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Are your new records being pressed in the Czech Republic?

Wigwam Jones

Wigwam Jones

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Maybe!

http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/19/entertainment-us-vinyl-czech-idUSBRE97I0NE20130819

Czech firm hits right tune with vinyl records in fashion
By Jana Mlcochova
PRAGUE | Mon Aug 19, 2013 11:25am EDT
(Reuters) - When vinyl record sales hit bottom in the late 1980s, managers at Czech record producer GZ Media in a small town near Prague were wondering what to do with their idle record pressing machines.

They decided not to get rid of them and put them in garages at the company's backyard. That was a lucky move.

As vinyl retro-mania started spreading around the world a decade later, the firm dusted off the presses and is now spinning profits on records for the likes of the Rolling Stones, U2, Bob Dylan and David Bowie.

With 7 million records made in 2012 and an expected 10 million this year, GZ Media says it is the world's biggest vinyl record producer, making records for Universal Music Group, Sony Music and now beginning to cooperate with Warner Music.
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I think the first new records I bought that were pressed in the Czech Republic were in like 2008.I recall both Accelerateand the single of Supernatural Superserious were pressed there.Heavy pressings too.This is not new.
 
Pandovski said:
I bet 2/3 of their output is electronic music and hiphop.
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If the numbers they are giving are anything near correct, they are making the lion's share of all new records being pressed, by a lot.

Of course, if their numbers are actually correct, they are making more records per year than are actually being reported as being made worldwide. Interesting, eh?
 
Wigwam Jones said:
If the numbers they are giving are anything near correct, they are making the lion's share of all new records being pressed, by a lot.

Of course, if their numbers are actually correct, they are making more records per year than are actually being reported as being made worldwide. Interesting, eh?
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That's why i said they print a lot of electronic music for DJ labels. Most of it goes as white label or the record houses are just one man operations and no one bothers to report to anyone and anything. I used to DJ tech-house on a pair of SL1200 IIs and buy electronic music LPs and they were printed somewhere but it never stated where. Just artist, label, tracks, sometimes no label at all, just white paper and tags with markers. Those were cheaper or free with other buys.
 
My clear vinyl copy of Beggars Banquet was pressed by GZ and is dead quiet. The clear vinyl copy of Hot Rocks was pressed by Trutone just north of NYC and is very nice, but not as quiet.
 
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I wonder what their source for vinyl is. Having said that, historically the Czech classical music label Supraphon has produced great recordings and LPs for several decades. Those pressings are superb, very quiet (I'm the lucky owner of a few hundreds of them). I guess the Czech petrochemical industry has always been of high quality. If this condition is still met, then I wouldn't be surprised learning that Czech vinyl is still top quality,
 
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