Having read the article, I suppose the answer now has to be more processing plants unless this vinyl resurgence is a passing fad-I think not because quote
Meanwhile, ''the number of CD sales in the UK fell by almost a third to 16 million in 2020'' in same quote as 4,800.000 vinyl sales.
the demise of top of the pops, the rise of the cd and MP3, streaming created new markets, but word has maybe spread about future invetsments or the wake up call for the need of real music, going out, seeing bands ...I still maintain that booking out all pressing plants is down to Adeles management company, not her personally.
Ed Sheeran in the same article.
“So you have to do it like really upfront — and Adele had basically booked out all the vinyl factories, so we had to get a slot and get our album in there. It was like me, Coldplay, Adele, Taylor [Swift], ABBA, Elton [John]: all of us were trying to get our vinyl printed at the same time.” 5
500,000 pressings of the album have been ordered, admittedly the pressing plants hardly going to turn down that sort of cash. Just have to be patient, but I really truly hope this doesnt mena small labels, unable to produce, going to the wall, after so much hard work, and whose work I and many othrs support and appreciate, some of those sold on these pages MD, LRK Izipho Hit&Run etc
Incidentally saw a Taylor Swift album at £90 in a record store last week, so the new ltd releaee (I suppose thats what it mustr be) market is vibrant.
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