German vinyl pressing plant, established 1948. Member of the Pallas Group. Vinyl records can be identified by the following characteristics in the runout grooves: 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...  More

German vinyl pressing plant, established 1948. Member of the Pallas Group. Vinyl records can be identified by the following characteristics in the runout grooves: 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: Lyra - Travelling). Releases with more than a record will often be assigned a different identifier, e.g., Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits, each sequence should be added into a separate dedicated field. 2.) Stamped or etched "ST" / "TST" / "ETST" prefixes to the cat# (Example: The Modern Jazz Quintet Karlsruhe - Position 2000) Note: the etching 'SST' is not an identifier for Pallas but for lacquer-cutting studio SST Brüggemann GmbH (known as SST GmbH since December 2016). 3.) The "Pallas Athene" logo (head of a woman - see image) in the runout grooves (Example: Michel Attenoux - Michel Attenoux Plays Dixieland) 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 Elaton (2) and the engineer Djamil Mehtieff. 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 Bertelsmann Schallplattenring (pre Sonopress) and Neckermann. Registered: Amtsgericht Walsrode HRB 100109 Incorporation date: 19.10.1948 Also credited as: - Schallplattenfabrik Pallas G.M.B.H., Diepholz - Pallas - Pallas Schallplatten GmbHLess