Plastics News Now: Press makers, Columbia House getting back into vinyl records

Gatecrasher

I'm a plastics engineer by trade and received this snippet in my email today:

Plastics News Now | 4 hours ago

Plastics News Now: Press makers, Columbia House getting back into vinyl records

The red-hot vinyl record market has drawn the attention of press makers and subscription service Columbia House, plus a national microbead ban is signed into law.

http://www.plasticsnews.com/article/20151230/MULTIMEDIA01/151239999/plastics-news-now-press-makers-columbia-house-getting-back-into#tagID_33

motorhead43026

I am on board only when they get back into 8 track...lol

Gatecrasher

motorhead43026 wrote: »

I am on board only when they get back into 8 track...lol

That's funny. I was just thinking about that too. I remember as a kid back in the 70s joining Columbia House and receiving the ten 8-tracks for a penny after joining the "club". I remember you had the choice of getting either records or 8-track tapes on most of the releases.

I joined it again in the 80s when CDs came out. Since the sale of digital hard copies is way down, Vinyl is the obvious choice for them to consider as a niche' market.

pongshi

Something not quite right here. I thought Columbia House just filed for bankruptcy. How can they now be getting into vinyl? By the way, I would certainly love to see vinyl truly come back with new presses and operations

oldrocker

Wife informed me of this.
Very cool.

Man, I remember those get 10 for a penny, just buy a few at regular price.