Inside One Of the Last Vinyl Record Manufacturers 382
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."
Wo-hoo! Vinyl first-post goodness... (Score:0, Funny)
First... *skip*
First... *skip*
First post!
Kinda neat-- the HTML "Read more..." hadn't rendered yet-- but hitting the story with a hand-crafted URL seemed to work well...
MPAA should take notice... (Score:5, Funny)
I'm glad Vinyl is making a comeback. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I remember vinyl (Score:5, Funny)
Hanging the turntable from the ceiling from chains and springs, so you and your friends could dance without making the needle skip.
Hey, nothing that a 500 pound piece of marble can't fix. :)
Re:YES! (Score:1, Funny)
They be hoe-sellin' it? (Score:3, Funny)
How fitting... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:I remember vinyl (Score:4, Funny)
Thats a paddlin
>> Spending $300 (so years ago) on a direct drive turntable+needle
Thats a paddlin
>> Hanging the turntable from the ceiling from chains and springs
Thats a paddlin
>> stick a CD into a $50 player sitting on the table
You better believe thats a paddlin
Elvis you say... (Score:4, Funny)
I have a hard time believing that, seeing as he's been working at the 7-11 on the corner of my neighborhood for the last 6 years. The most good he's ever done for me is push the button on the QuickPicks machine, winning me $5.00.
easier than that (Score:3, Funny)
Some candle wax
Heat wax
Poor onto plate
Put vinal in waxy plate
Allow to cool
Peal off
Maybe not a perfect copy, but it's the easiest way I know to play Iron Man backwards.
PRESS RELEASE! HOLY COW! hi-tech! (Score:4, Funny)
It has been a long time since music aficionados flocked to the record stores for vinyl records. With the advent of digital media such as CDs, CD-Rs, and the internet, it is possible to get the music you want quickly and easily, without having to leave your home. Furthermore, fans can make their own mixed compilations of their favorite music.
The vinyl industry here in Nashville is trying to capture that magic. Engineers are hard at work on the LP-R, and the LP-R drive. LP-R stands for Long Play Recorder, and is a throwback to the lingo vinyl enthusiasts used.
"We were gonna try for 7"-R, but saying 'seven-inch-arrr' just wasn't catchy enough," Buckaroo Banzai said. "Instead, we're going for the behemoth of vinyl, the LP!"
Here at the test labs of the Hong Kong Cavaliers, the press was introduced to the world's first LP-R drive. Fitting in the 5.25" bay of a personal computer, and expanding to a full-sized drive at the touch of a button, the LP-R drive can take blank LP-R media and burn LPs on the fly!
"We've only got it recording at 2x speed right now, but pretty soon we're gonna introduce the same technology we used to make splat-proof watermelons, and up the burn rates to 52x," one engineer stated.
The industry is buzzing with talk of LP-RW drives, and even a portable unit codenamed "the iLPod." Fan reaction has been phenomenal, with one fan exlaiming: "Holy CRAP! i've been waiting for this for YEARS! vinyl sounds so warm and smooth, and i can't WAIT to burn all my mp3s onto LP-Rs! Hell, even 32kbps mp3s sound MAGICAL!"
Another fan bared her breasts in support of the Hong Kong Cavaliers.
Re:I remember vinyl (Score:2, Funny)
And what's this "friends" thing anyway ? Isn't that, like other circumvention devices, prohibited under the DMCA ?
You will hear from our lawyers !
The 4-Toothed Metal Bitch (Score:2, Funny)
Damn that gaping hole in the middle of my LP!
I can't play my damn 45 without it.
Re:You are the one who is uninformed (Score:3, Funny)
Oh. Wait.
What I meant to say was, Hitler liked LPs, so you're full of it.