Pressing Issues

It's often called pre-echo or print through. It may be caused by the cutting stylus slightly deforming the adjacent groove when the record is being cut, or some say by magnetism of the master tape affecting other segments of the tape when wound and stored on the spool. In either case I do not believe it can be affected by the playback stylus, and when it exists it is inherent in the specific record pressing. Hope this helps!

Bill, that's the best answer I've heard, so thank you. I've heard everything from azimuth adjustment to non-virgin vinyl.

I get this affect, for example, with the Pure Pleasure re-issue of Stevie Ray Vaughan's Couldn't Stand the Weather. Now that I know the reason for this, it upsets me to pay a premium price for a premium re-issue that's not premium-pressed!

Sometimes it's overdubbing echoes heard on high quality pick-up.

What I usually hear, faintly, is the beginning of the track right before it actually starts playing.