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Pressing Plant to Open in Melbourne

Postby Chris H » Wed Jul 19, 2017 8:51 pm

An outfit called Program Records will be opening a Vinyl Pressing Plant in Melbourne in 2018. Any one else heard any new of this?
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Re: Pressing Plant to Open in Melbourne

Postby walding » Thu Jul 20, 2017 2:32 am

there is already one in thornbury but more is better :-bd
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Re: Pressing Plant to Open in Melbourne

Postby a.d.a.m. baby » Thu Jul 20, 2017 11:06 am

When I was getting low-run records pressed about 15 years ago I recall it being incredibly expensive. I'm amazed there is enough business for a new plant to open up.
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Re: Pressing Plant to Open in Melbourne

Postby Chris H » Thu Jul 20, 2017 12:00 pm

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Re: Pressing Plant to Open in Melbourne

Postby Chris H » Fri Jul 21, 2017 1:26 pm

Precision Record Pressing in Ontario is the world's first manufacturing plant to use all new record presses in more than 30 years. Program Records in Melb will be using the same type, new designed in Toronto, Warmtone pressing machines as will be used by Precision. All mastering and cutting of master disks will be done buy Gill Mathews, who is behind Aztek Records here in Melb and is former drummer with Billy Thorpe.

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Re: Pressing Plant to Open in Melbourne

Postby rick » Sat Jul 22, 2017 2:59 pm

There a bigger one opening in sydney too

Point of difference being one is in sydney with the best of the
Old sydney factories workers coming together to form a super group
Of experienced record factory technicians .
I find myself on that list .
I think I will play bass

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Re: Pressing Plant to Open in Melbourne

Postby waitup » Sun Jul 23, 2017 6:32 pm

It's probably cheaper than 15 years ago. My bands, my friends bands, all the bands we play with and most of the bands I record and mix release their full-lengths on 12". The plants all have massive back-logs. There must be plenty of work.

Last run I did (12 months ago??) came out about 9 bucks a unit including labels, sleeves, download cards, shrink-wrap and shipping from the Czech Republic. If you can flip at shows for 20, 25 in shops it makes sense as long as you can sell all of them.

a.d.a.m. baby wrote:When I was getting low-run records pressed about 15 years ago I recall it being incredibly expensive. I'm amazed there is enough business for a new plant to open up.
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