List of identified etchings - Symbols / drawings / logos / non-letter
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Last edited: 21.02.2025
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Discussion forum: https://discogs.mejorespelis.org/forum/thread/810326
. · . · 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
End of sub-section
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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
End of sub-section
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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
