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Schallplattenfabrik Pallas GmbH

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German vinyl pressing plant, established 1948. Member of the Pallas Group. Vinyl records can be identified by the following characteristics in the runout area: 1.) A 4- or 5-digit number in the stamped runout area, according to the following pattern: -XXXX- (up to -9999- until 2004). -XXXXX- (starting from -10000- since 2004). This number can be entered into the catalog number field next to the Pressed By credit, but please do not enter the hyphens surrounding the number (example: [r466859]). Releases with more than a record will often be assigned a different identifier, e.g., [r8156458], each sequence should be added into a separate dedicated field. 2.) Stamped or etched "ST" / "TST" / "ETST" prefixes to the cat# (Example: [r4141284]) [i]Note:[/i] the etching 'SST' is not an identifier for Pallas but for lacquer-cutting studio [l=SST Brüggemann GmbH] (known as [l=SST GmbH] since December 2016). 3.) The "Pallas Athene" logo (head of a woman - [url=https://www.discogs.com/label/271440-Schallplattenfabrik-Pallas-GmbH#images/18219619]see image[/url]) in the runout area (example: [r11982824]) [i]Note:[/i] Enter the [url=https://www.discogs.com/label/271440-Schallplattenfabrik-Pallas-GmbH#images/18219619]Athene woman head[/url] as [Pallas logo] when entering runouts containing the logo. 4.) LEERMATRIZE 4 stamped on the no audio (emtpy) side of a single sided record. "et" at the end of the matrix indicates the mastering company [l=Elaton (2)] and the engineer [a456780]. The pressing plant can also be derived from the typical rings unique to Pallas. Their 12"s singles pressing rings and labels have the following characteristics: - paper label diameter = 100 mm, - a depression starts at 20 mm from the outer label edge, - the "slope" is 5 mm broad, - distance from the edge to the stamper ring = 35 mm, - diameter of the stamper ring = 32 mm, - small indentation around the spindle hole. In the 1950s the plant also pressed records for [l46968] (pre Sonopress) and [l73146]. Registered: Amtsgericht Walsrode HRB 100109 Incorporation date: 19.10.1948 Also credited as: - Schallplattenfabrik Pallas G.M.B.H., Diepholz - [l=Pallas] - Pallas Schallplatten GmbH