Matrix number
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This article is about record label/runout coding. For a related article on coding more specific to master recordings and sessionography, see Matrix (record production). For other uses, see Matrix (disambiguation).
"Dead wax" redirects here. For the television series, see Deadwax.
A matrix number is an alphanumeric code (and on occasion, other symbols) stamped or handwritten (or a combination of the two) into the run-out groove area of a phonograph record. This is the non-grooved area between the end of the final band on a record's side and the label, also known as the run-off groove area, end-groove area, matrix area, or "dead wax".
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