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26th Jun 2014, 12:42 PM
	YankeeDisc SUBS When in doubt.......accelerate........ Member since Dec 2010 729 Points	BiggieTembo, thank you for your diligent research.....it's paid off. I am now convinced that DP is Data Packaging Corporation and not Delga Press. I went back and looked at three own cassettes I've yet to post, all EMI issued product. 1. Wings - Red Rose Speedway TC-PCTC 251, 'gold' inlay card printed by 7306 G&L , (Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd - June 1973) black cassette shell, with the raised "dp" logo device in the moulding, only on Side 1. Gummed labels stuck onto shell, with no Dolby logo device present on inlay card.. Inlay card by G&L, tape duplication by Data Packaging Corporation. I know for a fact that I bought that cassette June/July 1973, because I took the tape away on holiday with us to Majorca late July 1973, where my girlfriend had her 21st birthday.....the tape was played a lot. 2. Paul McCartney & Wings - Band On The Run TC-PAS 10007, 'gold' inlay card printed by 7401 DP, (Data Packaging Corporation - January 1974) black cassette shell, with the raised "dp" logo device in the moulding, only on Side 1. Inlay card and tape duplication by Data Packaging Corporation. Gummed labels stuck onto shell, with Dolby logo device present on inlay card. EMI were probably saving a few pennies per tape by "in-housing" the production process, or maybe they got Garrod & Lofthouse Ltd. to print the inlay as before, but substitute the ID print name DP for G&L, or no business. It did happen like that, the record business was rammed full of shysters and carpetbaggers who could really screw everybody for a dime. I was in the record business for a number of years, and some of the strokes I saw pulled by "operators" would make a Bishop feint.... The Bonzo Dog Band - Gorilla TCS 50160 (United Artists Sunset budget label, made and distributed by EMI Group), 'white' inlay card, overprinted on one side only, possibly litho. Unknown printer possibly under contract to Data Packaging Corporation, with an alabaster cassette shell, with the raised "dp" logo device in the moulding, both sides. Inlay card and tape duplication by Data Packaging Corporation. Gummed labels stuck onto shell with Dolby logo device present on inlay card. All three of the cassette shells have embossed upper case "MADE IN ENGLAND" on the shell mouldings, both sides.