There is no such thing as a sterling pressing and no it does not make anything more valuable.
What is sterling tj vinyl pressing.
A matrix or stamper number is a code etched inside the end groove area found on each side of a vinyl lp.
Unsure if this lp has been discussed before but yesterday i received got back my original led zeppelin ii lp from my brother.
Rolling stones some girls og cover coc 39108 sterling tj.
There is wear to spine vinyl does have some scratches scuffs can be heard on track before they make me run.
But it all comes down to what they have to work with of course.
Vinyl record price guide.
Consisting of numbers and or letters the code may indicate recording dates specific takes and even the system of recording.
Please see all photos jacket and inner sleeve look nice.
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.
A machine stamped triangle with the initials iam indicates that the record was pressed at the scranton pennsylvania plant.
For instance a matrix number can identify a first pressing of an lp.
It s also a marketplace where users can buy and sell records.
Shipped with usps media mail.
Keep in mind that back when records were pretty much the only way to get music albums were pressed by the millions regularly.
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And as luck would have it its the rl mastered lp.
Not a record label.
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.
Now ive been used to the muddy echo laden 2nd.
So repressings can still be from the year of the album s release.
Once you start to get familiar with things it will open a whole new world for you.
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.
Pressing plant for capitol records in scranton pennsylvania.
Do your homework and read up in the thread that anselm ashlee5 provided.
Defunct us manufacturer and pressing plant which was located in olyphant pa.
I remember buying it on the very day of its release in fall 1969.
If you are serious about your vinyl and obtaining the best possible pressing it is essential to know what to look for.
Such a record may be significantly more.
All else being equal the sterling cut is usually the best.