http://www.freep.com/story/entertainmen ... /98199824/Walk into Jack White's Third Man Pressing record plant, and you're greeted by a burst of stylized sensations: A glossy sunflower-yellow floor. Tables stacked with a rainbow of colored LPs. An eye-catching mural by neighborhood artist Robert Sestok along a back wall. Music drifting across the acoustically tiled room and coming from — appropriately — a nearby turntable.
Most important, after more than a year in the works at the back of Third Man's retail store, the facility is finally humming with the sound of music being stamped to hot vinyl, trimmed to size, and packaged for sale.
Vinyl: Jack White's Third Man Pressing in Detroit
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It's good to see those new design manual presses going. There are new design automatic presses being manufactured in southern Ontario. http://www.viryltech.com/#equipment I don't think they are manufacturing them yet but are "close". It looks like they have money behind them so I'm optimistic.
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Paul - Have you had any contact with Josey records? http://joseyrecords.com/
They bought the old A&R equipment and have moved production to an Old Dave and Busters warehouse.
I need to drive up to their store and have a look.
They bought the old A&R equipment and have moved production to an Old Dave and Busters warehouse.
I need to drive up to their store and have a look.
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I had one job that went to A&R and came back saying Josey Records. I didn't know what was going on. I've never had much stuff go to A&R for some reason. I think A&R had more electronic music clients than stuff I cut more of. I thought A&R had cutting facilities too. Did Josey buy the cutting equipment too?mediatechnology wrote:Paul - Have you had any contact with Josey records? http://joseyrecords.com/
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I had been told by a neighbor that was familiar with A&R and the sale that they had purchased the cutting equipment but don't see any references to it online.Did Josey buy the cutting equipment too?
It may just be in storage.
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That's good for me. I'll ask around and see if the mafia knows and have tried to pry it out of them.mediatechnology wrote: It may just be in storage.
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That was quick. The word is Stan the former owner moved the lathe to his house before he sold the place and is still cutting.