Following a two-year from-the-ground-up build, in January 2024, Fidelity Record Pressing opened as the pressing plant for Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs and began accepting vinyl orders from outside clients. With a focus on exemplary quality, the new Oxnard, CA-based facility processes and presses state-of-the-art vinyl of both current and classic LP recordings for clients who want to ensure music lovers enjoy flat, quiet, balanced, perfectly centered LPs that honor both the artist and listener.
On Friday, May 17, from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m., the team at Fidelity Record Pressing invites the industry to visit for tours, craft beer and tacos, and come see how the best records are made at an invitation-only open house. For more information, and to RSVP to, please reach out to the contact below.
Committed to the science, art, and technology of record production, Fidelity Record Pressing is targeted to record labels and audiophiles who cherish vinyl and expect the finest sound recordings. Fidelity Record Pressing is dedicated to exacting control, inspection, consistency, precision, and craftsmanship — and realizes there is no substitute for excellence. Fidelity Record Pressing leverages its unique advantages of employing state-of-the-art machinery as well as its engineers’ expertise and invaluable experience to distinguish its vinyl pressings as the best in the industry.
Fidelity Record Pressing is co-founded by Music Direct President Jim Davis in partnership with Rick and Edward Hashimoto, a father-and-son team with more than 70 years of collective pressing-plant experience. Rick began his career in the mid-1970s at Record Technology Inc., where he oversaw plating and pressing departments and assisted in the development of the “HQ-180” profile mold. During his childhood, Edward shadowed Rick at work and, after college, chose to pursue vinyl manufacturing. The Hashimotos’ attention to detail, interpersonal skills, professional relationships, and engineering proficiency have earned the father-and-son team a sterling reputation in the vinyl industry.
