Karl Schick

German mastering, lacquer cutting and DMM engineer.
Worked in between 1957 and 1984, mainly cutting 7" singles. Between 1969 and 1984, he operated cutting room 2 ("Überspielung 2").
Occasionally, he also worked at Teldec-Studio, Berlin.
After the mastering was terminated in Hamburg in mid 1984, Schick worked at in Nortorf.
His lacquer cuts until 1981 can be identified as follows:
Records with Roman numeral II ("S-II" or "S-II" or "S-II-H" or "S-H-II"), where the H stands for Hamburg and the Roman numeral for the cutting lathe and later for cutting room 2.
Records with Roman numerals III or IV and H (e.g. S-H-III or S-IV-H), where the H stands for Hamburg and the Roman numeral for the cutting lathe.
Please credit:
Lacquer Cut At - Teldec-Studio, Hamburg
Lacquer Cut By - Karl Schick with ANV S
His DMM cuts in Hamburg between 1982 and 1984 can be identified by hand-etched "DMM S-II" or "S-II" (always with Roman numeral II) in the runouts. All his cuts after 1981 were DMM, even when DMM is missing in the runouts.
Please credit:
Mastered At - Teldec-Studio, Hamburg
Direct Metal Mastering By - Karl Schick with ANV S
His DMM only cuts in Berlin between 1982 and 1983 can be identified by hand-etched "S-I-B" or "S-II-B", where B stands for Berlin and the Roman numerals stand for the cutting room.
Please credit:
Mastered At - Teldec-Studio, Berlin
Direct Metal Mastering By - Karl Schick with ANV S
His DMM cuts in Nortorf between 1984 and 1988 can be identified by hand-etched "S" or "S-N" (N stands for Nortorf).
All his cuts in Nortorf were DMM, even when DMM is missing in the runouts.
Please credit:
Mastered At - Teldec-Press GmbH
Direct Metal Mastering By - Karl Schick with ANV S
Important notes to distinguish his cuts from
1.) Gerhard Schulze (until 1979): when the hand-etched "S" appears with Roman numeral I (e.g. S-I, S-I-H), please credit Gerhard Schulze
2) Sonopress stampers: do not confuse with "S II" etc. found on Sonopress pressings (e.g. 204184 A-1/82 S II or DMM B-2261 A-2/85 S II)
When in doubt, please ask in the runout forum (opens in a new tab).
Karl Schick died 1988.