Ian / Karen

Not sure if in right section so please move if not

Went past the old Emi pressing plant ealier today in Hayes[ Middx] & there knocking large parts of the buildings down Its a truely magnificent building even if its been neglected for many years & spread over a vast area

It got me thinking of all the vinyl that had been pressed there & the history of the place & its standing in the history of British music.

Ive scanned the web for some pics [surprisingly, not to much i could find] of what it was like & will put some up of how it looks now by the end of the week [ i will have to borrow a camera first].

One good piece of news i found out is that a company called Vinyl factory Austraila bought one of the pressing plants & machinery, theres a good page on the history of the pressing plant on there web site.... started in 1907 & at the height of vinyl production [ 60`s & 70`s] they employed 12,000 people on the site... here`s a link

www.vinylfactorygallery.co.uk

the Pressing plant in the 1930`s

The entrance

Edited June 6, 200718 yr by garv

Edited June 6, 200718 yr by ken

Top man Kenny ,

i know the area where the vans are parked & can take some pics of how it is now.

The ariel shot shows how vast it used to be, i can get some good shots from the railway bridge & i`m going to see if they will let me in the compound to get a few pics before the bulldozers are let loose.

ay shirley, if we have to do a frank wilson re-press you can go on sound quality check........... i swear if i hear that record one more time.....

ay shirley, if we have to do a frank wilson re-press you can go on sound quality check........... i swear if i hear that record one more time.....

I have three 12" acetate / metal blanks , complete with metal storage tin and numerous labels , from Hayes , which came my way in the mid 1980s .....

Anyone know who can help me with cutting them ?

Malc Burton

ay shirley, if we have to do a frank wilson re-press you can go on sound quality check........... i swear if i hear that record one more time.....

No Betty ....

Your'e OK - It's not Frank Wilson : its' a batch of Carstairs for Pete S .......

Malc Burton