"Iain Churches" wrote


The percentage of recycled vinyl had to be strictly controlled,
as the mix turned greyish, and the noise floor was affected.
It's use was mainly for budget pressings also produced
with a much faster pressing cycle. I have always assumed
this to be because each pressman was expected to turn
out a certain amount of product (in monetary terms) per
shift.



The stupid thing of course is that vinyl is naturally (??) colourless - I
was holding a 'clear' record the day before yesterday!!



I was told at the weekend that CD manufacturing
capacity is now almost three times the level of demand,
and plants are having to cut prices to secure work
(these price cuts are probably not passed on to
the consumer) Also, a CD plant in the Czech
Republic has bought and reconditioned two Alpha
record presses from the UK, in addition to the two
SMCs it aready has working 24/7, to help meet
the increasing demand for vinyl in Europe.




Very interesting. FWIW, I am fully confident that vinyl production will
continue at least somewhere until I am long gone!

The last time I bought a brand new manufactured, sealed double album at a
mere 23 quid (from Germany) was only a few days ago!



Many expected vinyl to have disappeared totally
by the end of the1980s, at the very latest:-)


Hah! When has any 'industry prediction or forecast' ever been anything like
reality?

:-)