Deadwax inscription ID's needed

I had WAY too much free time on my hands today. I pulled out the macro lens and flash and shot several shots of deadwax inscriptions and logos and need help ID'ing them. I'll only post a few initially. Just curious if the "Barry" one is our own Barry D? (If these are too small, I can resize and repost)

Forgot to add...the Barry pic is from ZZ Top Eliminator, the middle one is from Peter Gabriel's "So" and Pogo is from Foreigner's "Double Vision" on a grey label Atlantic Sterling pressing.

 

It would be neat to see a thread on nothing but photos of dead wax stampings, initials, and so on. That stuff is like art to me. Sometimes it is art!

 

Well the GF one was an Artisan mastering job

 

Nice pics!

Well, I can help a bit. Barry .. is a mystery; but I think I've seen one too.

GF is Greg Fulginiti, of Artisan. I like his work a lot, I think his version of SO is better than the UK Townhouse (and more so when the GF copy is Quiex vinyl). I see a few MCAs from the 80's with his marks.

The <Heart>Pogo isn't a cutting engineer but a producer logo, IIRC (the info is here somewhere in one of the many Fleetwood Mac threads - it's also on the classic FM album)

Any more knowledgeable persons going to take a shot at these?

 

I debated about putting all of them up at the same time but didn't want to get Gort'd. If you guys want more of them, I'll post a few more. Some are already pretty well known but it might be helpful to have a Sticky or a gallery of these images for folks who are just starting to learn what all these heiroglyphics (sp?) mean.

 

I've seen the Pogo on Pat Benatar LP's as well

 

I say post them if you have them!

Pat

 

Okay, here's some more. The first one has shown up a bunch (sort of like a long horn), who is "JG" at kdisc?, O-G-O???, who is "PRC", and what is the symbol next to Bob Ludwig's "RL" inscription?

 

The first one indicates a pressing from Capitol Records' Winchester, VA plant. It's supposed to look like a Winchester rifle, but it looks more like a wineglass on its side.

 

PRC I believe is a pressing plant, W.B. should be jumping in soon to knock all these out in one post, I have never seen a kdisc JG but I have seen those initials in that handwriting on LP's I have

 

I think the K-Disc mastering engineer in question is John Golden.

 

As I was shooting these, I kept trying to find Mastering Engineer initials as opposed to pressing plant ID's but it's all Greek to me at this point. So, if some of these are WAY too easy or obvious, please excuse the bandwidth. Here's two variations on a couple old favorites, Allen Zentz and Wally (I guess Wally was in a hurry when he did the "short" version):

 

Allen Zentz and the beloved Wally

 

I've seen that "O-G-O" emblem on domestic MCA pressings. Have no idea what it means, though.

 

"Wally" is Wally Traugott of Capitol.

 

i also think Greg Fulginiti's etching is a stamp of excellence. he worked with Steve a lot in the '80s, IIRC.

 

This is one of two 'letter codes' used by the ex-Decca (US) plants - Gloversville, and Pickneyville. The latter is <>-P-<> or thereabouts. (info from a W.B. post of yore)

These are *pressing* plants, and therefore can appear on almost any disc.( but typically on MCA and subsidiaries)

Other common markings are unique to certain plating contractors, and then there's the rather random numbers assigned to the stampers when they're stored at the pressing plant (remember this plant may have very little connection to the record company itself)

 

I guess Capitol pressed many Warner LP's at that plant.

 

Great thread, lets keep it up!

 

Been awhile since I last checked the forum, hence the delay. Meanwhile . . .


The insignia next to Robert Ludwig's signature indicates a pressing by Allied Record Corp. in Los Angeles in the years after WEA Manufacturing bought the plant.


I seem to recall from a long post that these two were the handiwork of one of Mr. Zentz' fellow mastering engineers, Brian Gardner . . .


Indeed, this was from MCA's Gloversville, NY plant; both that and the Pickneyville insignia were started in early 1973. Before that Gloversville pressings were designated by a "1" and Pickneyville by a "2."

And as to the two from Wally Traugott: If it's "Wly," it's pre-1977, and if it's the full "Wally," it's post-'77.

 

PRC was indeed a pressing plant. Initially based out of Richmond, IN, they later opened another plant in Compton, CA.

 

I think you are right, most of my Van Halen LPs show that mark.

 

What W.B. said. The flower and seagulls above are Brian Gardner's 'trademark' signatures. He occasionally throws a 'BKG' in there as well.

Allen himself rarely used the interconnected 'AZ logo', and signed thus: Az or A Z.

...and thank you for my new avatar!


-Aaron

 

Requesting another ID, from the early '80s, almost certainly at Tape One: [B or PO]UND[A or X]-TA1PE.

Any ideas?

 

Dude, we need to see "Another Porky Prime Cut."