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Re: [ARSCLIST] LP pressing question



Anyone know why Van Gelder put "ears" in the "land"?

Frank Wylie wrote:
Roger and Allison Kulp wrote:
Bob,

Dead wax is the term for the area in between the label.and the end of the runoff groove.Actually non-promo test pressings get out there quite a bit.I own several dozen.At least 100 or so,including one of "A Christmas Gift to You From Philles Records".The oldest one I have seen,is an early Columbia test pressing of an uncredited recording of "Casey Jones",that I was able to date to about 1906.I sold it on eBay last year.This had a blank white label,with the title written in pencil,and the label usually found on the backs of Columbia of this period.


Roger


Apropos of nothing; I remember as a teen discovering cryptic messages inscribed in the "dead wax" (thanks for a new term!) area of LPs I purchased. They must have been cut into the masters and most messages were in the (for lack of a better term) retrace area that parks the needle at the end of the record.

Can't even remember which albums had these strange tags on the retrace; anyone else know of this practice and any history behind it?

Thanks.


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