Eco/Recycled Options

From our home in the Southwest, we've campaigned for over a decade to spotlight the amount of plastic floating in our oceans, polluting our beaches and killing our wildlife. We take an active stance on reducing our carbon footprint, and strive to provide environmentally-conscious vinyl packaging solutions wherever possible.

As much as there is finally a growing movement to protect our planet, from a consumer perspective our industry is sadly yet to catch up with that trend. Environmentally sourced materials such as FCS-certified boards cost comparatively more to produce, and thus carry a premium from suppliers, which in turn can make eco-friendly solutions less viable to the consumer.

We use a range of eco-suppliers, who are continually developing new and exciting products that have a positive net contribution to our environment. Due to this constant evolution, we highly recommend contacting us directly to find out what additional eco/recycled materials we can source for your release.

Eco-mix Recycled Colour Vinyl - Lucky Dip

Comprised of recycled vinyl compounds, this vinyl colour option can end up being a completely unique colour or effect. Compounds might be combined to create a marble-esque look, other times the pellets are mixed to produce a completely original colour.

Ecomix vinyl has been created as part of the push towards zero waste at the vinyl pressing plant, and are priced the same as black vinyl records which makes them extra attractive to anyone conscious of their environmental footprint. Ecomix vinyl provides a unique and appealing conversation point, and a great opportunity for your community to engage around your releases.

This is truly a random/lucky dip effect; we cannot control the colour or effect, or pre-empt how the records will look except that they won't be plain black. You may receive an entire run of all one colour, or you may receive several different colour variants. It’s a gamble, but it's also eco-friendly, cost effective and unique to boot.

Interested? Please get in touch below, or choose your packaging options and let us know in the comments that you'd like ecomix instead of black vinyl.

Product Options

Add style, durability and attention to detail, while increasing the value of your records.

You can select between these options when making an enquiry or placing an order above.

Test Pressings

Test pressings are the first records created from the metalwork, used to evaluate the quality, volume levels and listen for any untoward pops, clicks or excessive sound artefacts before mass production begins. We always recommend requesting test pressings with your order and listening carefully on a number of different turntables before approving production of the main run.

Runout Engraving

Make your mark on your records by engraving your artist, label or company name into the runout groove.

Colour Effect Vinyl

Stand your release aside from the crowd with 16 different vinyl colour effects to choose from, plus countless combinations.

Colour Split Pressings

Make your pressings more unique and collectable with different colour variants. Have you considered offering a limited edition indie exclusive?

Booklets, Inserts & Posters

Lots of images or information to add? Fancy including a lyric sheet? Consider a printed insert, or go all out with a poster for your fans' bedroom walls.

Download Cards

Boost your record sales with free digital downloads. 10% off all orders with our friends over at ProCards. The world's premier download card provider.

Stickers

Whether you want to draw more attention to your records or the extras found inside, we offer high quality advertising stickers in all shapes and sizes.

Barcodes

A useful and professional addition to your sleeves, vital if your records will be retailed in major stores or stocked by a distributor.

Bonus Discs & Items

Have you considered adding bonus materials to your vinyl packaging? We can design your packaging to suit any combination of additional products.

Special Card & Paper Stocks

We offer a wide choice of card and paper thicknesses, types and finishes to enhance the appearance and value of your vinyl products.

Special Matt Finishes

Add a matt varnish or lamination to your sleeves for extra durability and a super smooth finish, or blow your customers away with a spot matt UV finish.

Special Gloss Finishes

Add a gloss varnish or lamination to your sleeves to increase durability and vibrancy of your designs, or push the boat out with a spot gloss UV finish.

Pantone Printing

All of our printed parts can be produced in full colour CMYK and/or using Pantone inks for precise colour reproduction.

Metallic Hot Foiling

The shiny metallic appearance of hot foiling makes for an incredibly attractive product. We offer many options including gold, silver and glitter foils.

Embossing & Debossing

Make your print positively three dimensional with raised or stamped surfaces to compliment your designs and make your records more compelling.

Slipcases

Our slipcases slide over your vinyl packaging to instantly increase the weight and visual appearance, making your products more attractive and valuable.

Box Sets

With the ability to hold multiple records, posters, badges, bonus items and lots more, our unique box sets are the ultimate in luxury vinyl packaging.

Shaped Records

Make your records in whatever shape you can dream of. Shape them into smaller CD-sized circles, or custom shapes like hearts, stars or triangles.

Shrink-wrap or Overbags

We always recommend shipping orders with shrink-wrap or poly-overbags to help reduce the risk of the records damaging the packaging in transit.

ANYTHING ELSE?

These are our most popular options, but it's not everything we can do. If you've seen it done before, chances are we can make it happen for you too. Got an idea?

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