The Philosphy:
Not all records are created equal. Our mission is to produce the highest quality vinyl records from both a sonic and aesthetic perspective at a fair price; and strive to provide industry-best customer service. We love to make and listen to records. No matter the size of the order, we provide personal service and strive for same-day responsiveness to all email and telephone inquiries.
Mastering:
Applying proven traditional mastering techniques while using a classic Neumann VMS-70 lathe combined with 21st century technology at the Well Made Music Studio, our resident lacquer cutter Clint Holley ensures that your music is transalated to the vinyl medium in the most natural manner. When supplying digital masters, we require 24 bit wav files for the highest fidelity (unless our customer requests another format). For convenient and fast previewing of your audio on vinyl (in addition to offering the traditional reference lacquer or dub plate), we can provide test lacquer cuts samples via emailed mp3’s for $20.
Plating:
To ensure you can reproduce your records in a high-quality fashion for multiple pressing runs, we only employ 2 (or 3) step electroforming process. This allows many stampers to be created for multiple runs; and speeds along the pressing process for larger runs.
Pressing:
GGR has implemented some technology and processes which (quite possibly, although we can’t verify) have never been used on record pressing equipment anywhere in the world. From engineering components such as PLC's and temperature-controlled dies, to the several human quality control measures in place; the level of detail applied to record orders small and large is unsurpassed at any other U.S. pressing plant.
Whether running a 100 or a 3,000 record order, we have someone listen to portions of about every 25th record off the press – we don’t just set up a given record and let the machine run away with it. We monitor and adjust as necessary. All of our records cool on stacks before being sleeved—stacking and cooling drastically reduces the risk of warping. Every record we press is sleeved by a human being – at the end of a given order, usually at least 3 different sets of eyes and ears have inspected your records. Finally, our standard weight 12” vinyl is 145-150 grams. While this does not affect sound quality in a measurable degree, there is something aesthetically pleasing about holding a thicker record. Of course, we also press audiophile standard 180 gram 12” records and thick 45-50 gram 7” records.
Print:
Since we have our own in-house pre-press department, we can assist you (and save you expensive setup fees and shipping charges) in the preparation of your custom label, jacket, and insert artwork.
Download our Price Card or Configure your own Package online.
Keep in mind we handle many custom vinyl and packaging solutions. If you don't see what you are looking for or have a question, get in touch with Matt matt@gottagrooverecords.com or call (800) 295-0171.
ORDER FORMS:
Order Form & Copyright Release (required for all orders)
Ohio Blanket Certificate of Exemption (required from all Ohio Customers)
GUIDELINES FOR SIDE LENGTH:
7” @ 33 1/3 RPM: 6 minutes per side. (we can cut longer depending upon the music, however, please consult with us before placing your order). [NOTE: 45rpm is always the best choice for a 7", if side length permits. 33rpm is more of a "compromise", and can be more prone to distortion. Please call for more information.]
7” @ 45 RPM: 4.5 minutes per side. (we can cut longer depending upon the music, however, please consult with us before placing your order).
12” @ 33 1/3 RPM: 18 minutes per side is ideal, 20 minutes per side is still good, 22 minutes per side may cause issues depending upon the music, anything over 22 minutes - please call us before placing your order.
12” @ 45 RPM: 12 minutes per side is ideal, 14 minutes is ok, anything over 15 minutes - please call us before placing your order.
Please! If you have any questions regarding side length and/or mastering for vinyl, call us before you have your master prepared. Call Matt: (800) 295-0171 or matt@gottagrooverecords.com
AUDIO & ART UPLOADS:
CLICK HERE FOR OUR ART FILE GUIDELINES
Please obtain an order number before uploading, so that we know to whom your files belong!
FREE Dropbox Uploader (file size limit 2GB)
https://dropbox.yousendit.com/GottaGrooveRecs
FTP Login Information:
Address: ftp.gottagrooverecords.com
Login: incoming@gottagrooverecords.com (please include this entire email address)
Password: vinyl
Please contact Matt at (800) 295-0171 or matt@gottagrooverecords.com with any questions.
***Please send Matt an email when you upload any files to our FTP!
OTHER USEFUL RESOURCES:
RecordCode Embeddable html for your website.
U.S. Copyright Office Circular on Compulsory Licenses
Harry Fox Agency - For attaining mechanical licenses for compositions written by others
ASCAP - For contacting and obtaining licenses from publishers/songwriters of others' compositions
BMI - For contacting and obtaining licenses from publishers/songwriters of others' compositions
SESAC - For contacting and obtaining licenses from publishers/songwriters of others' compositions
SoundScan Title Addition Form - for registering your record's bar code with Nielsen SoundScan (SoundScan is a registered trademark of the Nielsen Company, and is in no way affiliated with Gotta Groove Records).
