Comments on: Little Hits is a Record Label!

by: Azad

Thu, 02 Oct 2008 18:12:50 +0000

This is refreshing music… the music and the band’s name remands me “she wants revenge”

by: The Recordchanger

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 17:02:41 +0000

I just got the single from the Bomp website (www.bomp.com) with a batch of other singles, and thought it was the best of a very good bunch of records. I hope there’s more to come.

by: lawrence

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:16:52 +0000

am looking for advise and opinion from you am a upcoming Artist

by: dunpottee

Thu, 27 Sep 2007 20:58:31 +0000

i ve heard abt ur records and im interested in joining ur record label and i already ve my own music which i sang my self.i will really appreciate if im goving the opportunity.

by: Jeff Hayes

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 20:09:28 +0000

Congrats on getting this together, Jon - pretty exciting stuff. And it’s great to have Little Hits back on a regular basis; I was worried it’d been lost for a while there. Which explains why this is approximately the 27th comment I’ve contributed in the past ten minutes…

by: Stewart

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 09:10:26 +0000

Well, to be fair, that was ONLY with the CD pressing. My experiences with United Record Pressing — which I think Jon said is where his guy used to work — were always great: very friendly people, did the job on time and on budget every time.

by: 2fs

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 05:46:24 +0000

Hell, I’ll buy it. As for Stewart’s experience with having records (and CDs) pressed…ooh boy, I’ve heard it before (I think I have the complete Flamingo catalog) and…remember those old Warner Bros. cartoons where the character gets angry and steam comes out his ears and he turns bright red and nearly explodes?

by: Andrew

Fri, 26 Jan 2007 20:16:41 +0000

Absolutely perfect that it clocks in at 2:53, the optimum length for a hit single.

by: Bill Koch

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 15:22:51 +0000

Good call on the mastering decision with the AM radio sound as I’m not sure the song would’ve worked as well otherwise. That being said, this is a great song.

by: Jon

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:34:45 +0000

Cobalt-

The records were mastered and pressed at Nashville Record Production. The Labels were printed by Dave Hamlett in Nashville. I can supply contact info if anyone needs it.

I didn’t want to do a picture sleeve, as that would add 60-100% to the cost of the venture, so I tried to give it a distinctly retro look to make it interesting. I wanted the labels to have a look that would excite you if you were flipping through a pile of sleeveless battered 45s at a flea market.

I also wanted the vinyl to have a flat edge. These things are important.

350 records should have been about $600, but I had to have it mastered twice. The first mastering job did not have the cheap, tinny, AM radio sound I wanted. I communicated my desires to the mastering engineer, and he was able to give me what I wanted. So it was a learning experience. (Get a reference acetate BEFORE you have test pressings made up.)

Stewart has done this before as well so perhaps he has something to add?

Best,

Jon