Re: [ARSCLIST] Current LP pressing plants in operation

["Marie O'Connell" <azile50@xxxxxxxxx>]

Oops!  Yes, you are right Tom.  Urban legend has it that the pressing plant
from a large label in Wellington ended up in Cook Strait (the water between
the North and South Islands of NZ) when the place closed down in the early
1980's.
Cheers
Marie


On 2/4/09, Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Marie:
>
> This doesn't appear to be a pressing plant in the sense that if you wanted
> to press a couple thousand records to distribute in NZ and perhaps
> Australia, it couldn't get done there. From what I can gather, they don't
> actually press records. Rather, it appears Mr. King makes one-off and
> limited-run cuts with a batch of lathes. If you have different first-hand
> info, please let me know.
>
> -- Tom Fine
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marie O'Connell" <azile50@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 8:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Current LP pressing plants in operation
>
>
>  New Zealand - Peter King Record Manufacturing -
>> http://home.comcast.net/~cassetto/kingcontact.html
>>
>>
>> On 2/4/09, Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> PS -- I'm not saying this list is complete. If you know of others, please
>>> speak up!
>>>
>>> For instance, what about Central and South America? Canada? Southern
>>> Europe? Russia? Africa? Any others in Australia? None in China or Taiwan
>>> or
>>> Korea? India? Only one in Japan? I'm thinkin' maybe there's plenty more!
>>>
>>> -- Tom Fine
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Fine" <
>>> tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> >
>>> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 03, 2009 7:28 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Current LP pressing plants in operation
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks to all who provided info.
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Here's a list I've compiled, as of this evening, of plants confirmed to
>>>> be
>>>> producing vinyl records as of today. I could not confirm JTS, which
>>>> another
>>>> listmember provided. I have an e-mail inquiry in to them, to confirm
>>>> they
>>>> press records on-site.
>>>>
>>>> CONFIRMED VINYL PRESSING PLANTS
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> RECORD TECHNOLOGY INC (RTI) - Camarillo, CA USA
>>>> http://www.recordtech.com/
>>>>
>>>> UNITED RECORD PRESSING - Nashville, TN USA
>>>> http://www.urpressing.com/
>>>>
>>>> RAINBO RECORDS - Canoga Park, CA USA
>>>> http://www.rainborecords.com/vinyl.htm
>>>>
>>>> MUSICOL RECORDING - Columbus, OH USA
>>>> http://www.musicolrecording.com/vinyl/index.html
>>>>
>>>> MMP - Neunkirchen-Seelscheid, GERMANY
>>>> http://www.master-media.net/en/index.php
>>>>
>>>> ERIKA RECORDS - Downey, CA USA
>>>> http://www.erikarecords.com/
>>>>
>>>> DYNAMIC SUN - Newark, NJ USA
>>>> http://www.dynamicsun.com/
>>>>
>>>> CURVED LTD - Hackney, London, UK
>>>> http://www.curvedpressings.com/abou.htm
>>>>
>>>> ZENITH RECORD PRESSING - Albion, Victory, AUSTRALIA
>>>> http://www.zenithrecords.org/
>>>>
>>>> ARCHER RECORD PRESSING - Detroit, MI USA
>>>> http://www.archerrecordpressing.com/
>>>>
>>>> BROOKLYNPHONO - Brooklyn, NY USA
>>>> http://brooklynphono.com/
>>>>
>>>> RECORD INDUSTRY - Haarlem, Netherlands
>>>> http://www.recordindustry.com/
>>>>
>>>> PORTALSPACE Records - Hayes, Middlesex UK
>>>> http://www.portalspacerecords.com/da/13007
>>>>
>>>> JTS VINYL AND CD MANUFACTURING - London, UK
>>>> http://www.jtsstudio.co.uk/pages/manufacture.htm
>>>> (UNCONFIRMED)
>>>>
>>>> BILL SMITH CUSTOM RECORDS - El Segundo, CA USA
>>>> http://www.billsmithcustomrecords.com/index.html
>>>>
>>>> A&R Record Manufacturing - Dallas, TX USA
>>>> http://www.arrecords.com/
>>>>
>>>> GZ VINYL - Lodenice, CZECH REPUBLIC
>>>> http://www.gzdm.cz/vinyl/
>>>>
>>>> RECORDPRESSING.COM <http://recordpressing.com/> <
>>>> http://recordpressing.com/> - San Francisco, CA USA
>>>> (Record pressing plant is in Los Angeles, CA USA)
>>>> http://www.recordpressing.com/
>>>>
>>>> TOYOKASEI CO., LTD - Yokohama, Kanagawa, JAPAN
>>>> http://www.toyokasei.com/
>>>>
>>>> PALLAS - Diepolz, GERMANY
>>>> (no website found)
>>>>
>>>> -- Tom Fine
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>