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Dedicated record collector since 1981; partial towards label variants either from or typeset by Columbia Records' pressing plants in Bridgeport, CT (pre-1964) and Pitman, NJ (1964-86). Also prefer East Coast pressings in general, from RCA Custom in Rockaway, NJ (1954-73), Decca/MCA in Gloversville, NY, Capitol in Scranton, PA, etc.

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Member	Item		Review/Comment
W.B.lbl 25th Feb 2025		Vinyl Album Various Artists - Super Stars, Super Hits No.2	I have {Images #3793921 & 3793922} . . .
W.B.lbl 23rd Feb 2025		Vinyl Album Noël Coward - The Noel Coward Album	The Columbia Masterworks label colors ({Images #3793271, 3793272, 3793274 & 3793277}) appear here to be PMS 404 Grey and PMS 144 Orange.
W.B.lbl 22nd Feb 2025		Vinyl Album Tom Jones - This Is Tom Jones	It was pressed by Decca/MCA. In Pinckneyville, IL. They also pressed Capitol LP's, the result of Longines taking over operations of the Capitol Record Club in late 1968. Of course, the ~24.7mm pressing ring and label fonts are other giveaways.
W.B.lbl 22nd Feb 2025		Vinyl Album Carole King - Tapestry	It, at the very least, was certainly prepared for release (i.e. jacket printing, label printing, pressing) in February, if the Pitman variant {Images #459299 & 459300} is of any indication; for a period dating to late 1969 up to around this point, whenever anything was set in 12 point Erbar Bold Condensed that had a hyphen, they used a hyphen from the 10 point size (as is clearly in evidence on the 'SP-77009' line). Compare to that font on her next LP release, Carole King Music. But also, the regular 12 point hyphen returned by the time Ode '70 released her "It's Too Late" / "I Feel The Earth Move" single. That's not counting, on the lines set in 6 point Spartan Heavy Condensed spelling out the matrix numbers, the use of an 'en-dash' rather than a hyphen.
W.B.lbl 21st Feb 2025		Vinyl Album Charles Wright And The Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band - Express Yourself	Here, y'all ain't gon' get any argument from me on that. Not only do I much prefer the mono o' this, I prefer this "Express Yourself" to Madonna's.