Vinyl Carvers

[Chalky]

Shut till end of month.

Anyone know of a reliable alternative with quick turnround?

[Godzilla]

Dunno how quick turn around will be but may be worth a shout? Quality acetates by all accounts.

[Chalky]

Cheers Godz. Found one Dave Flynn recommended a while back, Transition Studios https://www.dub-plates.org/

[De-to]

Dunno how quick turn around will be but may be worth a shout? Quality acetates by all accounts.

sorry but dont you mean quality bootlegs by all accounts,imo of course,

[Godzilla]

sorry but dont you mean quality bootlegs by all accounts,imo of course,

Not sure if I get you here. Are you talking about all acetates/carvers done to order or are you saying that Timmion Records are bootlegging stuff.

If it's the former, well, that's been debated endlessly on here and I thought the consensus was that a one off for own use is more or less ok, especially if it's unreleased stuff. In that case why not post your reply under Chalky's request for somewhere doing Carvers? If it's the latter and your suggesting that Timmion are anything other than a legit record company, I think you should be providing some evidence to back your statement up.

I guess you mean the latter judging by your "By all accounts" phrase, so it would be interesting to know what proof you have.

[Godzilla]

So how about this then? Anybody going to expand on de-to's allegations or is just a mistake/misunderstanding. Not got an axe to grind here, just think the label does some good work and wouldn't like to think there were malicious rumours flying around if it were my organisation

[Godzilla]

I am sure de-to can explain himself if he wants to. He may have regarded your initial reaction/post as a potential bait for argument, and wanted to side step it, understandable? But don't know.

However as you have asked again, I suspect the term "quality bootlegs" comes from some peoples opinion that vinyl dubs do represent a kind of 'bootleg', given the price and thickness of vinyl, hence the "quality" prefix to bootleg..... 'Quality Bootleg"

Personally I didn't take anything suggestive from de-to's post, in terms of bootleg production (in the conventional sense) by said company.

Everyone has their view, mine is of an open mind. I think vinyl dubs are perfect for acetate tracks and unreleased things, and if someone wants a vinyl version of some super rare 45, well so what!. I think there is a place for them. But I can understand the phrase "quality bootleg"

Fair enough Andy. Hoped I'd made it clear that if it was a reference to cutting dubs I understood his point, even if I didn't feel that strongly about it. Pretty much like the majority on here by the looks of it.

Sorry if I came across as getting bent out of shape about this. Wasn't my intention and I apologise if that's the impression I gave. At the risk of sounding like a stuck record it was the "by all accounts" bit that confused me and I was inviting de-to to clarify. Absolutely his right to ignore me and pretty good advice in a lot of cases

For the record though (ouch!) I understand they are proper lacquer plates rather than the carver-type plastic. Should sound tons better regardless of their status.