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    New Collector - Need Advice on Defintion of "First Pressing"

    in Vinyl Collective Message Board

    Posted · Edited by Han Solo

    1 hour ago, phillybhatesme said:

    Regarding the bold, I feel like a Metallica album from 1983 is going to have a larger population of those that would care vs. something like Turnstile's Glow On, but I'm weeding into hypotheticals here. 

    Yeah thats why I said "I" haha! I personally do not have any friends who care about that. Either way, two different matrix numbers could still be a part of a first press, which is what this guys question was on 

    New Collector - Need Advice on Defintion of "First Pressing"

    in Vinyl Collective Message Board

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    27 minutes ago, dlc3172 said:

    Yes, I didn't even realize you could search like that.  As I said, I am brand new.  I didn't even know what "matrix" was until yesterday (laugh all you want - you have to start somewhere). Unfortunately, I am getting answers to my original question that I find hard to decipher based on my limited knowledge of the lingo and the actual process of manufacturing a record.  However, my original question still hasn't been addressed by anyone.  Is the record I have considered a "first pressing"?  Is there even an agreed-upon definition for "first pressing"?  Someone else told me I do indeed have a "first pressing," but not a "first, first  pressing" because I have A-2 and A-5 instead of A-1 and A-1.  (By the way, I don't even know what these numbers mean in regards to the manufacturing process. I assume they are different "runs" of the first pressing of the record. I also don't understand why the same record would have different numbers on each side (i.e., 2 and 5).  Again, just trying to figure it all out. That's why I came to this forum.

    If a record is released internationally, often it will be created at multiple pressing plants (factories). Each pressing plant can have its own unique code, which is why you might see different matrixes on different records, depending on where they were made. For example, a record pressed in Canada can have a different code than one in the states, but because they were released at the same time, its still considered a first press. Honestly, don't worry about it too much. I cannot think of any record collector really getting hung up on matrix numbers. 

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