Vaughn Communications Inc.

The company's duplication unit was known occasionally as Vaughn Duplication Services.

History

This company was acquired by Allied Digital Technologies on January 9, 1999. In March of that year, said company's name was changed to Allied Vaughn.

Most tapes did not have any form of printing; however, some, such as one known copy of Sol Bianca from A.D. Vision, had the Vaughn V printed above the record tab, with a number indicating the tape length next to it, or else had it formatted as V-XX, while others, such as one known copy each of Burn Up (from A.D. Vision), Music Magic Video Library: From Mao to Mozart: Issac Stern in China (Excerpts) (from Silver Burdett Ginn) and Music Magic Video Library: Dancing (also from Silver Burdett Ginn), had an additional long string of numbers on the spine including the time code in YYMMDDHHMM format (e.g. V-60 2-9406080134 or [Vaughn V]18 2-9403051919).
One known copy each of Music Magic Video Library: Music for Special Occasions and Music Magic Video Library: Rhythm had the printings formatted like these respective examples:

0-382-26613-7 592000[Vaughn V]

0-382-26614-5   S, B&G   592001[Vaughn V]

            GR.2 RHYTHM

Early tapes, as well as several Simitar tapes duplicated here, had dark red printings consisting of the letter V (often represented by the Vaughn V) followed by two strings of numbers (e.g. [Vaughn V]3286 159900). Occasionally, the releasing company's name was stamped to the left (e.g. SIMITAR V3119 510601 or K-TEL 1880 301600). On one known copy of From Beyond: Monsters and Sci-Fi Monsters, the Vaughn V was at the end of the code (e.g. 4831 62650[Vaughn V] or #4177 36395[Vaughn V]). Tapes with such printings, as well as the aforementioned copy of Music Magic Video Library: Rhythm had a few extra seconds of black screen and the "fading rainbow" following the blank space at the tail-end.
Tapes from this duplicator do not have anything in the vertical blanking interval.
Tapes duplicated at the plants acquired in the company's acquisition of Centercom Inc. continued to use that duplicator's printings (e.g. 2 65951211 0914 00135 T75 or 2 65951354 0914 02213 T75). On some copies of Samurai Shodown: The Motion Picture, these printings were gray, due to the tape being white.
Some Simitar Entertainment tapes duplicated here said "VCI" on the face label.

An example of what the dark red printings on early tapes by this duplicator looked like.

Carol Stream, Illinois (1996-????) (acquired in PVS Corporate Services merger)
Carrollton, Texas
Creve Coeur, Missouri
Dallas, Texas
Davenport, Iowa
Denver, Colorado (1996-????) (acquired in Advanced Audio/Video Productions acquisition)
Houston, Texas
Irvine, California (1992-????)
Lincolnwood, Illinois (1995-1996) (acquired in Centercom merger and ultimately consolidated into Vaughn's Carol Stream facility)
Los Angeles, California (19??-1992) (moved to Irvine)
Manhattan, New York
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Minneapolis, Minnesota (company headquarters)
Morrisville, North Carolina
Nashville, Tennessee
Norcross, Georgia (1992-????)
Orlando, Florida
Phoenix, Arizona (1989-????) (acquired in Arizona Tape Duplicating acquisition)
Portland, Oregon
Seattle, Washington
Tampa, Florida (1987-????)