1970s-1980s record manufacturer in Burbank, California.
artist's United Sound (3) was purchased in 1977 and renamed KM Records by the Merkley Group (Kreel Kofford and Glade Merkley.) It was a full service operation which included Mastering / Pressing / Manufacturing / Artwork over a 50,000 square foot location. At the outset it had four automated Toolex Alpha presses capable of approximately 22,000 unit production in a 24-hour shift which only grew as the demand became greater. KM was known for pressing on imported German Teldec vinyl (label). They are known to have pressed records at least into the 1990s.
Also credited as:
- KM Records
- K.M. Records
- K&M
- K & M Studio, Burbank, CA
Label configuration was flat, with a single 28mm. pressing ring.
Typical prefix, found on vinyl run-out data that indicate KM pressed it (and possibly mastered if no other companies are present in the runout):
KM-XXXX or KM-XXXXX (with or without the dash)
These sequential KM numbers can be added to "Pressed By" or "Manufactured By" credits.
Mastering/cutting engineers known to have worked here:
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