Demand for record albums continues to soar in the United States, and the manufacturing base is having to reinvent itself to meet demand.
The industry"has found a new gear, and is accelerating at a new pace,” said Mark Michaels, CEO and chairman of United Record Pressing, the nation’s largest record producer, in Nashville, Tennessee.
But nostalgic baby boomers who missed thumbing through record albums in their local record stores helped to fuel a vinyl resurgence that started about 15 years ago. But she finds records to be irresistible. She created wall art from some of the album covers from nearly 50 albums she's bought since 2019, starting with “Lemonade” by Beyoncé. She acknowledges it's an indulgence since she already listens to music through Soundcloud, Apple Music and Pandora.
People can debate the sound quality but it comes down to an emotional reaction, not technical specifications, said Bob Ludwig, a multi-Grammy winner who created Gateway Mastering Studios in Portland, Maine. Taylor Swift helped pay for employee health care when Grimey's record store in Nashville was closed in the coronavirus pandemic. Now the business is thriving thanks to high interest in vinyl, owner Doyle Davis says.
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