Artist's Recording Co.

Record pressing plant and recording studio in Cincinnati, Ohio. Located in the Lockland area, the studio opened in 1951 and stopped in the early 1990s. The pressing facility started in December 1968 and folded in October 1985. The plant did jobs for many small, regional labels like King Bluegrass, Pine Tree, Melody, Central, and Vetco. Presidents of the corporation over the years were Herbert Rawlings, Jim Holley (3) (ca, at least late 1960's/early 1970's). The stylized initials "JH" are extremely common in the runouts have yet to be identified.

The recording studio services offered were: Mixing, Dubbing, Editing, Mastering, Remote recording, Echo Chambers (Spring, Electronic and Acoustic). The studio was 28x44 with 22 ft ceilings and accommodated 15 people. The control room was 12x16 with an Electrodyne console with 15 input and 4 output. They used Ampex 4-track & 2-tracl tape recorders with 2 cue systems. Studio instruments available were a Baldwin grand piano and a Hammond organ.

Sometimes shown as Artist's Recording & Record Pressing, Inc.

Records pressed here can sometimes be identified by ARC ###### or **ARC ###### or just **###### in the runout grooves. The number can be installed in the Pressed By catalog number field. The first two digits represent the year of the pressing, the third and fourth digits are the month, and the last two digits signify the sequential job number (i.e. 700512 = May 1970, twelfth job of the month).

Pressing rings used:
72mm - 1968-1975
35mm - 1974-1985
35/70mm - 1975-1985

Please do not confuse with Allentown Record Co. Inc., which also uses "ARC" in their runout etchings, followed by a pressing date.