Sales of vinyl have exploded from 900,000 units in 2006 to 13.1 million in 2016, according to Nielsen data — driven by fans who want a physical copy of their music — and vinyl pressing plants ...

Manufacturing vinyl is environmentally unfriendly, but newer pressing plants in America are working to make vinyl as green as possible. By Lyndsey Havens In 2018, Chicago got its first vinyl ...

Shawn Setaro: Why open a vinyl pressing plant in 2016? Dustin Blocker: Hand Drawn Records started about five and a half years ago as an independent record label. Two years ago, to make ordering ...

Manufactured by the custom, bespoke vinyl experts at Third Man Pressing in Detroit (in partnership with Doghouse Farms Premium Cannabis), this beautiful vinyl contains the quintessential ...

First pressings have more visceral impact, with a narrower spread between musicians. TP sound more relaxed, with greater width and space in front of you. TP pressings are mostly dead quiet, with ...

Prince decided to withdraw this album just before its release, making original vinyl pressings of this album extremely rare and sought after. A copy sold for $27,500 in a 2018 auction.