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Curator at VinylRecordPress.media : a Product Hunt for the vinyl records music industry. A Global directory of vinyl pressing plants & services. Previously, half of the 99th Floor Elevators 🎧🎧🎧 linktr.ee/buzzsonic

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Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 13/10/2026

Stvdio mapped out 40+ recent music acquisitions and exits, and placed them into categories to better understand the landscape. stvdio.substack.com/p/so-many-mu...

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So many music acquisitions ... but who’s buying, and why?

Mapping acquisitions and exits in music

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Mapping the physical music comeback. The opportunity for vinyl, CDs, record stores and smart albums stvdio.substack.com/p/mapping-th... The pendulum swings: digital → physical

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

A New EU Regulation Could Inadvertently Crush the Bandcamp Ecosystem firstfloor.substack.com/p/a-new-eu-r...

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A New EU Regulation Could Inadvertently Crush the Bandcamp Ecosystem

The PPWR is designed to reduce packaging waste, but it's been implemented in a way that makes compliance all but impossible for small sellers of all shapes and sizes.

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Why vinyl albums are becoming different from their digital versions @routenote.bsky.social routenote.com/blog/why-vin... Here’s why the gap between physical and digital releases is growing.

Why vinyl albums are becoming different from their digital versions - RouteNote Blog

Vinyl is booming, but some fans are finding that the record they pre-ordered isn’t quite the same album they hear on streaming. Here’s why the gap between physical and digital releases is growing.

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Suno moves into the vinyl market with Suno Vinyl a service that turns songs made on its platform into physical 12-inch records. Suno pitches the product with the line: “Some songs deserve more than a stream.” Each disc is a 12-inch black record made from PETG. bzzz.us/suno-vinyl

Suno muscles into vinyl market, plans to let users press their AI songs onto 12-inch records - Music Business Worldwide

Company has opened a waitlist for Suno Vinyl, a service that turns songs made on its platform into physical records…

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Groovy Times @groovy-times.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

HAPPY VINYL-VERSARY Another Music In A Different Kitchen (United Artists, UAG 30159) by Buzzcocks was released on March 10, 1978. A first press of the punk-pop classic will cost you £25-£30. If you want the promotional carrier bag as well you’ll need to dig deeper (£75ish)

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Safer Covachas—Preserving Digital Music in Cassettes: Grassroots Archiving Practices of Independent Record Labels in Contemporary Argentina, a 19-page PDF study bzzz.us/cassette-study by ethnomusicologist Agustina Checa

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

“How to make a record?…. Literally” : The story of Africa’s (Zimbabwe) last vinyl pressing plant. bzzz.us/africa-vinyl

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

UK Physical sales growth accelerates in the first half of 2026 as vinyl closes in on CD bzzz.us/2026-vinyl @musicweek.com

Physical sales growth accelerates in first half of 2026 as vinyl closes in on CD

According to Music Week analysis of BPI figures based on Official Charts Company data, vinyl sales are driving that increased physical growth – and the format is closing in on CD for supremacy in term...

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

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10 Things I've Learned From 10 Years At Bandcamp

Looking back on a decade of working at my favourite record store.

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

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🔵 Lessons to learn from Metallica's irresistable charm offensive

The subtle, savvy marketing genius that we can all take a few pointers from

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The Quietus @thequietus.com · 03/04/2026

'The album's post punk contingent – Fad Gadget, Young Marble Giants, The Sound – reveals much about the cultural soil from which Blancmange grew: “Punk was one thing, but what came after was far more exciting for me”' Vince Clarke, Neil Arthur and Benge Talk Doublespeak buff.ly/eePIymk

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Emmy nominated actress Christina Hendricks (Mad Men) did an all-vinyl, free, 4-hour DJ set at San Diego bar Part Time Lover bzzz.us/dj-christina, sampling an eclectic mix of “Shoe Pop Dream Gaze”, a blend of shoegaze, dream pop, and atmospheric indie music.

Why You Should Go To Your Local Listening Bar/Record Shop (Christina Hendricks Might be DJing Ft. Part Time Lover)

Some Magic Things Are Happening at Music Spaces Around the World

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

The tightening grip on music’s independence bzzz.us/independence

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

The 10 most pioneering electronic albums of the 1970s bzzz.us/1970s-electr...

The 10 most pioneering electronic albums of the 1970s

We take a look at the essential records of the 1970s that paved the way for new wave, dance music, and beyond.

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

The needle is dropping on a new vinyl era in India bzzz.us/vinyl-cultur...

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

RIAA released its 2025 Year-End Recorded Music Revenue Report yesterday. Total physical revenue grew 5.0% for the full year to $1.38 billion. Vinyl revenues grew 9.3% to $1.04 billion. Vinyl unit sales rose 7.9% to 46.8 million, the 19th consecutive year of growth. bzzz.us/riaa-2025-re...

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

How to plan a vinyl release without losing your mind: A step-by-step guide for indie artists bzzz.us/vinyl-press-... from York-based pressing plant Vinyl Press UK

How to plan a vinyl release without losing your mind: A step-by-step guide for indie artists - Vinyl Press UK

In a world ruled by digital streams and shifting algorithms, releasing your music on vinyl is more than just a format choice, it’s a statement. It says you believe in music as a physical experience, s...

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

Orlake Records - The Pressing Plant Who Pressed Anything bzzz.us/orlake Closed in 2007, they had six automatic presses, twenty-four semi-automatic presses, and five manual presses, all made by Alpha Toolex, which allowed them to produce one million records per month.

Orlake Records - The Pressing Plant Who Pressed Anything

Orlake Records were established in 1963 and ran until their close in 2007. They were created by Movitex Plastics Ltd, and operated out of Dagenham in Essex. After a series of strikes in the late 1970s...

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Why micro-sync licensing is becoming India’s digital music backbone bzzz.us/india-digital India’s digital ecosystem is undergoing a structural shift in how content is consumed, distributed, and monetised.

Micro-Sync Licensing: India's Digital Music Backbone | 2026 Guide

Micro-sync licensing is shaping India’s digital music backbone in 2026. A complete guide to rights, revenue, and creator opportunities!

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

SoundCloud's new Intelligence report sheds light on how listeners are engaging with music now versus in previous years, how artists are breaking rules and forging new paths, and how tastes are becoming less dominated by top-down trends in the music industry. bzzz.us/soundcloud-r...

Music Intelligence Report 2026

The goal of SoundCloud's Music Intelligence Report 2026 is to reveal meaningful insights through data, so we can plot the direction that music is heading this year. You’ll get to know some of tomorrow...

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3.45RPM @phil345rpm.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Next few days work entails 100 copies of "obscure, chuck away, 1980s BMX flexi, all punky attitude, minimal synth / drum machine wackiness overlaid with kids' singing to their hearts content about the joys of bmx'in round the estate circa 1980.... FC80 appropriately". #bmx #synth #80s #lathecut

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Ian Wade @wadeywade.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

42 years ago on TV

Frankie Goes To Hollywood - Relax. Top Of The Pops 1984

YouTube video by memorylane1980s

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

The ELP Laser Turntable: When Japanese Precision Meets Vinyl Obsession bzzz.us/laser-vinyl How a $15,000 laser turntable became the holy grail for vinyl purists

The ELP Laser Turntable: When Japanese Precision Meets Vinyl Obsession

The ELP Laser Turntable plays records without touching them

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Beyond the Stream: The Rise of Boutique Records and India’s New Vinyl Manufacturing Era bzzz.us/new-vinyl-in...

Beyond the Stream: The Rise of Boutique Records and India’s New Vinyl Manufacturing Era

Arjun who used to intern at Pagal Records in HKV tells me about this band called Panchiko who was a forgotten obscure act until a CD pressed in their teenage youth found its way onto 4chan and eventua...

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Discogs @discogsofficial.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

An '80s hardcore band from Lansing, Michigan claims the top spot on Discogs' Most Valuable Records of 2025 list. www.discogs.com/digs/collecting/the…

The 25 Most Valuable Records Sold on Discogs in 2025

The most valuable records sold on Discogs in 2025 include albums by Pink Floyd, The Beatles, Nirvana, and Beyoncé.

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

New report claims Melbourne is officially the record store capital of the world. bzzz.us/melbourne-vi... Melbourne boasts more record shops per capita than any city on earth, beating Tokyo, London and Berlin, with 119 independent record stores. PDF Study>> bzzz.us/vinyl-report

Melbourne is officially the record store capital of the world

With 5.9 stores per 100,000 residents, Melbourne is home to more record stores per capita than any other city on Earth.

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Understanding The Overlooked Legacy Of Vinyl In African Music. bzzz.us/african-vinyl Across Sub-Saharan Africa, demand for vinyl records is also on the rise, thanks to the rise of cultural hubs and interactive vinyl festivals.

Understanding The Overlooked Legacy Of Vinyls In African Music

Across Sub-Saharan Africa, demand for vinyl records is also on the rise, thanks to the rise of cultural hubs and interactive vinyl festivals.

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Why Are iPods Making a Comeback? “I want my own music library, not the entire world’s music library.” @emwhitenoise.bsky.social bzzz.us/ipods-comeback almost a quarter-century after Steve Jobs first introduced it on stage, the now-discontinued iPod is quietly making a comeback

Why Are iPods Making a Comeback?

I surveyed 70+ people currently using an MP3 player to understand what is driving the trend.

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Key Production Group reveals physical format predictions for 2026 @keyproduction.bsky.social @musically.com bzzz.us/key-prod-2026 Packaging will become more innovative, and a shift in sustainable production from trend to standard practice is a likely development.

Key Production Group reveals physical format predictions for 2026

Physical music and packaging firm Key Production Group has released its predictions for vinyl and physical music in 2026.

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 02/12/2025

Why Vinyl Still Matters: Understanding the Format That Refuses to Die bzzz.us/vinyl-lives

Why Vinyl Still Matters: Understanding the Format That Refuses to Die

Understanding how does a vinyl record work?

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

South Korea-based KiTbetter, the creators of the physical-digital hybrid KiTalbum, is opening its first North American manufacturing facility in Los Angeles bzzz.us/kit-better

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Inside the cultural comeback of vinyl records in India bzzz.us/vinyl-india vinyl records are now being made more accessible by bars and cafes that are exploring the concept of community-building....

The rise of vinyl culture in India: Bars, cafés and how we listen | The Established

Vinyl bars and cafés are reshaping how India listens. Inside the rise of vinyl culture in India, from analogue sound to community-led listening rooms

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

India Today. How relevant is vinyl in the times of Spotify? Hint: Very bzzz.us/india-today-... It's not just retro culture or nostalgia driving the boom in India

How relevant is vinyl in the times of Spotify? Hint: Very

Vinyl sales are surging, and it’s not just retro culture or nostalgia driving the boom. So why are young music lovers, raised on streaming apps and voice assistants, falling for this analog medium?

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

There's a bunch of informative (free) PDFs on the VRMA website>> vrmagroup.org/downloads, including: “Vinyl Record Manufacturing: A Field Guide For Independent Artists Navigating Vinyl Record Pressing” from Vinyl Record Manufacturers Association. bzzz.us/vrma-field-g...

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

80+ Music Startups: A Curated Guide. Handpicked with a fan-first lens by a Spotify and Billboard alum with 12+ years in music @emwhitenoise.bsky.social bzzz.us/startups-music

🎧 80+ Music Startups: A Curated Guide

Handpicked with a fan-first lens by a Spotify and Billboard alum with 12+ years in music

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

Is Substack the New Fan Club Platform for Indie Artists? Substack is gaining traction with a handful of notable indie storytellers, but can it scale beyond that niche? @emwhitenoise.bsky.social bzzz.us/substack-fan...

Is Substack the New Fan Club Platform for Indie Artists?

Substack is gaining traction with a handful of notable indie storytellers, but can it scale beyond that niche?

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

When India Made Vinyl – The Pressing Plants of HMV and Polydor bzzz.us/indian-press...

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

SoundCloud has partnered with on-demand vinyl and CD platform elasticStage to enable Artist Pro users to sell vinyl globally. bzzz.us/soundcloud-e... The on-demand model means that only the vinyl that is ordered will be produced, and elasticStage will handle shipping and customer service requests.

SoundCloud x elasticStage

Your music. On vinyl. On demand - Take your tracks from streaming to spinning with SoundCloud and elasticStage.

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I'm not sure if anyone remembers Muzik magazine, which ran from 1995 to 2003 (I think it had 99 issues). It covered electronic dance music and was a key resource for fans and industry professionals during its run. You can access and download every issue as PDFs here: www.muzikmagazine.co.uk. Great!

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Bandcamp @bandcamp.com · 20/05/2025

Have you subscribed to Bandcamp Notes yet? Sign up here and get one cool artist delivered to your inbox every week.

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Bandcamp Notes | Substack

Discover new music and directly support the artists who make it. Click to read Bandcamp Notes, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

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Key Production @keyproduction.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

In an era of streaming, cassettes offer something digital can’t - a physical, tactile connection to music. Their retro charm, compact size, and unique sound quality make them a favourite for collectors and artists alike.

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

A Three-Part Video Tour of Jack White's Third Man Records Pressing Plant bzzz.us/third-man-tour

Third Man Records Pressing Plant Tour

From the Steve Carlson Vinyl Community on YouTube comes this excellent three-part video series, which takes us on a tour behind the scenes at Jack White’s Third Man Pressing Plant in Detroit where…

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

How to Generate Mockups of Your Vinyl Records. Meet VinylMockUp. bzzz.us/mockup-vinyl Using this free app, you can mock up any combination of vinyl, label, and sleeve. You also have instant access to nearly 150 color variants.

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Anthem Vinyl, Ireland's only vinyl record pressing factory, opens in Co Kildare bzzz.us/anthem-vinyl After the demise of Dublin Vinyl last year

Ireland's only vinyl record factory opens in Co Kildare

The factory began production at the start of April.

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

The Music Industry’s First Life Cycle Assessment of a Vinyl Record #GZMedia bzzz.us/life-cycle The music industry is on a mission to reduce its environmental footprint

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Spinning lies: the rise of fake vinyl and how industry is fighting back bzzz.us/fake-vinyl

Spinning lies: the rise of fake vinyl and how industry is fighting back

Record Store Day is held every year in April and honours the special role independent record shops hold in their local communities. In the UK, over 270 stores participate in every corner of the countr...

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Norway Vinyl Mission: Education and Groove with Matter of Fact bzzz.us/norway-vinyl Matter of Fact vinyl pressing plant travelled to Norway to assist a government-run production school in Bergen that is establishing a new vinyl workshop aimed at helping students re-enter education or the workforce.

Norway Vinyl Mission: Education and Groove with Matter of Fact

German-based Matter of Fact vinyl pressing plant travelled to Norway to assist a government-run production school in Bergen that is establishing a new vinyl pressing workshop aimed at helping students...

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Secret 7”, the charitable initiative inviting established and up-and-coming creatives to submit artwork for the sleeves of 700 vinyl records, is back for its ninth edition. bzzz.us/charity-7inch The event is presented by War Child, the charity that will be the recipient of the proceeds

Vinyl Record Press Media @buzzsonic.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

The vinyl-carver sparking a craze for cutting records at home bzzz.us/lathe-cut Using a diamond needle, lathe-cutters can turn blank vinyl discs into your very own record, with a pressing run of however many or few you fancy. @theguardian.com Reports on a booming business