Recently released details have shed additional light on the scope of the fire that consumed Apollo Masters’ Banning, California, production facility late last week. First responders arrived on the scene at about eight o’clock in the morning, and it too…
Category archives: Vinyl Records
Apollo Transco Vinyl Manufacturing Plant Goes Down In Flames — Literally
The Apollo Transco lacquer-production facility has been destroyed in a raging fire — the cause remains unknown. Late yesterday, a fire broke out inside Apollo Transco’s lacquer-production warehouse, and authorities have now indicated that the building …
Vinyl Alliance, a Vinyl Records Trade Group, Officially Sets Sail
Vinyl Alliance, a staunch advocate of vinyl records and their continued growth, elected its first executive board. Vinyl Alliance, a newly formed group “dedicated to promoting awareness of vinyl records,” has elected its first executive boa…
The Miniature 3-Inch Vinyl Format Is Growing Fast — Disney Is Now on Board
Record Store Day is releasing a new set of 3-inch vinyls for its RSD3 mini-turntable. The tiny turntable debuted in record stores across the country this year. The mini-turntable has seen multiple releases this year from artists like All Time Low and B…
Amazon Responds to Growing Accusations of Selling Counterfeit Vinyl — By Cutting-and-Pasting Their Response from August
Earlier this week, we reported on a growing chorus of concern relating to Amazon and the sale of counterfeit vinyl records. Alarmingly, executives rebuilding the vinyl records space are detecting a swell in fake LPs, with Amazon accused of facilitating…
Rainbo Records Is Officially Shutting Down After 80 Years — Here’s a Message from the President
Just as vinyl records are taking off, one of the format’s largest pressing plants — Rainbo Records in Los Angeles — is shutting down. The news is quickly spreading around the industry today, with Rainbo Records president Steve Sheldon delivering …
Tommy Boy Is Finding Counterfeit Vinyl on Amazon — For Titles They Aren’t Even Pressing
Back in August, we reported on a serious problem involving counterfeit CDs on Amazon. Now, we’re learning about a physical knock-off issue that’s far more serious than we imagined. Just how serious is vinyl counterfeiting? Considering tha…
The Beatles Release a Monstrosity of a Box Set: 23 Vinyl Records, 46 Remastered Songs
For fans of the Beatles, Christmas will be coming a little early this year. On November 22nd, the Fab Four will be releasing a new box set of all their remastered singles. The box set is entitled The Singles Collection and will include 46 remastered so…
The Vinyl Industry Has a Trade Group — Introducing the ‘Vinyl Alliance’
After nearly 15 years of consecutive recovery, vinyl is becoming a bonafide industry again. The freshly-unwrapped trade group, which aims to cover all aspects of vinyl record mastering, manufacturing, hardware, software, distribution, and retail, was a…
Nick Mulvey Releases a Vinyl Record Made Entirely from Plastic Ocean Garbage
A lot of music artists talk about the environment, but British singer-songwriter Nick Mulvey is actually cleaning it up. In partnership with a brewer in Cornwall called Sharp’s Brewery, Mulvey used vinyl made from plastic ocean waste to produce his lat…