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Post by jcoutu1 on Mar 14, 2019 9:20:47 GMT -6
Who are you guys using? Probably looking for 100. Possibly shorter run (30). Anything to watch out for?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 10:27:44 GMT -6
Not sure any places do runs that small? For tiny runs like that I usually recommend people go with so called "lathe cuts".
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Post by Bat Lanyard on Mar 14, 2019 11:01:49 GMT -6
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Post by tasteliketape on Mar 14, 2019 11:11:02 GMT -6
austinsignal.com/. They do short runs , but I’ve never dealt with them No minimum order according to there site
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Post by Bender on Mar 14, 2019 12:40:00 GMT -6
Most plants minimum order is going to be 300 FWIW. I and a couple of other bands around the Chicago area have used Memphis pressing and had great experiences.Would use them again, however a new Company just opened up in Chicago so I'll probably try them out the next LP.(You're probably going to want to go with whomever's closest to save on shipping) I used my own mastering engineer to cut the lacquer however so something else to consider. In anycase check them out, www.memphisvinyl.com/Otherwise I've heard great things about Gotta Groove out in Ohio www.gottagrooverecords.com/ Some advice, DIY will save you cash I did everything DIY, got the inserts and jackets printed from Indie Imprint iloveimprint.com/ and stuffed the albums myself, I also bought nice resealable polybag's off AMAZOn and packed all 300 order's myself. Crunching the numbers vs the plant doing it and it was a no brainer for me but YMMV |
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Post by Vincent R. on Mar 14, 2019 12:49:39 GMT -6
Following.
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Post by Bob Olhsson on Mar 14, 2019 13:00:26 GMT -6
I've seen really good results from Noiseland in Minneapolis. www.noiseland.com. They are the U.S. representatives of MPO in France. They print the jackets in their plant, the records are pressed in France and the lacquers are cut in Germany. For one of my clients they were faster and no more expensive including shipping than getting it pressed here. Their artwork is terrific and the audio quality was really really good. Here GottaGroove is good. United here in NashVegas bought Universal's east coast presses partly in exchange for giving the label priority. For that reason, I'm told that they can take quite a while. |
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Post by jcoutu1 on Mar 14, 2019 13:09:07 GMT -6
We’ve worked with gotta groove for a 100 run in the past, good quality stuff and we and are considering their DIY package for this run. We are also looking at Palomino and some others who specialize in small runs but it’s hard to find real reviews. For lathe cuts we were looking at Little Elephant.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 13:24:48 GMT -6
I've seen really good results from Noiseland in Minneapolis. www.noiseland.com. They are the U.S. representatives of MPO in France. They print the jackets in their plant, the records are pressed in France and the lacquers are cut in Germany. For one of my clients they were faster and no more expensive including shipping than getting it pressed here. Their artwork is terrific and the audio quality was really really good. Here GottaGroove is good. United here in NashVegas bought Universal's east coast presses partly in exchange for giving the label priority. For that reason, I'm told that they can take quite a while. I've mastered a few things that ended up being pressed by MPO here in France, and the quality has always been great. The trouble with the big/reliable names is that there will often be a minimum order that's larger than you'd want, and around a six month waiting list, depending upon how near/far you are to/from Record Store Day. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2019 13:26:24 GMT -6
If you are in the UK or EU and want lathe cuts, I can highly recommend my friend Michael at Bladud Flies, I have five or six of his lathe cuts now and they are all great. bladudflies.com/ |
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Post by swafford on Mar 14, 2019 13:41:26 GMT -6
What's a "lathe cut."
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Post by keymod on Mar 14, 2019 17:35:17 GMT -6
I believe Chris Mara, at Welcome To 1979 in Nashville, might also offer this service.
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Post by oliviadolphinjohn on Mar 14, 2019 21:12:46 GMT -6
I went the lathe cut route once. At first listen it just sounded lo-fi. But as I lived with it for a bit I found it had a very high noise floor, particularly in the lows as well an unpleasant mid range honk and transients were completely destroyed.
It might depend on the material. I think the master could have been tuned better for that media type if I had known in advance. Still cool as a novelty item, I probably wouldn't do it again.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 1:07:27 GMT -6
Yeah, they can of course vary like any piece of plastic with grooves cut in it. The good lathe cuts rival the good vinyl, in my experience.
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Post by jcoutu1 on Mar 15, 2019 5:50:22 GMT -6
The reviews I've seen on the lathe cut are definitely hit or miss. I definitely wouldn't want a miss after spending all this time on a record, that's why we're trying to do as much research as possible and weighing different options.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2019 6:46:37 GMT -6
Get a test done first maybe?
A client in the UK whose project I mastered and submitted today just emailed me back that she'll be getting 100 10"s pressed up by a place in Paris (not lathe cuts), so as I live in Paris have asked her to forward details! Guessing it's not MPO. Hopefully they are good and will also do 7" and 12" short runs, I need to know for my own band project.
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