List of identified etchings - Numbers

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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 + sequential number (e.g. 16-0193)
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.

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.

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).

5 + SO #### (US pressings)
S, H or HS? H
Add a company: Mastered At - Nashville Matrix
Add a company: Pressed By - Southern Plastics
Example: Gena Malone - What's On Your Mind / Just One Love In A Lifetime

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

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

420 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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 (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.