Note: Do not use on records cut before May 2015.

SIRI - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sanjai Cardoso + ANV Siri
Example: O Grilo - Você Não Sabe De Nada

SJR + CBS, NYC
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - CBS Studios, New York
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Stuart J. Romaine + ANV SJR
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Stan Kesler + ANV SK
Example: Colleen Cart - Sing Arkansas Sing

skyonion
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sky Onion Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Gus Elg
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Steve Kimball + ANV SLK
Example: image
S, H or HS? S or H
Add a company: Mastered At - Sheffield Lab Matrix + sequential number (e.g. △ 12345)
Example: Dial-M* - Modern Day Love / House Of Joy
Note: Do not confuse with Monarch, that used the delta + number system, too.

sm
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Scotty Moore + ANV sm
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Stephen Moffitt + ANV SM
Example: Dennis Wilson (2) - Pacific Ocean Blue

SM (Italian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By Marcello Spiridioni + ANV SM
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sean McMillan + ANV SM
Example: Vine.* - Forever

SM@TLR
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Lathe Room
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Stephen Marsh + ANV SM
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Shane McEnhill + ANV SMC
Example: Presslab* - Electrobeat / Automa2

SMIKE
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mike Brown (3) + ANV Smike
Example: Max Bygraves - 100 Golden Greats

SMI
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Sound Makers
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Sound Makers
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - SNA
Location Link: https://sna-gz.com/
Example: Trotskids - 4 Fois En 10 Minutes !!...

SNB
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sid Bucknor + ANV SNB
Example: John Holt - Mother & Father Love
Note: may appear as SWB

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Disques SNB Ltée. sub-section

The engineer and studio codes are listed here as a group (and not individually):

Aℓ or Aℓ SNB - (between 1977 and 1988 - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Disques SNB Ltée.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alain DeRoque + ANV Al
Example: Meco* - Pop Goes The Movies

DeRoque + SNB (Canadian pressings in the 80s)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Disques SNB Ltée.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alain DeRoque
Example: image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sabin Brunet + ANV SNB
Example: Stone Et Charden* - La Machine / La Suite De Ma Vie
Note: Almost interlinked letters; not to be confused with etched all caps SNB.

SNB or SNB 230 (Canadian pressings - all caps - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut At - Disques SNB Ltée.
Example: Neworder* - World In Motion...
Note: Not to be confused with SnB.

SNB-BK (Canadian pressings only)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Disques SNB Ltée.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bill Kipper + ANV BK
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Disques SNB Ltée.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Émile Lépine + ANV EL
Example: Yello - Oh Yeah

SNB jf
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Disques SNB Ltée.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jean-François Chicoine + ANV JF
Example: The Smurfs (2) - The Smurfs All Star Show

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SNB (German pressings - image)
S, H, or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Studio-Nord-Bremen
Location Link: https://studio-nord.net/
Example: New Order - Confusion

SO (between 1950s and 1971)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Southern Plastics
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sound Technique
Example: Hugh Mundell - Blackman's Foundation
Note: the letter S can look like a number 5.

SON (US pressings - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Sonic Recording Products, Inc.
Example: Dennis Coffey - Goin' For Myself
Note: Only for US releases pressed prior to 1975. For later pressings, see Goldisc Recording Products, Inc.

SON in combination with another company
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Sonic Recording Products, Inc.
Example: Genesis - Foxtrot
Note: Sonic made the metal parts only.

SON + K-##### (US pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Sonic Recording Products, Inc.
Example: Fred Wesley And The J.B.'s* - Damn Right I Am Somebody
Note: Only for US releases pressed prior to 1975. For later pressings, see Goldisc Recording Products, Inc.

SON + S-##### (US pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Sonic Recording Products, Inc.
Example: Creative Source - Who Is He, And What Is He To You
Note: Only for US releases pressed prior to 1975. For later pressings, see Goldisc Recording Products, Inc.

SoN
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Sound Of Nashville + sequential number (e.g. 416)
Example: The Soul Stars - Soul Strut
Note: Not to be confused with SON.

SONDEREGGER - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rico Sonderegger + ANV Sonderegger
Example: El Deux - Gletscher (Disco-Mix)

SONIC (UK pressings only)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sonic Arts (2)
Example: Shaggy Featuring Ricardo "RikRok" Ducent* - It Wasn't Me

SONOMATRIX
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sonomatrix
Example: Jenny Kee - Somebody's Loving

Sonomatrix-Lopez or Sonomatrix Lopez
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sonomatrix
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alejandro López (3) + ANV Lopez
Example: Benito Quiros - El Chofer

SONOMATRIX-TENA-
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sonomatrix
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - César Tena + ANV Tena
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Sound Clinic
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Sound Clinic
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Graeme Durham + ANV G.D. or GD
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Sound Clinic
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Graeme Durham + ANV Greaeme
Example: Joy Division - Transmission

Sound Cutting
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sound Cutting Inc.
Example: Dennis Brown - Wolves & Leopards

SOUNDLAB-DETROIT
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Soundlab (7)
Example: Various - The Best Of J-V-B

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Sound Manufacturing sub-section

The pressing plant codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

◊ ### - (UK 7" pressings between 1973 and 1981 only - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Sound Manufacturing + sequential number (e.g. ◊ 228)
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Sound Manufacturing + sequential number (e.g. △1794)
Example: Mankind (3) - Dr. Who
Note: Not to be confused with Sheffield Lab Matrix or Monarch that also used the delta.

C #### - (UK 12" pressings between 1973 and 1981 only)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Sound Manufacturing + sequential number (e.g. C 5154)
Example: Susan Cadogan - Piece Of My Heart

K ### - (UK 7" pressings between 1973 and 1981 only )
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Sound Manufacturing + sequential number (e.g. K 459)
Example: Faust - Faust Party 3 Extracts #2

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SOUNDMASTERS or THE SOUNDMASTERS
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Soundmasters
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Sound Pit
Example: The Whole Darn Family - Has Arrived

Sound Pit Gary or Gary Sound Pit
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Sound Pit
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Gary Ham + ANV Gary
Example: The Freedom Song (The Ballad Of Kunta Kinte)

Sound Pit Glenn or Glen
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Sound Pit
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Glenn Meadows + ANV Glen or Glenn
Example: Heartwood - Nothin' Fancy

Sound Supervision or Sound Supervision Master
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sound Supervision
Example: Category 3 Featuring DJ Clarkee - Out Of The Darkness

SOUND TECHNIQUE NY
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sound Technique
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Soundwave
Example: Ferenc Varga*, Béla Cilika*, Samu Boros* Recorded And Annotated By László Kürti - Transylvanian Wedding Music

SoT or SOUND TECHNIQUE
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sound Technique
Example: Jimmy Riley - Put The People First
Note: the letter S can look like a number 5.

SOUTH UNION
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - South Union
Example: Queen Isabella - You're Tailor Made

SP-CHI
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Smashed Plastic Record Pressing
Example: The Right Now - Up All Night / If It Was You

SPARTAN or SPARTAN in a rectangle
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Spartan Manufacturing Ltd.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Société De Pressage De Disques
Example: Neil Young - Time Fades Away

SPEP
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Stan Getz II + ANV SPGII
Examples: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Spiderman (2) + ANV Spider
Examples: Agrovators* Meets The Revolutioners* - At Channel One Studios (Instrumental)

SPIKEY or SPIKEY'S
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Spikey (5)
Example: Gang Of Four - Damaged Goods / Love Like Anthrax / Armalite Rifle
Note: Believed to be an Alias of Porky.

SPYRY or SPIRY or SPIRIDIONI - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By Marcello Spiridioni + ANV Spiridioni or Spiry or Spyry
Example: Natasha* - AM-FM (Rap)

SPP (French shellacs)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Mastered By - Robert Sergent + ANV S
Add a company: Pressed By - Société Phonographique Française Polydor S.A.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Stan Ricker + ANV SR
Example: Zappa* - Joe's Garage Act I

SR 2 @ SRM or SR/2 @ SRM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Stan Ricker Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Stan Ricker + ANV SR
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Shawn R. Britton + ANV SRB
Example: Pixies - Surfer Rosa

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SRC / Specialty Records sub-section

The company is listed here as a group (and not individually).

AL-SP and "B-#####"
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Allied Record Company + sequential number (e.g. B-12345)
Add a company: Pressed By - Specialty Records Corporation
Example: Plan 9 (2) - Sea Hunt

MR + SRC
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Monarch Record Mfg. Co. + sequential number (e.g. △9907)
Add a company: Pressed By - Specialty Records Corporation
Example: AC/DC - Highway To Hell

SH-SP
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Sheffield Lab Matrix
Add a company: Pressed By - Specialty Records Corporation
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Specialty Records Corporation
Add a company: Pressed By - Allied Record Company + sequential number (e.g. B-33078)
Example: Jackson Browne - The Pretender
Note: Could also be identified by an embossed A on the centre label.

SPAUS or SP-AUS + MX#####
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Specialty Records Corporation
Add a company: Pressed By - CBS Records, Artarmon + sequential MX number (e.g. MX19466)
Example: They Might Be Giants - Flood
Note: often in combination with Sterling, Precision, Masterdisk

SPCAN or SP-CAN + CR
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Specialty Records Corporation
Add a company: Pressed By - Cinram
Example: Kylie Minogue - Enjoy Yourself
Note: often in combination with Sterling, Precision, Masterdisk

SPCAN or SP-CAN + DM-# (e.g. SPCAN + DM-2)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Specialty Records Corporation
Add a company: Pressed By - Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Don Mills, ON
Example: Madonna - Causing A Commotion
Note: often in combination with Sterling, Precision, Masterdisk
Note: when "DM-" only (no number), add Mastered At - Columbia Don Mills

SPENG or SP-ENG
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Specialty Records Corporation
Example: Edie Brickell & New Bohemians - Circle
Note: often in combination with Sterling, Precision, Masterdisk

SPGER or SP-GER or SP W.GER + R/S or R/S Alsdorf - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Specialty Records Corporation
Add a company: Pressed By - Record Service Alsdorf
Example: Anita Baker - Rapture
Note: often in combination with Sterling, Precision, Masterdisk

SPITA or SP-ITA
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Specialty Records Corporation
Example: The Cars - Door To Door
Note: often in combination with Sterling, Precision, Masterdisk

SPSPA or SP-SPA
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Mastered At - Specialty Records Corporation
Example: The Manhattan Transfer - Brasil
Note: often in combination with Sterling, Precision, Masterdisk

SRC (S with R and C in loops - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Specialty Records Corporation
Example: The Kings - Switchin' To Glide
On some releases the logo appears reversed, as if stamped directly on the record.

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SR or SRO (SR circled - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sound Recorders, Omaha
Example: image
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sound Recorders, Omaha
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Clete Baker + ANV CB
Example: When The Leaves Come Tumbling Down

SR or SRO + EC
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sound Recorders, Omaha
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ed Campbell (4) + ANV EC
Example: Ed Johnson (13) - Homespun

SRP
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Standard Record Pressing Company, inc.
Example: Shirlee Hunter - Billy Christian / Why Do You Hesitate

SRP-XXXXX (since 2018)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Softwax Record Pressing
Example: Injury Reserve - By The Time I Get To Phoenix

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SRT / SRT Productions / Sound Recording sub-section

The company is listed here as a group (and not individually).
Location Link: https://www.soundrecordingtechnology.co.uk/

SRTx yynnn (between 1971 and 1983)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - SRT Productions Ltd. + sequential number (e.g. SRTM 75352)
Example: Hurricane Force Steel Band* - Tropical Paradise
Notes: x (not present on every release) is probably a format code, yy is the year, and nnn is a sequential number.

SRT+xyynnn+ or SRT+xyynnn(n)+z OR (between 1971 and 1983)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At SRT Productions Ltd. + sequential number (e.g. SRT 73293; do not include the + signs)
Add a company: Pressed By - Orlake
Example: Monica Robbins - Monica Robbins
Note: x (not present on every release) is probably a format code, yy is the year, and nnn is a sequential number, z is A or B.

SRT yyx nnnn or SRT-yyx nnnn (between 1984 and mid-1990s)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - SRT Productions Ltd. + sequential number (e.g. SRT-5KL 574)
Example: Joseph Noronha - Sanctity Of Life
Note: yy is the year (e.g. 5K for 1985), x is a format code, and nnnn is a sequential number.

SRT+yyx+nnnn+z or SRT+yyx+nnnn+z OR (between 1984 and mid-1990s)
Add a company: Mastered At - SRT Productions Ltd. + sequential number (e.g. SRT 7KL 1188)
Add a company: Pressed By - Orlake
Example: Purely Fizzycal - Straight To The Top
Note: yy is the year (e.g. 5K for 1985), x is a format code, nnnn is a sequential number, z is A or B.

SRTx CUS (yy)nnn or SRTx yy CUS nnn(n) (between 1971 and 1983)
Add a company: Pressed By - SRT Productions Ltd. + sequential number (e.g. SRT 78 CUS 109)
Example: Burnt Ice - King Of The Castle
Note: x is not present on every release, yy is the year, and nnn is a sequential number.

SRTx+CUS+(yy)nnn+z or SRTx+yy+CUS+nnn(n)+z OR (between 1971 and 1983)
Add a company: Mastered At - SRT Productions Ltd. + sequential number (e.g. SRTS 80 CUS 689)
Add a company: Pressed By - Orlake
Example: Pal A Canwyll Corff - Guto
Note: x is not present on every release, yy is the year, and nnn[n] is a 3- or 4-digit sequential number, z is A or B.

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SRZ or SRz or SR2 - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Steve Rooke + ANV SRZ
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Scott Stratton + ANV SS
Example: Rush - Snakes & Arrows
Note often in combination with `!´

SS (US pressings since 2018 - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Scott Sedillo + ANV SS
Example: U2 - Two Hearts Beat As One / Sunday Bloody Sunday

-SS- (US pressings since 2020)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Scott Stratton + ANV SS
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Sterling Sound Limited
Example: The Paragons - The Original Paragons
Note: not related to Sterling Sound / NYC

SS + AI or A.I.
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Steve Sage (2) + ANV SS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Auditronics
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sunset Sound Recorders
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Brian Ross-Myring + ANV BR
Example: Keola & Kapono Beamer - Hawaii's Keola & Kapono Beamer

SS. BV - (between 2006 and 2007)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Sterling Sound Limited
Add a company: Pressed By - Broadcrest Ltd.
Example: MJ Cole Feat. Laura Vane - Firin' Up
Note: releases after 2007 with SS + BV were likely pressed by JB Vinyl or Independent Pressing Co.

SS LA (US pressings - image 2)
S, H or HS? S and H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sonic Sculptures
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Lan Ackley + ANV LA
Example: QX-1 - On A Journey
Note: SS is stamped (appearing as §), LA is etched (appearing as "Winged A")

SS or SS in a circle RAL (Norwegian pressings - image)
S, H, or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Roger Arnhoff Studio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Svein Sundby
Example: Egil Syvertsen - Synger Til Gitar- Og Hammondorgelakkompagnement

SSC
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Schnittecht
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Heiko Günther
Location Link: https://www.schnittecht.de/
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sunshine Sound Enterprises, Inc.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sierra Sound Laboratories
Example: Robbie Băsho* - The Grail & The Lotus

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SST sub-section

The company, engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Location Link: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - SST Brüggemann GmbH (from 2014 until 2016)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - SST GmbH (since 2017
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alex Nimmermann + ANV AL
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - SST Brüggemann GmbH (until 2016)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - SST GmbH (since 2017)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Daniel Krieger + ANV K
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - SST Brüggemann GmbH (until 2016)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - SST GmbH (since 2017)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Daniel Krieger + ANV Kr
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - SST Brüggemann GmbH
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - SST (8)
Example: Ricky King - Verde

SST - (after May 2011)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - SST Brüggemann GmbH (from 2011 until 2016)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - SST GmbH (since 2017)
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - SST GmbH (between 2018 and 2020)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Davi Rodrigues De Lima + ANV DZ
Example: Lykke Li - So Sad So Sexy
Note: in fact a combined 'dl' and can also be read as ▽AV, dL or W.

SST-H or SST Ha - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - SST Brüggemann GmbH
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Michael Haas + ANV H or Ha
Example: Marshall Masters - Stereo Murder (The Cold Rush Remixes)

SST M & S
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - SST Brüggemann GmbH
Add a company: Manufactured By - Master & Servant
Example: EA80 - Schweinegott
Note: "The cut had been ordered by a fabrication service company named Master & Servant, and they requested us to cut M&S additionally."

SST MW (combined - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - SST Brüggemann GmbH (from 2011 until 2016)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - SST GmbH (since 2017)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Martin Wegner + ANV MW
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - SST GmbH
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Theo Krieger + ANV TK
Example: Donald Cumming - Out Calls Only
Note: Since July 2017 only. May appear as R but the proper ANV is TK.

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ST (French shellacs)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Studio Technisonor, Paris
Example: Jean Lutèce Quartett - Encore Un Jour / Dix-Neuf-Cent
Note: only when in combination with SPP

Stardelta - (may also appear as Starlett - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - StarDelta Audio Mastering
Example: Barry Gray - Joe 90 (Original Television Soundtrack)

STC or STC FINYLTWEEK
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Shane McEnhill + ANV STC
Example: Various - The Jazz Cabbage Grand Ball

STEREODISK
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut At - Stereodisk
Example: Atmosphere (2) / The Uncluded - Someday Soon / Bats

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Sterling Sound sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Location Link: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sterling Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bob Ludwig + ANV RL
Example: The Band - The Band

SS (US pressings [/u]between 1968 and 1969[/u])
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sterling Sound
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sterling Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Lee Hulko + ANV LH
Example: image
S, H or HS? S or H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sterling Sound
Example: image
S, H or HS? S, H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sterling Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ⚾︎] - Greg Calbi
Example: Units - New Way To Move
Note: symbolizes a baseball but may appear as an H in a circle (Ⓗ).

STERLING ✩ (five-pointed star - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sterling Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ✩] - Greg Calbi
Example: Mary Jane Girls - In My House
Note: not to be confused with stars from Capitol or Premier (US).

STERLING CA
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sterling Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Athens + ANV CA
Example: image
S, H or HS? S, H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sterling Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Greg Calbi ANV GC
Example: Visage - Visage

STERLING GF
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sterling Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Greg Fulginiti + ANV GF
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sterling Sound Nashville
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Joe Nino-Hernes + ANV JN-H or JNH, etc.
Example: Snail Mail (2) - Lush

STERLING JR
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sterling Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - José Rodriguez + ANV JR
Example: Alicia Bridges - I Love The Nightlife (Disco Round)

STERLING JR + DMM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Sterling Sound
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - José Rodriguez + ANV JR
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sterling Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jack Skinner + ANV JS
Example: image
S, H or HS? S, H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sterling Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut by - Lee Hulko + ANV LH
Example: image
S, H or HS? S, H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sterling Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ray Janos + ANV RJ
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S, H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sterling Sound Nashville
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ryan Smith (2) + ANV RKS
Example: Paul Simon - Graceland

STERLING RL
S, H or HS? S, H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sterling Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bob Ludwig + ANV RL
Example: Wilson Pickett - Pickett In The Pocket

STERLING SF
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sterling Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Steve Fallone + ANV SF
Example: R.E.M. - Daysleeper

Sterling Sound + DMM (since 1985)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Sterling Sound
Example: The Chameleons UK* - Strange Times

STERLING TC or t.c.
S, H or HS? S, H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sterling Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tom Coyne + ANV TC or t.c.
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S, H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sterling Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ted Jensen + ANV TJ
Example: The Art Of Noise - In Visible Silence

STERLING TJ + DMM - between 1985 and 1991
S, H or HS? S, H
Add a company: Mastered At - Sterling Sound
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Ted Jensen + ANV TJ
Example: Steve Winwood - Back In The High Life

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ST or TST or ETST (German releases)
S, H or HS? H or S
Add a company: Pressed By - Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH
Example: The Modern Jazz Quintet Karlsruhe - Position 2000

STEVE HOFFMAN / KEVIN GRAY
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kevin Gray
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Steve Hoffman
Example: Sonny Rollins - Saxophone Colossus

STEVEN BARKAN
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit : Lacquer Cut By - Steven Barkan
Example: House Of Gypsies - Gypsyland

STEVEN "BOOM" BARKAN
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit : Lacquer Cut By - Steven Barkan + ANV Steven "Boom" Barkan where
Example: Eddie S. - The Eddie S. EP

STEVES (UK pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Steve Angel + ANV Steves
Example: Lene Lovich - Bird Song

STK - (US releases)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Soundtek Inc.
Example: Rhythm Interface - Hard Freestyle
Note: do not confuse with Sountrak cat#

STM #### - (US releases issued during the 1960s and 1970s)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Ter Mar Studios
Example: Minnie Riperton - Come To My Garden

Strat
S, H or HS? H
Lacquer Cut By - Scott Stratton + ANV Strat
Example: Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (Original Series Soundtrack)

STRATOZOO or WWW.STRATOZOO.CH
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Strato Zoo
Location Link: https://www.stratozoo.ch/studio.html
Example: Various - KPM Soundclash

Stratty
S, H or HS? H
Lacquer Cut By - Scott Stratton + ANV Stratty
Example: image
S, H or HS? S or H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Strawberry Mastering
Example: The Sound (2) - Jeopardy
Note: 'Strawberry G' means the lacquers were cut for R/S Alsdorf,

STRAWBERRY S
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Strawberry Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sean Davies + ANV S
Example: John Wetton - Caught In The Crossfire

STRAWBERRY Sean
S, H or HS? S + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Strawberry Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sean Davies + ANV Sean
Example: Yes - Going For The One
Note: may appear as Séan or Seán.

STREAKY or STREAKY MASTERING or CUT BY STREAKY
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Streaky
Example: Kasabian - Where Did All The Love Go?

STREAKY @ eMasters
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - eMasters
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Streaky
Example: Various - The Big Picture Album EP Part Two

STREAKY @ SOUNDMASTERS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Soundmasters
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Streaky
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Stuart Hawkes + ANV Stu.
Example: Aaliyah / Jamiroquai - Try Again / Deeper (Drum & Bass Remixes)

Studios 301
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Studios 301
Location Link: https://studios301.com/
Example: A Certain Ratio - The Double Twelve Inch

STXM or STXS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Stax Recording Studios
Example: Luther Ingram - Missing You / You Were Made For Me
Note: M = Mono cut and S = Stereo cut.

SUMA MB - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Suma Recording Studio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Michael Bishop + ANV MB
Example: The Human Switchboard - Prime Of My Life

SUMA PH
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Suma Recording Studio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Hamann + ANV PH
Example: The Telescopes - Taste

SUN P
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Sun Plastics Company, Inc.
Example: Fleetwood Mac - Rumours

SUNPRESS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - SunPress Vinyl
Location Link: https://www.sunpressvinyl.com/
Example: Deep88 - Flute

SUNSHINE - FRANK or SUNSHINE FRANKIE "T"
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sunshine Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Frank Trimarco + ANV Frank or Frankie "T" etc.
Examples: Prioritee - Who Is He (for Frankie "T")

Sunshine Sound or Sunshine Sound Ent Inc
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Sunshine Sound Enterprises, Inc.
Example: image
S, H or HS? HS + H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Super Disc Inc.
Example: Various - Michigan Rocks

SW-### or SW ### or SW### (e.g. SW-526)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Superior Record Pressing Corp., Tempe, Arizona + LCCN number
Examples: Various - Metal Gives Us A Headache
Note: Often also has "SRPCW" debossed around the spindle hole

SWISS MADE and Crossbow in circle - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Turicaphon AG
Examples: Various - H.G.B.S. Swingtime Vol. 1
Note: The crossbow symbol is not a Turicaphon logo but of "Swiss Label".
Turicaphon added that exclusively to their pressings though.

SW (UK / Irish pressings - image 2)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Spartan Manufacturing Ltd.
Example: Yazoo - Nobody's Diary

T I:I
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Toolhouse Recordings (2)
Example: Filter - Rechteck / Sägezahn

T.M or TM #### - (US releases from the 1960s and 1970s)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Ter Mar Studios
Example: Little Milton - At The Dark End Of The Street / I Who Have Nothing

T.N. (UK pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Terry Newman + ANV T.N.
Example: Alton Ellis - Soul Medly

T.S.
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Trent Strickland + ANV T.S.
Example: Cass Elliot - Cass Elliot

T-BOY
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - T-Boy
Example: Release - Spirit Of Space Remix EP
Note: Alias of Tim Debney.

T-TIME
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - T-Time Vinyl Plant
Example: Eivind Jul - Hjertejord

Tα or T.α. (T + Greek lowercase alpha - often mistakenly interpreted as "TX/T.X.", "To/T.o." or "Ta/T.a."))
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Toolex Alpha
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - François Terrazzoni + ANV T
Example: Gommard - Live In MonStreuil
Note: often in combination with triangles, stars, diamonds.

TA (Scandinavian pressings - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Torstein Arnedal
Example: Dire Straits - Dire Straits

Talking Machine or The Talking Machine
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Talking Machine
Example: Scott Warren (3) - What A Life

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Tape One sub-section

The studio codes and engineer's codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

BAZZA TAPE ONE or BAZZA TA1PE
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tape One
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Barry Grint + ANV Bazza
Example: image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tape One
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - BilBo (3)
Example: Language (4) - Goodbye Indian Summer
Alias for image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tape One
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Denis Blackham + ANV DB
Example: Various - Salvation! (Original Soundtrack)

Denis TAPE ONE
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tape One
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Denis Blackham + ANV Denis
Example: The Silent Underdog / Pigbag - Papa's Got A Brand New Pigbag

JA - Tape One
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tape One
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jack Adams (2) + ANV JA
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tape One
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pounda
Example: Thunderthumbs And The Toetsenman - Freedom

TA1PE or T△1PE
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tape One
Example: Tears For Fears - The Hurting

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Tape To Tape sub-section

The studio codes and engineer's codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

chris - T2T or chris@T2T
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tape To Tape
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Alexander + ANV Chris
Example: The Olmec Heads - Magic Man

G CUTMASTER GENERAL T2T
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tape To Tape
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - George Cutmaster General + ANV G Cutmaster General
Example: Horny United vs. Boney M. - Somebody Scream
Note: Alias of George Lambert

PN T2T or PN T2T
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tape To Tape
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pete Norman + ANV PN
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tape To Tape
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Shane McEnhill + ANV Shane
Example: Shola Ama - Imagine (Asylum Remix)

T2T or TzT or TZT
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Tape To Tape
Example: Circulation - K. Loop
Note: Later became Heathmans Mastering.

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TB (intertwined) - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Plated By - TB (3)
Example: image 2)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Teresa Bedolla + ANV TBA or T.B.A.
Example: La Torcacita - La Torcacita

TC
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tom Coyne + ANV TC
Example: November Group - November Group

TECHNISONIC or MASTERED BY TECHNISONIC
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Mastered At - Technisonic Studios
Example: Razzmatazz (2) - Set It Out / Sunny

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Teldec Studios and Teldec Press sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
The locations (B, H, N/NF) and the studios/lathes (roman numerals) are not part of the ANVs.
See also the unknowns section.

A-B-I or A-B-II or A-B-III (until 1981 - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Teldec-Studio, Berlin
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Horst Angenendt + ANV A
Example: Béla Bartók - Eder-Quartett* - Sämtliche Streichquartette (Complete String Quartets · L'Intégrale Des Quatuors À Cordes)

DMM A-B-I or DMM A-B-II or DMM A-B-III (after 1981)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Teldec-Studio, Berlin
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Horst Angenendt + ANV A
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Teldec-Studio, Berlin
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Sönke Bahns + ANV B
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Teldec-Press GmbH
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Sönke Bahns + ANV B
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Teldec-Studio, Berlin
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Christian Stegmaier + ANV CS
Example: image - between 1980 and 1983)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At: TELDEC-Studio, Hamburg
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By: Achim Elsner + ANV E
Example: image - 1984)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At: TELDEC-Studio, Hamburg
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By: Achim Elsner + ANV E
Example: image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Mastered At - Teldec-Press GmbH
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Edgar Duchrow + ANV ED
Example: image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Mastered At - Teldec-Press GmbH
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Achim Elsner + ANV E
Example: image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Mastered At - Teldec-Studio, Berlin
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Herbert Grenzebach + ANV G
Example: image between 1978 and mid 1983)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - TELDEC-Studio, Hamburg
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Peter Harenberg + ANV H
Example: Secret Service - Ye-Si-Ca
Note: Not to be confused with Hi

H1 - (looks like ℋ1 - image between mid 1983 and 1984)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Mastered At - TELDEC-Studio, Hamburg
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Peter Harenberg + ANV H
Example: Theatre Of Hate - Revolution
Note: Not to be confused with Hi

𝙸 - (roman numeral 1 - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - TELDEC-Studio, Hamburg
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching I] - Gerhard Schulze
Example: The Les Humphries Singers* - Carnival
Note: please do not use roman numerals as ANV.

KR - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Karen Röschmann + ANV KR
Example: Acid-O-Mingo - Silver Machine

Ks-II-H
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - TELDEC-Studio, Hamburg
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Klaus-Jürgen Schneider + ANV KS
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Karin Wiese + ANV KW
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Walter Labenski + ANV La
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Teldec-Studio, Berlin
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Heinz Lauterbach + ANV Lt
Example: Depeche Mode - Master And Servant

O.
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Hansgeorg Otto + ANV O.
Example: Gerry Mulligan And His Ten-Tette* - Gerry Mulligan And His Ten-Tette
Note: Often in combination with La. (= Walter Labenski)

Pü-B-I, Pü-B-II or Pü-B-III - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Teldec-Studio, Berlin
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Carsten Püschel + ANV Pü
Example: image 2)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - TELDEC-Studio, Hamburg
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Gerhard Schulze + ANV S
Example: Kin Ping Meh - Virtues & Sins
Notes: Not to be confused with with roman numeral II used by Karl Schick

S-II or S-H-II or S-II-H - (until 1981)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - TELDEC-Studio, Hamburg
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Karl Schick + ANV S
Example: The Jennifer Capell Band - I Hate Snobs
Notes: Not to be confused with with roman numeral I used by Gerhard Schulze

S-I-B or S-II-B or B-S-II
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Teldec-Studio, Berlin
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Karl Schick + ANV S
Example: A Flock Of Seagulls - Listen
Note: please do not use roman numerals for the ANV.

S-II - (since 1982 - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - TELDEC-Studio, Hamburg
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Karl Schick + ANV S
Example: image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Mastered At - Teldec-Press GmbH
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Karl Schick + ANV S
Example: Lian Ross - Do You Wanna Funk
Note: Not to be confused with just S for Schulze (until 1979)

Sch-I or Sch-II (may look like J.I.L or N.I.L. - between 1964 and 1984 - image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - TELDEC-Studio, Hamburg
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Klaus-Jürgen Schneider + ANV Sch
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Teldec Press GmbH
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Klaus-Jürgen Schneider + ANV Schn
Example: The Control Band - Susanna / La Colegiala

Se
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alexander Seeland + ANV Se
Example: Club Martini, Addy Andrigo Und Sein Orchester - Tukiwai
Note: often in combination with other Initials, e.g. Fu.

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TELEGRAPH DRAGON - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Telegraph Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Amy Dragon + ANV Dragon
Location Link: https://telegraphmastering.com/
Example: Rose City Band - Summerlong

TELEGRAPH-GONSA
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Telegraph Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Adam Gonsalves + ANV Gonsa
Location Link: https://telegraphmastering.com/
Example: Garrett Klahn - Garrett Klahn

TELEGRAPH-GONSALVES
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Telegraph Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Adam Gonsalves + ANV Gonsalves
Location Link: https://telegraphmastering.com/
Example: John Craigie - Asterisk The Universe

TERRY NEWMAN + 2 digit year
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Terry Newman
Example: The Twinkle Brothers* - Love

TEXAS SOUND STUDIOS or
TEXAS SOUND STUDIOS - SAN ANTONIO or
JEFF SMITH'S TEXAS SOUND STUDIOS - SAN ANTONIO
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Texas Sound Studios
Example: Meredith Neal - Crazy Crazy Dream / Gertrude
Note: also Made By or Recorded By found in the runouts --> use roles accordingly

"TG" or "GT" or "TX" or "TXG" or "TXD" or "TD" or "TZ" or "ZDT" - (from 1954 until 1979 - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - RCA Studios, Toronto
Example: Dan Gibson - Land Of The Loon

"TG" or "GT" or "TX" or "TXG" or "TXD" or "TD" or "TZ" or "ZDT" - (from 1979 until 1990)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - McClear Place
Example: image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tadashi Hyakkan + ANV TH
Example: The Doobie Brothers - What Were Once Vices Are Now Habits

THE BAKERY
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Bakery (2)
Location Link: https://thebakery.la/
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Carvery
Location Link: https://thecarverystudio.com/
Example: Kinlaw & Skyler* - Skyler & Kinlaw

THE CUTTING SUITE Chris C
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Cutting Suite
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Cawte + ANV Chris
Example: TNT (2) Present Darksyde (3) - Money

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The Exchange sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Entries for The Exchange Vinyl and The Exchange MMM are still listed individually.
Location Link: https://www.exchangemastering.co.uk/index.html

BP + THE EXCHANGE
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Exchange
Example: Moonshake - Lola, Lola
Note: BP stands for Bruges Place, the building where The Exchange was situated at the time.

GRAEME - THE EXCHANGE
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Exchange
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Graeme Durham + ANV Graeme
Example: Paul Johnson - Hear The Music

GRAZ or GRAZZ - THE EXCHANGE
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Exchange
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Graeme Durham + ANV Graz or Grazz
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Exchange
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Guy Davie + ANV Guy's
Example: DJ Rush - Get On Up

L+G THE EXCHANGE
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Exchange
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Lewis Durham + ANV L
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Graeme Durham + ANV G
Example: Cassius - 8 Beats

Mandy THE EXCHANGE
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Exchange
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mandy Parnell + ANV Mandy
Example: Kailash - Higher E.P.

MANDY THE EXCHANGE DMM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - The Exchange
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Mandy Parnell + ANV Mandy
Example: image - (until 2014)
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Exchange
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mike Marsh + ANV Mike or Mike's
Example: The Kick Syndicate - Speaker Freak E.P.

MIKE'S - THE EXCHANGE DMM - (between 1990 and 1998)
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Mastered At - The Exchange
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Mike Marsh + ANV Mike's
Example: PM Dawn* - A Watcher's Point Of View (Don't Cha Think)

NP/GD THE EXCHANGE
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Exchange
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By: Nilesh Patel + ANV NP
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By: Graeme Durham + ANV GD
Example: The Kills - Midnight Boom

PAUL'S THE EXCHANGE
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Exchange
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Solomons + ANV Pauls'
Example: Eon - Inner Mind / Spice (The Remixes) (spread out on 2 sides)

S.D - THE EXCHANGE or
SIMON - THE EXCHANGE or
EXCHANGE 2000 - SIMON - image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Exchange
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Simon Davey + ANV S.D. or Simon
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Mastered At - The Exchange
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Simon Davey + ANV Simon
Example: Funk D'Void - Jack Me Off

SIMON'N'MIKE THE EXCHANGE
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Exchange
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Simon Davey + ANV Simon
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mike Marsh + ANV Mike
Example: Massive Attack - Karmacoma EP

THE EXCHANGE
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Exchange
Example: The Kills - Satellite

THE EXCHANGE DMM or THE EXCHANGE D.M.M.
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - The Exchange
Example: Various - Feed Your Head

THE EXCHANGE - G-TEN
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Exchange
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Graeme Durham + ANV G-Ten
Example: John Martyn - Solid Air

THE EXCHANGE - GD or G.D.
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Exchange
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Graeme Durham + ANV GD or G.D.
Example: TK Dramatic - Scarlet

THE EXCHANGE - M.M./N.P.
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Exchange
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mike Marsh + ANV M.M.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nilesh Patel + ANV N.P.
Example: Pure Wildness - Ain't No Use

THE EXCHANGE-DMM MM/NILESH
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - The Exchange
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Mike Marsh + ANV MM
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Nilesh Patel + ANV Nilesh
Example: The Best Of The B-52's - Dance This Mess Around

THE EXCHANGE - DMM NP/MM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - The Exchange
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Nilesh Patel + ANV NP
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Mike Marsh + ANV MM
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Exchange
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mark Embleton + ANV Mark or Marks or Markz
Example: Various - Godz Is Not A Put-On

THE EXCHANGE - MARK DMM or MARK'S DMM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - The Exchange
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Mark Embleton + ANV Mark or Mark's
Example: Nu Soul People - Mellow Music

THE EXCHANGE - NILZ or NILZ - THE EXCHANGE
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Exchange
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nilesh Patel + ANV Nilz
Example: The Cotton Club* - Cotton Wool E.P.
Note: may also appear as ENZ or ̶T̶ NZ.

THE EXCHANGE (DMM) - NILZ
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - The Exchange
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Nilesh Patel + ANV Nilz
Example: Miranda Sex Garden - Peep Show

THE EXCHANGE - NILZ/R.S.
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Exchange
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nilesh Patel + ANV Nilz
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ray Staff + ANV R.S.
Example: Sidi Bou Said - Three Sides

TIM X change or TIMZ X change or Tim de P. Xchange
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim de Paravicini + ANV Tim or Timz or Tim De P.
Example: Robert Lucas - Usin' Man Blues

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The Gentle Genius
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - The Gentle Genius
Example: Augustus Pablo - King David's Melody

THE INHABITANT
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - The Inhabitant
Example: Reflection Eternal / Shabaam Sahdeeq F/ The Cocoa Brovaz* - On Mission / Every Rhyme I Write

The Lacquer Lab
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Lacquer Lab
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - The Robot (5)
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - THE WASP (4)
Example: Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band

THE WIZZARD or THE WIZARD
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - The Wizzard (7)
Example: image)
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Terry More + ANV THM
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Thijs (7)
Example: Driftwood - Freeloader (The Remixes)

Tigger@Scratch Free
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Scratch Free Press
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tigger (2)
Example: Moonstarr / Cold Mission - The Blue Night Network LP (Volume 1)
Alias of Alex Fodi

TIM or TIM's
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Young + ANV Tim or Tim's
Example: The Clash - Complete Control

tim at cbs or tim-cbs
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - CBS Studios, London
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Young + ANV Tim
Example: Sylvia Love - Instant Love

Tim B.
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Burrell + ANV Tim B.
Example: Peter Tosh / Winston Wright / The Destroyers - Here Comes The Judge

Tim @ Fluid Mastering
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Fluid Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Debney + ANV Tim
Location Link: https://www.fluidmastering.com/
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Dennen + ANV Tim D.
Example: Jake & The Electric Nudes - Proximity

TIM DEBNEY
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Debney
Example: Super Furry Animals - Hey Venus!

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Timmion Cutting sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Location Link: https://timmion.com/timmion-cutting/

DIDIER + TIMMION CUTTING
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Timmion Cutting
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Didier
Example: Echo Roots - Invasion

JSA + TIMMION CUT or JSA TIMMION CUT
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Timmion Cutting
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jukka Sarapää + ANV JSA
Example: Fred Williams And The Jewel Band* - Tell Her

SKA + TIMMION CUTTING
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Timmion Cutting
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Sami Kantelinen + anv SKA
Example: Almas Fronterizas - Malo / El Reventon

TIMMION CUTTING or TIMMION CUT
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Timmion Cutting
Example: Echo Roots - Earth Rocking

TIMMION CUT + Diamond Etch
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Timmion Cutting
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Diamond Etch] - Jukka Sarapää
Example: Various - Bad Education Vol. 1

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TIMI
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Young + ANV Timi
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Young + ANV Timtom
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - CBS Studios, London
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Young + ANV Timtom
Example: Night Moves - Transdance

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TLC (The Lacquer Channel, Canada) sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

TLC - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Lacquer Channel Limited (between 1976 and 1987)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Lacquer Channel (since 1988)
Example: Moev - Alibis

TLC-AL
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Lacquer Channel Limited (between 1976 and 1987)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Lacquer Channel (since 1988)
Example: Johnny Braff - Cry Me A River
Note: AL indicates that lacquers were cut on Apollo lacquers.

TLC + AT
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Lacquer Channel Limited
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alan Thorne + ANV AT
Example: Peter Appleyard - Presents

TLC + GG (GG can look like a "JC" or "GC")
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Lacquer Channel Limited between 1976 and 1987
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Lacquer Channel since 1988
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - George Graves + ANV GG
Example: Saga (3) - Images At Twilight

TLC + K.E.F.
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Lacquer Channel Limited
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kevin Fuller + ANV K.E.F.
Example: Genesis - No Reply At All
Note: the squiggly F can look like a Z or Y.

TLC-M - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Lacquer Channel Limited between 1976 and 1987
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Lacquer Channel since 1988
Example: Grace Jones - Dance Sampler

TLC + MW
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Lacquer Channel Limited
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mark Wright (3) + ANV MW
Example: The Destinations - The Hustle & The Bus Stop

TLC + nc
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Lacquer Channel Limited
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Neil Carter (3) + ANV NC
Example: Bryan Ferry - The Bride Stripped Bare

TLC-P
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Lacquer Channel Limited (between 1976 and 1987)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Lacquer Channel (since 1988)
Example: Paralandra - Make The Move
Note: P indicates that lacquers were cut on Pyral lacquers.

TLC + STM
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Lacquer Channel
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Scott Murley + ANV STM
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Lacquer Channel Limited (between 1976 and 1987)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Lacquer Channel (since 1988)
Example: Barry & Demo - Another One Bites Rap
Note: T indicates that lacquers were cut on Transco lacquers.

TLC + TM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Lacquer Channel Limited
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Terry Medwedyk + ANV TM
Example: Divas Asaras - Divas Asaras

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TLC (boxed - image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Lacquer Channel, Sausalito
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Lacquer Place
Example: The Trend (2) - The Trend Is In!

TM/JR
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tom Moulton & José Rodriguez + ANV TM/JR
Add a credit: Mastered By - José Rodriguez + ANV JR
Add a credit: Mixed By - Tom Moulton + ANV TM
Example: Eddie Holman - A Night To
Note: if not already credited elsewhere

TML or T.M.L. or TML-M or TML-S or TML-X - TML-X)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Mastering Lab
Example: Supertramp - It's Raining Again
Note: The letter after the dash indicates which lathe was used (M = Master, S = Slave, X = Extra)

TMM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Third Man Mastering
Location Link: https://thirdmanmastering.com
Example: Marcus Belgrave - Gemini II

TMP
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Third Man Pressing
Location link: https://thirdmanpressing.com/
Example: Marcus Belgrave - Gemini II

TN + 2 digit year
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Terry Newman + ANV TN
Example: Everardos - Eva

TNLABS## (## = 2 digit year)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Terry Newman Record Mastering Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Terry Newman
Example: Glenroy Grant - Love Forever

TOOMER
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dave Toomer + ANV Toomer
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tony Bridge + ANV Tone
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tony Bridge + ANV Tone
Example: Violent Femmes - Children Of The Revolution
Note: is a smiley face - not part of the ANV.

tone AP - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - All Platinum Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tony Bridge + ANV Tone
Example: First Class (5) - Going First Class

tone :PY:
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Pye Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tony Bridge + ANV Tone
Example: Split Enz - History Never Repeats

Tono
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Tonographie GmbH
Example: Kapellmeister Hanns Steinkopf* - Sizilianisches Ständchen / Adua

TOOLHOUSE DC or TOOLHOUSE or TOOL HOUSE
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Toolhouse Recordings (2)
Example: Various - Versatile Virus
Note: DC stands for Direct Cut.

TOOLHOUSE-DC Djamil
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Toolhouse Recordings (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Djamil Mehtieff + ANV Djamil
Example: Isaac Spayes - Caleidoskank 1.2
Note: DC stands for Direct Cut.

TOOLHOUSE et or TOOLHOUSE-DC et
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Toolhouse Recordings (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching et] - Djamil Mehtieff
Example: Hypetraxx - The Darkside
Note: DC stands for Direct Cut.

TOP MASTER
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Top Master
Example: Nancy Holloway - You Are My Yesterday

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Townhouse / Town House sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

DOUG - TOWNHOUSE or DOUG @ TOWNHOUSE
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Town House
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Doug Shearer + ANV Doug
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Town House
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Frank Arkwright + ANV F.A.
Example: Feeder - Comfort In Sound

NIX MIX TOWNHOUSE
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Engineered At - The Town House
Add a credit: Engineer - Nick Launay
Example: Virgin Prunes - Pagan Lovesong
Note: this is NOT a mastering credit - as confirmed by Nick.

PEACHY TOWNHOUSE
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Town House
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Peachy (2)
Example: The Prodigy - Always Outnumbered, Never Outgunned
Note: Alias of image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Town House
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - THT (3)
Example: Shark Vegas - You Hurt Me
Note: Stands for Town House Tony

TIM BURRELL @ Townhouse
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Town House
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Burrell
Example: Various - Work Your Soul - Jamaican 60s & Northern 1966-74

TIM Debney @ The Townhouse
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Town House
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Debney
Example: Thom Yorke - The Eraser

timtom-townhouse
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Town House
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Young + ANV Timtom
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Town House
Example: New Order - Substance
Note: Please use Mastered At when credited alongside another studio. Occasionally etched, too.

TOWNHOUSE BARRY
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Town House
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Barry Woodward + ANV Barry
Example: Simple Minds - Alive & Kicking

TOWNHOUSE DMM
S, H or HS? S, H
Add a company: Mastered At - The Town House
Example: Belinda* - Circle In The Sand

TOWNHOUSE GORDON AND BARRY
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Town House
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Gordon Vicary + ANV Gordon
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Barry Woodward + ANV Barry
Example: Saxon - Back On The Streets

TY-townhouse
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Town House
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Young + ANV TY
Example: Jimmy Somerville - To Love Somebody

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TPH (may appear as TDH - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Hines (4) + ANV TPH
Example: The Chapelettes - The Chapelettes

TPP (generally followed by YY for the year of pressing)
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Pressed By - The Pressing Plant
Example : Various - A 94Q/WQXI Christmas

TR
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tom Rabstenek + ANV TR
Example: Return To Forever Featuring Chick Corea - Hymn Of The Seventh Galaxy

Transfer Roberto Esposito
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Mastered By - Roberto Esposito (3)
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Transfermation
Example: Deviation - Hammond Song

TRANSITION or Transition
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Transition Mastering Studios
Location Link: https://www.transition-studios.com/
Example: FX (2) - Power / Shockwave

TRANSITION LD
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Transition Mastering Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Leon Day + ANV LD
Example: Mungo's Hi Fi* - Babylon / Dubplate Fi Dem

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Translab sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Location Link: https://www.translab-mastering.com

B "BiNJ" W @ Translab
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Translab
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Benjamin Weber + ANV B "BiNJ" W
Example: Alan Stivell - Amzer (Seasons)

BNJ@TRANSLAB
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Translab
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Benjamin Joubert + ANV BNJ
Example: Luis Nieva - Frecuency

CED-TR
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Translab
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Cédric Monnet + ANV CED
Example: Elesse - Rare & Unreleased Cuts

CHAB Translab or CHAB-TR or CH△B-TR
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Translab
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chab (2)
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Translab
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alex Gopher + ANV Gop or Gopher
Example: The Beginning Of The End - Funky Nassau

Herve @ Translab
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Translab
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Hervé Bordes + ANV Herve
Example: Anakyne - Project: Funk Da World

IO@TR or IO/TR or iO.@TRANSLAB
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Translab
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - IO (7)
Example: Rype N' Flob - Into You
Alias for image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Translab
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jean-Christophe Beaudon + ANV JC
Example: Static Drum - Fusion EP

JP or J.P + TL
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Translab
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jean-Pierre Bouquet + ANV JP or J.P
Example: Philippe Sarde - Bande Originale Du Film Joyeuses Pâques
Note: TL appears as Ʈ, please use TL in the runout string

Lionel @ Translab
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Translab
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Lionel Nicod + ANV Lionel
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Translab
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Marie Pieprzownik + ANV MPZ
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Translab
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pompon Finkelstein+ ANV Pom
Example: Luxima - Surfin' On A Silverwave

RV-TR
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Translab
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Hervé Bordes + ANV RV
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Translab
Example: Félix Gray & Didier Barbelivien - À Toutes Les Filles
Note: appears as Ʈ, please use TL in the runout string

ZZED TR
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Translab
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Zzed
Example: Williams Traffic - I Man Dub

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-TRICK- or TRICK !
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Patrick Scholtens + ANV Trick
Example: Latex - Life On Earth

TRICK>RI or Trick @ Record Industry
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Record Industry
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Patrick Scholtens + ANV Trick
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Trident Studios
Example: Billy Cobham - Crosswinds

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Trutone Mastering Labs sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Location Link: https://www.trutonemastering.com

MASTERED BY TRUTONE CR + date
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Mastered At - Trutone Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Carl Rowatti + ANV CR
Example: Suburban Boyz - Insane

MASTERED BY TRUTONE RJ
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Mastered At - Trutone Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ray Janos + ANV RJ
Example: Chris Connelly - Stowaway

MASTERED BY TRUTONE SR + date
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Mastered At - Trutone Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Steve Robb (2) + ANV SR
Example: image
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Mastered At - Trutone Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Phil Austin + ANV PA or P.A.
Example: Intense (2) - Let The Rain Come Down

MASTERED BY TRUTONE - pa ♡ pf or MASTERED BY TRUTONE pa - pf + date (m/yy)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Trutone Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Phil Austin + ANV PA
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Patti Firrincili + ANV PF
Example: Mickey Oliver - In-Ten-Si-T

MASTERED BY TRUTONE Phil Austin + date
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Mastered At - Trutone Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Phil Austin
Example: Brothers' Vibe - Tracks From The Lab

Tippy-Trutone-NYC
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Trutone Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tony "Tippy" Tarochione + ANV Tippy
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Trutone Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Carl Rowatti + ANV CR
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Trutone Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Phil Austin + ANV PA
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Trutone Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Steve Robb (2) + ANV SR
Example: image
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Trutone Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Phil Austin + ANV PA
Example: Grand Master Flash & The Furious Five* - New York New York

TRU TONE PHIL AUSTIN or TRUTONE PHIL AUSTIN + date
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Trutone Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Phil Austin
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Trutone Mastering Labs
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Carl Rowatti + ANV Carl
Example: Billy Howerdel - Jak X

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TSM or TƧM - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - True Sound Manufacturing Corp.
Example: Bobby Whitlock - Raw Velvet

TSS (occasionally with YYMMDD, e.g. 611020)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Texas Sound Studios
Example: Bud Harper - Down The Aisle / The Woman I Love
Note: do not enter the etched dates as LCCN numbers

TTC or ◇ TTC BAARN ◇ or ◇ TTC ◇ - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - The Transcription Centre
Example: Cocteau Twins - Peppermint Pig

TTP##
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - The Pressing Plant
Example: Heaven's Sound - Heaven's Sound

TTT
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Taunus Ton Technik
Example: Geordie - Black Cat Woman

TTY
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Young + ANV TTY
Examples: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Allan Tucker + Tucker
Example: The Rimshots - Down To Earth

Tunes Printing
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Manufactured By - Tunes Printing
Example: Verdensrommet (2) - Verdensrommet

TU or Tu
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Turicaphon AG
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Tracy-Val Corporation
Example: Smokey Robinson And The Miracles* - Anthology

TVS
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Pressed By - The Vinyl Specialist Company Ltd.
Example: Jesu - Heart Ache
Note: TVS sometimes outsourced to GZ Media. Please check runout string against the GZ Media.

TWIG
S, H or HS? S, H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Martin Granville-Twig - ANV Twig
Example: image 2
S, H or HS? S or H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Young + ANV TY
Examples: New Order - Confusion
Note: 1 or 2 indicate the lathe or cutting room and are not part of the ANV.

TY/CBS or TY-CBS or TY-CBS UK - image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - CBS Studios, London
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Young + ANV TY
Example: image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Martijn Schreuder + ANV Tyn
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H or S
Add a company: Pressed By - United Record Pressing + sequential number (e.g. L-#####, U-#####)
Location Link: https://www.urpressing.com/
Example: Big L - Lifestylez Ov Da Poor & Dangerous
Notes: May also appear as @ w/ full circle but with a u inside. Please refer to the profile for the LCCN numbers.

U-####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed At - United Superior Records
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Research Craft
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H or HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - United Artists Recording Studio
Example: image
S, H or HS? H or HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - United Artists Recording Studio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jim Dorrell + ANV Jim
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Ulises García (4) + ANV Ulises or Ulises G.
Example: Menudo - Fuego

ULTIMIX MASTERING
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Ultimix Mastering
Add a company: Pressed By - Carolina Custom Pressing *
Example: K. London Posse* Featuring Dawn Tallman - Caught In Luv (Remix Project)
Note: Pressed By - C unless otherwise indicated, e.g. by EMW, etc.

Ultra-Sonic
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Ultra-Sonic Recording Studios
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - United Sound (3)
Example: Various - Enchantment (Songs About New Mexico)

UR
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - United Record Pressing + sequential number (e.g. UR-986)
Location Link: https://www.urpressing.com/
Example: Bennie Holtsclaw - The Battle Of New Orleans

UNITY
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At At - Unity Mastering
Location Link: https://www.unitymastering.com/index.html
Example: Various - Factory Records: Communications 1978-92

URC or URM or URW
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Universal Recording Studio
Example: The Beatles - Please Please Me / From Me To You
Note: The third letter is indicating the cutting engineer.

URJ - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Universal Recording Studio
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jerry DeClercq + ANV J
Example: The Shadows Of Knight - Gloria
Note: may appear as URT or UKT

US◎ or USO (◎ symbolizes record with several rings/ grooves - image)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - United Sound (3)
Example: The Meters - Cabbage Alley

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Utopia sub-section

Utopia Studios used a characteristic "lyre" symbol (similar to Ʊ), to mark their cuts.
The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Use [Utopia lyre symbol] instead of Ʊ when just the symbol is found, e.g. for Ʊ, Ʊ JEFF, Ʊ K, etc.
Use Ʊtopia when the lyre symbol just replaces the letter U.

Ʊ [Lyre symbol] - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Utopia Studios
Example: XTC - Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down
Note: please use [Utopia lyre symbol] instead of Ʊ

Ʊ JEFF
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Utopia Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Geoff Pesche + ANV Jeff
Example: The Varukers - Bloodsuckers
Note: please use "[Utopia lyre symbol] Jeff" instead of Ʊ Jeff

Ʊ [Lyre symbol] K - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Utopia Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Kevin Metcalfe + ANV K
Example: XTC - Wait Till Your Boat Goes Down
Note: please use "[Utopia lyre symbol] K" instead of Ʊ K

POUNDA UTOPIA (can be misread BUNDA, due to the O being under the P)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Utopia Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Pounda
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Utopia Studios
Example: image
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Utopia Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Miles Showell + ANV MS
Example: Liaz - House Sensation (Kevin "Master Reese" Saunderson Mix)

UTOPIA JEFF or ƱTOPIA JEFF
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Utopia Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Geoff Pesche + ANV Jeff
Example: King Kurt - Mack The Knife

UTOPIA S.A. or Ʊtopia S.A.
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Utopia Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Steve Angel + ANV S.A.
Example: National Pastime - No Goodbyes

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V####### or V######## (e.g. V1259486 - Canadian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Microforum Services Group + sequential number (e.g. V1259486)
Location Link: https://microforumvinyl.com/
Example: Emmaline Twist - Dissimulation

VA (combined)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Vinylaudio
Location Link: https://vinylaudio.ch/
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Example: Deodato* - Also Sprach Zarathustra (2001) / Spirit Of Summer

VARIETY
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Variety Recording Service
Example: Gordon Thomas, Jim Roberts (2) - Gordon Thomas And Jim Roberts

VC (Jamaican pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Vincent "Randy" Chin + ANV VC
Example: Bunny & Ricky / Upsetters* - Bushweed Corntrash / Cally Butt

VDP
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Vinyl De Paris
Add a company: Pressed By - Vinyl De Paris
Example: Pierre Vassiliu - En Voyages

VDP + MPO
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Vinyl De Paris
Add a company: Mastered At - MPO
Add a company: Pressed By - Vinyl De Paris
Example: Traumer - Gettraum 005

VEGA (Venezuelan releases)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Estudio Vega C.A. Caracas
Example: Sergio Bruni - Sull'acqua Vol. 1

VEGA AR (Venezuelan releases)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Estudio Vega C.A. Caracas
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Alvaro Rodríguez (2) + ANV AR
Example: Elvis Presley - Blue Hawaii

VEGA CET (Venezuelan releases)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Estudio Vega C.A. Caracas
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Carlos Torres (4) + ANV CET
Example: El Junior Presenta Lo Nuevo Y Lo Mejor De Tito Puente

VEGA TENA (Venezuelan releases)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Estudio Vega C.A. Caracas
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - César Tena + ANV Tena
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Vance Frost + ANV VF
Example: He Didn't Have To Do It

VICOR
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Vicor Music Corporation
Example: Rico J. Puno - Ang Tao'y Marupok

Village Mastering NYC Carl MM/YY
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Village Mastering (3)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Carl Rowatti + ANV Carl
Example: Your Heaven (I Can Feel It)
Note: MM/YY = date of mastering

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Ville Platte Record Manufacturing sub-section

The lacquer cutting studios are listed here as a group and not individually.
Note: only for US pressings between 1975 and 1994.

VAL
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Greg Lee Processing
Add a company: Pressed By - Ville Platte Record Mfg. Co.
Example: Bobby Powell - You're My Everything

VPA or VPAG
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Ardent Mastering
Add a company: Pressed By - Ville Platte Record Mfg. Co.
Example: Sebadoh - Asshole

VPMF
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Masterfonics
Add a company: Pressed By - Ville Platte Record Mfg. Co.
Example: Parlez (Par-Lay) - Make It, Shake It, Do It Good

VPUS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - United Sound (3)
Add a company: Pressed By - Ville Platte Record Mfg. Co.
Example: Charles Simmons* - I'm Wondering About Your Love

VPW
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Woodland Studios
Add a company: Pressed By - Ville Platte Record Mfg. Co.
Example: Chuck Pollard - Tomorrow You Won't Be My Woman Anymore / I've Never Had A Thing That Ain't Been Used

VRP or VRRP (US pressings between 1975 and 1994)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Randy's Roost
Add a company: Pressed By - Ville Platte Record Mfg. Co.
Example: Bobby Powell - You're My Everything
Note: not to be confused with VRP found on pressings since 2016.

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Vinyl Manufacture Berlin
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Vinyl Manufacture + sequential number (e.g. VM60)
Example: The Hex Dispensers - III

VINYL RECORD GURU
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Manufactured By - Vinyl Record Guru
Location Link: https://vinylrecordguru.com
Example: Medeski Martin & Wood With Alarm Will Sound - Omnisphere
Note: When in combination with a GZ Media number, e.g. 157850E, use Manufactured By, and Pressed By - GZ Media (since 2014).

VINYLIUM (only between 2007 and 2010)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Vinylium
Example: Collectif 3-Werf - 49 Hours Penetration - The Next Generation

VINYLIUM (since 2011)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - Vinylium
Location Link: https://www.vinylium.com/home/
Example: Solvent - Latch, Fasten, Secure
Note: Since 2011 Vinylium only acts as Broker.

VINYLIUM.CH or WWW.VINYLIUM.CH or VINYLIUM MASTERING
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Vinylium.ch
Example: Atarythm, The Semtextremist - Analogic Antirythm

VIRTUE or VIRTUE STUDIOS
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Virtue Studios
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Vlado Meller + ANV Vlado
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Veljko Lipovšćak + ANV VL
Example: Bogdan Dimitrijević - Bossa Nova

VM
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Vince McGarry + ANV VM
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H + S
Add a company: Pressed By - XDiSC
Example: Strachy Na Lachy - Piekło
Link: https://x-disc.pl/en/vinyl/
Note: as ‘5’ still stands for an unknown meaning, please do not add any job# to the LCCN.

VP (Yugoslavian releases image)
S, H or HS?
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Vjeko Pernarić + ANV VP
Example: Amen Corner - High In The Sky / Run, Run, Run

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VP Mastering sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

PAUL-VP
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - VP Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Shields + ANV Paul
Example: Various - Nine Night

PS-VP
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - VP Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Paul Shields + ANV PS
Example: House Of Gypsies - Samba Remixes (The Steve Cole Unreleased Mixes)

VPAW
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - VP Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Anthony Wright (3) + ANV AW
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - VP Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Mann (3) + ANV CM
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - VP Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Chris Scott (2) + ANV CS
Example: Marie Baines - Woman To Woman

VP-HC
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - VP Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Howard Chung + ANV HC
Example: The Prince Of Dance Music - This Dream Is Real (It's Not A Dream)

V.P. JUNIOR or VP JR
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - VP Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Junior (84) + ANV Jr
Example: Ninjaman - The Don Gorgon

VP-RB
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - VP Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rick Bobb + ANV RB
Example: Various - Strictly The Best Vol. 1 (Reggae Dancehall)

VP Rick
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - VP Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Rick Bobb + ANV Rick
Example: Various - Legal Tender

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VPI (usually followed by a date [YY MM])
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - VPI
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Volunteer Record Pressing, Inc.
Example: T-Connection - Totally Connected
Note: VPS stands for Volunteer Pressing Services

VQR
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Vogt Quality Recordings
Example: Trīs No Pārdaugavas - Trīs No Pārdaugavas

VRP #### (US pressings since 2016)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Vinyl Record Pressing LLC + sequential number (e.g. VRP0354)
Location Link: https://www.vinylrp.com/
Example: Kari Jobe - The Blessing
Note: not to be confused with VRP on releases until 1994.

W (US pressings for London Records - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - H.V. Waddell Co.
Example: Olympic Runners - Out In Front
Note: Pressing rings of either 2.875" or 1.25" diameter

W - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - RCA Records Pressing Plant, Washington, UK
Example: Brazilian Connection - Black Coco
Note: W is usually found at 12 o'clock and followed by a "letter number letter" string (e.g. AIC or AIAAB).

WA or WA-I - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Walter Alfred Wettler + ANV WA
Example: Chor Und Orchester Einer Schulklasse Aus Schlieren-Zürich* - Kinderlieder

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Wakefield sub-section

The plant codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

AL + [tulip symbol] or AL + WM (between 1978 and 1981)
S, H or HS? S
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Allen Landau + ANV AL
Add a company: Pressed By - Wakefield Manufacturing
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Wakefield Manufacturing
Example: John Jackson (4) - Step It Up And Go
Note: First logo of Wakefield, later replaced by W over M

A Wakefield Pressing - image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Wakefield Manufacturing
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Wakefield Manufacturing
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Wakefield Manufacturing
Example: Jack DeJohnette - New Directions In Europe
Note: If the stamp is accompanied by an etched 5-digit number, i.e.: xxxxx-A or xxxxx-B,
Add a company: Mastered At - image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Wakefield Manufacturing
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Hines (4) + ANV TPH
Example: June Millington - Heartsong

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WALLY
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Walter Coelho + ANV Wally or Wally C. etc.
Example: Dannii Minogue - Put The Needle On It
Note: Not to be confused with Wally Traugott.

WAR - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Warren Defever + ANV War
Example: Paul Weller - Going To A Go-Go

Waxxy
S, H or HS? S HS
Add a company: Pressed By - Waxxy Poodle
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - H.V. Waddell Co.
Example: Cal Tjader - In A Latin Bag

WEA T/P or WEATP (or similar)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - WEA Records Pressing Plant, West Drayton
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Walt Copeland + ANV WEC
Example: Dannon Wight - In My Time

WEC + DM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Disc Masters, Inc.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Walt Copeland + ANV WEC
Example: Ellen Amos - Baltimore

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Welcome to 1979 sub-section

The engineer's codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Location Link: https://welcometo1979.com/

B GIEL Welcome to 1979
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Welcome To 1979
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By Bobbi Giel + ANV B Giel
Example: The Dave Brubeck Quartet - Live From The Northwest, 1959

B GIEL or Bobbi G Welcome to 1979 or Bobbi G 1979
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Welcome To 1979
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By Bobbi Giel + ANV Bobbi G
Example: Mondo Cozmo - This Is For The Barbarians

CJH Welcome to 1979 or CJH Welcome to 1979 or CJH79 or CJH1979
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Welcome To 1979
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By Cameron Henry (2) + ANV CJH
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Welcome To 1979
Example: image
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Welcome To 1979
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By Anna Clark + ANV AEC
Example: Good Looking Son - Fantasy Weekend
Note: may appear as AEL.

Welcome to 1979 JOSH S or Josh S.
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Welcome To 1979
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By Josh Sebek + ANV Josh S or Josh S.
Example: ICD10 (3) - Faith In Institutions

Welcome to 1979 MLXXXXX (six digits after ML)
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Welcome To 1979
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Margaret Luthar + ANV ML
Example: The Lone Bellow - Half Moon Light

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Well Made Music / WMM sub-section

The engineer's codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Location Link: https://wellmademusic.net/

WMM AJB
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Well Made Music
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Adam Boose + ANV AJB
Example: Owel - Owel

WELL MADE MUSIC BS or WMM BS
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Well Made Music
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Brian Straw + ANV BS
Example: image
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Well Made Music
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Clint Holley + ANV CJIII
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Well Made Music
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dave Polster + ANV DP
Example: image
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Well Made Music
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Harrison Hunt + ANV HJH
Example: image
S, H or HS? S / H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Well Made Music
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Michael Fanos + ANV MF
Example: Jimbo Mathus & Andrew Bird - These 13
Note: can be misread upside down as "ful"

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Western Electric system symbols sub-section

Stamped on shellacs, indicating an electric cutting made with Western Electric cutter heads 1A to 1D
between 1925 and 1949.
Note: these are no mastering or pressing credits. The notation is for information only.

1A and 1B systems

△ (Triangle after matrix number - image)
S, H or HS? S
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Example: image)
S, H or HS? S
Example: Den Gamla Mora-Klockan / Den Förälskade Alpjägaren
Note: Not to be confused with a "square", indicating a Blumlein cutting system.

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WG - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Wes Garland
Example: Johnny Cash - A Night To

WG B
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Burlington Record Plant
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Wes Garland
Example: Juliana Hatfield - Blood

Windsor
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Windsor Records, Inc.
Example: image 2
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Wally Traugott + ANV Wly
Example: Wayne Shorter Featuring Milton Nascimento - Native Dancer
Note: For entries without Mastered By Capitol.

WM or wm (German pressings - image)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Willem Makkee + ANV WM
Example: Kluster (3) - Klopfzeichen
Note: When in combination with A33 or D33 - these are no Makkee identifiers though

ධ or ධIC or WIC or @IC - image
S, H or HS? HS
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Poly Som Com. E Ind. de Plásticos Ltda. + sequential number (e.g. P1208)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By [Runout Etching ධ] - William Carvalho
Example: Dead Fish, Mukeka Di Rato - Michel Oghata / Umbigo
Note: ධ is in fact like @ using a w instead of an a.

WJH LHaudio.com or WJH at LH audio
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - LH Audio Services
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jörg Henze + ANV WJH
Example: Cirkel - Cirkel

WK 30 or WKM 30 or WK 25 or WKS or WKEP or WK EP + .XXX or .XXXX (e.g. WK 30.1272)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Manufactured By - WK-Schallplatten + sequential number (e.g. WK 30.1272)
Example: Dissidenten + Lemchaheb - Sahara Electric
Note: separators (spaces, dots, dashes) are used inconsistently, or are omitted.

WM + Roger (may appear as Rgr - see image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Wakefield Manufacturing
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Roger Seibel + ANV Roger
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mack Evans + ANV WME
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - WMME Alsdorf
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - WMME Alsdorf (1991 - 1998)
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Ludwig Hümmler + ANV Hü
Example: The B-52's - Good Stuff (Remix)

WMME Alsdorf + Te
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - WMME Alsdorf
Add a credit: Direct Metal Mastering By - Andreas Tews + ANV Te
Example: Madonna - Frozen

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WSS / Woodland Studios sub-section

The engineers and their scribes are listed here as a group (and not individually).

denny + woodland - image
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Woodland Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Denny Purcell + ANV Denny
Example: Sylvia (7) - Drifter

dp / woodland or DP/WSS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Woodland Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Denny Purcell + ANV DP
Example: Slim Harpo - Slim Harpo...Knew The Blues

HW/WSS or HW/WOODLAND
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Woodland Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Hank Williams (2) + ANV HW
Example: Jesus Wayne - Jesus Wayne

LP/WSS or WSS/LP or LP/Woodland
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Woodland Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Lynn Peterzell + ANV LP
Example: The Hinsons - Live And On Stage

RFS/WSS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Woodland Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Bob Sowell + ANV RFS
Example: Dynamic Corvettes - Funky Music Is The Thing

TS/WSS or TS WSS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Woodland Studios
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tom Semmes + ANV TS
Example: Maceo & All The King's Men - Funky Music Machine

WSS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Woodland Studios
Example: Various - Superstars

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WR (Australian pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By William Ramsay (2) + ANV WR
Example: Lynn* & Graham McCarthy - Stay, Summer, Stay

WS-CS or WSS-CS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Westside Sound
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut by Chris Scott (2) + ANV CS
Example: Royce The 5'9"* - I'm The King / Take His Life

WTNY
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Whitney Recording Studios (prior to 1978)
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - MCA Whitney Recording Studios (after 1978)
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut by Bill Skibbe + ANV WTS
Example: Death From Above* - Heads Up

WWW.AGRM.CO.UK
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - AGR Manufacturing
Location Link: https://agrm.co.uk/
Example: !Mess! - !Mess!
Note: When in combination with a GZ Media number, e.g. 157850E, use Manufactured By, and Pressed By - GZ Digital Media

WWW.COMPLETEMASTERING.COM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Complete Mastering
Location Link: https://completemastering.com/mastering/
Example: Boris The Spyder - The Mission

www.disartner.de
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - www.disartner.de + sequential number (e.g. DISC 3310)
Location Link: https://www.disartner.de/
Example: Fidget (5) - Ride My Track

WWW.VINYL.COM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - www.vinyl.com
Example: Various - Double Face Volume 1

WWW. VINYL.COM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - www.vinyl.com
Example: Julien Hox & DiDark - Forget The Past

WWW VINYLS COM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - www.vinyls.com
Example: Fidget (5) - Ride My Track

www.gzvinyl.com
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Manufactured By - www.gzvinyl.com
Add a company: Pressed By - GZ Digital Media + sequential number (e.g. 54021E) - between 17 January 2000 and 31 December 2013
Pressed By - GZ Media + sequential number (e.g. 57567H) - since January 2014
Location Link: https://www.gzvinyl.com/
Example: image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Master Media Productions
Example: Norm Talley - The Blak Bottom EP

www.mastercut.eu
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Mastercut.eu
Example: Ron Flatter - Zecada EP

www.mobineko.com
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Manufactured By - www.mobineko.com
Location Link: https://www.mobineko.com/
Example: Tim Holehouse - From The Dawn Chorus

WWW.ROTATORVINYL.COM
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Manufactured By - WWW.ROTATORVINYL.COM
Location Link: https://www.rotatorvinyl.com/
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Magnum International
Example: Cabaret Voltaire - Nag Nag Nag

XAVIER + CHOPSTICK
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Chopstick Cutting Room
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Tim Xavier + ANV Xavier
Example: The Outside Agency - Motherfucking Ants

XVINYLX.COM
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Manufactured By - XVINYLX.COM
Example: Teenage Love Guns / Missrata - Split
Note: When in combination with a GZ Media number, e.g. 157850E, use Manufactured By, and Pressed By - GZ Media (since 2014).

XX->F.S. or XX->FS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Final Step
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Yvon Caron + ANV Y.
Example: Frank Zappa - 200 Motels

Y->F.S. or Ⓨ - FS
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Final Step
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Youri Balcers + ANV Y
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Yvon Caron + ANV Y.C.
Example: image
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Yves Delaunay + ANV Y.D.
Example: Nicolas De Angelis - Quelques Notes Pour Anna

Yann @ REVERSE or YANN @ RPC
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Reverse-Primecut
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Yann de Kéroullas + ANV Yann
Example: Nueva Vulcano - Los Peces De Colores

Yann Dub @ DK
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - DK Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Yann Dub
Example: Broken Note - Fueling The Fire EP

YMS #### or MASTER & SERVANT YMS #### (e.g. YMS 1468)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Manufactured By - Master & Servant
Location Link: https://www.master-servant.de/
Example: Min King - Am Bluemeweg

Youri
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Youri Balcers + ANV Youri
Example: Les Trolls - Casseur De Dancefloor

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Zenith Records sub-section

The engineers and their codes are listed here as a group (and not individually).
Location Link: https://www.zenithrecords.org/

CDALTRON or CDALTON or CD + ZE####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Zenith Records (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Connor Dalton + ANV CDaltron etc.
Example: Leavings - Sell & Shark

DR. GROOVE & MR. RECORD @ ATM
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - AcousTech Mastering
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Dr. Groove (4)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mr. Record
Example: Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like A Wheel

DR. ROM or DR-ROM + ZE####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Zenith Records (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - DR. ROM (2)
Example: Izzy (13) & GhostAttack - What Do You Do This For?

J-JOANNOU or JJ or J.J. + ZE####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Zenith Records (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jesse Joannou + ANV J-Joannou or JJ or J.J.
Example: Children Collide - Time Itself

JASON PC or JPC + ZE####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Zenith Records (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jason P.C. + ANV JasonPC or JPC
Example: Beaches (2) - Beaches

Jesse Honolulu + ZE####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Zenith Records (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jesse Honolulu
Example: Sherry Rich - The Divine Crimson V

JEZ + ZE####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Zenith Records (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jeremy Finlayson + ANV Jez
Example: Black Serpent - Nightside Cosmology

JH or J.H. + ZE####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Zenith Records (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jesse Honolulu + ANV JH or J.H.
Example: Ikon (4) - Out Of Balance Out Of Tune

L.YEOWARD + ZE####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Zenith Records (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Luke Yeoward + ANV L.Yeoward
Example: Izzy (13) & GhostAttack - What Do You Do This For?

M. LABANC + ZE####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Zenith Records (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By -Matt Labanc + ANV M. Labanc
Example: The Woodland Hunters - The Thoughts Of Chairman Jim

MY + ZE####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Zenith Records (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Mikey Young + anv MY
Example: Scul Hazzards - Last Few Bucks

NAO + ZE####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Zenith Records (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Nao Anzai + ANV Nao
Example: Ben Ely - Goodbye Machine

OSYOUNG or O.S YOUNG or O.S. YOUNG + ZE####
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At - Zenith Records (2)
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Oliver Young + ANV OSYoung or O.S. Young, etc.
Example: Glen Schenau - Phantom Vibration

ZE#### or ZENITH#### (e.g. ZE5096 or ZENITH3015)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Zenith Records (2) + sequential number, e.g. ZE1234
Examples: The Traffic - Fire

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ZJack
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Jack Skinner + ANV ZJack
Example: image)
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By - Zvonko Petrinec + ANV ZP
Example: Pro Arte (2) - Takav Je Život

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PART TWO - LIST OF MARKS CREDITED WITH NAME BUT DOES NOT EXIST ON DISCOGS YET
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Chris Cutting engineer at The Lacquer Channel

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PART THREE - LIST OF UNIDENTIFIED ETCHINGS AND STAMPS

If you have uncovered the name / place of the marking above, please let the forum know and it will be moved to the list of identified etchings once an example is found and approved. Otherwise it will be moved to the list of etchings without example on Discogs yet. Thank you!
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♣ (ace of clubs symbol) on image)
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Telefunken/TELDEC engineer's sub-section for German RCA and Decca shellac and vinyl releases
mastered and pressed by Telefunken / Teldec / Teldec Press:
a. La. on Will Glahé Und Sein Orchester Gesang: Golgowsky-Quartett - Heideröslein / Friesen-Mädel (La. for Labenski)
B.SW. on Wally Fawkes And His Troglodytes* - Wally Fawkes And His Troglodytes
D-Su on Beethoven*, Toscanini*, The NBC Symphony Orchestra* - Symphonies Nos. 5 & 8
Fa on Glenn Miller And His Orchestra - Johnson Rag / Elmer's Tune
Fa. Sw on The Ames Brothers - Little Serenade
F-Su on Sauter-Finegan Orchestra - Adventure In Time
Ga-Lu on Beethoven* - Rubinstein* · Krips* · Symphony Of The Air - Concerto No. 5 (Emperor)
Gi-S on Gerhard Schulze
H-Su on Drafi Deutscher And His Magics - Shake Hands - also has SW
Hi.-S. on Gerhard Schulze
Hi SF on Benny Goodman - One O'Clock Jump - also has Hi Ht
Hi Sw on Harry Belafonte - Belafonte Sings The Blues
K. on Lys Assia - Ponylied
Li on The Mama's And The Papa's* - Monday Monday
LL on Caterina Valente - Schlager, Lieder Und Chansons
Lz on Lys Assia - Was Kann Schöner Sein - on later pressings rather Heinz Lauterbach's Lt, when in combination with "-B-I or -B-II"
M-S. or M-S on Gerhard Schulze
P.-A. on image
P-Lt on Heinz Lauterbach)
P.G. on Sauter-Finegan Orchestra - Adventure In Time
Sch - either Leopold v. Schenkendorf or Alexander Schaaf
SF on image
SW Ht on Caterina Und Silvio - Sweet-Sweetheart / Bongo Cha-Cha-Cha
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If you have uncovered the name / place of the marking above, please let the forum know and it will be moved to the "List of identified etchings" once an example is found.
Otherwise it will be moved to the "List of marks mentioned with name but does not exist on Discogs yet". Thank you!

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PART FOUR - LIST OF CODES ON CENTRE LABELS
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Note: The codes may not always identify where the record was pressed or are conflicting with codes
found in the runouts. In those cases the runouts should be used to determine the pressing plant.

1. PRINTED ON LABELS
1.1 Symbols (found on US Decca releases between 1950/1 and June 1970)
✤ (balloon-spoked asterisk on B side label) = Example
◉ ("fisheye" or "target" symbol on B side label) = Example
◆ (solid diamond on B side label) = Example
★ (solid star on B side label) = Meaning / origin unknown / Example
◈ (diamond with dot on B side label) = Meaning / origin unknown / Example

1.2 Symbols (found on US Decca releases from after June 1970 and 1973, when the label was discontinued)
✤ (balloon-spoked asterisk on B side label) = Example
◉ ("fisheye" or "target" symbol on B side label) = Example
＊ (five-pointed asterisk) (B side label) = Example
◆ (solid diamond on B side label) = Example

1.3 - Numbers found on US Mercury/Polydor/PolyGram and related labels
6 = Example
11 = Unknown
16 = Example
16 = Example
016 = Example
18 = Example
19 = Example
22 = Example
24 = Example
25 = Example
26 = Example
27 = Example
28 = Example
30 = Example
49 = Example
53 = Example
53 = Example
54 = Example
56 = Example
57 = Example
60 = Example
70 = Example
72 = Example
73 = Example
74 = Example
75 = Example
76 = Example

1.4 - Numbers found on US K-Tel releases after 1974
01 or 001 = Example
02 = Unknown / No example yet
07 = Example
09 = MCA Pressing Plant, Gloversville / No example yet
11 = Example
12 = Example
15 = Example
16 = Example
17 = Example w/o images
18 = Example
18 = Example
19 = Example
29 = Example
29 = Example
44 = Example
47 = Example
55 = Unknown / Example
56 = Unknown / Example
61 = Example
66 = Unknown / Example
69 = Unknown / Example
70 = Example
74 = Example
75 = Example
80 = Example
91 = Example
95 = Example

1.5 - Letters found on US A&M Records, Gold Mountain, I.R.S. Records, and related
A = Example
B = Example
C = Example
C = Example
R = Example
W = Example
X = Example
Y = Example
Z = Example

1.6 - Letters found on US Atlantic Records and d
AM = Example
AR = Example
BW = Example
CLA = Example
= Example
CSM = Example
CT / CTH = Example
DCE: (Decca Custom East) = Example
DCW: (Decca Custom West) = Example
FT = Example
GR = Example
LY = Example
ME = Not identified / Example
MG = Example
MO = Example
MS = Not identified / Example
PL = Example
PP = Peter Pan Industries / No Example yet
PR = Example
RI = Example
RI = Example
SO = Example
SP = Example
SRP = Example
VGRP = Example
VSRP = Example
WM = Example

1.7 - Letters found on US K-Tel between 1972 and 1974
A = Example
CRP (alt. RP) = RP example
G = Example
J = Example
K = Example
P = Example
S = Example
VS = Example

1.8 - Letters found on US London Records 1960s - 1970s
AL = Example
ARP = Example
BW = Example
CJ = Example
DG = Example
DP = Example
EV = "Edited Version" / Example
GL = Example
K = Example
M = Example
P = Example
PH = Example
PH = Example
PK = MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville / No Example yet
PP = Peter Pan Industries / No Example yet
SH = Example
TH = Example
VX = Example
W = Example

1.9 - Letters found on Canadian WEA, Sire and related
C = Example
CI = Example. Also found on cassette labels.
CO = Example
CR = Example
GR = Example
I = Example
Q = Example
R = Example

1.10 - Other Letters / symbols
† = on Decca and Pye pressings / Decca example
£ or ℒ = on shellacs: indicating a recording / cutting made with a Lindström system / Example
AH = Example
-AM = Example
AR = Example. Also on cassette labels.
- (plus 4 digits) = Example;
CRC = Example
k (lower case) = Example
-LA = Example
MON = Example
PDI- = Example
P = Philips Phonografische Industrie (until 1962) / no example yet
P = Example
PE = Example
PP = Example
(SMP) = Example
SR = cassette labels.
TU = Example
VE = on shellacs: indicating a cutting with Western Electric systems 1A or 1B / Example

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2. STAMPED / EMBOSSED / MOULDED ON LABELS
ꗝ (three embossed dots around spindle hole) = Example
∴ (three embossed dots forming a delta next to the spindle hole (side B labels) = Example
1 or 2 or 3 or 5 or 6 = Example
A = Example
APOLLO = Example - in Release Notes only
𝄢 (Bass clef) normally on the B-side label = Example
E A S T = Example
PYRAL = Example - in Release Notes only
SRPCW = Example
Ⓦ = on shellacs, indicating a recording/cutting with Western Electric systems 1C or 1D / Example

Please also refer to the section below for embossed UK Purchase Tax Codes (e.g. KT).

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3. UK PURCHASE TAX CODES
To show what tax had been paid, the EMI, Decca, Philips, Pye-Nixa and Polydor factories marked their products with encised or raised code letters in the run-out area of the record or the centre labels. Sometimes, records can be found with two (or more) tax codes, or an adhesive stamp may have been added to the label with the appropriate letters. Please refer to Mechanical Copyright Stamps (external link) for additional info.
Date introduced:
Oct 21, 1940 - T
Apr 15, 1942 - DT
Apr 14, 1943 - TT
Apr 10, 1946 - ST
Nov 13, 1947 - LT
Apr 9, 1948 - DT
Dec 30, 1950 - AT
Apr 15, 1953 - NT, NP, N
Oct 27, 1955 - RT
Jun 1, 1957 - XT
Oct 1, 1958 - UT
Apr 8, 1959 - ET
Aug 1, 1960 - WT
July 26, 1961 - OT
Apr 10, 1962 - ZT
Nov 26, 1962 - PT
Jan 1, 1963 - MT
July 1, 1963 - KT (Note: the KT code can still be present on UK EMI labels releases up until 1975)
Nov 23, 1968 - JT (date unconfirmed - could also have been March 20, 1968)
Apr 1, 1973: Purchase tax replaced by VAT