wheresmyjuice Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 When you talk about electro-plating you mentioned one company that does it for plants that don't do it in house. In house plants that do electro-plating are usually the people who build the lacquers or the people who press the records? sometimes, some plants have on-site ability to do this, other places have it done for them by places like, but not limited to, Mastercraft. the whole process can be done by one company or by two...Aardvark Mastering, I believe(but could be wrong), plates their lacquers themselves. does this answer your question? Yes...Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mulefire Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 http://www.thevinylfactory.com/ Not only do these guys produce some VERY collectable vinyl but they now run the old EMI pressing plant near London. http://curvedpressings.com/ Another London based pressing plant which also has mastering facilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted April 27, 2010 Author Share Posted April 27, 2010 http://www.thevinylfactory.com/Not only do these guys produce some VERY collectable vinyl but they now run the old EMI pressing plant near London. http://curvedpressings.com/ Another London based pressing plant which also has mastering facilities. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theginwar Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 whats a ballpark number of $$ that needs to be saved up for pressing a record? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cactusbot Posted May 5, 2010 Share Posted May 5, 2010 Depends on if you want all the bells and whistles or not. You can easily press 500 records on black with jackets/labels/insert for 2k. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daegor Posted May 18, 2010 Share Posted May 18, 2010 This thread is fantastic, and I'm sure will come in handy once our band gains some momentum. In the mean time, I'm looking for a few suggestions... I'd love to press our EP on vinyl, and I have some ideas, but we are fucking poor. The EP is too long to fit on a 7" at 18 someodd minutes, so I thought it would be kind of cool to release it as a double 7" in a gatefold sleeve. After asking around, it looks like I'd have to order at least 1000 due to the custom packaging. I'm thinking maybe going DIY on this, make our own jackets, do our own artwork. Has anyone done this, do you guys have any suggestions? Also, does anyone know of anywhere I could go to get a VERY limited run of records? Like, less than 100. Colour/splatter/split colour would be cool, but obviously costly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cactusbot Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 No offense, but if your band can only sell 100 records, then you probably shouldn't be pressing vinyl. Musicol will press 100 records though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daegor Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 No offense, but if your band can only sell 100 records, then you probably shouldn't be pressing vinyl.Musicol will press 100 records though. None taken. My interest in pressing a EP does not involve the prospect of ANY profit at this point, either way, the issue isn't so much sales as the resources we have to front for something like this. Thanks for the tip about Musicol though, they seem to have very reasonable prices at a glance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted May 19, 2010 Author Share Posted May 19, 2010 added Limited Pressing to the DIY Distribution and Download Card Steps. Any other ideas, suggestions, etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silentgods Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 just out of curiousity. how much do the bells and whistles bump up prices? mainly i want to know how much ballpark a 12" with sleeve and insert. versus a double 12" with sleeve and insert. kind of a stupid question, but i'm really curious about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted May 25, 2010 Author Share Posted May 25, 2010 just out of curiousity. how much do the bells and whistles bump up prices?mainly i want to know how much ballpark a 12" with sleeve and insert. versus a double 12" with sleeve and insert. kind of a stupid question, but i'm really curious about it. in qty of 500 ballpark a 12" with sleeve and insert.- $1,900.00-$2,200.00 + ballpark a double 12" with sleeve and insert.$3,300-$3,600 could probably dial that down a little more accurately if I had time to think about it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donlombardo Posted May 25, 2010 Share Posted May 25, 2010 just out of curiousity. how much do the bells and whistles bump up prices? Ok... so I'm also curious... If someone has energy and knowledge to answer this, I'd be very thankful... Approximately, when you have the record at your doorstep, what would it cost for: 500 7" - black = 500 7" - colored = 250 7" - colored = 500 10" - black = 500 10" - colored = 250 10" - colored = 500 12" - black = 500 12" - colored = 250 12" - colored = does it differ from color to color? Splatter? Marbled? More than one color? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whenslunchrecords Posted June 9, 2010 Share Posted June 9, 2010 also folks, sometimes it might cost a few bucks more but support your local record shops and indie printers as much as possible. Having someone local could in the future benefit you and them in the long run and help keep those doors open. I got my poly sleeves from my favorite local record store, it cost a bit more but they really appreciated it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted June 22, 2010 Author Share Posted June 22, 2010 Added the Pirate's Press Flexi Pressing info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chickennugget Posted June 23, 2010 Share Posted June 23, 2010 I have been tossing up helping/putting out my self, my favorite band's album. If they say yes, was wondering if there was a place I can get like 250 pressed on like a dark blue/orange color vinyl. 1kish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kamikazesunrise Posted July 19, 2010 Share Posted July 19, 2010 I love this thread and it's definitely a great starting place for new labels. I've been trying to find ways to do cool packaging on the cheap. Has anyone ever tried scoring the paper themselves? If so, what did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted July 19, 2010 Author Share Posted July 19, 2010 I love this thread and it's definitely a great starting place for new labels. I've been trying to find ways to do cool packaging on the cheap. Has anyone ever tried scoring the paper themselves? If so, what did you use? I've definitely hand folded lots of covers & inserts, there's no need to hand score it, ultimately if you fold like 20 copies of anything you get faster and faster the more you d it...so when you do 50-400 it gets to be pretty automatic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest afsdan Posted July 30, 2010 Share Posted July 30, 2010 for scoring: there's little platters out there with a groove and slide rule. all you need is a ballpoint tool. easy shit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted August 9, 2010 Author Share Posted August 9, 2010 updated some info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torpaul Posted August 23, 2010 Share Posted August 23, 2010 justin, if you want to add my webstore for diy distro that would be cool. ps, awesome thread for new people looking to do this right!! way to school those youngins'. haha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted August 29, 2010 Author Share Posted August 29, 2010 justin, if you want to add my webstore for diy distro that would be cool.ps, awesome thread for new people looking to do this right!! way to school those youngins'. haha Added! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torpaul Posted September 1, 2010 Share Posted September 1, 2010 woot woot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted September 2, 2010 Author Share Posted September 2, 2010 additionally take note that I'm more likely than not going to keep the posting on my website more up to date than the first post...I've already started to do so as well.... http://undercomm.org/blog/?page_id=37 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wheresmyjuice Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Thanks Justin for putting this together. I'm starting a label with a couple of friends and our first band's record release party is at Mercury Lounge, imo a legendary NYC venue, in two weeks. Without these resources we probably would've never have gotten this thing off the ground and certainly wouldn't have been able to be so cost effective with it. I don't get to come out to this site as often as I'd like, but the resources from this thread I have taken and use daily. So again Justin, Wax Off says thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xjustinxschwierx Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 Thanks Justin for putting this together. I'm starting a label with a couple of friends and our first band's record release party is at Mercury Lounge, imo a legendary NYC venue, in two weeks. Without these resources we probably would've never have gotten this thing off the ground and certainly wouldn't have been able to be so cost effective with it.I don't get to come out to this site as often as I'd like, but the resources from this thread I have taken and use daily. So again Justin, Wax Off says thanks. no problem at all, glad it's helping you out! I migrated the first posts info to my website, so I'm going to start keeping this more up to date and will eventually delete the info in the first post and link it over to my page: http://undercomm.org/blog/?page_id=37 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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