Terms of Sales

The sale of products and services by Phono Press International Srl (hereinafter named "Company") to Buyer is regulated in accordance to these General Sales Conditions; every modification or exception to them must be have a mandatory written form and must have been pre-authorized by written by Company. 

1) Transportation and delivery of goods. Goods, when property of Customer (see following paragraph), are always travelling at his own risk, even if the shipment is DAP (Delivered at place). Company will therefore not accept any claim- even from third parties - concerning a missing, partial or delayed delivery of goods. Furthermore, Company is not responsible for any damage occurred to records and/or to any cardboard part (including, but not limited to, sleeves and covers) during the transportation.

2) Payment forms / delayed payments. Goods are property of Company until they are not fully paid by customer. Only payments issued directly to the Company (without third parties involved) are recognized by Company. Unless explicitly stated by the Company by written, (e.g. in the in the Invoice), goods must be entirely paid before being shipped to Customer or collected by him.

3) Shall a payment exceed the due date (as resulting from invoices and/or from the accounting files of the Company), then Company will be entitled to charge Customer with legal interests, according to D.Lgs. n. 232 del 9 Ottobre 2002 of the Italian "Codice Civile", calculated from the day after the "dates due" displayed in the specific Invoice related to that payment. 

4) Copyright. Each title submitted by Customer to Company must have a dated and signed "Copyright Declaration Form" enclosed. Company reserves the right to wait for this document and inspect it before starting to manufacture that specific title.

5) Withheld of records in case of disputes regarding Copyright. Company reserves the right to withhold some or all records manufactured for Customer - even if fully paid - in case of written notices received from SIAE, BIEM organisations or third parties concerning the content of those records and particularly the infringement of Copyright. 

6) Property of metal masters. If, for any reason, the metal masters of a specific title have not been shipped to, or required by, Customer, then Company will be entitled to destroy them after 2 years and 1 day since the date of their manufacturing.

7) Production tolerance. Customer hereby agrees to receive an effective quantity of records which may vary from -10% to +10% with respect to the ordered quantity, and to be billed accordingly. This tolerance is applied only to the pressed records and not to the printed artwork.

8) Jurisdiscion. For all disputes arising from these General Sales Conditions, the binding jurisdiction is the Italian jurisdiction, Tribunale di Padova.

Take advantage of the factory prices. With no brokers involved, you order directly at the factory, saving time and money.
Factory prices
Take advantage of the factory prices. With no brokers involved, you order directly at the factory, saving time and money.
We can offer a reasonable deliverytime (always displayed & updated on the upper-right corner of the homepage) because all steps of the manufacturing process take place here at Phonopress!
Reasonable deliverytime
We can offer a reasonable deliverytime (always displayed & updated on the upper-right corner of the homepage) because all steps of the manufacturing process take place here at Phonopress!
Records at Phonopress are still hand-sleeved one by one. And the sound gets quality-checked several times during their pressing.
Quality
Records at Phonopress are still hand-sleeved one by one. And the sound gets quality-checked several times during their pressing.
Experience and care for the product have taught us that the first 20-30 records of each pressing are often a bit noisy, and have to be rejected. That's why we have set a minimum order of 250 records, for sake of product's consistency and optimization of time (with the consequent benefits on the average deliverytime).
Minimum pressing: 300 units
Experience and care for the product have taught us that the first 20-30 records of each pressing are often a bit noisy, and have to be rejected. That's why we have set a minimum order of 250 records, for sake of product's consistency and optimization of time (with the consequent benefits on the average deliverytime).

Important facts

  • Click the tab of your interest to get important info before ordering and submitting your files.
  • 12" records:
    Around 26 minutes at 33 rpm
    Around 13 minutes at 45 rpm

    7":
    Around 5 minutes at 45 rpm
    Around 8 minutes at 33 rpm

    Please mind the fact that:
    - the longer the side is, the lower the recording volume will be
    - in case of extremely long sides, some parameters of the sound might be adjusted a little (e.g. sub-bass frequencies, stereo width...) - these adjustments are applied in order to achieve the best possible signal to noise ratio and, when the groove is very thin, to minimize its variations of width in order to make it trackable by most playback needles.
  • Q: I am a foreign customer and have a VAT number. Is it possible to exclude the calculation of VAT from the quotations, orders, invoices?
    A: When registering or modifying your profile, select the “Country” field with your country followed by “with VAT number” (EU countries) or “professional” (non EU countries). Use the little "Search" tool located on top of the dropdown list. After the profile has been updated, all quotations, orders, shipping fees etc. will be calculated without VAT.

    Q: I cannot find any available payment method when I am about to confirm my order.
    A: Check if the shipping method has been correctly selected. In some cases, the available payment methods are affected by the selected shipping method.

    Q: I can’t go forward through the order confirmation process.
    A: Basically, the available options of each step of the process depend on one or more options you have selected in the previous steps. For example, if no delivery address is specified, then no shipping methods are displayed. Just click the little “Save” button located on the bottom-right corner of each frame (billing/delivery address, shipping, payment) after having filled or selected what is necessary, and the next box will be updated with the available options accordingly.
  • You can register to the website by choosing "Login/Register" in the "Shop" menu and by filling the form with the requested data. The same form is displayed after you have completed a quotation in the Shop, and you are not logged in yet.
    The procedure is automatic, and you can activate your profile simply by clicking on the activation link you will receive by email.
    Multi-factor authentication is also possible.
  • The best way to send your files is to create a .zip or .rar archive.
    1. Create a "main folder" and name it with the catalogue number of your record.
    2. Create two sub-folders, named "(cat.no) Master" and "(cat.no) Artwork". Copy the masters and the artwork into their respective folders. Master can have one file per side, or one file per track. In the first case, a PQSheet must be included. In the second case, each filename has to start with the side, followed by the track. nr. Example: A01, A02 etc.
    Please do not name the files "A1, A2" but rather "A01, A02, A10, A11...".
    We accept all types of audio formats in any samplerate and bit depth.
    3. Copyright - into the "Main folder", we expect to find: (only Italian customers) a .pdf scan of the "Scheda Lavoro" released by SIAE; (only Foreign customers) a .pdf scan of the filled and signed "Copyright Declaration Form" (available into the "Download" section).
    4. Once finished, pack the main folder to a .zip or .rar file, go to http://phonopress.wetransfer.com and upload it. There is no need to send a confirmation email from your side, because we will be notified automatically.
  • Minimum pressing for 1st pressings and represses : 300 pieces per colour
    Limited coloured editions (intended as small parts of a single pressing): not accepted if less than 300 units.

    Some examples (for 1st pressings):
    300 black -> OK
    300 coloured -> OK
    300 black + 300 coloured -> OK
    300 black + 50 coloured -> NO
    150 coloured + 100 black -> NO