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The Master List of runout information. This list is a culmination of all the other lists that have been compiled in the disucssion forums.
XXXXX: identified part of runout area
S, H or HS? Stamped, Hand-Etched or Hand-Etched Script ?
Add a company: Lacquer Cut At / Plated At / Mastered At / Pressed By a company.
Add a credit: Lacquer Cut By or Lacquer Cut By (giving credit to the Mastering Engineer).
Location Link: Company website. Not needed on the submission - just a point of reference.
Example: A linked example.
Please don't make updates to submissions until they have been discussed at the Runout Forum!
Decision: Plated By
Decision: Lacquer Cut At / By vs. Mastered At / By
Reference: RCA Victor Master Serial Number Codes - 1942-1980's
External Reference: Anoraks Corner
External Reference: UK Matrix Numbers
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1 (only valid for US pressings)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - MCA Gloversville
Example
Note: Plant also identifiable by a ✤ (45s) or a ◉ (LPs) on the B-side labels.
Occasionally, a G appears in the runouts.
1H or IH (sometimes suffixed after a 'heavy' straight matrix string - Image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - British Homophone
Example
1n-#### NL (e.g. 16-0193 NL)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Manufactured By - Noiseland Industries
Location Link
Example
1 STEP or 2 STEP or 3 STEP
S, H or HS? H
Add a credit: Mastered At - Musicol
Example
Note: Indicates the mastering process:
1 step = no mothers, just stampers;
2 step = mothers, stampers;
3 step = fathers, mothers, stampers.
2 (only valid for US pressings)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - MCA Pinckneyville
Example
Note: Plant also identifiable by a ◆ on the B-side label.
Occasionally, a P appears in the runouts.
(2)+ or (3)+ or (2)++ or (3)++ (after a string of numbers, + or ++ with dots)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - RTI
Location Link
Example
2HZ: or 5HZ:
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Pressed By - CBS Records Canada
Example
22 or 33 or 44 or 66 (US pressings only)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - All Disc
Example 1 or
Example 2
Note: Only where the pressing ring is 2.75" diameter.
24-96 Mastering
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - 24-96 Mastering
Location Link
Example
3 (only valid for US pressings - Image
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Decca Richmond
Example
Note: Plant also identifiable by a ◈ on the B-side label.
66 (US pressings for Polydor)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Pressed By - Research Craft
Example
Note: Only where the pressing ring is 2.875" diameter.
-nnnn- or -mmmmm- (e.g. -9999- or -10000-)
S, H or HS?
Add a company: Pressed By - Pallas
Example
-xU-m-n (e.g. -1U-1-7) (only valid for UK pressings since July 1973)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - EMI Records
Example
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.
Note: Placed at 3 o'clock are 1 or more letters from GRAMOPHLTD, indicating the stamper numbers:
G=1 R=2 A=3 M=4 O=5 P=6 H=7 L=8 T=9 D=0.
Philips/DGG/Phonodisc/PDO/Polygram sub-section
The pressing plants and their codes are listed here as a group (and not individually):
012 (only valid for Austrian releases)
S, H or HS? S
Add a company: Pressed By - Phonodisc Austria
Example
@cul: Lacquer Cut By - Robert Henke
AT: (on US Atlantic pressings from the 1950s) Pressed By - MGM Records Division
“Soundmaster” Lionel @ Translab, Paris: Lacquer Cut By - Lionel Nicod at Translab
D1. or .D1. or D2 or .D2.: Lacquer Cut By - Anne-Marie Terrazzoni
If you own or have found a runout with any of the marks on the list, please provide the link and it will be moved to the List of identified etchings.
Thank you!
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ꕀ (Spanish releases)Example - Image
:⸓ on Example - Image
𝞥 - Example - Image
ₒ ̶Ф̶ₒ - Example
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✤ (B side label) = Decca Gloversville - 45s (1953 - 1966) / Example
◉ (B side label) = Decca Gloversville - LPs (1953 - 1966) / Example
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