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== History ==
WEA Manufacturing Inc. was the record, cassette and CD manufacturing arm of Warner Music Group. The arm was formed sometime in 1978 and exclusively provided audio duplication initially, but over a decade later, the arm began providing videocassette duplication in addition to audio duplication. The arm also duplicated a few LaserDiscs in the 1990s. In October 2003, the arm was sold to [[Cinram International Inc.]].
 
== List of Home Media Customers ==
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* Martha Stewart Living (1994)
* Morningstar (1993)
* Playboy Home Video
* Warner Home Video (some copies of Grumpier Old Men, Twister, Eraser, and A Time to Kill, and perhaps some other tapes)
* Warner Music Group

Latest revision as of 20:56, 22 May 2024

History[edit]

WEA Manufacturing Inc. was the record, cassette and CD manufacturing arm of Warner Music Group. The arm was formed sometime in 1978 and exclusively provided audio duplication initially, but over a decade later, the arm began providing videocassette duplication in addition to audio duplication. The arm also duplicated a few LaserDiscs in the 1990s. In October 2003, the arm was sold to Cinram International Inc.

List of Home Media Customers[edit]

  • Children's Book of the Month Club
  • Eastwest Records America (1996)
  • Martha Stewart Living (1994)
  • Morningstar (1993)
  • Playboy Home Video
  • Warner Home Video (some copies of Grumpier Old Men, Twister, Eraser, and A Time to Kill, and perhaps some other tapes)
  • Warner Music Group
    • A*Vision Entertainment/WarnerVision Entertainment
      • BodyVision
      • KidVision
      • NightVision
    • Rhino Home Video
    • Warner Music Enterprises
      • Country Video Monthly
      • Rock Video Monthly
    • Warner Reprise Video

List of Audio Customers[edit]

  • Disneyland/Vista Records (1979-198?)
  • Warner Music Group
    • Atlantic Records
    • Warner Bros. Records
    • Rhino Entertainment Company
      • Kid Rhino

How to Tell for Home Media Releases[edit]

  • Tapes from this duplicator had a barcode sticker on the bottom middle side.
  • Tapes from this duplicator do not have anything in the vertical blanking interval.

Locations[edit]

  • Burbank, California
  • New York, New York
  • Olyphant, Pennsylvania