The Dying Art of Pressing Vinyl Records

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In this video, Transition Video Magazine took a trip to, Alpha Records, hoping to learn how those lovely LPs go from little balls of plastic to turntable ready works of art.
In the end, we learned a bit about the history of vinyl, selfless dedication and faced a bit of tragedy.

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@lesterlawrence100 9 лет назад

An amazing and educating video.R.I.P Richard,You contributed and amazing service to the world.

@MyDadsMusic1 10 лет назад

Brilliant, so sad that the old guy died so soon, but I will always remember him. and Long Live Vinyl! It will come back, it is coming back, cd's are never as good as vinyl.

@vicr1682 3 года назад

It came back

@TheBillymo 9 лет назад

too bad,,seemed like a hell of a nice man,,glad to have met him,,seriously,,world needs more like him,,i salute his honesty and clarity of character,,sweet guy,,

@joshtor29 11 лет назад

Rest in peace mr.smith. Records will always sound more beautiful than any cd and even more than any mp3 of the biggest bitrate

@icecreamget Год назад

well mp3's can only go to 320kbps at the very most.

@tangofizz77 10 лет назад

Brilliant film, simple, well shot, and brilliantly edited. Story was wonderful, and had a wonderful warm feel to it. Rest in Peace, Dick Smith. Music: Textual - "What Is False Can Now Be True"

@brynot 8 лет назад

Thanks for the kind words!

@tangofizz77 8 лет назад

I dunno why I wrote it so badly, this is literately the weirdest comment i've ever written, but my pleasure haha. I loved it!

@GeoAl09 11 лет назад

Man thats so sad. How just 6 days after the video was made, he died.

@Mark5W8Comer 10 лет назад

Digital does have it's conveniences- undeniably true. But when I'm in my living room having cocktails, I'm gonna drag a diamond through a vinyl groove!

@Aussie0zborn 12 лет назад

Alapha Music Manufacturing re-opened in late 2011 with new owners. Quality is fantastic.

@TheGaryET 12 лет назад

What a great story, sad to hear Dick passed away, seemed like a very proud and humble man. Ive been listening to vinyl since I was about 2 or 3 years old, grandparents and parents listening to it. I still buy vinyl now and I'm nearly 26, I really hope vinyl continues to be made and sold, I couldn't imagine life without it. Great video....

@mohans287 3 года назад

There is a kind of warmth, friendliness and a disarming honesty and frankness as he speaks. It pains so much to hear he is no more.

@rodantkapoor9721 10 лет назад

R.I.P. Mr. Smith. Thank you for this video.

@jarrodschroeder 3 года назад

I've watched this video over 100 times, I love it.

@brynot 3 года назад

Jarrod Schroeder Stoked you like it. It’s one of my favorites. This guy was truly genuine and it was a pleasure spending an afternoon learning from him. Subscribe as I’m always posting more.

@Turboy65 2 года назад

It's kind of funny, 12 years ago it was a "dying art", but it made a comeback. Today, vinyl record sales are bigger than CD sales. (In 2022.)

@diddywahdaddy 12 лет назад

Oh man, this is a DEVASTATING story big time...such a wonderful guy, proud of his craft and business, giving a great and simple description of his work of art without getting close to being full of himself ever. A real craftsman. I loved him at once before even knowing what the end of the story would bring, I have tons of respect for people like him, and so should you, because real knowledge people are getting so scarce.Interestingly, vinyl is up and coming again.Heartbreaking that he left now.

@paweldun 10 лет назад

God bless this man and all of them with their press still working

@damianmclaughlin2026 3 года назад

First watched video of 2021. I want it to continue so badly. Happy new year anyone reading this.

@brynot 3 года назад

Happy New Year, Damian. Let's hope 2021 is a healing year.

@ShainaKarasik 11 лет назад

24 yrs old here and I agree!!! Also The opening instantly reminded me of the video for People are People - DM...lol!

@OWProductions1 12 лет назад

This touched my heart.

@TEACHYOUTEEWHY 12 лет назад

Rest In Peace Richard Smith. Keep pressing them Records in Paradise.

@etact8888 7 лет назад

RIP and good chap, being a factory owner I understood every word he said, when ordering a machine and then everything is up to you to figure out. It's not like you can google for answer, this kind of machine can only be investigated by yourself and try in best to do your own communication with relevant person

@dorkod 11 лет назад

"It scares me a little bit about not being here and not doing this anymore. But I'll face that when it happens." - R.I.P. Richard "Dick" Smith

@TerjeNesthus 9 лет назад

R.I.P! Nice video!

@HardCoreStefanO 12 лет назад

what a shame.... rip richard smith. I hope things will change and they will make vinylpressing machines again. Keep the vinyl alive.

@huyked 11 лет назад

:( Wow. The timing of it all, the interview and Mr. Smith's passing. My condolences to the family, and friends.

@hendunesia 11 лет назад

Vinyl sales up %20 again this year...... It will never die.

@TheWoud 12 лет назад

In my opinion vinyl is the best format you can get. I'ts solid, nice big cover to enjoy the artwork and it has the nice feeling when the needle hits the record and the music starts to play.

@currentphonograph1734 7 лет назад

interesting points about business leader transition

@RickHashimoto 14 лет назад

Very nice documentary. Sounds like a great guy - Sorry I didn't get to know him. viva la vinyl!

@synthopianproductions3527 7 лет назад

Wish i had that press.

@brynot 11 лет назад

BTW, vinyl has a been commercially available for approximately 116 years. Just noting this because someone had said "over 60 years". That's a bit of an understatement.

@kaka123987 11 лет назад

Richard Smith is in heaven with his excess vinyl material halo

@Ned-ke3ui 7 лет назад

Dick Smith rest in peace

@halitmarmaris 2 года назад

thank you 🎵👋

@deathtochloe 12 лет назад

Vinyl is very alive it's sales have increased 25% in the past year while cd sales have declined. People do care and more and more artists are releasing one off vinyl or rereleasing older records . BestBuy has added a vinyl section to most it's stores and online retail . Target has vinyl again ! Anyone who says otherwise has their eyes closed

@PANDEMONIUMDJ 11 лет назад

what a lovely guy

@keem008 11 лет назад

yes sir. need more heads like you kid.

@nymetsrock 12 лет назад

i agree with you there are hipsters that ruin the fun by fitting in with their hipster friends and doing it because its cool ,but i feel most people assume all record collectors are like that which is displeasing because most are not, most just enjoy the idea and fun of records.

@Aussie0zborn 13 лет назад

Alpha Music Manufacturing in Florida closed its doors in February/March 2011.

@brynot 14 лет назад

Bcuz- I don't know if they are related or not. The plant was in Plantation, Fl. That's in the Ft. Lauderdale area. I'm sure you could call them and get more details. If it's the same family, they will know about this documentary.

@VinylPro Год назад

R.i.P. great guy !

@EzeeLinux 10 лет назад

Dying? I don't think so. Plenty of new records are being pressed and the number is going up.

@DailyVlogTV 10 лет назад

Now, yes. But 4 years ago when this video was posted, it was dying.

@EzeeLinux 10 лет назад

RU-vid Turtle Ahhh! I see... :)

@KWatson1984 9 лет назад

RU-vid Turtle Video is dated 2005, still... iPod classic was in peak popularity and semi-modern smartphones were just coming out... vinyl was very near dead then...

@richardsoffice9176 6 лет назад

Hey Joe - I know your brother, Tom!

@zerolullabiez 5 лет назад

Rest In Peace Mr. Smith. 💿🌌

@sjkislington 11 лет назад

A great video that brings back a lot of memories!! I am a reformed vinyl nerd and ex QC Manager of a pressing plant.My late mate ace mastering engineer Boppin' Bob Jones would accuse me of having cloth ears, but I am quite happy with the quality of CDs!! MP3 tracks though can be a bit fuzzy and lacking detail. On a purely personal note, I never liked Lened Presses - particularly the 12 " versions - the gripper arrangement was crude and often failed. Hamilton or Toolex Alpha were better IMHO

@ianmotasabuanbarriatos 2 года назад

Mr. RICHARD 'DICK' SMITH, OWNER OF ALPHA RECORDS, MAY GOD BLESS YOU TO BRINGING THE PIONEER OF ALL RECORDS TO HEAVEN AND YOU MAY REST IN PEACE!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏✝️✝️✝️✝️✝️🔊🔊🔊🔊🔊🎶🎶🎶🎶🎶

@Mark5W8Comer 10 лет назад

Actually, most of the old 78s were shellac, and Edison's Diamond Discs were made of a phenolic resin similar to bakelite. Vinyl really didn't come into play until the introduction of the 45rpm record in 1949, and some manufacturers used polystyrene for their records. With that in mind, over 60 years is actually true- from 1949 to 2013 is 64 years, even though PVC was invented in 1872 (but never patented until 1913).

@goldenboy5500 5 лет назад

are you pressing those 45's in polyvinyl chloride aka Vinyl or polystyrene

@stuarttacey 12 лет назад

Anybody who has decent hearing knows Vinyl sounds better than CD. Keep your CDs and Mp3s, i'll listed to quality warm sounding Vinyl thanks!

@jjunin_ONE 5 лет назад

I like The vinyl. Go make factory in Argentina PLEASE. 👍✌

@brynot 5 лет назад

J JUNIN okay.

@PANDEMONIUMDJ 11 лет назад

Im from the uk and only play vinyl as a DJ and for listening too. what is your release?

@nedjonedeljko 11 лет назад

Greetings, Does anyone know whether this factory still exist? My dream is to have my own sing vinyil

@h0merg0mez 13 лет назад

5:16 for devil laugh

@mahoot81 11 лет назад

It's still in business. Just google it.

@sjkislington 12 лет назад

Yes, that's a Lened.

@LHUPA 12 лет назад

What's the brand of the record press? LENED?

@neilforbes416 7 лет назад

That's indeed sad, what's happening to this plant. Did they process LPs and EPs or just singles? Did they have their own label or did they process for clients like EMI(Capitol), Warner, BMG, Sony & such?

@brynot 6 лет назад

Neil Forbes a little bit of everything.

@tomnicholl 11 лет назад

Most people today have absolutely no idea what you talking about. Many younger people have never even heard a vinyl record. And if they have it was on some turntable someone pulled out of the basement.

@utub1473 5 лет назад

How would one get into this business?

@ResilientME 11 лет назад

Maybe you just need a better turntable ;) . I buy records because the digital versions of the music I like are brickwalled during mastering and sound atrocious. When I come to a well mastered album I have a difficult time deciding what format to buy it on, I voice my analog setup toward accuracy rather than warmth and I've got a good DAC. It's surprising how similar the two can sound with well recorded music.

@SelectaBwoy 11 лет назад

Of course it still exists.

@Fiendstein 6 лет назад

@bobstaurovsky3506 Год назад

More companies are pressing records than in years !!!

@dodgecoronet68 12 лет назад

Dad gum I don't know how the guy who did this video felt like when they were told that nice old man passed away.

@KellieLevans 12 лет назад

That was a really sad ending, at least Dick lives on and his trade is admirable @kidkel69 Rocking Fun Musis tm Records

@rick_terscale1111 6 лет назад

Vinyl? Records? What are they? Will they work on my iPhone X?

@brynot 6 лет назад

Rick Terscale yes!

@ResilientME 11 лет назад

Discogs is your friend. Still a bit pricy, especially with newer music but at least you'll be able to find most of what you want.

@foureyedchick 8 лет назад

sad story

@brynot 8 лет назад

He kicked ass.

@richardsoffice9176 6 лет назад

Perhaps not - he made a living for a long time, doing this!

@PrankZabba 12 лет назад

cd's are the new 8 track

@yehlingboy 10 лет назад

cool good luck listening to your vinyl in the car

@nzoomed 8 лет назад

Why do those records have such a large hole in the centre? That's way too large for the spindle.

@brynot 8 лет назад

They are 45s. You put an adapter in the hole in order to play it on a turn table. I imagine they started doing that in order to save money by using less material?

@79frankja 8 лет назад

7" 45's had a bigger hole to make it easier for them to automatically load on jukeboxes.

@tomfurgas2844 6 лет назад

RCA Victor was the first record company to issue 7-inch 45's. They made them to be competitive with Columbia, which had recently came out with the 12-inch 33-rpm album. They made the holes big so that they would work in the specially made record players, designed to play 7-inch 45's. The record players had only a large spindle and could only play 45's with the big holes. After RCA other record companies adapted the 45 format, and maintained the large holes so that they also would play on the RCA record players.

@nymetsrock 12 лет назад

not at all, collecting records is like collecting stamps, i love collecting the colors, the limited editions, its awesome, its not because its cool, its like a hobby

@CurvedSlightly 8 лет назад

Dying art of pressing vinyl? Vinyl sales are up 45%

@brynot 8 лет назад

First, this video was shot 11 years ago. Second, the sales are up 45% from what? The year before? Understand that vinyl records was THE format that was used in commercial music until the CD took over in the late 1980's. So sales may be up, but they're a pittance in comparison to the hey day of vinyl records.

@elixeroflife 7 лет назад

+brynot sales in 2014 smashed the previous ranking sales record of 1995. when the MP3 came about in 1996 it was a huge blow to the other formats

@geetarbube 7 лет назад

elixeroflife and now vinyl sales are outpacing digital sales

@elixeroflife 7 лет назад

geetarbube you dont have to tell me, i work at QRP!

@Mobiledotwww 3 года назад

The title does not fit in 2020. The vinyl ars has been resurrected and more and more people buy vinyls.

@brynot 3 года назад

D. Fănel It's great that people still have an interest in vinyl. However, in comparison to when vinyl was the most popular medium in the world, it's hardly resurrected. Still, totally happy that it's not dead 15 years after this piece was made.

@Mobiledotwww 3 года назад

@@brynot I found some statistics online showing how many vinyls have been sold by year. Take a look at this: www.statista.com/statistics/297763/vinyl-record-sales-worldwide/ Also, I want to make clear, I wasn't in any way criticizing the title you have chosen for your video which was totally accurate at the time of upload. I was just...expressing my joy for the fact that more and more people enjoy listening to vinyls.

@carlrudd1858 9 лет назад

dead as a doornail.....

@SPAZZOID100 8 лет назад

BS. All pressing plants are 6-12 months behind schedule because of demand

@d.e.bunker5311 8 лет назад

+Carl Rudd Dead? Not by a long shot!! Paraphrased from a 2014 local TV news story (video accompanying this story is no longer available): A record pressing plant in Nashville is running 24 hours a day, 6 days a week and still can't meet the booming demand for vinyl. They are having 16 new presses custom built to go in a expansion facility. Original story at www.wsmv.com/story/25417309/united-record-pressing-adds-facility-to-keep-up-with-demand I feel sad that Dick Smith didn't get to see the resurgence of vinyl.

@carlrudd1858 8 лет назад

Vinyl is in continual use in manufacturing. Floors, shoes, luggage. There is no resurgence of vinyl. And stop calling records vinyl. You seem unclear on a few things. For instance, tons of records were pressed from polystyrene. Vinyl is just a material. You millennials piss me off.

@d.e.bunker5311 8 лет назад

+Carl Rudd Not sure of your definition of a millennial, but I doubt I qualify. I'm old, but not 1,000 years old. Vinyl is a fond term for late 20th century recordings because some form of vinyl has been used to make them for over 80 years (and still counting). So I suppose we have every right to call them vinyl.

@carlrudd1858 8 лет назад

It's not a format, it's a material. Only some records are made of vinyl. Lots are made of polystyrene. So, call it the polystyrene 'format' haha.

@diddywahdaddy 12 лет назад

Oh man, this is a DEVASTATING story big time...such a wonderful guy, proud of his craft and business, giving a great and simple description of his work of art without getting close to being full of himself ever. A real craftsman. I loved him at once before even knowing what the end of the story would bring, I have tons of respect for people like him, and so should you, because real knowledge people is getting so scarce. Interestingly, vinyl is up and coming again.Heartbreaking that he left now.