Porky's Prime Cuts

摘要

'Porky', 'Porkie', 'Pecko' and 'A Porky Prime Cut' - various inscriptions that eagle-eyed vinyl owners will have noticed engraved into the land between a record's run-out groove at the end-of-side on countless aftums (and singles) over the years. Clearly this was the handiwork of a mastering engineer operating the lathe, somebody cutting the lacquers for subsequent replication and pressing into records. And clearly it was an engineer with a sense of humour. But who exactly was 'Porky'? Where did he work? And where is he now?