What Does Deadwax Mean On Vinyl

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What does deadwax mean on vinyl.

If this is your first visit be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. The dead wax data on the products of smaller labels are often written manually i e. Consisting of numbers and or letters the code may indicate recording dates specific takes and even the system of recording. Though these numbers were originally intended for internal use by a record.

Deadwax is a mindbending neo noir set in the obsessive world of vinyl collecting. The scranton triangle is located on the label and machine stamped in the deadwax as a two digit letter prefix followed by a series master number of usually 3 or 4 digits. A well known ripper out there has a copy that is a 1a 1b i believe. Etta pryce a vinyl tracker is hired by a rich collector to hunt a legendary rare record that has driven its owners mad and killed anyone that has dared to play it.

You may have to register before you can post. A r followed by a 3 or 4 digit number etched into the deadwax on some uptown releases were pressed by rainbo record pressings. There s things like 2aa 6c and such. The area on vinyl records between the last band track on the record and the label varies greatly from one record company to the other regarding value as well as quantity of useful information.

Well i know that there is specific info that can be referenced. Let s get stuck into the music. Trying to decode atlantic atco labels and deadwax for vinyl made in the late 60s through the 80s. I have a feeling this is what people are referring to.

In the case of thriller things like 1a 2b being carved in the deadwax. Basically vinyl collectors soon realised that there is a distinct difference between the sound and vibrancy of earlier original vinyls as compared to some later re issued pressings. What these inscriptions mean varies from record label to record label and sometimes from pressing plant to pressing plant but there are some commonalities. A matrix or stamper number is a code etched inside the end groove area found on each side of a vinyl lp.

But it is not just the pressings the material used for later pressings and the amount of material i e. Labels on the label will be the title song list and times and catalog number. Vinyl lp bright light pencil. What you ll usually find may include a string of numbers and letters a signature and a symbol of some sort.

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