***NEW!!*** LYNTONE CONTRACT PRESSING This is a new one to us, we all know Lyntone flexi discs that started in the early 60s, as well as some solid vinyl advertising records as well as solid vinyl test pressings of the flexis. The last 2 photos are 1960s Lyntone product with the Orlake machine etched numbering matrix & Orlake pressed vinyl. The Flexis from this era show the similar features. But it appears from 1974 they were into the Contract pressing game too. RCA in 1974 used them and these thick pressings with no serrated label edge together with the "LYN" hand etched in the vinyl are the clues. They also pressed the DIP-DL INT reggae label and others from 1973-74. You also find later 70s early 80s contract pressings by them too, but that is a bit beyond our scope here. How to spot a Lyntone Contract. A larger heavier disc very smooth & well made. Big clue is the LYN hand etched into the deadwax & all matrix numbers are handwritten. No serrated label edge either. Earlier Lyntone vinyl & flexis use the Orlake mastering with the boldy machine etched matrix number. These Lyntone 1973-74 presses look very like the Damont ones you find in the early 80s, ie on Magnet label hits etc, There is likely a link as Damont name is handwritten in the vinyl like the Lyn is. As an extra bit of oddity, the obscure Python blues label UK made 1968-69 is an odd unidentified pressing. It's cheaply made & not much care in the whole 45, ie the titles are on the wrong sides though the matrixes match. The sound is pretty lo-fi & the vinyl is pretty uneven! It could be a SFI or an earlier Lyntone press perhaps. The matrix number is machine cut, a bit like a 1968 era Pye but narrower typeface & not like Pye enough. Who the name CH Rumble is remains unknown, maybe they had a tiny pressing plant somewhere? Info needs to be found before it's too late!

ˆ1972 Lyntone Vinyl Press LYN 2501	ˆ1972 Lyntone Flexi LYN 2496
ˆ1973 DIP INTL Lyntone Press	ˆ1973 DIP INTL Lyntone Press
ˆ1974 RCA Lyntone Contract	ˆ1974 RCA Lyntone Contract
ˆ1974 RCA Lyntone Contract	ˆ1974 RCA Lyntone Contract
ˆ1974 Rockfield Lyntone Contract	ˆ1968-69 Lyntone or SFI Contract?
ˆ1966 Lyntone Vinyl Test	ˆc1968 Lyntone Vinyl Test