Disc Makers gears up to commemorate their 70th birthday with a series of events, freebies, and surprises. (PRNewsFoto/Disc Makers)
CD and DVD manufacturing company Disc Makers turns 70 this year and is widely recognized as the No. 1 manufacturer for independent artists, filmmakers, and businesses.
To celebrate, Pennsauken, NJ-based Disc Makers will be hosting monthly events, giveaways, and offers, starting with the Axe to the Max Sweepstakes, featuring a Gibson Custom Shop Flying V guitar prize package.
The company started out in 1946, as a small factory Philadelphia entrepreneur and record label owner Ivin Ballen built to press up 78 rpm shellac records for his small indie label. As formats started to evolve – from 78s to 45s to LPs – Ballen added “modern” record pressing equipment, and built his business to start serving other record labels in the northeastern U.S. His son Morris (Colonial’s co-founder) joined the business after college, and eventually took over ownership of the plant.
During the early 80’s, recording technology allowed artists to record their own albums, no longer beholden to record labels. And so the concept of the modern era of Disc Makers was born, and the company evolved with tremendous growth in optical discs.
Responding to music getting distributed digitally, Disc Makers in 2008 acquired CD Baby, the largest independent digital music distributor in the country. Interestingly enough, with all the growth in downloads and streaming, Disc Makers continues to release more titles on CD every year, although most orders today are for 100 pieces.
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