QCA Custom Pressing

QCA Custom Pressing, Inc. - mastering/cutting, pressing and manufacturing company of QCA, Inc..
Sometimes also referred to as QCA Custom Division.
Sometimes associated to "Q.C.A. Recording Studios", also known as QCA Studios.

Vinyl masterings/cuts can be identified by a QCA in the runout, when in combination with an engineer, use Lacquer Cut At. (Attention with Warner Bros. and Reprise records often featuring an unrelated QCA in their matrix - example here - do not credit QCA in these cases).
Vinyl pressings can be identified by the unique matrix numbers found in the runouts, e.g.
8104N3 = pressings from 1974 until the end of 1978.
306081 = pressings from 1966 until December 1984 (sharing the same first digit for 66/76, 67/77, 68/78, 69/79, respectively).
607034X = pressings from late 1978 to December 1987.
8X139 = pressings since January 1988.

The first number indicates the year of the decade, the next two digits indicate the month and the last three digits indicate the order number.
So, 306081 translates to: order no. 81, pressed in June 1983.
An X was appended in 1978 to indicate a two-step mastering process. It became standard in 1985.
The later system was basically the same: 8X139 translates to order no. 39, pressed in January 1988 after a two-step mastering process.

Sequential numbers from the runouts should be entered in LCCN (e.g. 306081 or 607035X or 8104N3). Do not add other numbers, not corresponding to this matrix number system.

Known lacquer cutting engineers:
Chuck Seitz (CS)

Note: OM or -OM- in the runouts stand for "Outside Master", indicating that the cut was not done inhouse by QCA but by a different studio.