Memphis Record Pressing

I breathed a sigh of relief after Rainbo Records (until now, the worst pressing plant) closed its doors at the end of 2019. But then came Memphis Record Pressing, who seem determined to do even worse. And it's not just the poor quality of their pressings, it's also the way they're being mishandled at the factory. So many records pressed by this company arrive scratched or scuffed right out of the sleeve - even those with poly lined inner sleeves. Unfortunately, it seems like record labels are using them for the same reason most of them used Rainbo to press their records - they're quick and cheap. This all reflects in the poor quality product they end up delivering to their customers.

I am thankful to the of the Discogs community who complete the runouts for records this "company" has pressed. It helps me to make an informed decision and not waste my time and money. I also make sure to do the same whenever I end up with yet another defective pressing from this company (before I inevitably return it, of course).

It looks like I was the first person to comment on this horrible facility way back in 2017. It's been nearly 8 years, and they've made no effort to improve.

Picked up one of the new CCR titles pressed by MRP. It was badly warped and both sides were pressed way off center. MRP is the new Rainbo. The QC Manager should be fired

Wild that this company likes to paint themselves as ionate about music and records when every single piece of vinyl that comes out of their plant is riddled with defects and seems to have zero quality control applied. Avoid anything pressed at MRP. Just awful.

Easily some of the worst pressings I have purchased. Though they are partnered with GZ, at least with GZ some records come out ok. It's a shame that some more modern albums only have a MRP version, because the mastering of the LP may be great, but the pressing is going to be bad.

Purchased Billy Strings - Me / And / Dad early last year, and it's one of the noisier LPs I've own. Really disappointing on an otherwise excellent album, and seems like this isn't an isolated issue to just this release. I'll be avoiding anything from MRP in the future.

Horrible quality control - record came warped and dusty as can be while being brand new

Disgraceful that the new David Gilmour "Luck and Strange" Sea Blue Translucent was pressed at MRP. I guess Sony wanted to give us the bonus of Rice Krispies with this fantastic music. Mine is flat, sound is decent, but the crackle sucks balls. I preordered from Amazon, so had no idea who was pressing it, but I will be on the lookout from now on. GZ - Czech can do some good pressings, much better lately, so they need to send some QC folks to Memphis. Seriously.

Probably one of the worst pressing plants in the country, next to United. They churn out garbage pressings and have ZERO quality control. Part of the GZ family of loser pressing plants. Unfortunately, the majors, who are cheap, and don’t care about the consumer use them, along with GZ. Plants like MRP, GZ, Precision, United, Third Man, MPO, and Furnace will be the culprits in killing the vinyl revival.

Brand new limited edition clear version of Vampire Weekend’s new album OGWAU sounds like garbage. Spotify stream on the same setup sounds better, and that is never the case with any other record I’ve tried. Vocals are crazy muffled, there is really weak separation, and the his and lows are blown out, none of which is the case on the stream. How damning. I buy vinyl to hear that extra stuff, not just to have a piece of memorabilia. I will be sure to try to avoid MRP in the future if I can.

Noisy Velvet Underground Loaded. I record to digital to play in my car: I can see the waveforms. The vinyl is full of flaws that sound similar to dust, but they aren't dust: they are tiny gaps and irregularities where I think the vinyl did not fill the stamper 100.000%. The record is also slightly off center, which can be seen between songs: the silences should be flat, but instead they show high waves, which I interpret to be a wobble. . . . Upon looking further at the 50 or more flaws in one track alone, I would even venture to guess they use recycled vinyl.