This display piece at United Record Pressing in Nashville demonstrates the steps to finishing a record. The process starts with the original recording--in this case a tape--and then proceeds through the master, which has ridges rather than grooves, and is lacquer-sprayed with silver. The master is used to make the mother, which is a playable metal version of the record. That in turn is used to make the stamper, which also has ridges and which is used to press all the LPs.
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