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Manufactured By G.P.I. S.A. - WEA Records LTD. Made In Greece with the exception of the Blow Up Your Video pressing, which was issued by EMI Greece S.A.

Greek Phonographic Industries (G.P.I.) was a record and cassette manufacturer in Athens, Greece which manufactured product for numerous labels such as \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'Lyra\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'. Founded in 1975, it was later acquired by Phonogram/PolyGram.
In 1995, it was acquired by Digital Press Hellas, who continued to press records until 2001.

The G.P.I. factory was located in Agioi Anargiroi, a suburb in the north-central part of Athens.
The plant had an inhouse lacquer cutting studio with a modified Neumann VMS 80 lathe and a Studer A80 with mechanical delay as master machine. The plant also had a transfer department and an electroplating/galvanoplastic department.
Known cutting engineers were:
Dimitris Nikolaou
Yannis Dinos Ioannidis, brother of John Ioannidis
John Ioannidis (until 1988)

The plant operated six Polygram presses and eight extruders (two spares). The plant also had a transfer department and an electroplating/galvanoplastic department.

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