People in the vinyl record business are warning of a global bottleneck in the industry after a fire last week destroyed the Apollo Masters Corporation factory in Banning, California.the Apollo factory, the company said on its website. Apollo was one of only two companies in the world that makes lacquers, a critical component of vinyl production that experts say will now be in short supply.
The fire at Apollo means that Japanese company MDC is now the only supplier of record lacquers in the world, Zapor-Gray says. The devastating fire comes at a critical time for the booming vinyl industry, which has undergone a resurgence in the past several years. Vinyl record sales in the U.S.Lacquers are used to make the master discs in which individual vinyl records are pressed, Zapor-Gray says. Master discs are then sent to individual vinyl pressing plants where they are used to make the “stampers” that are used to press thousands of records.
She says the lack of lacquer suppliers has been on the radar for some time, so the industry isn’t starting at zero to solve the problem.
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hereandnow The older pressings are better anyways.
hereandnow This must be a hoax to raise prices. Lacquer went out in the 40's. WIKI
hereandnow imagine having every genre and subgenre of each, every band as well as every solo artist. on both Vinyl Albums, LP's, 45's and CD that would make an awesome music library. that would include audiophile quality equipment.
hereandnow ... and cue all the lazy jokes about hipsters and retro listeners. Do better.
hereandnow that is why there needs to be way more than just 2 companies. 22 and higher would be better. have a Vinyl or a CD physical copy of music is owning a copy. otherwise you don't own anything even if you paid for it.
hereandnow all the hipsters will have to replay their sonic youth albums in the meantime
hereandnow I guess the retro movement will have to move on to 8 track...
hereandnow Never crossed my mind to consider how the LP’s are made. I buy at flea markets mostly but do hope the factory can rebuild.
hereandnow Oh well
hereandnow How will we listen to music
hereandnow Price of an album just went from $30 to $45...there goes the retro-chic vinyl movement
hereandnow There hasn't been a lacquers shortage like this, since prohibition.. - Global bottleneck in the vinyl record industry after a fire destroyed one of only 2 companies in the world that makes lacquers, a critical component of vinyl production
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