Record collector and techie. Founder of Waxlog.

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I'm a music nerd who collects vinyl, CDs, and cassettes. I host a Twitch show where I play album sides/halves and radio-style mixes across a broad range of genres - physical media only! My passion is to spread a little joy and bring people together through a shared love of music.

Streamer of Social Radio, and lover of analog! You can find me on Twitch using this name and live Saturdays from 2-5pm pacific in the House Of Prog (houseofprog.com) .

Using Waxlog to bring me out of the algorithms and back to what made us all love music in the first place. Treating this as a springboard for starting my first proper record collection. I'll be spending some quality time exploring the past, present, and future of music and I'm hoping to do so in public, bringing others along for the journey and sharing what I figure out along the way. Let's go ▶️

Slowly been collecting over the years of just stuff I really love. It's a very personal collection, yet I love sharing with others what I have. However, none of it is for sale or trade.

Music collector since early 90's.
I am mostly into extreme metal: death metal (with a soft spot for old school death metal), black metal, goregrind, old school thrash metal, but I enjoy many other styles, too.

https://rateyourmusic.com/play-history/bloodstainedsurgeon
https://rateyourmusic.com/list/bloodstainedsurgeon/my-all-time-favorite-extreme-metal-releases (ongoing personal project)

Hi collectors!!!

As many of you, I have been surrounded by records most part of our lives…Collecting, visiting record stores in every travel, supporting local dealers, diggin in record fairs and street markets..
As many people, 2020 change our lives and we decided to make our hobby a way of live. Yes a little bit of madness, but remember, we live once,,,I began to buy collections, restoring them, grading accurate as we can and we are trying everyday to find good records for you…..My main goal is honesty….
My online store is mainly focused on second hand records... but little by little I'm adding new releases....

Thanks for your support

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Thank you

For personal contact for any help or small talk feel free to write a PM.

Some people ask me if i sell anything in my collection.
If i were a seller, i'd have a shop in Discogs.
But as there is none you can expect that i do not sell anything.

Collecting LPs and some 45s since the early 80s, CDs and Cassettes also for a long time.
There is almost no Genre what i don't like to hear (Country to Jazz - "Schlager" to Heavy Metal).
Obsessed in collecting exotic pressings of all genres from around the world.



Please Note: I am a collector and no seller - i also won't copy anything or send files

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Pressing Plant Codes for LPs:




PR = Records Mfg. Co., Ancora, NJ (they handled most of Atlantic's LP's during much of this period)
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CP =
CS or CSM = ; very infrequently)
BW =
SO = Holbrook, NY
MG or MGS = MGM Record Mfg. Division, Bloomfield, NJ

LP label example (Led Zeppelin I)
ST-A-681461-MO

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

A&M
B =
C = (through 1984) or (1985–1986)
R =
W =
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Pressing Plant Numbers:
56 =
73 =
25 =
70 = RCA, Indianapolis, IN
72 =
26 =
16 = Sonic Recording Products/Goldisc
18 = Presswell
19 =
22 = Allied
24 =
30 = Plastic Products
49 = Specialty Records Corporation
53 = . (prior to '79); ('79 and later)
54 = Shelley Products
76 = Hub-Servall Record Mfg. Corp.
74 = Electrosound Group Midwest, Inc.

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London Records label matrix suffix:
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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
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RCA Victor 20-2378

GC, ℊc, ☆ or ⊗ (Baseball looking symbol) next to Sterling = Greg Calbi

SRC CD generations

RCA Victor Master Serial Number Codes - 1942-1980's

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

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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VinylJunkies is the best online music community on Twitch. Conversation and content for the music obsessed who like going deep!

Over 35 years of collecting music. I almost daily adding records to the collection and it is certainly a long but very exciting journey for me. ❤️

I run A Few Good Records, a DIY label in NJ