Lathe Cut Records: Cutting Records Over 50 Years

New York Lathe Cuts offers a premier record cutting service in New York City, operated by record cutting engineer Rich Flores, who has been cutting lacquers since 1972. In the summer of 1972, Walter Gibbons and I launched Melting Pot Sound, a dub plate disc recording service tailored for DJs.

Currently, I manufacture the only Embossing Sapphire Recording Styli specifically designed for creating custom vinyl records from polycarbonate record blanks.

My first cutting lathe was lost in the Apollo fire where the lacquers were produced in Banning, CA. I acquired this Neumann record cutting lathe from A&R Recording Studios in New York back in 1972.

In 1986, I decided to step away from the business to pursue the NEON sign industry, selling my lathe to Robert S. Cosulich of TRANSCO PRODUCTS CORP in Linden, NJ.

In 1980, I established Flowers Mastering at 750 8th Ave, New York, NY 10036, located in the same building as the RGH Record pressing plant owned by George S. Srolovits.