We use several different kinds of gold and silver colored
records for commemoratives. The heavy vinyl free
standing records have a classic look and are very popular. We
also press another kind of record from dies built
by our own engineers which are also playable records,
with music in the grooves, pressed in multi-ton presses. We
use a similar technology to Evatone, a company in Florida
that has pressed millions of Soundpages, very thin recordings
that are sometimes called "flexies". These "flexies"
have been bound into the pages of magazines such as Guitar
Player and Downbeat and are carried on the larger sheet that
forms their background, so that the overall sheet is square.
Mounting is much easier and more secure.
For
many years we had been manufacturing and importing our raw
gold record blanks from Europe to achieve the necessary quality.
The problems connected with such distances eventually forced
us to develop our own technology here in the US. When we could
find no one capable of making the required dies for stamping our gold
records, we made our own.
Our
great advantage is that because of this proprietary technology
we can offer our gold records for a fraction of the usual
cost.
Honda,
Sears, State Farm, Ford Motor, Shearson Lehman, Chemical Bank, McDonalds
and AAA have all used our gold records for employee and dealer
recognition. Reba McEntire and Frito-Lay have used them for
touring staff recognition. Peavey Electronics uses them as
awards for employee recognition, sales reps, and sports competitions
that they have sponsored.
We
also supply many DJ's with wedding first dance gold records
that permanently preserve the thrill of their client's
wedding first dance.
The DJ's are happy too, since their contact information is
unobtrusively included on the label where it becomes
discreet, yet permanently displayed advertising for them.
We
have also had installations making gold records on-site for
Opryland in Nashville, and Universal Studios Hollywood.
We
are now located in the midwest near the Great Lakes, after having
been in California for many years. Our close proximity to the highly demanding
auto industry has ensured a strong pool of local talent with
advanced capabilities.
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