Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs

[u]New York[/u] based mastering studios opened 1973. Closed April 2008. Also appears as : - Frankford Wayne Labs - Frankford/Wayne Studios - Frankford Wayne N.Y.C. - Frankfurt/Wayne, New York - Frankford/Wayne Mastering Studios , NYC - Frankford Wayne Mastering Lab, NYC - Frankford Wayne, N.Y., N.Y. Tom Steele started Frankford/Wayne's mastering operations in 1966. First as part of the Philadelphia recording institution Sigma Sound Studios and then later setting up Frankford/Wayne Recording Labs in Philadelphia. In 1973 they also set up shop in New York City. Frankford/Wayne Mastering Labs, Inc. was incorporated on May 13th, 1974. CD and vinyl mastering continued until the facility closed in 2008. Some of the mastering engineers that have worked at Frankford/Wayne include: Al Brown (5), (signature: ab or ⍺ʙ), Carlton Batts (signature: CSB, C.B. or CS), Chris Gehringer (signature: C.G., cg, cg☮), Don Grossinger (signature: D.G., DG, G, G.D.), Duncan Stanbury (signature: DS), Greg Vaughn, chief technical engineer (signature: GV, G.S.V.), Herb Powers Jr. (signature: :^), HP and many other variations), Jeff Ader (signature: JA), Joe Gastwirt (signature: JG), José Rodriguez (signature: JR), Michael Sarsfield, senior engineer (signature: JMS, M.J.S., MJS, MS or MSJ), Rick Essig (signature: RCE, R.C.E., RE), Stuart J. Romaine (signature: SJR, Stu), Tom Coyne (signature: ¢, C, CT, TC) Dominick Romeo (signature: DR). Vinyl records mastered at Frankford/Wayne in New York, if not printed on the labels or sleeve, can be recognized by a mastering stamp in the runout grooves. The mastering stamp usually takes the form of MASTERING BY FRANKFORD/WAYNE NEW YORK, or the initials F/W followed by an apple symbol (FW/NYC Ѽ or F/W Ѽ). This apple was sometimes loosely etched and can look like "C5" or other characters – look at the images for some examples. Later releases only have F/W; most are often followed by the engineers signature or initials.