This is Charles from Driver 8 Records. Great information here. The most exciting news is that Dave and Gillian will be pressing some records soonish.

I'm glad to hear Dave Rawlings is still involved. Can't wait to finally see Gillian Welch's "Time (The Revelator)" on vinyl.

Excellent work guys! So Glad to see this plant continuing through all the issues. Good to have some answers on this and exciting to see another quality pressing plant come online!

Great video David. With David Rawlings involved this should be an A1 product, his releases on ACONY have been nothing short of superb, he cares about sound and quality. Gary is one of the best!

Good work to enlighten us on the mysterious mile high pressing plant. Thanks. Couldn’t think of better ownership, passion and experience. Best luck to all

I had not heard that David and Gary were the new operators of the plant! This is the best outcome possible IMO, as their proven history of producing the highest quality vinyl is well known. Excited to soon be able to both purchase & hear the first pressings from the plant, and add to my collection of David & Gillian’s music on vinyl at the same time! Can’t wait!

Great video David and looking forward to part 2...cheers...✌️

Really nice work David (& Brad). Great to hear directly from Paramount Pressing, answering several questions I had on the project. I am only familiar with David Rawlings from his music work with Dawes, Ryan Adams, and a few others. Will be curious to see the early production outputs of the plant and outside of DR & Gillian Welch’s music, who’s next, so to speak. Great “Excusion” for the community. ✌🏻

Great work David! Do I understand we will finally be getting the Gillian Welch back catalogue? If so, that is a big yes!

Thanks for sharing (and nice to meet you) I recently made an entire video / live stream with my buddy Stunty covering this very broad topic

Very good video Dave. Nice update to a not so surprising (for folks like you & I w/ MFG experience of some sorts), continuing story with opening ANY new plant much less one w/ caustic materials in production processes and a downtown, populated city area.

Great to hear that albeit slooowly, the new ownership has a plan and is getting there. Sounds at least 3 summers away before an average enthusiast will just be able to pop in for a visit. Best of luck to Paramount Pressing!

Sounds like the decision of the “prior owners” to put the plant right in the city of Denver rather than a few miles away in a more suitable area is giving the team a lot of headaches.

You know, it has been a long time since record pressing plants have been owned and operated by major record companies. In modern times, maybe about the only record company which will have it's own record pressing plant will be Mofi. There is also QRP which was created to press records for Analogue Productions' re-issues. The days of major record labels having their own record pressing plants is over. But, they knew that to survive they had to take in outside jobs from other record labels. QRP knows this and hopefully Paramount will follow suit. Great informative video! Thank you!

Hopefully they can start operating at full speed!! Sounds like VMP who has backed out of their investment in this plant is in a lot of trouble Hope they don’t go under!

It's hard to fathom what we could accomplish without such a bureaucratic nightmare.

250 operating days a year--1 eight hour shift--about 500 records an hour. Sounds reasonable.

They have a "re-grind room"... so... they will be using recycled vinyl in their pressings?

i wonder if the altitude will have any bearing on the record pressings i know baking and boiling water does

Seems like VMP should have stuck with it just a little longer, and they could have had an excellent plant to press their exclusives and records of the month at. Now they are likely out millions of dollars with nothing to show for it.

David, Also at Boston (great album upon release) concert 76 or 77 you were nice they sucked I think New Haven or Waterbury, CT. I'm surprised knowing business as you do, let's set up a uranium mine without any knowledge of restrictions within a property? What is Jilliann's background, not in selecting a location conducive to vinyl manufacturing? Sounds like a bunch of snowflake ideas! Ask Chad about making records to produce a profit, let's make 25 different configurations of one album and you can see it on the press, ugg! Chad hates box sets of the same records! Colorado hates chemicals (lacquers) baths, first question to Town officials before investing, you can if its other peoples money! Great that Rawlings and Welch are picking up the pieces, remember its manufacturing not a club or click to have pop ups! Quality is NUMBER 1 today no matter what your making that's what everyone wants and willing to pay extra, your never disappointed buying the best!

Is this interview taking place in prison?

The lousy drivers had TEXAS plates a few weeks ago... 🤣🤣🤣

Cool video… thanks!