Article on the vinyl comeback and pressing plants

[thescarletpronster]

Here's an interesting article from today's Guardian about the rebirth of the vinyl format, including a long section about Europe's largest remaining pressing plant, and the process of making records from master tapes.

 

[Jim-W]

Yes, I read this earlier on. Intereseting. Thanks for sharing.

 

[MajorFubar]

Nice article. Wish I'd married Colleen Murphy.

 

[HDNumpty]

I attend 'Vinyl Night' run by the most northern branch of Audio T in Preston, Lancs. The staff there do this in their own time and play a classic album all the way through. Like the London event, 'Dark Side Of The Moon' garnered a round of applause when it completed. Systems from £2k to £50k are used.

This is a great event, come along if you are anywhere near the area. The next one is 3rd March when they're playing Massive Attack's 'Mezzanine'.

 

[scene]

Yes - it was interesting.

I clicked on the link at the end of the article "The spin doctor:vinyl expert and DJ Mike Greene tries out five of the best turntables"

And the reviews were interesting - but I'm not 100% convinced that these are "five of the best turntables" you can get. Can get at a given price point, maybe.