Mastering, vinyl and delivery services in the UK.

[Astral]

Long story short, Im looking at giving a vinyl as a gift, but wouldnt mind it mastered and delivered right to my doorstep.

Any recommendations? cheers.

[macc]

All depends on your budget.

Top of the list for me would be

Beau Thomas @ Masterpiece
Jason @ Transition
Shane @ Finyl Tweek
Stuart @ Metropolis (imastering.co.uk might be just the ticket for what you want)
Sam @ Precise

and on and on and on... depends how much you like this bird you're doing the vinyl for. I assume it's for a bird

[Astral]

All depends on your budget.

Top of the list for me would be

Beau Thomas @ Masterpiece
Jason @ Transition
Shane @ Finyl Tweek
Stuart @ Metropolis (imastering.co.uk might be just the ticket for what you want)
Sam @ Precise

and on and on and on... depends how much you like this bird you're doing the vinyl for. I assume it's for a bird

admittedly, Im looking towards the more budget side of things, ex bird, its a "end it off nicely" kind of thing

[macc]

Ex-bird?

In that case, a Cinzano and a bag of crisps

[Astral]

Ex-bird?

In that case, a Cinzano and a bag of crisps

It's an unusual situation ^^ bitch is still my best friend.

[Sharmaji]

friends don't let friends do short runs of vinyl.

vinyl or dubplate?

[macc]

Sorry... didn't mean to make light of it. It is a nice gesture

Cheaper options;

Only Vinyl (most stuff that comes through here for vinyl seems to end up being cut there, fwiw)
Dubstudio
Nelancy

Loads more too, have a shufty about the old interwebs.

[Astral]

friends don't let friends do short runs of vinyl.

vinyl or dubplate?

To be honest, if it plays, then for me it comes down to the cheapest option.

[gnome]

friends don't let friends do short runs of vinyl.

Hahahaa I love this quote. Sharmaji knows the difference between friends and special friends

[collective]

Ex-bird?

In that case, a Cinzano and a bag of crisps

It's an unusual situation ^^ bitch is still my best friend.

oh no, ex becomes best friend.... bad news.... run run run

[Sharmaji]

friends don't let friends do short runs of vinyl.

vinyl or dubplate?

To be honest, if it plays, then for me it comes down to the cheapest option.

then cut a single dub. transition or any of the others listed above should be able to sort you.

[antipode]

Wait wait wait.

It's feasible to get a single vinyl cut (/pressed)? (Not talking about dubs here)

[Pada]

All depends on your budget.

Top of the list for me would be

Beau Thomas @ Masterpiece
Jason @ Transition

Always love the sound of the stuff Beau does!

I also love the sounds of Dubplates and Mastering, who does the mastering there?

Transition stuff always sounds sick aswell, got a few duff records from there, but I doubt the problem is with the mastering - and it's bound to happen with the number of records I have that were mastered there.

[macc]

Always love the sound of the stuff Beau does!

Absolutely awesome engineer, top bloke. Been very kind to me.

{quote]I also love the sounds of Dubplates and Mastering, who does the mastering there?[/quote]

Rashad Becker I think, most of it anyway. Couldn't agree more, really really nice sound.

[Astral]

Gonna go with transition in this case it seems, seems like a relatively safe bet.

[macc]

[Astral]

Don't worry macc, you'll be the first person I think of for digital mastering years down the line when *hopefully* my stuffs at that level of production.

[Recessive Trait]

bitch is still my best friend.

hard to tell by your wording. a little respect for the women please.

[macc]

Don't worry macc, you'll be the first person I think of for digital mastering years down the line when *hopefully* my stuffs at that level of production.

Hehe, thanks - you might not be saying the same once you've heard Jason's work though

Seriously, get two cut and enjoy it yourself... be a shame not to!

[Basic A]

http://www.dubstudio.co.uk/dubplates