GM Records

GM Records was a Polish label and manufacturer, established by Marek Grela and operated between 1st of June 1990 and 16th of August 2017. Originally a pirate cassette label and duplicator, GM Records later branched into CD and DVD replication. Related services were also offered and included the usual authoring, premastering and mastering services. They commenced pressing vinyl records in December 2015. Effective 17 August 2017, GM Records was sold and the plant continued to operate as wmfono, which was acquired in 2021 by XDiSC. CD Identification The matrix number scheme is dd######mm, where dd is the date of the glass mastering day (01 - 31), ###### is a 6 digit matrix number (where # can be 0 to 9 - started with 000 001) mm identifies the glass mastering month (01 - 12). Example: 0408331504 was glass mastered on 04 April; 1908353809 on 19 September. To get the whole date, these are currently the lowest numbers in database for a given year: 2004 - 1200623901 2005 - 2600980701 2006 - 1701347401 2007 - 0401850401 2008 - 0302374501 2009 - 0702969801 2010 - 0703611301 2011 - 0304462401 2012 - 1705300201 2013 - 0805922701 2014 - 0206412901 2015 - 1506948201 2016 - 0407462001 2017 - 0407996101 For example: an imaginary number 1503987606 would have the date of middle of June, 2010 Additionally, the latest number before establishing wmfono on 17 August 2017 is 1608297708 Also appears as www.gmrecords.pl in matrix. When trying to credit the correct name of this plant on 2017 releases, the dd and mm glass mastering date in the matrix number can help direct you - any date before 17/08 belongs to GM Records; any date after that day belongs to wmfono. When entering GM Records matrix numbers into LCCN, the full dd######mm part of the string should be entered. An example of how to correctly credit GM Records can be found on Alive. Mastering SID Codes: IFPI T57 (first old version without letter L), IFPI LT57 and IFPI LT 58. Mould SID Codes: IFPI Z901 to IFPI Z912, IFPI Z915 to IFPI Z918, IFPI Z920 to Z932, IFPI Z934 to IFPI Z974, IFPI Z980 to Z982. In some cases the 'Z' is missing and only the 3 digits are stated. Note: Often the matrix also shows "Monotype Rec" - Monotype Records or "Monotype Pressing". This identifies the broker who ordered the pressing and should be credited as Manufactured By only.