KM Records Inc.

Burbank, California Glen Glancy's United Sound (3) was purchased in 1977 and renamed KM Records by the Merkley Group (Kreel Kofford and Glade Merkley.) It was a full service operation which included Mastering / Pressing / Manufacturing / Artwork over a 50,000 square foot location. At the outset it had four automated Toolex Alpha presses capable of approximately 22,000 unit production in a 24-hour shift which only grew as the demand became greater. KM was known for pressing on imported German Teldec vinyl (Teldec-Press GmbH). They are known to have pressed records at least into the 1990s. Also credited as: - KM Records - K.M. Records - K&M - K & M Studio, Burbank, CA Typical prefix, found on vinyl run-out data that indicate KM pressed it (and possibly mastered if no other companies are present in the runout): KM-XXXX or KM-XXXXX (with or without the dash) These sequential KM numbers can be added to "Pressed By" or "Manufactured By" credits. Mastering/cutting engineers known to have worked here: Michele Stone Dave Ellsworth Jeff Sanders Pressing/plating engineers: Mike Malan Rick Goldman