Behind the Scenes of the (Actual) Record Industry

You've probably heard that vinyl is back—sales of vinyl records have been on the rise and many people are discovering (or re-discovering!) the joys of record collecting. A lot of those records come from Record Industry. The Netherlands-based company has been operating since 1958, and is one of the largest vinyl pressing plants in the world. Owner Ton Vermeulen gave us a look inside the factory to see how *40,000—50,000* records get made every day.

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[ipad.unknown]

These videos have to be longer. It's like a really good appetizer. We need more!

[SOUNDINTHECITY]

love vinyl, from the days of loading up milk crates, to nickels on headshells...

[DrewJPS]

I always thought the music was scared on to it using devious psychology. Great Big Story, sit on my face.

[jayyanger]

Great Big Story really should monetize their videos. I wouldn't mind at all. They work so hard to provide videos.

[ChiaraThijssen]

Actually learning stuff about my own country!! Amazing!

[nathanawesome]

I always loved vinyl and just how cool it was to own something on vinyl. Almost bought a Kendrick album a couple days ago but I don't have a record player so I opted for the CD version which came in today.

[ASIGOO]

Of course the owner used to be a DJ, there's something in the water in The Netherlands that makes you love dance music

[LovegiDavid]

still so many questions to be answered lol, i hope they make the video lil longer

[yizhouzhou]

So how do they put the music inside the CD?

[noahnippard]

The first sleeve is Animals-Pink Floyd

[DJWolves]

*"My wife and me"* it's *"My wife and I"*

[TatsukiHashida]

Cool, no body is gonna buy it tho





Jk