Dear Customer,

The uncertain but also crazy and busy times we are currently living in, require a lot of flexibility from everyone. Due to an enormous increase in the demand for vinyl, combined with absent colleagues who have to stay home because of Covid-19 related issues, our production times are longer than you are used to. We therefore had to bring forward our RSD deadline as well.

If you're planning releases for Record Store Day (taking place on April 17^th 2021), please place your orders in time. We are aiming to supply the distributors first week of April instead of one week prior to Record Store Day. Make sure we have audio and testing order with us in week 47 (16 - 20 November 2020) and artwork & finished order in week 52 (21 - 24 December 2020). Please note that production times of all other orders and re-orders you plan to release around April 2021, may also be influenced by this.

Music Venues in the Netherlands are allowed to open their doors for live music and audience, but only for a very limited amount of people and under very strict conditions. Sitting down, no dancing, no singing, no fun 😕 but better than nothing at all. Some of them came up with very creative ideas to keep the audience on a safe distance from each other, these lovely stools from Patronaat Haarlem and Doornroosje are a great example for which we supplied the vinyl.

We're often asked if it's possible to print inner sleeves, jackets or inserts on the reverse/uncoated side of the board or paper. The answer to this is, YES this option is available! It actually gives a very nice effect to your design. But if you choose to print on the uncoated side of the board it is good to be aware of the following.

Record Store Day's postponed date of June 20th is not happening, but instead we celebrate #loveyourlocalrecordstore in the Netherlands, releasing 35 amazing 'local' releases of mostly Dutch and Belgian artists. The majority is pressed Record Industry and three of those releases are also recorded here, at our Artone Studio. We're proud to be part of all this, so many talented musicians, so much love and attention in al these releases by so many people and not to mention all the dedicated record store owners who need your support. So visit them tomorrow or any time soon or buy your records online and support your local record store and music industry.

Meet Minela, our lovely QC lady. She (and all of her QC colleagues) checks the records once they're on the press and makes sure the quality is right, from the first to the last record of the order being pressed.

Please take a few minutes and listen to Mr Brad Mehldau and buy this record (proudly manufactured by Record Industry), it's for a very good cause.

While sheltering at home with his family during the COVID-19 pandemic, Brad Mehldau wrote 12 new songs about what he was experiencing; he was able to record them safely in a studio, along with tunes by Neil Young, Billy Joel, and Jerome Kern that mean a great deal to him, for a new album, 'Suite: April 2020': http://smarturl.it/suiteapril2020

A 180-gram deluxe vinyl edition, out today and available for $100 exclusively from the Nonesuch Store, Bandcamp, and Discogs, is limited to 1,000 numbered units, signed by Brad; a minimum of $90 from each sale will be donated to the Jazz Foundation of America's COVID-19 Musician's Emergency Fund (after distribution fees). A portion of the proceeds from the digital album, out now, and the standard albums, due in September, also goes to the fund.

Here he introduces the project and performs the album track 'remembering before all this.

Throwback to the time we were allowed to be together in one room with a group of amazing people, in our Artone Studio. Can't wait to welcome you all back soon! Thank you Young Gun Silver Fox for this beautiful recording.

You may have come across this interesting article about The Electric Recording Co. in the New York Times this week. We portrayed Pete for Passion For Vinyl Part II and visited the company back in 2017, one quote from Pete in PFV Part II which says it all... “People recognise that what we do is a true labour of love, mixed with a healthy dose of obsession.”

We've been pressing vinyl for The Electric Recording Co. and Peacefrog for many years now, and it's a real pleasure working with Pete and his team.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/28/arts/music/electric-recording-co-vinyl.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage