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Mastering, vinyl and delivery services in the UK.
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 4:50 pm
by 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.
Re: Mastering, vinyl and delivery services in the UK.
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:08 pm
by 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

Re: Mastering, vinyl and delivery services in the UK.
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:15 pm
by Astral
macc wrote: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

Re: Mastering, vinyl and delivery services in the UK.
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:21 pm
by macc
Ex-bird?
In that case, a Cinzano and a bag of crisps

Re: Mastering, vinyl and delivery services in the UK.
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:24 pm
by Astral
macc wrote:Ex-bird?
In that case, a Cinzano and a bag of crisps

It's an unusual situation ^^ bitch is still my best friend.
Re: Mastering, vinyl and delivery services in the UK.
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:34 pm
by Sharmaji
friends don't let friends do short runs of vinyl.
vinyl or dubplate?
Re: Mastering, vinyl and delivery services in the UK.
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:36 pm
by 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.
Re: Mastering, vinyl and delivery services in the UK.
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:39 pm
by Astral
Sharmaji wrote: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.
Re: Mastering, vinyl and delivery services in the UK.
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 5:51 pm
by gnome
Sharmaji wrote:friends don't let friends do short runs of vinyl.
Hahahaa I love this quote. Sharmaji knows the difference between friends and special friends

Re: Mastering, vinyl and delivery services in the UK.
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:04 pm
by collective
Astral wrote:macc wrote: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
Re: Mastering, vinyl and delivery services in the UK.
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 6:46 pm
by Sharmaji
Astral wrote:Sharmaji wrote: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.
Re: Mastering, vinyl and delivery services in the UK.
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 10:14 pm
by antipode
Wait wait wait.
It's feasible to get a single vinyl cut (/pressed)? (Not talking about dubs here)
Re: Mastering, vinyl and delivery services in the UK.
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:35 pm
by Pada
macc wrote: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.
Re: Mastering, vinyl and delivery services in the UK.
Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2010 11:51 pm
by macc
(Pada) wrote: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.
Re: Mastering, vinyl and delivery services in the UK.
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 12:00 am
by Astral
Gonna go with transition in this case it seems, seems like a relatively safe bet.
Re: Mastering, vinyl and delivery services in the UK.
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 12:13 am
by macc
Re: Mastering, vinyl and delivery services in the UK.
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 12:23 am
by 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.

Re: Mastering, vinyl and delivery services in the UK.
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 1:42 am
by Recessive Trait
Astral wrote:bitch is still my best friend.
hard to tell by your wording. a little respect for the women please.
Re: Mastering, vinyl and delivery services in the UK.
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 1:46 am
by macc
Astral wrote: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!

Re: Mastering, vinyl and delivery services in the UK.
Posted: Tue Apr 20, 2010 2:58 am
by Basic A