Independent Pressing Co.

Independent Pressing Company Limited or IPC was a Nottingham based record manufacturer (mastering, metalworks, pressing). Established in June 1998 and ran by Chris King. IPC operated 10 Toolex Alpha presses and had a staff of 30. The plant itself can be identified by the unique pressing rings during the period of June 1998 - March 2008 and the runout etching IPC. Plating was done by Galvanics Technician James Badderley and can be identified by the following runout etchings: JBAD@IPC, J-BAD@IPC, JB@IPC, JBAD and JB. The plant is known for the ill-fated partnership between King and George Peckham and Neil Clowes. All three were partners in the plant but apparently things went wrong and Peckham ended up receiving a court order from Nottingham County Council for non payment of rents of £30.000. Eventually, he was forced to sell a Rickenbacker guitar he received from George Harrison. The company went into voluntary creditors liquidation in March 2008 and was finally dissolved in October 2009. The equipment was partly sold to the London-based pressing plant Total Vinyl Ltd. (which later became Only Vinyl and is now part of GZ Vinyl). IPC also had a recording/mastering studio.