Precision Record Pressing

Note: do not confuse with the unrelated Precision Record Pressing, Inc., active the 1960s and '70s. Please do not use this company for releases produced before 2017. Record pressing plant (20,000 square foot) located in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, that officially opened May 11, 2017. It is a joint venture (50-50 ownership) between Canadian company Isotope Music Inc, founded by Gerald McGhee, and Czech company GZ Media. In March 2016, Canadian vinyl broker Samo Media merged with Precision Record Pressing, becoming their sales and service branch located in Toronto. Most of cutting and all plating and test pressings production is done at GZ Media and runout etchings will look very similar to records pressed at GZ Media. Records with Precision Record Pressing ordering identifiers, i.e. a number that begins with 10- followed by five digits (example 10-83451), are generally pressed by Precision Record Pressing, but some more complicated colored vinyl records, 7″ and 10″ were pressed by GZ Media. Records produced from externally supplied lacquers and metal parts are pressed without these PRP IDs. Releases pressed at Precision Record Pressing will nearly always have a "Made in Canada" sticker attached to the shrink wrap or seal, or it is printed on the shrink wrap directly. LCCN: Black vinyl releases: Pressed By = Precision Record Pressing 10-83451 Mastered At = GZ Media 157850E Example: Hug Of Thunder but Test pressings (all): Manufactured By = Precision Record Pressing 10-84415 Pressed By = GZ Media 170195E Example A New Dawn Later colour releases or less complicated/complex earlier releases: Pressed By = Precision Record Pressing 10-84421 Mastered At = GZ Media 170256E Example: Heart Pressed By = Precision Record Pressing Mastered At = GZ Media 244049E Example: EP Earlier colour releases or more complicated/complex releases: Manufactured By = Precision Record Pressing 10-83451 Pressed By = GZ Media 157850E Example: Hug Of Thunder