Behind the Scenes at Germany’s Optimal Media
Optimal Media’s main production facility is located about 150 km north of Berlin and produces approximately 25 million records annually. Go on this unique behind the scenes tour to see how vinyl records are manufactured. www.optimal-media.com Source: BBC
4 Men Caught Selling “Fake” Records
Two men last Friday were sentenced to jail and two others were given suspended sentences for making and selling tens of thousands of niche counterfeit vinyl records in the UK. The four men were part of a group which distributed unlicensed recordings of 1960s Northern Soul artists. All of the men were over the age of 60 […]
Anatomy of a Deluxe Reissue: Murray Head’s Nigel Lives!
By Shane Buettner “Concept album” only begins to describe Murray Head’s remarkable 1972 debut Nigel Lived, which my record label, Intervention Records, has reissued as an “Artist-Approved” 45th Anniversary Edition on 180-Gram vinyl. There is a deep story behind this LP release. Nigel’s cover art, gatefold and book, which represent the fictional Nigel’s diary, are […]
The Decemberists Wins Gold at The Paperboard Packaging Competition
The event organized by the Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC) and now is its 75th year selected The Decemberists – I’ll Be Your Girl box set as their Gold Winner and 2018 Package of the Year. This same entry also won the Alex Steinweiss, “Best in Show” at 2018 Making Vinyl Packaging Awards that was held at […]
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 […]
