Ville Platte Record Mfg. Co.

Pressing plant located in Ville Platte, Louisiana owned by Floyd Soileau and managed by his brother Joseph Soileau. Announced as a new company in Billboard, July 19, 1975. The plant was destroyed by arson on 9 August 1994, and reopened in 1995 as Ville Platte Tape & Disc. Stuart Fontenot purchased the business soon thereafter and renamed the company Accupress in 1997. Sometimes credited as Ville Platte Record Manuf. Co. Can be identified by a matrix that starts with VP (sometimes just V) and has additional letters which identify the mastering facility, as follows: VAL - Greg Lee Processing VLP - ? VMFRP or VPMF - Masterfonics VMR - Mastercraft VPA or VPAG - Ardent Mastering VPL - ? VPNC - ? VPUS - United Sound (3) VPW - Woodland Studios VRP or VRRNP or VRRP - Randy's Roost