Working Class Audio

WCA #454 with Jeff Powell - Cutting Lacquer, not Vinyl, Daily Fed Ex Visits, Fathers, Mothers, Stampers, Charlie Brown Christmas, and 1950's Technology

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My guest is Vinyl Mastering Engineer Jeff Powell, based in Memphis, Tennessee. Jeff has worked with Jackson Browne, Allison Kraus, and Robert Plant, Bob Dylan, Randy Newman, Dusty Springfield, Afghan Whigs, T-Bone Burnett, Al Green, Elvis Presley, and The Black Keys.


In this episode, we discuss

  • Focus on Laquer Cutting
  • Cutting Lacquer, not Vinyl
  • Daily Fed Ex Visits
  • Sam Phillips 
  • Chip and Swarf
  • Apollo/Transco Fire
  • MDC Lacquers
  • Keeping the Line Moving
  • Curing, Ditches, Halos, 
  • Blowing a Cutter Head 
  • 3 Step Plating
  • Fathers, Mothers, and Stampers
  • Charlie Brown Christmas
  • Humidity 
  • T-Bone Burnett
  • Chris Muth
  • Larry Nix
  • HD Vinyl
  • Culture of Vinyl
  • Backlog of Work
  • 1950's Technology
  • Business Planning
  • Last Minute Loans
  • Credits
  • Preview Deck
  • Elliptical EQ


    • Matt's Rant: Revisiting Backing Up


    Links and Show Notes

    • Jeff On WCA #015
    • Neo Finder (mentioned in Rant
    • Hire Jeff! jeff at takeoutvinyl.com


      • Credits

      • Guest: Jeff Powell
      • Host: Matt Boudreau
      • Engineer: Matt Boudreau
      • Producer: Matt Boudreau
      • Editing: Anne-Marie Pleau 
      • WCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell 
      • Announcer: Chuck Smith 
        • ...more
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