Check this pretty rad video on the last major vinyl plant in the UK, fittingly called “The Vinyl Factory” and filled with some pretty awesomely grimey, steampunk-y equipment that has gotten the job done perfectly for the last fifty-some years. Crazy to think that EMI used to press over a million records a week in this place considering the amount of manual work required.

What’s up, all you peeps out there in WPRB-land?!
We have some good news coming from the offices on the 19th floor of the WPRB Communications Complex. For the first time in five years, WPRB will host ALL-VINYL WEEK. Beginning May 4 and running until May 11, Our CD’s take a backseat to those illustrious polyvinyl chloride disks, and your favorite jocks will spin tunes you know and love and a few you haven’t …