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Bullet Records began in 1946 as one of Nashville's first independent record labels, and Bullet Plastics opened in 1947 to press records for the label. In the 1950s, the company changed ownership and became Southern Plastics, moving from Broadway to Franklin Road. In 1963, it moved to a larger facility on Chestnut Street that pressed 1 million records per month, including all of Motown's singles. The company became United Record Pressing in the 1970s. During the Jim Crow era in Nashville, African American artists and music executives who could not find accommodations stayed in a rear apartment known as the Motown Suite or United Hilton, with notable guests including Berry Gordy Jr., Smokey Robinson, and the Supremes. In the 1990s, United Record began manufacturing 10- and 12-inch records, added a distribution division in 2008, launched the 453 Music label in 2010, and moved to a larger facility on Allied Drive in 2017.
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