Where vinyl records are born
By Daniel Terdiman on 04 July 2008
Ever wondered how records are made? Come on a voyage to the land of vinyl as CNET News.com's Daniel Terdiman visits United Record Pressing in Nashville, Tennessee.
One stop was United Record Pressing, one of just three companies in the United States that still make a meaningful number of vinyl LPs. Surprisingly in this digital era, records are on the upswing. This is largely because the emergence of MP3s has led some audiophiles to conclude that vinyl offers a more pleasurable home-listening experience.
Pictured is what is known as a stamper, the fourth step in the process of making an LP. The process begins with the original recording, which is used to make the master recording, which unlike a record, has ridges instead of grooves. Then, the master is used to make the "mother," a metal version of the record that can actually be played. The stamper is made from the mother, and it too has ridges. All vinyl records are made by pressing the stamper down onto hot vinyl.
Credit: Daniel Terdiman/CNET News.com
Topics: record, vinyl, lp, turntable
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Comments (2)
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Piaff searcher. commented on 14/08/2009 14:17
Hello. You will find more than 10x78 rpm records of Edith Piaff at www.ebay.com
at this moment-14/8/2009. What song in particular are you looking at finding? Goodbye. -
Lyn Morris commented on 02/02/2009 13:35
I have been trying to buy an old 78" record of Edith Piaf - unsuccessfully. I have recently acquired a gramophone, hence the request. Could you make one and if so, how much would it cost? I am in Sydney, Australia.
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