While the name of the vinyl record seems to be a dead giveaway as to its composition, underneath it is a complex mixture of a significant

By Larry Jaffee, Making Vinyl co-founder/conference director In March 2022, Jack White made an appeal that went viral, calling for the major labels to build

While the demand for vinyl is experiencing a new boom, the growth also brings difficulties. At the “Making Vinyl” industry get-together, the focus was not

Offenbach conference first post-Covid event since Berlin in May 2019 Offenbach, Germany — A who’s who of Europe’s leading vinyl manufacturing experts will descend on

Save The Date Orlando, Florida, The world’s leading vinyl manufacturers, will congregate for Making Vinyl in Minneapolis on June 7-8, 2023 to trade notes on

Front Row L-R Broc Barnes, Dustin Blocker, Bryan Ekus, Greg Schoener, Michael Greig Thomas. Rear Row L-R Don McInnis, Alex Cushing & Yoli Mara Nashville,

1-2 September 2022, Capitol, Offenbach, Germany Demonstrating that consumers still want physical media in the digital age, the Recording Industry Association of America reported RIAA

The VMP pressing plant will be led by the legendary record-maker Gary Salstrom. With over 40 years of experience in the business of making outstanding

Week 16 is dusted. Nope, #RSD22 results are not this week…they’re next week. 753K vinyl records sold this week, up 7.7% vs the same week

Tickets are going fast! June 23-24 in Nashville, USA!  Our Making Vinyl Nashville event promises to provide the latest information on how the vinyl industry

Week 14 results: 711K #vinyl #records sold. That’s down 14.5% vs LY. YTD now at 9.867M, down 1.9%. This week was the high point in

Week 15 is booked.  763K vinyl records sold this week, up 2.6% vs the same week LY. YTD has crossed the 10M mark at 10.630M,

Streaming now accounts for 65% of total revenues, with CDs, vinyl, and cassettes making up 19% and downloads 4%. Sales of CDs increased for the

Week 11 results: 700K vinyl records which are up 1.4% vs the same week LY. YTD is now only down -0.4% at 7.748M. Twitter: @billysezvinyl /