Are there cheap and easy ways to press a limited number of vinyl records? Can I buy a press and do it myself? Does anybody know of a quality plant in the U.S. that will do this?

Does it have to be vinyl? I know of a place in New Zealand that does Polycarbonate records. They're cheap for short runs (in the sense that you cut no master, each record is lathed individually) and sound terrible! Apparently the guy that does it is heaps groovy. I'm sure there are equally groovy cats in your quarter though...

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