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* Tapes duplicated at VCA from 1980-1982 would have a sticker with numbers on it on the tape guard.
* Tapes duplicated at VCA from 1980-1982 would have a sticker with numbers on it on the tape guard.
* Pre-1989 tapes duplicated at VCA, VCA/Technicolor and S/T have 2 different types of print dates: Tapes duplicated at S/T between 1981 and 1986 have a blue (later white) sticker on the bottom middle side, while tapes duplicated at VCA (and later VCA/Technicolor) between 1982 and 1989 have a white sticker on the tape guard (and later on the bottom middle side).
* Pre-1989 tapes duplicated at VCA, VCA/Technicolor and S/T have 2 different types of print dates: Tapes duplicated at S/T between 1981 and 1986 have a blue (later white) sticker on the bottom middle side, while tapes duplicated at VCA (and later VCA/Technicolor) between 1982 and 1989 have a white sticker on the tape guard (and later on the bottom middle side).
* Pre-1989 tapes duplicated under VCA/Technicolor, VCA and S/T have two different types of a black test pattern at the end: 1985-1986 tapes duplicated under VCA have a black test pattern with high-pitched obscure beeping at the end, while most 1986-1989 tapes duplicated under VCA/Technicolor and S/T have a black test pattern with low-pitched obscure beeping at the end of the tape.
* Pre-April 1989 tapes duplicated under VCA/Technicolor have two different types of a black test pattern at the end: 1985-1986 tapes have a black test pattern with high-pitched obscure beeping at the end, while most 1986-1989 tapes have a black test pattern with low-pitched obscure beeping at the end of the tape.
* Some 1986-1987 tapes duplicated at VCA/Technicolor have a strange list of other films to play on the master recording at the end.
* Some 1986-1987 tapes duplicated at VCA/Technicolor have a strange list of other films to play on the master recording at the end.
** For example, some copies of the 1985 VHS release of American Flyers printed in 1986 have a list showing a couple of Universal films, as well as a few other Warner Bros. films to play on the master recording at the end. The list also shows "Back to the Future" as the Q.C.
** For example, some copies of the 1985 VHS release of American Flyers printed in 1986 have a list showing a couple of Universal films, as well as a few other Warner Bros. films to play on the master recording at the end. The list also shows "Back to the Future" as the Q.C.