Australia has three pressing plants riding the vinyl wave, with surging demand meaning there is plenty of work to go around. But competition may be about to get fierce.
Vinyl revolution: $400,000 later, Australiaâs first new press in 30 years is here
By Mikey Cahill
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Steve Lynch looks harried. TISM LPs have been flying out of his enormous mechanical baby â Australiaâs first new vinyl pressing plant in three decades â but thereâs a problem with a vacuum sensor. It is not sensing the vacuum.
Lynch scurries about for 20 minutes, creases his forehead a few times, and⦠then the automated WarmTone press is back up and humming, spitting out two discs a minute for an increasingly vinyl-hungry world.
Steve Lynch and Dave Roper at Program Records.