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Profile:	Major manufacturer of blank lacquer discs for vinyl production. DO NOT USE for Lacquer Cut At, Manufactured By, or Record Company roles on mass-produced vinyl records. Use "Made By" LCCN credit only when documenting acetate instant-cut recordings. If a runout code indicates that the Master was cut using an Apollo lacquer blank, please enter this information in Notes only. History: After Capitol Records closed its Lacquer Division in October 1986, GC International purchased the lacquer disc equipment and manufacturing facility in 1988. The operation was then moved to Banning, California, where the production started in early 1989. Formerly a division of Transco Products Corp. in 2007. The Banning plant, suffered a crippling fire on the 7th of February, 2020. Until the fire, Apollo Masters was responsible for producing 70 to 85 percent of the global lacquer plates.
Info:	Apollo Masters Corporation 101 West Lincoln St. Banning, CA 92220 Phone: 951-849-8831 Fax: 951-849-1374 E-mail: [email protected]

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Major manufacturer of blank lacquer discs for vinyl production. DO NOT USE for Lacquer Cut At, Manufactured By, or Record Company roles on mass-produced vinyl records. Use "Made By" LCCN credit only when documenting acetate instant-cut recordings. If a runout code indicates that the Master was cut using an Apollo lacquer blank, please enter this information in Notes only.

History:
After Capitol Records closed its Lacquer Division in October 1986, GC International purchased the lacquer disc equipment and manufacturing facility in 1988.
The operation was then moved to Banning, California, where the production started in early 1989.

Formerly a division of Transco Products Corp. in 2007.

The Banning plant, suffered a crippling fire on the 7th of February, 2020. Until the fire, Apollo Masters was responsible for producing 70 to 85 percent of the global lacquer plates.

Info:

Apollo Masters Corporation
101 West Lincoln St.
Banning, CA 92220
Phone: 951-849-8831
Fax: 951-849-1374
E-mail: [email protected]

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Bourbonman Feb 22, 2020
Edited 5 years ago

It is going to be interesting to see what the fire at the Banning plant will lead to. Due to the fact that the vinyl business greatest fear is the loss of either Apollo or MDC gets shut down or (as in this case) might burn down. Well now it has happened. The whole vinyl industry is dependent on these two companies and now, as the worst case scenario indeed did happen, it might cripple the manufacturing of new vinyl in the future to come, or at least it will make some huge cue in getting new vinyl pressed. It all depends on how much there is in stock at the pressing plants. As soon as these run out and no replacement has been made, it can seem critical for the vinyl business.
Let´s pray.