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I'm kind of vague on the whole lacquer -> father -> mother -> stamper -> record process, and I don't remember which of these steps has supposedly dwindled down

by kragen 2y ago

I'm kind of vague on the whole lacquer -> father -> mother -> stamper -> record process, and I don't remember which of these steps has supposedly dwindled down to just a single company due to the fire. Googling isn't helping. Normally "masters" are lacquers, though, so a company that makes their own "masters" still probably outsources the steps after the lacquer and before stamping finished records.

beAbU 2y ago
What fire?
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- kragen 2y ago
  See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43221756 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43221756.
wsintra 2y ago
I can confirm, Press On Vinyl makes their own stampers, originally they sent the masters to London and got stampers back but in the last year or so they upgraded the factory and they now do it all in house. Including a mastering studio, if anyone wants to press vinyl please check out kushtybuckrecords.com or pressonvinyl.com (I am the developer of kushtybuckrecords)