What country's dead wax designation is "710" ?

As many SHF vinyl collectors know, sometimes a pressing will actually be made in a country different from the label on the disc, and/or different from the cover in which it was placed.

I bought what I thought was a German "Who By Numbers" (due to its red Polydor label stating in the rim text on the bottom "Deutsche Grammophon... Hamburg"). Cat # is # 2490 129.

But when I got it home and looked more closely at the dead wax, I noticed that it doesn't have the normal German "320" designation in the dead wax, but instead has "710".

It also has an "N©B" designation where "GEMA" usually appears for German pressings.


I know that the U.K. dead wax designation is "420" and that Holland's is "670", but I've never seen "710".

Any one know the who / what / where / why / when for "710"?

Thanks.

 

I also wonder what 710 stands for. I have a German Accept Balls to the wall vinyl that have 710 in the dead wax. Should we think there was two different studios that Polydor used in Germany (one 320 and the other 710)?

 

The code 710 was used in Scandinavia.

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