Getting a record pressed

[Jiglo]

I'm looking to get a record, or some records pressed up for personal use. Just 1 or 2 copies pressed up of each release. Any recommendations for where to go/who to use?

 

[djperkins]

I have had stuff knocked up Jigs...but had to buy the plate, engineer and 500 copies to start then runs of 250...also didn't get to keep the plate...as non of it was strictly speaking mine, you need to know a man really mate...if it's your music then DMS are good but again...runs of 250 is a min I think.
Disc Manufacturing Services Ltd - Vinyl Home
same with Breed...
Vinyl Pressing, Record Pressing, Vinyl Packaging | Breed Media
these do runs of 100...
Vinyl Pressing, Record Pressing, Vinyl Packaging | Breed Media
All of mine came from East London...Hackney, possibly these guys...
Curved Pressings | Vinyl, CDs, dubplates, pressing, mastering and more
and deffo the plates ended up at HTFR so a link there to explore as well mate.

 

[etech]

one off dub plates - London based dubplate cutting service, one-off vinyl records

I recall another, which I'm pretty sure was call Cutting Crew, but I can't find them online. If you search for 'eclipse - this is eclipse' on here you might find a link somewhere, as the fake copies were from there.

 

[Jiglo]

Cheers for the links Dave, but as you say they're mostly for bigger orders and i'm just looking for something for personal use. Almost seems worth it though when you see how the price drops for bulk orders, but I guess the time and effort taken to get the master cut right is where the money goes.

That Vinyl Carvers link is definitely a possibility though. 8 minutes a side for £43, or 10 for £56 doesn't sound too wallet busting at all. Looks like I can upload the wavs too instead of posting them. That's definitely the best way for me. Cheers etech

There's definitely a thread or 2 posted here somewhere with some other recommends that i'm going to see if I can find, for comparison.

 

[ste huxley]

Cutting Vinyl
See on facebook
One siders just over 20 quid
Ive used them loads of times

They will do a 4 track ep for about 30 odd quid I think

 

[ilovepiano]

There's a big difference between "cutting" and "pressing" records.

Cutting = one cut at a time with a contraption that fits over a turntable and physically cuts the track onto a blank record. This is cheap - £20 or thereabouts.

Pressing = making a master out of metal and then using it in a machine to press records from molten plastic. This is expensive and you'll struggle to find anyone who will press under about 200 or so copies. Expect to pay around £600+

I've had a few one-offs done with dubstudio.co.uk and that cutting vinyl dude off facebook. Can't fault either of them.

 

[Jiglo]

Cheers Tim and Ste. It looks like the cost difference is down to the latter not being mastered by a mastering dude, but they're well worth a punt at that price, especially if as you say you can't fault them