Hidden messages...

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  • Plarocks
    Plarocks Posts: 4
    Some famous mastering engineers would "sign" the records they mastered in the run out groove, kind of like a painter signs a painting. For example, the "Robert Ludwig" version of Led Zeppelin II sounds AMAZING if you can find one. They are highly prized by collectors.

    Look for the initials "RL" carved in the run out grooves on both sides. The sound is TOTALLY ROCKIN'!!

    Surpasses even the MoFi pressing IMHO ;)

    The George Piros "GP" pressing of "The Yes Album" sounds great too.
  • BrainofBGA
    BrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,560
    Blow me down and call me Charlie! I never knew this. Time to investigate!!! :)

    Great thread OP :)

    I hope one of my vinyls says: Aussie Tour November 2012 ;)
    Melbourne #1 '98
    Melbourne #2 '03
    Melbourne #3 '03
    Melbourne #1 '06
    Melbourne #3 '06
    Melbourne '09
    Melbourne '14
  • photogirlliz
    photogirlliz Posts: 2,491
    BrainofBGA wrote:
    Blow me down and call me Charlie! I never knew this. Time to investigate!!! :)

    Great thread OP :)

    I hope one of my vinyls says: Aussie Tour November 2012 ;)
    I never knew either! It was a fun find :) Needless to say, I'll be looking from now on.
    "I am myself...like you, somehow."
  • mauichick
    mauichick Posts: 964
    Thats Rad. Brett Eliason needs to start signing his boots
    Plarocks wrote:
    Some famous mastering engineers would "sign" the records they mastered in the run out groove, kind of like a painter signs a painting. For example, the "Robert Ludwig" version of Led Zeppelin II sounds AMAZING if you can find one. They are highly prized by collectors.

    Look for the initials "RL" carved in the run out grooves on both sides. The sound is TOTALLY ROCKIN'!!

    Surpasses even the MoFi pressing IMHO ;)

    The George Piros "GP" pressing of "The Yes Album" sounds great too.
    '96 7 shows / '97 3 shows / '98 15 shows
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  • Spankey's Popp
    Spankey's Popp Posts: 262
    Cool thread.
    :D:D:D
    The Rearviewmirror LP's have mostly code with the word "Golden".
    Hey, hey. My, my. Rock and roll can never die.

    "Why go home? I am home! And I gotta tell you, it feels FUCKIN GREAT to be here. You may experience this yourself but, if you were born in Chicago, you're always from Chicago. And even if you don't live in Chicago, Chicago will always live in you."-Ed
  • DAMON
    DAMON Posts: 256
    I have a ALIVE 7" white vinyl with ORLAkE on each side...and the same on red Daughter and white Jeremy and on
    Soon Forget Live yellow FSV....
  • nutbarz
    nutbarz Posts: 227
    My Weird Al Yankovic LPs Said soemthing like "Use and Accordian, Go to Jail", and "where's my liquid paper"
  • Kathi
    Kathi Posts: 1,828
    awesome! glad my PJ20 vinyl arrived today so I could look at those messages myself :D
  • javis el errante
    javis el errante Buenos Aires Posts: 6,145
    Jack White's Sixteen Saltines b/w with Love is blindness 12" etched vinyl

    Side A: A cracker please
    Side B: Give that drummer a raise
    ... I am not in the business of being liked anymore ...

  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    mauichick wrote:
    guess im a poor excuse for a blueshirt fan..gonna have to turn in my jersey if yr right...unless it IS Molly Ringwald ;-)

    Different Mike Richter. I believe the 8/23/09 show and poster were dedicated to him.

    Besides that, I'm pretty sure MR stands for Mr. Rogers in this instance.
  • sweater yams
    sweater yams Posts: 188
    The Amongst the Waves green single says Unity on it. No message in the b side.

    If you picked up the rsd DEVO Live 1981 Seattle it has the following messages:

    Side 1: It's time for Devo
    Side 2: Man is when man thinks
    Side 3: Toil is stupid
    Side 4: Devolution is real

    The White Stripes single from rsd has some messages too.
  • javis el errante
    javis el errante Buenos Aires Posts: 6,145
    edited March 2013
    Plarocks wrote:
    Some famous mastering engineers would "sign" the records they mastered in the run out groove, kind of like a painter signs a painting. For example, the "Robert Ludwig" version of Led Zeppelin II sounds AMAZING if you can find one. They are highly prized by collectors.

    Look for the initials "RL" carved in the run out grooves on both sides. The sound is TOTALLY ROCKIN'!!

    Surpasses even the MoFi pressing IMHO ;)

    The George Piros "GP" pressing of "The Yes Album" sounds great too.

    In my copy, I can read something very similar to an R and somethig very similar to an L inside the space of the bends of a big S... don't know if my copy is from Robert Ludwig master but it does sound awesome....


    Edit: Still don't know if the one I got was mastered by RL. But mine is an Atlantic release, don't remember the code, and was printed in the USA, so I don't know which pressing it is, and which edition, but anyway, it might as well be the one mastered by RL, and still sounds great...
    Post edited by javis el errante on
    ... I am not in the business of being liked anymore ...

  • jlaustin
    jlaustin Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 2,355
    Glad this thread got bumped - inspired me to check some of our vinyl... Good way to spend a Saturday!

    Here are some of my finds... Most SST records seem to have them...

    Black Flag Everything Went Black
    1 - Robo is God - spacing out to the beat of a different drummer
    2 - Feeling uneasy? Chavo sez here comes Dez - Jealous anyone?
    3 - So maybe we're waiting for a heavy alloy savior, Ozzie?
    4 - No corn in my horn - not where the bop drops, y'all
    Evil clutches - let no man fall prey

    Black Flag Loose Nut
    1 - Kickin' and Stickin'
    2 - All for me, all for me

    Black Flag Slip It In
    1 - Only the steaming liquid of caffeine...Stark, starker
    2 - And walked out into the bright sunlight without sunglasses

    Black Flag Jealous Again
    A - Do the creepy crawl (bars)
    B - Wash this out of your life (bars)

    Black Flag Damaged
    1 - Comin' at ya, the neo real gelatinous thing
    2 - Sizzled the pants right off of me - Howie
    Aaah What the hell - Harold

    Black Flag My War
    1 - Exploring the inside of empty guns
    2 - Looking for the markings of rifled thoughts. Is that it then?

    Black Flag Family Man
    A - Looking out from a tight corner
    B - Mirrors only create the illusion of less space

    The Blasting Concept - Volume 2 SST
    1 - "Just so many things can be stapled together..." Christine Jorgensen
    2 - Tis not too late to seek a newer world - Tennyson

    Minutemen
    1 - Bones - the list...the list in the dream?
    2 - .....And the guests came in through little funnels - dripping

    Minor Threat
    A - Down and out, up and down
    B - Over and over, over and out

    Minor Threat Out of Step
    A - Why did the punk cross the road?
    B - Because Ian told him to
    (Ha ha - my favorite!)

    Soundgarden Ultramega OK
    1 - A religious man might think we're evil...
    2 - A rational man might think we're religious

    Smashed Gladys Social Intercourse
    1 - non pro Rama non pro numerate
    2 - adeptio concubitus estate modus operendum

    Thanks for letting me share!
    2013 Wrigley, Pittsburgh, Buffalo
    2014 Cincy, Detroit, Moline, & Milwaukee
    2015 Central Park
    2016 Lexington, Ottawa, Toronto 1 & 2, Boston 1 & 2, Chicago 1 & 2
    2017 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
    2018 Seattle 1 & 2, Missoula, Chicago 1

  • photogirlliz
    photogirlliz Posts: 2,491
    Joey and I opened up the new album today and here are the messages on the latest vinyl:

    Side A: FOR THE LEAGUE OF CRAFTY FULMINOLOGISTS
    Side B: SURF IS WHERE YOU FIND IT - GERRY LOPEZ

    Just in case you all haven't looked for it yet... :D
    "I am myself...like you, somehow."
  • aurynsdad
    aurynsdad Posts: 863
    Fulminologists. Clever.
    10/31/93 Berkeley (Baba!) • 10/1/94 Bridge School • 9/16/96 Seattle (In My Tree!) • 10/19/96 & 10/20/96 B. School (Alt Corduroy & Alt Porch!) • 10/25/03 B. School • 6/1/03 Mtnview (Crazy Mary! You Are!) • 11/29/13 Portland (All Those Yesterdays! Even Flow!) • 10/25/14 Bridge School (Rain! Fuckin Up! TOTD!) • 5/13/22 Oakland (had to leave early, but W.M.A.! Immortality!) • 5/13/24 Sacramento (Light Years! Picture in a Frame!) • 5/25/24 Bottle Rock (Last Kiss! Maybe It’s Time w/Bradley Cooper!)
  • Joey Eakins
    Joey Eakins Posts: 663
    photogirlliz wrote:
    Joey and I opened up the new album today and here are the messages on the latest vinyl:

    Side A: FOR THE LEAGUE OF CRAFTY FULMINOLOGISTS
    Side B: SURF IS WHERE YOU FIND IT - GERRY LOPEZ

    Just in case you all haven't looked for it yet... :D

    :thumbup:
  • Joey Eakins
    Joey Eakins Posts: 663
    Bump!
  • rchallen
    rchallen Posts: 58
    My two personal favorites in my collection.....

    Joy Division's UK 12" single of "Love Will Tear Us Apart":
    SIDE A - I'VE ONLY GOT RECORD SHOPS LEFT
    SIDE B - DON'T DISILLUSION ME

    And the classic Led Zeppelin III (apparently most pressings have one message or the other in the deadwax, but not both):
    SIDE A - DO WHAT THOU WILT
    SIDE B - SO MOTE BE IT

    ...Because Jimmy Page was one Satan-worshipping MFer.
  • QA185761
    QA185761 Posts: 271
    photogirlliz wrote:
    I'm new to Ten Club (and new to vinyl), so this may be a silly thread...however, today as I was unwrapping my new Pearl Jam Twenty record ( :D ) I happened to look at the matrix number etched on the run-out area of the record and noticed a peculiar message of "1 2 3 o'clock 4 o'clock rock". I was a bit surprised, so I looked at the others and noticed there were 'hidden messages' on all of them. This made me take a look at my other PJ records and, low and behold...there were messages on some of them as well!

    Here's what I found...

    Eddie Vedder-Ukulele Songs
    -Side A - WITH LOVE TO LEILA AUSTIN & EDWARD LEE. ENJOY YOUR RIDE.
    -Side B - DON'T DELAY, LEARN TO PLAY, START TODAY.

    PJ-White Backspacer
    -Side A - GRAMMA MARGE, DAUGHTER OF PEARL 1918-2009.
    -Side B - R.J.O.K.V.H.J... M.R. FOREVER

    PJ Twenty
    -LP 1 Side A - 1 2 3 O'CLOCK 4 O'CLOCK ROCK
    -LP 1 Side B - THANKS MOM AND DAD
    -LP 2 Side A - BE LIKE WATER BE LIKE WIND
    -LP 2 Side B - NOTHING CAN SURPASS THE MYSTERY OF STILLNESS
    -LP 3 Side A - OUR BIGGEST ACHIEVEMENT: ASSISTING TO FREE THE WEST MEMPHIS THREE
    -LP 3 Side B - LIVE ALOHA EVERYDAY. MAHALO NUI LOA .... PEARL JAM

    The original pressings I have of Vitalogy and Yield have nothing on them.

    Has anyone else noticed this? If so, what have you found?

    This is just a re-post. I don't know how to transfer my post here other than copy and paste.

    This was your thread you started originally so you get the bump.

    It is incredible that your post is written and described pretty well like mine. I just spent 2 hours looking at my records and writing down on paper what I want to type.

    Recently took out a few singles and for the first time I actually read the writing/etching/inscriptions on the run-out groove for each side of the record.

    Noticed some sides had sayings and others had random letters and numbers.

    For example on the Backspacer LP

    Side A has "Gramma Marge Daughter of Pearl 1918-2009" and "www.gzvinyl" inscribed.
    Side B has "GOLDEN" and "RJOKVHJ Mr. Forever..." inscribed

    Curious if others have different writing on their vinyl and if so - What does it say?

    Here is a list of records and what I see inscribed/etched in the run-out groove on each side.

    Devil Doll
    Side A- Better Things and random letters/numbers
    Side B - Devil Doll and random letters/numbers

    2012 Live Alpine
    Side A - random letters/numbers
    Side B - random letters/numbers

    2009 Touring Mist
    Side A - random letters/numbers
    Side B - random letters/numbers

    2008 Single
    Side A - GOLDEN
    Side B - GOLDEN

    2007 Annual single
    Side A - random letters/numbers
    Side B - random letters/numbers

    2005 Little Sister/Gone Single
    Side A - GOLDEN
    Side B - GOLDEN

    1998 Christmas single
    Side A - random letters/numbers
    Side B - random letters/numbers

    History never repeats Annual single (can't remember the year received)
    Side A - random letters/numbers
    Side B - random letters/numbers

    Happy when I am crying/REM Live for today single (don't know the year received)
    Side A - random letters/numbers
    Side B - random letters/numbers

    LB
    Side A - "For the league of crafty Fulmonologists" and "Golden"
    Side B - Surf is where you find it - Gerry Lopez


    Vitalogy
    Divisions 1 thru 4 both sides all have random letters/numbers

    I hope this Post is understood by you all. It was really cool to go through my records today. I saw the writing on the records before but really never read it because it was just numbers so I thought it was like a serial number.

    It would be very cool if there are different inscriptions on others records.
  • QA185761
    QA185761 Posts: 271
    jshin wrote:
    -decodified- wrote:
    hopefully all the records have the same message otherwise this will become a madness... :P

    Haha... Could you imagine... All of those poor folks that would actually have to open their vinyl... :)

    You are exactly right.

    I would like to go further and ask Why has no one commented on what is written on the benny deadwax ?(just learned what deadwax is 10min ago;)

    Imagine opening up the benny with a message..... :corn:

    So it would be very easy for anyone that has an opened benny to post here and say if there is/isn't writings on the deadwax.

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