Re: Vinyl Questions
ed yeh (ed.yeh@utoronto.ca)
Fri, 2 Feb 1996 21:27:24 -0500
> Do you want to know specifically, or in theory? You can have a
mastering
> house cut a "laquer," which is a soft one sided blank record onto
which
> metal is plated and the molds for a vinyl record are made. This can
cost
> anywhere from $25 to $50 per side depending on your angle. You can
play the
> laquer on a turntable a few times if you like, but they wear out very
> quickly--or you can take it to a pressing plant and have them cast the
metal
> parts and press vinyl. It can cost anywhere from $250-500 for a set of
test
> pressings. If you're not planning on releasing the tracks you can just
use
> the tests for turntable work.
>
I just read an article about Courtney Pine in On the One in which he
says they pressed some acetates of their demo tracks so that Dj Pogo
would have these tracks to scratch for the finished album. Are these
the test pressings that you mention, or the lacquers?
Ed