To quote the (literal) press release: "The past year has been spent investing creative energy and passion into crafting a meticulously designed boutique vinyl record production facility with a unique customer experience, providing visual evidence to visitors of vinyl's beauty and importance. Third Man Pressing is an investment in Third Man Records' hometown, a neighborhood within a city both rich with musical history, creating a space that is as inspiring as it is prolific."
The press release continues:"As the first label to operate a fleet of brand new, environmentally efficient pressing machinery (from Newbuilt of Germany) within a purpose-built manufacturing infrastructure, Third Man Pressing minimizes water waste by using recycled water from the record curing process in the air conditioning system, thus creating the only fully climate-controlled pressing plant work environment in the world. Each pressing station is outfitted with a digital touch screen control for temperature, hydraulic compression, and extruder speed, equaling increased control for the highly trained staff as well as a superior product. The plant was engineered to not only be environmentally sustainable, but also community sensitive with its innovative noise reduction construction techniques."
Third Man Pressing Features (in addition to the best looking "press men"):
I got to see all of this when I visited Shinola back in November but it was not yet up and running. How cool is this:
"The inner workings of Third Man Pressing will be on display during Third Man Records Cass Corridor business hours from the storefront's open-to-the-public viewing platform 7 days a week, with employees always happy to answer questions about the process, and more in-depth tours available in the coming months for those interested. Third Man Records' mission has always centered around bringing the tangible, the unexpected, and the beautiful back into the business, and the team is beyond thrilled to share the facility, its exceptional product, and its significance with the city it calls home."
Third Man Pressing invites the public to join in the opening day festivities on February 25th. The Third Man Records Cass Corridor storefront will be buzzing with live music, new and exclusive merchandise (including a celebratory poster by Rob Jones), and, of course, the first commercially available records to be pressed in the plant. The limited edition releases available on opening day (in Detroit only) are as follows:
And there you have it!
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They certainly are optimistic to open up in the Cass Corridor. To most of us in the area of a certain age and older, those two words instilled terror in the hearts of even the toughest of men. That was a place you just did not go.
At any rate, I'm wishing them well! And thankful they were able to employ some of our locals. This area is still in economic shambles, so it's nice to see something new for a change.
You wouldn't believe how the area has changed. 3rd Man Records has been open for over a year in the same building that houses Shinola, who make watches and bicycles there (and I guess turntables, too, as of late). Great spot, rehabbed cool brick building. The store is a lot of fun. You can even cut your own record in a sound booth. Definitely worth visiting if you're ever in the area.....hardly a shambles these days.
Sounds like fun! I only suggest anyone going in that area not let their guard down. Things aren't as rosy across the border as the self-absorbed hipsters and neckbeards would have us think. It is still a dangerous city. My daughter is starting at CCS in August and I think some self-defense classes, pepper spray and a CCW are bare minimum down there...
I lived there from 2006-2015 and literally watched it change before my eyes.
You are woefully out of date in your thinking about Detroit. Sure it isn't the safest city in the world, but it has made amazing improvements - especially in the last 5 years. At 58 I am not a hipster but I have bicycled to most areas of the city and most of the haters would be amazed at the friendliness of the people of Detroit. I forget if it was TMR or Shinola who just posted a picture of the recently departed occupant of a big white mansion in Washington DC walking by the store last summer. And there weren't secret service agents forming a human shield - at least no closer than anywhere else.
I even had dinner last night at Slows BBQ and parked on the street in front of the famous abandoned train station and never had any doubts about my safety. No pepper spray or CCW either.
The area is nothing like it was decades ago. I worked in the area from 2004-2006 and then again from 2011-2013. Very different each time and different when I visited recently.
Hopefully, their pressings will be much better than the noisy crap United in Nashville produces for Third Man. I recently received a copy of "Get Behind Me Satan" that is a sad excuse for a vinyl LP.
Ah, but in United's case, they don't make enemies, they earn 'em.
Wish them all the best and looking forward to Mr. Fremer checking out the product.
Just gotta bow down to Jack White, that kid sure can multi-task as well as making great music. Wanda Jackson and Loretta Lynn put out fantastic releases when he got them in the studio.
Spun the Dead Weather on vinyl recently and what a fun spin. That Alison Mosshart sure can rock and belt. Have all 3 on vinyl and cannot complain about pressing quality as my copies are tight.
You can have Detroit (hell NJ too while I am at) but looking forward to releases from 3rd man.
They had me right up until...."digital touch screen."
Analog touch screens would have been better.
The type of touchscreen obviously has no bearing on the pressing quality.
... about new presses being built. I remember reading about some plants buying old ones and refurbing them. We're these reported on before?
Not the hugest Jack White fan but I always loved his sonics. Both his playing as well as recording sonics.
As for the record plant. Looks absolutely lovely and much nicer than another new facility that I recently visited in Jersey.
Quality affordable pressings made from all analog sources coupled with real world priced turntables (that won't crap out after a year as my mid level Czeck Republic manufactured one has done) would be awfully nice. Is that too much to ask for?
The stuff I've bought from Third Man records is, in general, of consistently awful quality. Jack White's last LP of new material, which was a vinyl tour de force in many ways, was destroyed by a pitiful quality pressing-- made me never want to listen to it again- to this day. This new pressing plant sounds like an entirely different deal and I wish everyone success!
Trump take credit for creating jobs at TMR. I joke
Really hoping for the best. God knows we need more quality pressing plants and hopefully leave United in their sonic dust. Should we be concerned about what these pressing might cost us?! Only time will tell ....
I wish them luck. Looks like a very serious, state of the art facility. I wonder how much non-TMR work they plan to take on? Also very curious about how the records will be. It seems even the best plants out there can't press a flat, centered, non-fill-less record these days when they start to take on too much work.
I wish Jack White well on his new pressing plant. Plants that can press consistently quiet records are sorely needed based on my experiences with new LPs, and this looks like the real deal. I just got Mark Knopfler Tracker pressed by GZ and it leaves a lot to be desired. There is low level noise throughout, with one side being quite noisy.
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