Gotta Groove Records
Record manufacturing plant located in Cleveland, Ohio.
Gotta Groove Records opened up in 2009 and at the time was one of the first new pressing plants to open in the United States in decades. It all started when Vince Slusarz acquired the machinery from Dynamic Sun (aka Sun Plastics Company, Inc.), a long-established pressing plant in New Jersey, when its owner, Jerry R. Salerno, decided to retire.
Meanwhile, Matt Earley, who had been wholesaling vinyl records to indie record stores for a bloodline of one-stops was looking to launch his own record pressing plant. When calling around to pressing plants in the USA, he connected with the former owner of Dynamic Sun who told him “we just sold everything to somebody in Ohio yesterday!”. Sun’s owner would not reveal the identity of the investor, but after some sleuthing around, Matt was able to connect with Vince. The two met, and over the next year, made the decision to go into business together.
In April 2021, Vince Slusarz sold the majority of the company, along with its day-to-day control to his son (Vincent “Jr” Sluzarz) and Matt Earley. Vince Sr. remains on the company’s Board of Directors; Jr is the Vice President of Operations, and Matt is the company’s president.
GGR is known to have used a 'finebilt' press and extruder from the former Boddie Recording Co. in Cleveland.
The records do not have a pressing plant ID but the lacquer engineers will routinely include their details in the runouts.
Contact:Gotta Groove Records opened up in 2009 and at the time was one of the first new pressing plants to open in the United States in decades. It all started when Vince Slusarz acquired the machinery from Dynamic Sun (aka Sun Plastics Company, Inc.), a long-established pressing plant in New Jersey, when its owner, Jerry R. Salerno, decided to retire.
Meanwhile, Matt Earley, who had been wholesaling vinyl records to indie record stores for a bloodline of one-stops was looking to launch his own record pressing plant. When calling around to pressing plants in the USA, he connected with the former owner of Dynamic Sun who told him “we just sold everything to somebody in Ohio yesterday!”. Sun’s owner would not reveal the identity of the investor, but after some sleuthing around, Matt was able to connect with Vince. The two met, and over the next year, made the decision to go into business together.
In April 2021, Vince Slusarz sold the majority of the company, along with its day-to-day control to his son (Vincent “Jr” Sluzarz) and Matt Earley. Vince Sr. remains on the company’s Board of Directors; Jr is the Vice President of Operations, and Matt is the company’s president.
GGR is known to have used a 'finebilt' press and extruder from the former Boddie Recording Co. in Cleveland.
The records do not have a pressing plant ID but the lacquer engineers will routinely include their details in the runouts.
Gotta Groove Records
3615 Superior Ave #4201A
Cleveland, OH 44114
(800) 295-0171
(216) 431-7373