From Business Insider.

Vinyl has made a record-breaking comeback, outselling CDs and mp3 downloads, and is now the music industry’s highest-grossing physical format. We visited the world’s biggest vinyl factory, GZ Media, to find out how it became the largest manufacturer in the industry, as well as a smaller pressing plant in New Jersey to see how US factories are staying afloat despite cutthroat competition.

00:00 – Intro
01:01 – The Birth of Vinyl
02:11 – Vinyl’s Golden Age
02:56 – The Founding of GZ Media
03:37 – How Records Are Made
05:19 – Vinyl’s Fall
07:37 – Amoeba Music
08:26 – How to Examine a Record
09:44 – How the Vinyl Comeback Was Planned
11:31 – Independent Record Pressing
12:57 – COVID-19 Vinyl Bubble Burst
12:33 – How GZ Dominated the Industry
16:20 – Independent Plants Press On
16:29 – Vinyl Records Revenue
16:39 – Credits
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