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Inside One Of the Last Vinyl Record Manufacturers

Posted by michael on from the play-it-again-sam dept.

jonerik writes "The Nashville Tennessean has this look at Nashville's United Record Pressing, one of the last vinyl record manufacturers left in the U.S. Although LPs and 12" and 7" singles make up a tiny portion of the American music market at this point, the article reports that United's business is booming, thanks to consolidation within Nashville's record pressing business community, steady orders for the jukebox market, techno, dance, reggae, and rap orders, and this year's 25th anniversary of Elvis Presley's death. 'Elvis has been good to us. I can't complain,' says Cris Ashworth, the company's owner."

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  1. Obviously doesn't reflect the UK market... by dan+dan+the+dna+man · · Score: 5, Interesting
    "Vinyl sales are also on the increase, thanks to exposure in films like High Fidelity and their popularity with dance music fans. Both single and album sales have increased in the past year. The vinyl market is now estimated to be worth £28.1m after growing 17 per cent."


    From here

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  2. I remember vinyl by wiredog · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Cleaning the LP before you played it, to get every bit of dust off of it. Spending $300 (so years ago) on a direct drive turntable+needle to get good sound. Hanging the turntable from the ceiling from chains and springs, so you and your friends could dance without making the needle skip.

    Nowadays you just stick a CD into a $50 player sitting on the table and get just as good a sound, and you don't have to worry about dust nearly as much.

    I don't miss LPs.

    I do miss the cover art, though. Cover art is why I still have about 50 of them.

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