Grooves In A Vinyl Record

Fast turnaround record pressing.

Grooves in a vinyl record.

High quality vinyl record pressing short run large run vinyl pressing. Great for small labels independent artists special edition releases and kickstarter rewards. Taking root on a cozy shop on market st he quickly built his vinyl only vision into a san francisco institution. Hand crafted lathe cut short run vinyl records.

Store hours grooves is now open mon sat 11am 6pm and sunday 12 5pm. Record store day drop 2 sept 26th 10am. Record pressing pricing starting at 895 usd. Known for hard to find gems and a knowledgable and enthusiastic staff.

Life long san franciscan ray andersen started grooves inspiralled vinyl 20 years ago after maxxing out yet another storage space with records lunchboxes books and sundry ephemera from a lifetime of collecting. Before we take a microscopic look inside the grooves you do have to know the following about how records are made. This series came in heavy manilla envelopes and began with a jazz album ap 1 and was soon followed by other ap numbers up through about ap 19. Groove vinyl designs and manufactures record sleeves and other products for the protection storage display and enjoyment of vinyl records.

One attempt at this was in 1951 when inventor ewing dunbar nunn founded the label audiophile records which released a series of 78 rpm mastered albums that were microgroove and pressed on vinyl as opposed to traditional 78s with their shellac composition and wider 3 mil sized grooves. A warp can cause a regular wow or fluctuation of musical pitch and if substantial it can make a record physically unplayable. This year is a weird one for record store day grooves will be doing rsd differently this time around. Vinyl records are vulnerable to dust heat warping scuffs and scratches.

Grooves will open at 10am for rsd drop 1. To the naked eye the grooves look like thin even lines but that s not the case as you ll see below. Check out mike s picks for the top 100 in print analog records. Vinyl because it smells better than a download.

Your lp s music is physically stored on the walls of the groove. Al green call me speakers corner lp 34 99 curtis mayfield superfly original motion picture soundtrack mfsl lp 49 99 paul simon graceland lp 25 99. Shop record store day starting september 26th 1pm est.