Making Vinyl Podcast Episode 1
Rob Maushund is Production Planner for Stoughton Printing. He was raised on music, skateboarding, and hot rods. A product of the 1960s, his keen sense of music has led him from punk to jazz to blues to storytellers like Tom Waits or Lee Hazelwood. Experience has led him to become a bit of a structural […]
New Pressing Plant Goes Online in PEI
Kaneshii Vinyl Press located in Prince Edwards Island, Canada started limited production in June 2017 with their new press from Viryl Technologies. Kaneshii is led by Ghana immigrant, Gideon Banahene who plans to transform the Canadian province into an island record dynasty. Banahene and his business partner Ghislaine Cormier obtained financial support of approximately $175,000 from the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA) […]
CD’s in short supply?
According to a recent article by Billboard, because CD production has relocated to Mexico, stores haven’t been receiving their shipments on time and can’t keep up with the uptick in demand. Well, that isn’t entirely true, but with the recent consolidations in the physical media industry, some content that has gone to Mexico to be pressed and […]
Smashed Plastic Opens Pressing Plant in Chicago
After a 20 year dry spell in the Windy City, there is a new pressing plant in town. The last plant in the Chi-town was allegedly shut down by the FBI for pressing bootleg Indian records. Smashed Plastic decided to go into the business after hearing that local bands having to wait for months to get their […]
New Plating Plant to Launch in UK
A new startup based in Sheffield, UK., Stamper Discs will be offering a full lacquer/DMM through to stamper service for the European vinyl pressing industry and hope to be running full production by early December. The key people in Stamper Discs are Martin Frings and his father Peter. Martin has three years experience in galvanics, […]
Why Vinyl Sounds Better
By Clint Holley, Well Made Music It has become clear in the past five years that consumers love vinyl records. The artwork, the lyrics and personal interaction are all reasons that this once “dead” format has catapulted back into the mainstream consciousness, but when asked, most people would respond that the biggest reason they love […]
Taking Vinyl to the Next Level
By Michael Kurtz, Co-Founder, Record Store Day In 2007, when I first discussed the idea for Record Store Day with then-Warner Bros. Records president Tom “Grover” Biery, almost no one was interested in talking about making vinyl. They could not see a future where millions of people would passionately seek it, much less one where […]
Meet Ryan Lewis of Kindercore Vinyl
Meet Ryan Lewis, president of Kindercore Vinyl in Athens, Georgia. Kindercore started pressing vinyl on October 31 of 2017. In this quick interview, Ryan talks about the ins and outs of pressing and the common misconceptions people have about what it takes to make a record. Source: Vinyl Reviews.com
Lifetime Achievement Award – Ron McMaster
Ron McMaster recently retired from Capitol Studios after working for 38 years as a vinyl mastering specialist and received from Making Vinyl in Detroit a Lifetime Achievement Award. McMaster mastered or remastered legendary titles such as The Beach Boys’ Pet Sounds and Frank Sinatra’s Only The Lonely. A favorite of producers like Don Was and […]
Kindercore Vinyl Celebrates First Year Anniversary
Athens Georgia pressing plant turned one on October 30th. Kindercore was founded by Ryan Lewis, Cash Carter and Dan Geller to meet growing demand for vinyl records. Starting the plant had its challenges as the local government wasn’t ecstatic about the idea of having a plant in their state due to environmental concerns and the financial resources were also difficult […]
