7” Lathe cut record. 2 sided, clear vinyl.

A: Sink or Swim

B: MailMan

Cover was designed, drawn, and hand screen printed by Nicholas Clark at Minnowland, Chicago.

Pressed in USA

In a nutshell:
Lathe Cutting is a process which utilizes a sharp cutting stylus to engrave or emboss sound grooves onto a disk. Lathe cut records are an alternative to the modern practice of pressing records with metal plates. In lathe cutting a voice coil is used to drive a needle which cuts the sound waves into the revolving disk beneath it. This method has long been used for producing lacquer masters, which are then used to make metal plates for pressing. Most of the machines used for this purpose were manufactured pre-1960. In more recent years many people (myself included) have begun experimenting with utilizing these machines to produce limited edition, unique records out of unorthodox materials such as picnic plates and plastic disks. Because the grooves are cut rather than pressed the resulting grooves have slightly less depth than traditional pressed records, meaning the volume level is slightly decreased when compared to pressed records. However the sound quality is generally complimented as being very good for a lo-fi product.