Record Pressers Ltd.

British record pressing plant and company, operating under this name between July 1957 and April 1959. It pressed for the UK labels of Philips and Fontana. Prior to its establishment, Philips records had been manufactured at an adjacent site by National Plastics Ltd. Renamed to Philips Records Ltd. on 30 April 1959. Lacquer cuts are usually identifiable by "▽ x// 420" in the stamped matrix. There are occasional exceptions to this rule as sometimes the triangle or the '420' may be omitted or the two forward slashes may be missing. Additional IDs, such as 1F/2F, 1L/2L etc. (e.g. 10745 1L ▽ 6// 420) are side and format identifiers only: E after the side identifier (1/2) stands for 7" EP 45 RPM Mono F after the side identifier (1/2) stands for 7" 45 RPM Mono L after the side identifier (1/2) stands for 12" 33 1/3 RPM Mono Y after the side identifier (1/2) stands for 12" Stereo Full legal entity name: Records Pressers Limited First UK Company number: 00586873 Incorporated: 8 July 1957 - this page First name change: 30 April 1959 to Philips Records Limited Second name change: 1 January 1972 to Phonogram Ltd. Third name change: 13 December 1994 to Mercury Records Ltd.