Easy-E Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 Hi, newbie here Does anyone here know what the E.G. stands for in this set of matrices from a 2nd press 1975 PG? SSK 89400 (SS2-200) UK pressingSide OneSSK.89400.A E.G. S-4 Side TwoSSK.89400.B E.G. S-4 Side ThreeSSK.89400.C E.G. S-4 Side FourSSK.89400.D E.G. S-2 Thanks in advance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pb! Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 'Extra good.' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easy-E Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 Ha! Well that goes without saying The opinion elsewhere is that it stands for : exempli gratia = free sample Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easy-E Posted June 26, 2015 Author Share Posted June 26, 2015 Bump - anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pb! Posted June 26, 2015 Share Posted June 26, 2015 I doubt the 'free sample' theory - they wouldn't use a different set of plates for that sort of thing. It is likely something uninteresting like a reference to a specific pressing plant. http://www.stevehoffman.tv/ is the place to go to get the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easy-E Posted June 27, 2015 Author Share Posted June 27, 2015 Thats just it though - there werent multiple pressing plants in the UK at the time - Atlantics were pressed by Polydor right? not EMI or Decca as they have their own telltale signs. Why were a new set of plates made ? Unless it was to make some promo copies to promote it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pb! Posted June 27, 2015 Share Posted June 27, 2015 I admit I don't know much about the British recording industry, but there certainly had to be more than one pressing plant. I do know in the US, when a major act (for example...Led Zeppelin) put out a new record, Labels would contract work out to any pressing plant they could to meet demand. I have been told that a significant amount of the initial press run for PG came from Germany. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Easy-E Posted June 28, 2015 Author Share Posted June 28, 2015 OK so apart from speculation no-one here knows? I may post this in the main forum then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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