Universal, Pinckneyville, IL

The former MCA Pressing Plant, Pinckneyville renamed in November 1990 as Uni (8) then to Universal in December 1996. Universal, when crediting in the disc matrix as MFG BY UNIVERSAL, refers to Universal Music & Video Distribution, Inc.'s CD manufacturing plant located in Pinckneyville, IL, USA. The plant was previously known as Uni (8) when Universal Music & Video Distribution, Inc. was known as Uni Distribution Corp. Universal Music & Video Distribution, Inc. went into a joint venture with Panasonic Disc Services Corporation (PDSC), a subsidiary of Matsushita Electric Ind. Co., Ltd., in 1999 to install DVD manufacturing capabilities at the Pinckneyville CD plant, after which the plant continued operations as Matsushita Universal Media Services. In 2002 the plant was sold to Thomson Multimedia and renamed Technicolor Universal Media Services, before finally closing in 2007. This profile should only be credited for releases which state "MFG BY UNIVERSAL" in the matrix, along with SID codes IFPI L77* and/or IFPI 2A**. [u]Typical matrix pattern:[/u] [release catalog number] [xxxxxxxxxx] MFG BY UNIVERSAL where xxxxxxxxxx is a 10-digit matrix number assigned by Universal, Pinckneyville, IL. [u]Please enter in LCCN as:[/u] Manufactured By – Universal, Pinckneyville, IL – xxxxxxxxxx It appears that Universal probably assigned a new 10-digit matrix number to each new glass master, as opposed to retaining the same internal catalogue number across multiple serial glass masters for the same release (such as the Axxxxxxxxxx-yyzz or DIDX- numbers assigned by Sony DADC). Therefore, matrix variants that have different 10-digit matrix numbers should remain grouped as variants on one single submission, with the lower number entered first in LCCN such that that number is displayed on the Universal, Pinckneyville, IL profile for that submission. When "MFG BY UNIVERSAL" and mould SID code IFPI 2A** are found in the matrix along with Cx.x xxxxxx-nn and mastering SID code IFPI L89*, this indicates that the glass master was manufactured by Technicolor, Camarillo, CA for replication by Universal. In such cases please enter in LCCN as; Glass Mastered At – Technicolor, Camarillo, CA – xxxxxx-nn Manufactured By – Universal, Pinckneyville, IL Example: [r394909]