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27th Jun 2014, 4:41 PM
	YankeeDisc SUBS When in doubt.......accelerate........ Member since Dec 2010 729 Points	BiggieTembo wrote: Re: Next tasks: 2) Who the fk are ”KPL”?** Formpart (KPL) Ltd - formerly known as *Kompass Publishers Ltd, East Grinstead.* Probable contender for the printed inlays for EMI after G&L went ass-ways c.1984-5, up until the re-designed "XDR" transparent shell issues were introduced c.1987. The inlays would have duplicated the same designs as the "Gold-Series" inlays from G&L (1973-1984) with the addition of, for example, barcodes, and some early "XDR" logos (before the whole XDR-redesign was inaugurated proper in '87, with new inlays and more content from the original LPs, etc. Slightly tenuous, but could be right - EMI always seemed to choose printers in and around the London area ;-) Well done that man, for seeking out the truth. How do you do it, have you got an "access all areas" pass to GCHQ? Formpart (KPL) Ltd - formerly known as Kompass Publishers Ltd, East Grinstead, of course goes on the list, so gradually it's all coming together. I am intrigued by the amount of tape duplicators, and printers that are/were in a "golden triangle" sort of, between Redhill Surrey (G&L), Caterham Surrey (G&L), Crawley West Sussex (G&L and Data Packaging Corporation), and East Grinstead West Sussex (KPL). Garrod and Lofthouse printers also had plants in London and Manchester, before their demise. I did mention on another post that although Data Packaging Corporation do not appear to have printed their own cassette inlays and paper cassette labels (where relevant), because I deduce that they contracted the work out to other printers without perhaps giving said printer a recognition ID, then we must ascribe the whole credit for duplication and printing to Data Packaging Corporation, and I'll use the acronym D.P.C. as their descriptive. Thanks for your help, Biggie. ....ooops I meant D.P.C. not D.T.P. as previously inserted. Edited by YankeeDisc on 27th Jun 2014, 6:38 PM