Did Elvis release any album in blue vinyl record? This is a legit question because Elvis is the king of rock and roll and blues. One of the finest white blues singers the world has ever known, Joe Cocker, said that Elvis was the greatest white blues singer in the world. So…as a diehard vinyl […]
Vinyl mastering is serious business. You and your engineer have to be very meticulous to get it right. We want to do vinyl record pressing because it has exceptional sound quality but this is also the format that is the trickiest to manufacture. It’s prone to have slight imperfections like distortion and noise. That is […]
These vinyl records with the unique shapes can give you more bang for your buck because not only do they play good music (as they should), they can be good deco, too! There are so many ways to make vinyl records more quirky and creative than just having them in the classic black. There are […]
Most of the musicians today are releasing their albums in good-looking vinyl records even if streaming is affordable and easy. That just proves that we love to have something we can truly own…that we can touch and smell and show off to all of our friends. CD used to do this but sadly it is becoming […]
Vinyl Packaging and graphic design: Alexandra Alexandridou Project Type: Produced Client: United We Fly Printer: En Typo Erga Packaging Contents: Vinyl Records Packaging Substrate / Materials: Paper Printing Process: Offset, Emboss Record sleeve design for ‘Inner Dynamics’ by Theodore. Edition limited to 100 copies. ‘Inner Dynamics’ is a conceptual music album exploring the two sides […]
We here at Unified are obsessed with beautiful custom vinyl records and vinyl packaging. We’ve been making creative releases since 2008 and lovely packaging has become an obsession of ours. We even have a Pinterest page dedicated to all things media packaging. If you want to make a really badass album with cool vinyl packaging, […]
Vinyl has risen from the dead and they come in different colors and shapes like these hypnotic splattered vinyl records or these crazy, conceptual vinyl records with hair and glitter. It seems like the classic black vinyl did not resurrect with the whole vinyl records comeback. But we’re wrong! We dug the internetz to find […]
Vinyl pressing could be really expensive especially if you compare it to digital distribution. BUT it is totally worth it. Selling vinyl doesn’t only make you look absolutely LEGIT, it also helps in marketing your band. It automatically adds instant cool points and personality, doesn’t it?! Of course, you don’t need any convincing. Who doesn’t […]
Before we start with specific steps and hacks for vinyl mastering, the #1 tip we can give you for a seamless vinyl mastering and manufacturing is this: HIRE A PROFESSIONAL MASTERING ENGINEER! And not just a regular mastering engineer, but a mastering engineer that has a lot of experience in vinyl mastering because mastering […]
Now that CDs are slowly becoming extinct thanks to Spotify and other streaming services, are custom vinyl records rising from the ashes? Vinyl was first overshadowed by tapes and then by CDs because these digital formats were much easier to access and therefore more convenient and much cheaper. And later in the millennium era, CDs […]
