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Phonographic Vinyl Records

Heavyweight 180g Vinyl

Heavyweight 180g Vinyl

It is often thought by many that a record pressed onto Heavyweight 180g Vinyl produces a better sounding product.  This is certainly not the case. Some think that a Heavyweight 180g Vinyl 12″ for example would have a lower noise floor than a standard 140g, it doesn’t. Others think that a 180g 12″ has deeper grooves than a standard weight 12″, this is simply not true. Whether you have your record pressed on standard weight vinyl or heavyweight, the pressing will use…

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Dinked 7″ Records

Dinked 7″ Records

The ‘dinking’ of a 7″ is the process used to punch out a large centre hole in a record.   The process was first introduced in USA so that dinked 7″ records could be played in Jukeboxes. Traditionally the large hole indicated that the 7″ was a 45rpm single. Jukeboxes were by far the most popular way to listen to music during the 1940’s and 50’s so 7″s pressed in the USA were by default pressed with a dinked or large…

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7″ Records with a 4 lug knocked out centre

7″ Records with a 4 lug knocked out centre

Something that’s becoming a lot more popular over recent months is the 7″ record with the 4 lug knocked out centre.     A 7″ cut adaptor is used to cut into the centre and notch out four ‘lugs’, resulting in the consumer having the choice between a standard hole, or a dinked hole. During the 1950’s Capitol Records released a series of 7″s using a tri-center or 3-lug, they named it the Optional Centre or ‘O.C.’ It proved extremely…

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Laser Etched Vinyl Records

Laser Etched Vinyl Records

With the vinyl format ever becoming more collectable, label owners are always thinking up ways in order to make their product more appealing and exclusive. Many like the idea of coloured vinyl, though with the reduced amount of polycarbonate comes the higher noise floor level. This is something which a lot of label owners would rather stay clear of. After all, vinyl is the purists choice, so if you look at the format from this angle then decreasing the quality…

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*Update* Record Store Day 2014 – Viva La Vinyl – Epic Beard Men

*Update* Record Store Day 2014 – Viva La Vinyl – Epic Beard Men

Here’s a great collection of photos, showing the finished 7″ ready for Record Store Day 2014, hand assembled in a 12″ sleeve with a custom dink in the centre of the 7″. Such a great looking product here, for me this is definitely what vinyl is all about. A highly collectible record and the music is really good also! Of course the 7″ has been manufactured by Well Tempered. Well organise and well planned for RSD 2014.      …

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URB Presents: DJ Haus on Hot Haus Records

URB Presents: DJ Haus on Hot Haus Records

A great mix here from the mighty DJ Haus.  Well Tempered are very excited to be manufacturing vinyl for Hot Haus Records, one of the most successful labels to emerge from the recent London House resurgence. Description: Our podcast this week is coming from outer space, courtesy of Unknown To The Unknown head honcho DJ Haus. Known for his penchant for unique sounds though his label and his own releases, the producer/DJ/label boss has a lot on his plate; stacked…

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Submotion Orchestra – It’s Not Me It’s You (Alix Perez Rmx) / Planas – Breathtaking feat Ed Thomas (dBridge Soul Steppers Rmx)

Submotion Orchestra – It’s Not Me It’s You (Alix Perez Rmx) / Planas – Breathtaking feat Ed Thomas (dBridge Soul Steppers Rmx)

The first release for RSD 2014 has arrived, manufactured by Well Tempered. Here we have two great remixes, one from Alex Perez and the other from dBridge. Check the press release and soundclips below. Track info & Soundclips: A) Submotion Orchestra – It’s Not Me It’s You (Alix Perez Rmx): B) Planas – Breathtaking feat Ed Thomas (dBridge Soul Steppers Rmx): Unreleased Vinyl Project – UVP001 – Release Date: 19.04.2014 (RSD 2014) The ‘Unreleased Vinyl Project’ is a brand new record…

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Record Store Day 2014 – Viva La Vinyl – Epic Beard Men (Sage Francis, B.Dolan and Buddy Peace)

Record Store Day 2014 – Viva La Vinyl – Epic Beard Men (Sage Francis, B.Dolan and Buddy Peace)

A very exciting 7″ release here, manufactured by Well Tempered for Blunt Force Trauma. Released for Record Store Day 2014. A: ‘Viva La Vinyl’ by Sage Francis – a mournful sweet three-minute hymn to vinyl. AA: ‘You Can’t Win’, a TOTAL fists-in-the-air anthem by the Epic Beard Men – Sage Francis, B.Dolan and Buddy Peace.Both taken from Sage’s mixtape ‘Sick To D[eat]h’ It’s a limited edition dinked 7” in a double-sided-print 12” package, out in April 2014, on Blunt Force Trauma Records. See www.factoryroad.net for news! Watch Inkymole creating the…

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Some Truths – Some Friends I Lost To Bedlam, Others I Abandoned There (Mordant Music)

Some Truths – Some Friends I Lost To Bedlam, Others I Abandoned There (Mordant Music)

 It’s always been a great pleasure pressing vinyl for Mordant Music, the next release will certainly not disappoint – a brand new LP from Some Truths: Bedlam ISRC – asylum limbo, psychotic sock draw and raving halfway-house…Some Truths – man as samovar, staunch somnambulist, man as MeMory…aural Yves Klein seas sluiced from a flotilla of ohm-loan Bugbrand & Electro-Harmonix vessels…   a sound accrued by loitering long at skipjack tables & tape duplicating plants…the joyous melancholy seeping from this LP’s…

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Last Magpie – “Influences EP” – Electric Minds (eminds030)

Last Magpie – “Influences EP” – Electric Minds (eminds030)

Well Tempered is very proud to be handling the vinyl manufacturing for Electric Minds. Born in 2008 off the back of the successful London club night, the record label has since gone from strength to strength, representing artists such as Move D, Echer, Velvit, Fold, and most recently Last Magpie. ‘Influences EP’ will be available from all good record shops on April 28th, and includes a Trevino remix of Pledge. Released on vinyl 28th April 2014. All enquiries info@electricminds.co.uk All tracks…

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