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Dead Wax / Run-Out
The ungrooved area between the last track and the label.
The dead wax (run-out groove) is the smooth band where the music ends and the arm lifts or repeats. Pressings often carry etched matrix marks here that identify a specific cut. We draw generic groove art — never real matrix codes, which identify a pressing.
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Groove Weight goods
Original groove, tonearm and VU artwork — made to order.
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