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private press

British  

noun

  1. a printing establishment primarily run as a pastime

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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“He was convinced that she was a lost private press folk artist from the ’60s or ’70s.”

From New York Times ● Apr. 30, 2024

This is a private press label that Pachuco Volume 1 is on: Billionaire Records.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2022

In a select, private press demo and interview event held following the game’s reveal, producer Yoshio Sakamoto offered an explanation.

From Slate ● Jun. 17, 2021

In the 1980s and 1990s, she shied away from major labels, choosing instead to release material on private press cassettes.

From The Guardian ● May 5, 2017

He had, however, now left, and the private press was closed.

From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Mary Lamb

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