Jul 31, 2023 · Since I live in Brazil, those records were made locally at the time, having their first pressing in 1977. When I was looking to buy the record I ...

Mar 11, 2023 · Unlike books, records were not produced in clearly defined and easily-identifiable editions. As far as the record companies were concerned, ...

Jun 5, 2023 · I've only seen the lacquer mastering process in person and in my experience, the record pressing plant creates the stamper. This is all from ...

Jul 10, 2021 · About six months ago, I called a well known record pressing plant and they said the turnaround time was about three months total.

Jan 10, 2022 · Records are not a one-off format. The expenses in pressing a records are significant and, as such, there's no fiscally practical way to bother ...

Jun 22, 2023 · Discogs can be good too but I don't trust most reviews on Discogs because you don't know what turntable they're listening to the records on.

Feb 21, 2023 · Collectability and generational loss. First pressings are manufactured and released when the tape is fresher and less worn, and the stampers are ...

Dec 13, 2023 · However, as an industry we believe this is attributed to supply simply catching up to demand, as the sheer number of record pressing plants has ...

Feb 26, 2020 · With your company doing limited presses of 100 or 250 albums that are sold exclusively at gigs or on the artist website. Both might be ...

Apr 22, 2012 · As you know, pressing vinyl is a dying art form. Not unlike carpentry or other trades, all of our press operators go through a very long ...