Collecting log: The early 1980s U.K. vinyl pressings with "timtom" or "Ty" handwritten matrix inscription (Part 4 of 4)

This is the final part of a 4-Part series exploring U.K. pressings in the 1980s that are cut by mastering maestro Tim Young. In this survey, I have used his signatures, timtom and Ty, inscribed on the run-out area of a disc, as sole measure to identify his contribution to Springsteen's British releases. This is because in the case of non-U.S. pressings of Springsteen's LP and singles, actual master-cutting engineers are generally not credited on record sleeves or other associated printouts.

The five U.K. copies used for comparing matrix information.
From left to right, from top to bottom : a test press (matrix
number suffix 1A/3B) and four regular copies (1A/3B, 1A/3B,
3A/3B, and 5A/3B). Note that the last one came with a flyer
advertising the mega-hit 7th album, meaning that it is a mid-
1980s reissue.

To summarize so far, I was not able to find out evidence for his involvement in cutting 7" and 12" singles from any album but THE RIVER (see Parts 1 and 2). On the other hand, it was confirmed that he was involved in the production of at least the following four albums, BORN TO RUN, THE RIVER, NEBRASKA, and BORN IN THE U.S.A., during his career at CBS Studios in London from 1976 to 1993. DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN* could be listed as well considering the original release year (1978); however, I have no evidence for that. A search on the Discog database also gave no results of the matrix codes containing or associated with his signatures for various copies of this LP pressed in the U.K. The last post (Part 3) explained the case of his involvement in the aforementioned former two albums. Here, the following report on the remaining two albums.
*I confirmed neither timtom nor Ty matrix hand-etching on the dead wax of a U.K. first pressing copy with the matrix numbers CBS-S-86061 A1 / CBS-S-86061 B1 (12/31/2020).

Tim Young's signatures as found on the white label test pressing (left half ) and the original regular copy
(right half ) of NEBRASKA LP pressed in the U.K. Matrix inscriptions between the two are identical, which
indicates that both discs were pressed by the same stampers or stampers made from the same master lacquers.

NEBRASKA (CBS 25100): A test pressing from the U.K. was taken up on this blog previously (here). I have also owned two regular copies with the matrix information identical to that of the test pressing (with the matrix number suffixes A1/B3 ). So, I figure that they are first copies of the album pressed in England. By the way, like the U.S. pressing, I have never seen the U.K. copies with the matrix suffix B1 or B2 on Side 2, likely due to the probable last-minute change in master cutting in favor of the standard version of My Father's House (Track 3 on Side 2), as deduced here.

• Side 1:    CBS 25100 A1     timtom
• Side 2:    CBS 25100-B3     Ty
• Note: Sunburst label; misprint on Side 2/Track 3 length.

Differently handwritten deadwax inscriptions
on Side 2 sharing the same matrix code: A3/B3
(upper) and A5/B3 (lower) with and without
a Ty signature, respectively.

As far as I examined, among the four albums he obviously got involved in, this is the only vinyl disc both of whose sides are inscribed with his signatures. As expected, another copy in my collection with the suffixes A3/B3 had his inscription only on the Side 2 deadwax. Both A1/B3  and A3/B3 copies list the track length of My Father's House incorrectly on the record label. Strangely, yet another copy with the suffixes A5/B3, which came with the error-fixed label, had no Ty inscription on Side 2. A close examination on the matrix numbers revealed the difference in Side 2 hand-etchings between A3/B3  and A5/B3 pressings, indicating that, despite that these pressings share the same matrix numbers on this side, the master lacquers used are different. Finally, it remains unknown why his signatures are absent in the 7" single releases from NEBRASKA (see Part 2), even though, as shown here, his involvement in the album cutting is evident.

Side 2 matrix inscriptions as
found on Copy #1 disc.

BORN IN THE U.S.A. (CBS 86304): My two copies of the U.K. pressings (hereafter simply called #1 and #2), which probably are the first-run pressing based on the matrix number suffix, bear Young's signature on one-side only (BTW, #1 was previously shown here with a blank label on Side 1):

• Side 1 (copy #1):    CBS-86304-A1
• Side 2 (copy #1):    CBS-86304-B2      Ty
• Note: Sunburst label; blank Side 1 label on my copy.

• Side 1 (copy #2):    CBS-86304-A2
• Side 2 (copy #2):    CBS-86304-B1      Ty
• Note: Sunburst label.

Note that on Side 1, even the -A1 suffix does not accompany his signature. I don't know if this really means that his contribution to this album was one-side only. To me, it seems unlikely, though, that the lacquer masters for Sides 1 and 2 were cut by different engineers at the very early round(s) of the vinyl pressing. Finally, as you know and mentioned in this blog earlier (here and here) or lately, the original U.S. pressings were cut by another maestro Robert "Bob" Ludwig. Therefore, an LP set of the initial U.K. and U.S. versions of this monster hit album provides an opportunity to compare the work done by the world's two distinguished sound engineers.