# Bill Shetler

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> [url=http://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/529e58cbea621117a73e0170?page=1] •vinyl etchings v.5 [/url]
> [url=https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/743281]•vinyl etchings v.6 [/url]
> [url=https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/792347]•vinyl etchings v.7 [/url]
> [url=https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/810326]•vinyl etchings v.8 [/url]
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> [url=http://www.discogs.com/master/create]MR Form[/url]
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> [url=https://www.bmi.com/] BMI Search[/url]
> [url=https://www.ascap.com/repertory#/] ASCAP Search [/url]
> [url=http://www.mpa.org/directory-of-music-publishers/?index=A]Directory of Music Publishers [/url]
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> [url=http://www.discogs.com/help/database/submission-guidelines-release]Guidelines [/url]
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> [url=http://www.discogs.com/help/doc/text-formatting]Formatting Options[/url]
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> Pressing Plant Codes for LPs:
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> [l389515]
> [l796520]
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> PR = [l130920] Records Mfg. Co., Ancora, NJ (they handled most of Atlantic's LP's during much of this period)
> LY = [l324403]
> SP = [l27576]
> MO = [l264380]
> PL = [l283116]
> RI = [l408779]
> AR = [l211933]
> CT or CTH = [l403953]
> CP = [l447694]
> CS or CSM = [l376197]; very infrequently)
> BW = [l303576]
> SO = [l457750] Holbrook, NY
> MG or MGS = MGM Record Mfg. Division, Bloomfield, NJ
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> LP label example (Led Zeppelin I)
> ST-A-681461-MO
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> ST = stereo
> A = Atlantic Records label
> 68 = last two digits of the year Atlantic first received source (tape) and started working on mastering
> 1461 = tape master number (for side one in this example)
> MO = Monarch Records pressing plant
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> A&M
> B = [l285745]
> C = [l264380] (through 1984) or [l473670] (1985–1986)
> R = [l406973]
> W = [l442751]
> X = [l447694]
> Y = [l403953]
> Z = [l376197]
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> Pressing Plant Numbers:
> 56 = [l447694]
> 73 = [l403953]
> 25 = [l376197]
> 70 = RCA, Indianapolis, IN
> 72 = [l408779]
> 26 = [l408781]
> 16 = Sonic Recording Products/Goldisc
> 18 = Presswell
> 19 = [l303576]
> 22 = Allied
> 24 = [l264380]
> 30 = Plastic Products
> 49 = Specialty Records Corporation
> 53 = [l294000]. (prior to '79); [l277410] ('79 and later)
> 54 = Shelley Products
> 76 = Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp.
> 74 = Electrosound Group Midwest, Inc.
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> Ⓒ Ⓟ ™ ℠ ® ▷ △ ◁ ∇ Δ ◊ ∆ £ ↔ ℒ • · ˙ Ψ º ժ Σ ● ႴⓌ
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> London Records label matrix suffix:
> AL - Allentown Record Co.
> P - [l447694]
> TH - [l403953]
> SM -[l376197]
> SH - Shelley Products, Ltd., Huntington Station, NY
> BW - Bestway Products, Inc., Mountainside, NJ
> GL - Decca/MCA, Gloversville, NY
> K - Decca/MCA, Pinckneyville, IL
> PH - PRC (formerly Philips) Recording Corp., Richmond, IN
> W - [l324419]
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> F/W  Ѽ - Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs
> ◈-P-◈ = [l315076]
> 回-G-回 = [l314985]
> -------◁ [l313656]
> ✲  [l313266]
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> [url=https://www.discogs.com/label/11358-RCA-Victor?genre=All&limit=500&page=12] RCA Victor 20-2378[/url]
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> GC, ℊc, ☆ or ⊗ (Baseball looking symbol) next to Sterling = Greg Calbi
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> [url=http://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/cds-pressed-by-specialty-src-code.146814/page-10#post-7120664]SRC CD generations[/url]
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> [url=http://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/694503]RCA Victor Master Serial Number Codes - 1942-1980's[/url]
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> Jacksonville pressings, between c.1968 and 1969-70, a large "O" was hand-etched in the deadwax, rather than a machine-stamped "0". The main key is that on LP's, the pressing ring diameter was 1.5", while on 45's there were the 360 interlocking serrations and small 3.3125" diameter center labels.
> http://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/386878?page=24#3836309
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>  Winchester (-WW#) had 1.390625" diameter, in the way it was shaped it was borderline deep groove.
> - Jacksonville (-JW#) had 1.5" diameter.
> - Los Angeles (-LW#) had 1.5625" diameter.
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