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Secret messages on LP's?

Hi,

I cannot be the only person who has noticed that many older LP's have little, sometimes jokey messages etched into the blank area near the lead-out groove. For example, on my copy of James Taylor's "That's Why I'm Here," the lead-out area of Side 1 says, "Purina Ear Chow." And I believe that one of the three LP's from the Emerson Lake and Palmer live album, "Welcome Back My Friends To The Show That Never Ends" has "With Love From Andy & Arun" written there.

Anybody have other gems on their LPs?

And who in the production process would be putting these little messages there, anyway?
rebbi
rebbi OP
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Kjweisner,

Thanks for the insight. I know I've seen a lot of these little "notes" on my albums... I'll take a look for more and post them.
jsd52756
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There is an older thread with some cool info about this same subject. Very entertaining & interesting. Have fun;
http://forum.audiogon.com/cgi-bin/fr.pl?gmusi&1201900529&openfrom&1&4#1
skippy1416
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My favorite is on my British first pressing of Led Zeppelin III.

The runoff contains 'So mote be it' on one side and 'Do what thou wilt' on the other. This is a reference to Aleister Crowley. Jimmy Page was a student and collector of the occult wanted to include this reference.

First pressings of LZIII are available fairly cheaply on UK eBay. Not only are they collectible they also sound fantastic.
rebbi OP
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Jsd52756,
Thanks very much for the other thread reference. I have to believe that on a bulletin board frequented by so many obsessive LP freaks (no insult intended... I count myself among them) somebody else must have started a thread on this same topic at sometime or other. Now that my turntable is up and running again, I will look for these little messages on my other LPs and post them as I see them.

By the way, I checked that Emerson Lake and Palmer LP, it's right there, on side six of the three LP set: "Love from Andy & Arun," except that "&" sign is actually a treble clef! :-)
elevick
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no one mentioned "my sweet satan" from Zepplin 1
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