Vinyl Record Industry Fears 'Vinylgeddon' After Fire Burns Down Apollo Masters Plant

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Vinyl record shortage feared after 'catastrophic' blaze burns down California's Apollo Masters plant

reported just last month that 26% of all physical albums sold in the U.S. in 2019 were vinyl.-- founder and president of the California-based vinyl pressing plant Capsule Labs -- noted that while it is "too soon to know" how badly the plant's destruction will affect vinyl supply, he predicts the incident "will cause a hindrance in some major way" before a solution can be found.

As to how the sudden shortage might be remedied going forward, Tamazyan says that short of Apollo rebounding, it will take either a new company acquiring Apollo's intellectual property and creating a new plant or MDC expanding its operations -- though he notes that even prior to the Apollo fire, MDC was falling behind.

Also weighing in on the fire via social media was Duplication, a Canadian company that offers vinyl pressing, among other services. In a , the company wrote that the Apollo plant’s destruction is a “disaster” for the vinyl pressing industry, noting the lacquer shortage resulting from the fire could possibly result in “plants having to close or scale back operations.”

 

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Sad news 😢

sdedition I’m glad I buy 💿CD’s 🤷🏼‍♀️

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Another plant will be built. Guarantee it. VinylWillNeverDie

MFRemillard Sad news

Sounds like a ploy to jack up prices to me...

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