Shelley Products

Defunct US pressing plant which was located at Huntington Station, NY on Long Island. Shelley was active from 1947 through 1985. Pressing identifiers include: • Suffix on label matrix: LY (Atlantic releases) • Plant Code on label: SH (London releases) • Plant code on label: 54 (Polygram releases) • Runout: raised "X" in Side 1 deadwax (styrene pressings) • Runout stamp: (Ƨ) or Ƨ • Runout etch: "Lazy 'S'" (sideways) • Mirrored numbers etched in runouts The plant was founded in 1947 by Clark Galehouse and named after his daughter Shelley. Prior to 1951 it was located in Roslyn NY, before moving to Huntington Station. Besides pressing for a host of labels small, medium and large (including Columbia and RCA Victor), the company also owned two labels, Golden Crest and Shelley. Galehouse passed away in 1983 and the plant shut down in 1985. Identified by suffix/code "LY" on Atlantic label and subsidiary, LPs and 45s starting in 1967 and continuing right through 1979 or 1980. LP releases on London Records and its various sublabels (Parrot, Parrot, etc.) as pressed by that plant, bore an 'SH' suffix after the matrix number as on the label. Also identifiable by "54" numerical code on 1979-84 pressings for PolyGram sublabels, or by a backward stamped (Ƨ) in a circle in runouts. Around 1979 the Ƨ stamp was no longer in a circle. On a few occasions the full name "SHELLEY" is etched in the deadwax, eg. 12560083 Shelley pressed both vinyl and styrene Lps. • Vinyl pressings had a 70m / 2.75" diameter pressing ring. • Styrene pressings had an 0.75" diameter pressing ring. Known to have pressed for Elektra, RSO, Avco Records and many others. All releases pressed by Shelley for on Liberty's Sunset Records budget label were pressed in styrene.