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pressing

pressing

1 4.2
A copy of a record or CD made by shaping the disc in a factory
  • noun
  • /ˈprɛsɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : prensado
  • The music store received several new pressings of last year's hit album, much to the fans' delight.

Examples

  • Music Matters' Blue Note pressings, which blast out of the speakers, are more subdued with the SPU, where the older originals really shine.

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  • And some artists release vinyl pressings, too.

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  • There must have been two different pressings of the special edition.

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  • Subsequent pressings will be standard black.

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  • In my experience, here are a few vinyl pressings that start to deteriorate after about 10,000.

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  • Criminally, the songs were split when 'Stay' was released as a single in 1978, with 'The Load-Out' shoved to the flip side on later pressings.

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  • (The first 1500 LPs will be pressed on limited-edition translucent yellow vinyl; as usual, subsequent pressings will be black.)

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  • The vinyl records are popular among collectors, and each of the first pressings commands a higher price.

  • After a long wait, the label announced that new pressings of the classic album would be available next month.

Synonyms

reproduction
vspressing
22 3.9

The act of making a copy of something like a photo or document

is the finished physical item made in a manufacturing process
copying
vspressing
20 1.0

Making another thing that is the same as the first, for example a photo or someone else's answers

is the finished manufactured item rather than the making process

How Early

reissue
8 4.0
pressing
  • Specialized
1 4.2
test copy
  • Specialized
5.1

Surface Forms

pressing singular
pressings plural

Morphology

pressing = press (transparent) = press + ing

Denotes an item produced by the pressing process, a direct nominal derivation from the verb 'press'.

Etymology

Pressing comes from the verb press, which means 'to push', because records and CDs are made by pushing material into a mould in a machine, so a pressing is a copy made by that pushing process.