Quote Originally Posted by crime
Quote Originally Posted by Tiddlypeep
If you don't want shops to sell promo's then don't cut vinyl TP's

Use CD's as it's cheaper and no shop can see them.

Can they?.

Will :)
you don't "Cut" TPs, you cut onto laquer, which the metalwork then gets taken off, and then the stampers are made from the metalwork. It's impossible to press a record without having test pressings, you have to check and ok the tps before you go ahead and get your finished product manufactured, the idea being that any manufacturing defects will get picked up at the test pressing stage... Generally you get only 10 tps, and this is the minimum amount (I think) you can order.. You can get a deal on whites (These are usually what you find in shops, not tps), they generally work out at 60p a copy, so going on that price they're not really any more expensive than cds... Plus you've got to bear in mind the time it's going to take for you to burn the cds (60 of!).. to be honest, if it was more of a viable option, people in the industry would be doing it this way already.
It's very simplistic to say what you just said above, the way the whole thing works is a lot more complex than that...
hahahahahaha lovely.