Vinyl pressing · Short-run pressing

Short-run pressing

Short-run vinyl pressing in the UK, from 100 records

Pressed at our plants from your lacquers up, with real prices on this page instead of a quote form. From 100 units, typically shipped in 5 to 6 weeks, with 10 test pressings you approve before the run.

  • Real prices, ex VAT
  • 10 test pressings included
  • 5 to 6 week typical turnaround

What a short run costs

White-label package · printed options priced in the configurator

Run size12″ LP7″ single
100 £11.49 a record Run total £1,148.40 £14.63 a record Run total £1,462.18
250 £6.35 a record Run total £1,587.30 £7.23 a record Run total £1,805.38
500 £4.55 a record Run total £2,270.40 £4.74 a record Run total £2,365.55

Prices ex VAT with UK shipping included, correct as of 14 September 2026.

Build your exact run
The pressing chain

A real pressing, 100 units or 10,000

  1. 01 Cut Your master goes to lacquer on the lathe, both sides
  2. 02 Plate The lacquers become the stampers that press
  3. 03 Press 150g 12″ or 50g 7″, black or priced colours
  4. 04 Check 10 test pressings reach you before the run does

No lathe cuts and nothing sold as vinyl duplication. Cutting and plating cost the same at any run size, which is why runs start at 100 records. Why 100 is the minimum

In the price

What every short run includes

Five to six weeks, counted properly

Plan for five to six weeks from approved audio and artwork to records shipping. The clock starts when your assets are approved and the order is placed, not when you first ask for a price, and your test pressing approval sits inside that window.

Typical UK lead times elsewhere currently run from eight weeks to several months, and most plants only tell you after a quote form. Ours is on the page, and your quote carries the realistic date for your exact spec.

  1. Week 0 Audio and artwork approved, order placed
  2. Weeks 1 to 2 Lacquers cut, stampers plated
  3. Weeks 3 to 4 Test pressings pressed and sent to you
  4. Weeks 5 to 6 You approve, the full run presses and ships

Short-run questions

What is the minimum order?

Runs start at 100 units, for 7 inch and 12 inch alike. Above that the price per record falls as the run grows.

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Can I press fewer than 100 records?

No. Every run needs lacquers cut and stampers made, and that work costs the same for one record as for a thousand.

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Can I reorder or repress later?

Yes. We keep your stampers, lacquers and spare printed parts for 12 months after the original run, so a repress inside that window can reuse them.

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How long does pressing take?

Five to six weeks from approved assets to shipping, the same window for 7 inch and 12 inch and for UK, European and US orders.

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Press your first hundred properly.

Configure the run, see the real price as you build, and send it to the pressing team when it looks right.

Press it your way.

Everything the plant can press, priced live as you pick.

Format
Pack type
Outer sleeve
Inner sleeve
Labels
Outer finish
Test pressings
Barcode creation

Already have a barcode for the release? Leave this off.

Printed insert

Two-sided CMYK printed insert.

Quantity
Per unit
+ VAT
Total · ex VAT · UK shipping included
VAT (20%)

Where do we send the quote?

Send this over and the pressing team will contact you to talk the quote through, usually within one working day. Nothing is booked or paid yet.

You approve the test pressing before we press the run.