But it all comes down to what they have to work with of course.
What is sterling tj vinyl pressing.
Defunct us manufacturer and pressing plant which was located in olyphant pa.
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And as luck would have it its the rl mastered lp.
Opened 1946 began phasing out pressing vinyl in favor of transferring operations to the capitol records pressing plant winchester in 1969 and stopped vinyl pressing 1973.
Masterdisk is also very good their main competitor and they re practically neighbors.
All else being equal the sterling cut is usually the best.
Once you start to get familiar with things it will open a whole new world for you.
Unsure if this lp has been discussed before but yesterday i received got back my original led zeppelin ii lp from my brother.
A matrix or stamper number is a code etched inside the end groove area found on each side of a vinyl lp.
A machine stamped triangle with the initials iam indicates that the record was pressed at the scranton pennsylvania plant.
Use only as manufacturer pressed by sp or sp duplicated by glass mastered at founded in 1946 specialty records corporation was at one point one of the biggest pressing plants in the world.
If you are serious about your vinyl and obtaining the best possible pressing it is essential to know what to look for.
Please see all photos jacket and inner sleeve look nice.
Shipped with usps media mail.
Like any metal die these molds.
Consisting of numbers and or letters the code may indicate recording dates specific takes and even the system of recording.
Not a record label.
Discogs is a user generated database with more than 12 million copies of music listed.
Vinyl record price guide.
Rolling stones some girls og cover coc 39108 sterling tj.
Pressing plant for capitol records in scranton pennsylvania.
Such a record may be significantly more.
There is no such thing as a sterling pressing and no it does not make anything more valuable.
Do your homework and read up in the thread that anselm ashlee5 provided.
For instance a matrix number can identify a first pressing of an lp.
One factor many serious record collectors fixate on is the quality of the stampers the grooved metal plates used to press a lump of hot vinyl into a record album.
I remember buying it on the very day of its release in fall 1969.
There is wear to spine vinyl does have some scratches scuffs can be heard on track before they make me run.
It s also a marketplace where users can buy and sell records.
Keep in mind that back when records were pretty much the only way to get music albums were pressed by the millions regularly.