Ferrybank records

fiachr_a

Anyone have some information on the record vinyl factory that was in Ferrybank in the 1960s? What kind of music did it produce, where was it located, how successful was it, and when did it close down?

Harry Palmr

http://www.ferrybank.ie/history/beatles.html

http://www.adverts.ie/vinyl/queen-bohemian-rhapsody-7-vinyl-1975-emi-records-pressed-in-waterford-at-the-emi-plant-in-ferrybank/8107026


http://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/528378a1a86b6d6bb46f30d3

I added something in the Decca thread that may be pertinent here too, for EMI pressings in Ireland;

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Re pressings such as this "PRESSED IN EIRE" = Applejacks, The - Tell Me When / Baby Jane
Decca pressings in Ireland:
Here's a 'cut-n-paste' from an article...
"EMI ran Ireland's only record factory, which was located in the Ferrybank area of Waterford city in what was once a railway shed. A staff of ten pressed, packaged and dispatched some 9,000-10,000 singles and extended-play (EP's) records each week for sale in record shops throughout Ireland. Although owned by EMI, the factory also pressed discs for the other major labels, including Decca, Philips and Pye. The facility produced an average of 1,600 discs each day on its four pressing machines. All 26 EMI pressing plants globally used the same equipment and had access to the same engineers and technicians from their Hayes base in the U.K. these technicians would travel to the plant in Waterford to carry out regular maintenance when required."

Trick of the Tail

That's interesting, I never knew that.

Is said shed still there?

Harry Palmr

If its a railway shed then presumably it was located where the Bus Eireann garage is now.

lewisdhead

Didn't know that.