Knowledge about vinyl and CD pressing plants comes in use when cataloging releases by any band. This document serves as a reference to each pressing plant. It is recommended that you read through the general information before you start on the pressing plants themselves. It makes it easier to understand the arguments used to explain the matrix codes found on CDs and vinyl records.
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| Vinyl manufacturing, matrix codes |
| CD manufacturing, matrix and IFPI codes |
| Mastering-only facilities: Abbey Road, Golden, KDisc, Masterdisk, SST, TML, Utopia |
| Processing-only facilities: Lee Plating |
| Test pressings |
| Artwork |
| Promotional items |
| Publishing |
| Identifying country of release/ Performing rights organizations |
| Distribution: Cartel, ADA, K Records, UNI/ Universal Music Distribution |
| Geffen/DGC, MCA, and Universal |
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| Vinyl pressing plants |
| CD pressing plants |
| Identify plants without name or mould IFPI written |
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