Clickbait Articles Belie Reality: The Vinyl Manufacturing Industry’s Resiliency
Written by Larry Jaffee Copper Magazine: Click Here for the full article. New trade advocacy group, the Vinyl Record Manufacturers Association, is establishing best practices and standards. Two recent online articles ushered in the new year with headlines that the vinyl boom could be over because the record industry couldn’t keep up with consumer demand. […]
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
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 […]
