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