Dispatch: Musicol owner still meeting recording needs of varied clients

The Columbus Dispatch recently chatted with local legend John Hull of Musicol, which records, masters and presses records local, and is responsible for dozens, if not hundreds, of local releases. Check out part of the interview:

Q: At first, you just had the studio. How did you get into the record-pressing business? 

A: We were recording a lot of Southern gospel. There were quite a few of those groups around Columbus at that time. We had a mastering facility, but were sending out to a company in Cincinnati to get the records manufactured. We found out that company had a studio, and whenever we’d send out an order, he’d contact our customers behind our backs and say “Come on down here to Cincinnati to record!?” (Laughs) We found out what he was doing, one of our customers told us, so we said “Why can’t we press records?”