Shelley Products

Defunct independent American pressing plant that was located at Huntington Station, Long Island, New York, active from 1947 through 1985.

The plant was founded in 1947 by Shelley. Galehouse ed away in 1983 and the plant shut down in 1985.

Pressing identifiers include:
• Suffix in label matrix: LY (Atlantic releases)
• Plant code on label: SH (London releases)
• Plant code on label: 54 (PolyGram releases)
• Runout: raised "X" in Side A runout (styrene pressings)
• Runout stamp: (Ƨ) (backwards S in a circle)
• Runout stamp: Ƨ (backwards S)
• Runout etch: "Lazy S" (sideways)
• Runout etch: "SHELLEY"
• Mirrored numbers etched in runouts

Identified by label matrix suffix/code "LY" on The Fifth Dimension - Individually & Collectively).

Shelley pressed both vinyl and styrene LPs.
• Vinyl pressings had a 70mm / 2.75" diameter pressing ring.
• Styrene pressings had a 19mm / 0.75" diameter pressing ring.
• 98mm diameter label stock

Known to have pressed for Sunset Records budget label were pressed in styrene.