Fidelity Record Pressing is the first new vinyl plant to open in California in 40 years. (Chiara Alexa / For The Times) The extruder melted thousands of tiny black pellets into a viscous goo. A ...

Last month at a large, nondescript industrial warehouse across County Road 81 from Osseo High School, rock 'n' roll history was being made. Literally "made," in the manufacturing sense. A newly ...

Streaming service Bandcamp has recently announced that they are launching an all-new in-house vinyl pressing service for bands who use their platform. According to Pitchfork, the new development gives ...

Chicago hasn’t had a working vinyl-pressing plant for at least 20 years. The last one was allegedly shut down by the FBI in the 90s for making bootleg 78 RPM records to sell in India. The presses from ...

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Since 2007, the vinyl record industry in the United States has grown year over year in a fairly linear fashion. That is, until the past two years, when it went parabolic. In 2020, the industry started ...