Totally cool YankeeDisc - I understood you completely and of course am well aware of the 45Cat "off-on-a-tangent commentary" - if you saw my face when I wrote my last comment you wouldv'e known that I was smiling, and answering with the utmost of respectful, well-meaning, good-natured English irony ;-) (Only 20% of our real meaning and intentions come through via the written word, as communication studies tend to point out ;-) )
That said, I shall endeavour to threaten you with loads of information about inlay printers on the forum, and look forward to reading your findings (that was also ironic, just for the record ;-s). Goosfraba my friend - Bigs ;-)
....nay, nay, a thousand times nay......I meant that over on 45cat, some comments on a release page run to twenty to thirty replies, and I can see that happening here, with the printers involved, and not much to do with The Floyd.
Moderators often ask to "take it to the forum", so now we have a forum, plus the threat of others, I will expect plenty input from your good self.
Hey YankeeDisc - Thanks for the info - not wanting to clog up the standard comments pages with relevant information, aye... ;-) i'll check out the forum
Please direct all enquiries regarding inlay cards to the forum, where full answers can be given rather than clogging up the standard comments pages. -------I THANK YOU-----
I am somewhat diffident about DP "Delga Press" and Data Packaging Corporation, which I've never heard of.....I'll move that over to the forum.
Hey YankeeDisc – more on the subject of EMI’s cassette inlay printers:
Interestingly, my entry for Pink Floyd's Meddle has "KPL" as the inlay printer - it's a “newer” edition with a barcode, and the totally amazing Pink Floyd Archives site says it's the 8th issue, from ca. 1987 (this is confirmed by the transparent cassette shell). - There’s loads of great inlay scans here.
The "KPL" credit begins at the issue which I estimate is from c. 83-86 (white cassette shell, black printed ink). Before that, the inlay had no credit (like some of the Beatles' inlays (from 83-86) and sometimes just a “date” - and a “G&L” credit before that...
G&L seems to have closed down in 1984 (according to some internet sources) or alternatively it was dissolved 1995 (according to others). EMI may have chosen “KPL” as their cassette-inlay printer after G&L’s demise. The dates seem to fit.
Additionally, there’s an inlay of Pink Floyd’s “Early Collection Of Dance Songs” by an “EH” ("8111 EH") I know it's a long shot, but could this be “E.Hannibal” included on one of the early drafts of your Printers List on 45cat?
So far I haven't been able to locate any info about KPL, or EH, or even DP - and Garrod and Lofthouse info is also thin on the ground internet-wise - so maybe it would be a good idea to start compiling a list of all the [EMI] Cassette/8-Track inlay printers, a-la your printers list forum (EP sleeves, and the printers involved......singles too.) over on 45 Cat? - which, by the way, is a great list ;-) Whaddya say?
Hey YankeeDisc - sorry to rain on your (and my) parade - but a little research on Soundhog tells me DP stands for Data Packaging Corporation, NOT Delga Press... Honesty is the best policy, aye ;-)
...thanks to BiggieTembo for solving that mystery of the ages......DP Delga Press, who'da thunk it?.
I have a fair few EMI cassettes from back in the day, and I thought most of those I checked had DP after the date code, so I did not make the connection about the printers' ID.
I've just found and checked 4 cassettes by Macca and one by ONJ, here's the results.
TC-PCTC 251 Wings Red Rose Speedway 7306 G&L - gold inlay
TC-PAS 10007 Band On The Run 7401 DP - gold inlay
TC-EMC 3028 Olivia Newton-John - Long Live Love 7406 DP - gold inlay
TC-PCTC 254 Wings Venus And Mars 7507 G&L - gold inlay
TC-PAS 10010 Wings....Speed Of Sound 7605 DP - later gold inlay
So that's three Delga Press and two Garrod & Lofthouse, and as yet, not posted on this site, I'll have to get busy.
I also took a good look at that site, SOUNDHOG MOONFRUIT and talk about a trip down memory lane, I remember so many of them, including this double cassette anthology (8-Track is shown) by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles, which I own, will find and post. Well worth a look, respect to BT.
Great addition goodbear66! Love to see those metallic gold EMI inlays ;-)
According to the fantastic Soundhog EMI cassette fansite (http://soundhog.moonfruit.com/#), the inlay dates from 1973 ("7304" is translated as 1973, April), and the DP stands for Delga Press, one of the printers EMI used, other than EJD (Ernest J Day) and the ubiquitous G&D (Garrod & Lofthouse).
The cassette dates from the period 1973-1976 (light grey shell, white labels).