quoted 5 lines BTW, who IS generally responsible for that writing?> BTW, who IS generally responsible for that writing?
> artists, labels, a bored laborer at the pressing plant?
>
> (I take it that if an artist wants something written, that can be
> done......but what about other circumstances?)
it happens in mastering (mastering is the last stop before the pressing
plant). the mastering engineer usually writes the matrix number of the record
in the run-out groove so the thing can be identified when there aren't any
labels on it. i've never seen a record without a matrix number (unless it was
a bootleg and the bootlegger scratched it off). other common stuff found in
run-out grooves is the name of the mastering engineer and the mastering house.
sometimes engineers will write in other engineers' names if they did a shitty
job and don't want anyone to think that it was their fault... :)
any other optional comments, drawings, etc, are specified and/or done by the
artist - if i had found some smart-ass mastering engineer had written
something on my record without permission i would probably think twice before
using that facility again...
mike kandel of exist dance does all the doodling himself. me, i've never sat
in on one of my mastering sessions, but if i wanted something etched i could
send along a note with the master tape specifying what i wanted.
next time on "da rekkid biz": colored vinyl, the real story!
-j-