reeltoreel
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In the mood for Sunday morning eclectica, I just played New Order's Brotherhood, and noticed that in the runout groove with the pressing details and stuff, whoever was behind the press had written 'See an Old Soldier Right' on the a-side and 'More Juice Please' on the b-side. Throbbing Gristle's Greatest hits has 'Martin Denny - Gone Not Forgotten' on the left shoe side and 'Bobby Sands/Francis Hughes' on the right shoe side. I pulled out this Prince B 12" called Ode to a Forgetful Mind that's cut at 33 1/3 with only about a fifth of the side done, and there's Ode to a Waste of Vinyl written in big block capitals!
It's kinda cool, like finding secret messages from another world. Was this something that happened a lot? Who was behind these cryptic phrases? Was there someone scribbling furiously on each piece of still-warm vinyl as it came out of the press?
Anyone got any classic examples?
It's kinda cool, like finding secret messages from another world. Was this something that happened a lot? Who was behind these cryptic phrases? Was there someone scribbling furiously on each piece of still-warm vinyl as it came out of the press?
Anyone got any classic examples?