It’s an incredible start for Josey Records. A record label that manufactures its own vinyl records is particularly rare. Many other well-known artists from other cities have used the plant. But he has still made the trip from Oklahoma City to get records manufactured by A&R. Wayne Coyne, frontman for the Flaming Lips, has a contract with Warner Bros., his own label, and countless other independently released projects. Making Vinyl For Wayne Coyne from Voice Media Group on Vimeo. ![]() It strips away the ideas an artist can present with a record.” “The music files you are dealing with just have titles, names and small pictures. “There’s been a devaluing of music in the digital world,” says Sardello. Despite a vinyl record craze that shows no sign of stopping, few cities have plants that manufacture records. As the manufacturing component of Josey Records, A&R will keep its name and its current staff of employees.ĭallas needs more record labels it has plenty of everything else. He happily describes the new arrangement as an opportunity to pursue new interests and semi-retire. ![]() “They are the most perfect fit I could ever imagine to buy that place,” Getz says of Cameron and Sardello. But most of them wanted to get rid of the plant and move the machines to another city. “I’ve been approached by four or five other people,” Getz continues. “I just got out of the plant side of it.” When Sardello and Cameron came along and made an offer, it was clear that they had their hearts in the right place: But an interest in mastering records had him considering selling A&R. Getz knows the historical value of A&R he worked with the founders of the business and absolutely wanted to make sure it kept going. There are trashcans filled with horribly disfigured vinyl, the fumes are impossible to forget and it gets very hot in there. The machines are temperamental and there are countless things that could go wrong when you are making a record. Making records is labor intensive, an art form that's impossible to perfect. Stan Getz (not to be confused with the late jazz legend) has worked at A&R since 1983 and owned it since 2007. But the idea is to build a network of stores that will be conducive to a label in countless ways. “The number of actual stores is pretty arbitrary,” says Cameron, when considering how many branches there will ultimately be. It’s also worth noting that Third Man is just now opening its second location after six years.Ĭameron is absolutely believable when he says there will be several branches opening in new cities within the next couple of years. They start to offer Jack White’s Third Man Records as a decent comparison, but correct themselves when they remember that the Nashville record store, venue and label partners with a pressing plant. ![]() “Not many have that vertical integration going where you’ve got your hands in different aspects of the entire chain,” says Sardello. But they admit that what they are doing isn’t taking place in many other cities. They are very modest-or perhaps tight-lipped-about what appears to be a master plan being masterfully executed. Luke Sardello and Waric Cameron are the managing partners of Josey Records. A copy of almost every record ever pressed at A&R came with the purchase. They will be moved from the Riverfront Boulevard location, which has always been on lease, to the former Dave & Buster’s by spring. ![]() A&R has seven record-pressing machines from the 1960s, when the business first opened its doors. Speaking of moves, Josey Records also acquired a building in Northwest Dallas that used to be a Dave & Buster’s. Under one roof, Josey Records will have a record label with recording studios, distribution, an in-house production staff and record manufacturing. But at the one-year mark they have purchased A&R Records, the only plant that manufactures vinyl records in Texas. The massive Farmers Branch record store opened with a DJ booth and art gallery then they quickly added a stage with a state of the art sound system and a second location in Kansas City. Josey Records had a hell of a first year.
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