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omg i've just found out what (or rather who) lies behind the iconic "a porky prime cut" that's scratched into the run-off on many of my singles & albums.
i always assumed it was a seal of approval, but it turns out it was the sign-off of one george peckham, a master lacquer-cutter back in the day.
Wikipedia:
British lacquer-cutting and mastering engineer, George Peckham, better known as "Porky" (as in "a Porky prime cut"), born 1942.
He has had an illustrious career including work on the catalogues of Genesis, Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, and Whitehouse. He started his career in disc-cutting as a trainee at Apple in November 1968, and his signature can be found in the deadwax/runout grooves on many rock, punk, post-punk, and new-wave records.
Porky often included cryptic / humorous messages in these etchings (e.g., "you'll never work again" on the A-side of The Fall - Totale's Turns (It's Now Or Never)).
new fact for today!