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Owned by Zdenek Pelc.\n\nSuccessor to [l=Gramofonov\u00e9 Z\u00e1vody] (Gramophone Record Factory, the name used until 1999) and [l=GZ Digital Media] (2000\u20132013).\n\nVinyl manufacture in Lod\u011bnice has taken place continuously since 1951. GZ temporarily used the [i]internal[/i] trademark \u201cGZ V!nyl\u201d, also known as \u201cGZ Vinyl\u201d. Sometimes credited with a \u201cwww.gzvinyl.com\u201d engraved in the vinyl runout area. \nThe GZ Media plant in Lod\u011bnice stopped glass-mastering, CD/DVD galvanic and CD/DVD pressing processes in September 2021. \nAny new CD/DVD order is either produced at the SNA plant in France or brokered out to another plant in the Czech Republic. Frequently, these releases use the Laser Beam Recorder codes LBR DF01 and mould codes DFM02, DFM09 or DFM10. [b]For discs manufactured by GZ Media after September 2021, use 'Manufactured By' for the GZ Media credit.[/b]\n\n[u][b]Vinyl matrix schemes - machine engraved in runouts[/b][/u]\n[b]######X~/Z[/b] or [b]######X~~/Z[/b] \n\u201cX\u201d = format\n\u201c~\u201d = side number\n\u201cZ\u201d = galvanoplasty \n\n[u]Main vinyl formats:[/u]\nE = stereo, 12\", 33\u2153 RPM\nF = stereo, 10\", 33\u2153 RPM\nH = stereo, 7\", 45 RPM\nM = stereo, 12\", 45 RPM\nN = stereo, 10\", 45 RPM\nO = stereo, 7\", 33\u2153 RPM - \"O\" can sometimes be mistaken with a \"0\" (zero)\nX = stereo, 78 RPM (very rare)\nT = stereo, 4\", 33\u2153 RPM (very rare)\n\n(GZ may use \"E\", etc. on a pressing labeled as 'mono', such as on [r14509303]. This is because all GZ cuts are now in stereo \u2013 they no longer have mono lathes. A recent GZ 'mono' pressing is in fact a stereo cut with identical audio on both channels, giving the effect of mono to the listener: 'simulated mono'. A true mono cut, in the days when they had mono lathes, had the codes A to D or V: see [l231274].)\n\n[u][b]A rough guide to vinyl numbering[/b][/u]\n2014 has 115XXX through 12XXXX\n2015 has 12XXXX through 13XXXX\n2016 has 13XXXX through 14XXXX\n2017 has 14XXXX through 16XXXX\n2018 has 16XXXX through 17XXXX\n2019 has 18XXXX through 19XXXX\n2020 has 20XXXX through 21XXXX\n2021 has 21XXXX through 23XXXX\n2022 has 22XXXX through 25XXXX\n2023 has 25XXXX through 27XXXX\n2024 has 27XXXX through 29XXXX\n2025 has 28XXXX through 30XXXX\n\n[u][b]CD matrix scheme[/b][/u]\n[b]XY####[/b]\n\u201cX\u201d = year of matrix manufacturing: \nA=2014, B=2015, C=2016, D=2017, E=2018, F=2019, G=2020, H=2021, I=2022, J=2023, K=2024, L=2025.\n\"Y\" = month of matrix manufacturing:\n1-9=January-September, A=October, B=November, C=December \nMastering SID code is LD02.\nMould SID code: 5J**\n** = numbers\n\n[i]CD matrix will be stored for 2 years, i.e. any represses in that time window will bear the same number.\nIf the original CD matrix was damaged, a new one will be created with a new number.\nNote that the CD matrix year codes \u201cA\u201d, \u201cB\u201d, \u201cC\u201c, etc. were already in use since 1989 by [l=Gramofonov\u00e9 Z\u00e1vody] and continued up to \u201cZ\u201d in 2013 by [l=GZ Digital Media].[/i]\n\nPlease note that many more recent discs made for GZ Media feature a matrix code of the form 2##### or 3#####. As these do not seem to have GZ Media itself as their source, do not add them as catalog numbers to any LCCN entries for GZ Media. Note also that GZ Media ceased CD production in September 2021 and from that date outsourced all glass mastering and pressing.\n\n[u][b]How to[/b][/u] \n\u2022 [b]Use this entity to list releases manufactured in 2014 or later only[/b]. All releases [i]manufactured[/i] (and released) in 2013 or earlier should be listed under [l=GZ Digital Media] or [l=Gramofonov\u00e9 Z\u00e1vody] respectively. 115067E number is known to have been made still in 2013: for this reason, [b]2014 releases that carry a GZ number lower than 115067E should be listed under [l=GZ Digital Media] because they were still made in 2013[/b].\n\u2022 GZ Media markers in the vinyl matrix are not sufficient to determine pressing. Credit with Plated At in LCCN unless pressing can be clearly determined. Use the following guidance to determine which roles to use.\n\n\u2022 When another company (such as [l91504] and [l265320]) is etched into the runouts alongside the engraved GZ Media number, a Manufactured By credit for that company should be added in addition to the Pressed By credit for GZ Media.\n\n\u2022 When identifiers for [l523699] or [l833505] are present in the runouts alongside the engraved GZ Media numbers, use Plated At to credit GZ Media and Manufactured By to credit [l523699] or [l833505] \n\n\u2022 Please refer to [l523699] when an additional engraved number starting with 10- (example 10-83451) appears in the runouts alongside the GZ Media number.\n\n\u2022 Please refer to [l833505] when an additional engraved number starting with MRP (example MRP2329) appears in the runouts alongside the GZ Media number.\n \n\u2022 Please refer to [l297124] when an additional engraved number starting with M0xxxxxx (example M0114183) appears in the runouts alongside the GZ Media number until 2018. For releases after 2018 see [l2873246].\n \n\u2022 GZ Media IDs alone in the runouts (no other plant indicated) [b]with[/b] \"Made in CZ\" , \"Made in Czech Republic\", \"Made in EU\" or \"Made in Europe\" printed on the labels or sleeve ([b]not stickers or shrinkwrap[/b]), use Pressed By credit for GZ Media.\" \n\n[b]Made in USA, Made In Canada, Made in CZ Indicators  on stickers / printed on shrink wrap should not be used to identify pressing plants.[/b] \n\n\n[u][b]LCCN how-to[/b][/u]\n[b]Vinyl[/b]: Enter numbers and the letter only. For example: 130500E, using the role Pressed By or Plated At (see above notes for determining roles)\n[i]\u26a0 Note: digit \"2\" can be mistaken with the letter \"Z\", digit \"0\" with letters \"D\" or \"O\". [url=https://i.discogs.com/vOH__IohbE1QgBnivfIbG3asTiBHjzcTe5Hc1fJ-xSU/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:400/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9SLTE1NDM3/MDcyLTE1OTQ1Mzc3/NzktNjg3Mi5qcGVn.jpeg]Example[/url].\n[/i][i]\u26a0 Note: GZ Media uses a sans-serif font. Unofficial releases may have been Pressed By GZ Media, but be advised to re-check for a serif font, which also may be a bit larger. In that case the item is Pressed By a counterfeit plant. Please use [l=GZ Media (2)] in these cases. [url=https://i.discogs.com/4kJQkN7i3_ZdtLCbT25bGZW12RDHddzfHv8oK6KPv6U/rs:fit/g:sm/q:90/h:297/w:600/czM6Ly9kaXNjb2dz/LWRhdGFiYXNlLWlt/YWdlcy9MLTEyMTEx/OTQtMTc3MjM5NDM3/NS04MTM3LmpwZWc.jpeg]Example[/url]. \n\n[b]CD[/b]: only the \u201c[b]XY####[/b]\u201d string should be entered, [i]without[/i] any \u201cGZ\u201d prefix or any optional suffix.\n[u]Glass mastering code[/u]: only IFPI LD02 - When featured on the disc use [b]Glass Mastered At[/b] role with the [b]XY####[/b] in LCCN.\n[u]Mould SID code[/u]: IFPI 5J** -  When featured on the disc use [b]Pressed By[/b] role in LCCN.\n\"Glass Mastered At & Pressed By\" - If both SIDs are present on the CD, both roles can be entered in the LCCN.\n\n[u][b]Note about the vinyl numbering[/b][/u] [url=https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/regarding-usa-vinyl-pressing-plants.242727/page-4#post-16083307](Source)[/url]\n\"The so called matrix (stamper) numbers are not exactly matrix (stamper) numbers, but metal parts numbers - either for metal mothers or DMM copper plates. Therefore /A or /B indexes. Every copper plate cut (or a mother plate produced from a lacquer) receives a unique number consisting of a \"premaster\" number (e.g. 97460E1) and an index of cutting (mother producing), e.g. /B means a second DMM cut and /C means a third DMM cut. Or a lacquer cut. For lacquer technology or for externally supplied copper plates (e.g. from Abbey Road studios) where the 3-step technology has to be used it is more complicated as there may be additional indexes - /B would still be the first mother produced from a second lacquer (father/master). /B1 would be a second mother produced from the second lacquer/father, /C3 would be a fourth mother produced from a third lacquer/father etc.\"\n\n[u][b]A new system of runout marking for new nickel mother plates (3-step technology) from late 2020:[/b][/u]\n1) No /A, /B, /C3 etc. galvanoplasty indexes for any externally supplied parts - they were omitted as redundant so then only ######X~ or ######X~~ premaster numbers are present in runout.\n2) New 6-7 digits long serial numbers (IDs) of nickel mothers are engraved (e.g. 1041885 or 1101873 - but do not confuse with \"10-#####\" from PRP) and do not enter these in lccn.\n\n[b]A new system of stamper numbering from 2025[/b]\nAn additional set of 8 digit, laser etched, stamper numbers 02###### start to appear. 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