Opinion: PRP's Best of 2021 (Staff Picks)

With a freshly expanded team covering multiple states and provinces, we asked 20 of our staff members to pick their favorite vinyl records pressed at Precision Record Pressing in 2021.

If you were to take a gander through the Precision Record Pressing Slack channels, you’d be likely to stumble upon one in particular, titled #musicmatters. Here our multi-national team submit recommendations for playlists, share great songs they’ve just discovered as well as post music-related news. You wouldn’t need to scroll very far to get an idea of the breadth of genres and styles that our team enjoys. Therefore it was only fitting that our staff picks returned for 2021, with a larger and more eclectic selection than ever.

Ashley (Sales | Toronto) – Arlo Parks – Collapsed In Sunbeams

Pressed: September 2021 / Color: Various / Client: Transgressive Records / Purchase

Daniel (Sales | California) – KASTAWAY – My Life In Music 3: Revelation

Pressed: November 2021 / Color: Clear (T2) / Client: Kastaway / Purchase

Joel (Production | Burlington) – Charlie Megira – Da Abtomatic Meisterzinger Mambo Chic

Pressed: November 2021 / Color: Various / Client: Numero Group / Purchase

Tristen (Sales | Toronto) – ​​Kev Brown x J Scienide – Stray From The Pack

Pressed: July 2021 / Color: Black (BK) + White (O2) / Client: Fat Beats / Purchase

Dave (Sales | Toronto) – Foxx Bodies – Vixen

Pressed: July 2021 / Color: Various / Client: Kill Rock Stars / Purchase

Candice (Sales | Burlington) – Fireboy DML – Apollo

Pressed: April 2021 / Color: Various / Client: Empire Records / Purchase

Marcus (Production | Burlington) – Marvin Gaye – What’s Going On – 50th Anniversary

Pressed: December 2021 / Color: Black / Client: Universal Music  / Purchase

Chris (Sales | New York) – The Legendary Pink Dots – Island of Jewels

Pressed: May 2021 / Color: Black / Client: Metropolis Records / Purchase

Paul (Sales | Toronto) – Grizzly Bear – Yellow House 15th Anniversary Reissue

Pressed: July 2021 / Color: Various / Client: Warp Records / Purchase

Mandy (Production | Toronto) – The Muppets – The Muppets Christmas Carol

Pressed: September 2021 / Color: Various / Client: iam8bit / Purchase

Diandra (HR | Burlington) – Pop Smoke – Shoot For The Stars Aim For The Moon

Pressed: January 2021 / Color: Various / Client: Universal Music / Purchase

Rachel / Sayaka (Production / Graphics | Toronto) – Various Artists – Jackie Brown OST

Pressed: August 2021 / Color: T3 (Cobalt) / Client: Warner Music /  Purchase

Billy (Graphics | Toronto) – Cults – Cults

Pressed: TBC / Color: Various / Client: Cults / Purchase

Lavinia (Production | Toronto) – M.A.G.S. – Say Things That Matter

Pressed: TBC / Color: Various /  Client: Take This To Heart Records / Purchase

Petra (HR | Burlington) – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – I’m in Your Mind Fuzz

Pressed: TBC / Color: Various / Client: Universal Music

Corey / Krissy (Graphics / Production | Toronto) – Matt Uleman – Diablo II: Resurrected

Pressed: November 2021 / Color: Picture Disc / Client: iam8bit / Purchase

Leanna (Production | Burlington) – The Weeknd – Beauty Behind The Madness

Pressed: November 2021 / Color: Lemonade (T7) + Black (BK) Splatter / Client: Universal Music / Purchase

Heather (Sales | Burlington) – John Lennon – Gimme Some Truth

Pressed: July 2021 / Color: Baby Blue (O6) / Client: Universal Music / Purchase

Gord (Sales | British Columbia) – Boris – W

Pressed: November 2021 / Color: Various / Client: Sacred Bones / Purchase

Simon (Marketing | Toronto) – King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard – Live At Levitation 14’ & 16’

Pressed: November 2021 / Colors: Various / Client: The Reverberation Appreciation Society / Purchase

Enjoy selections from the albums above in a “staff picks” edition of the Fresh Off The Press playlist. Listen via the player below or click here to head over to the app:

Illustrations by Jacopo Severitano.