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Re:Manufacturing plant fire threatens worldwide vinyl record... by yokaze on Saturday February 08, 2020 @02:49AM (#22274576)
To my knowledge, in small volumes vinyl is cheaper to produce than CDs. So, if you want to get a physical medium, it might be the only choice.
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Re:Manufacturing plant fire threatens worldwide vinyl record... by newnewpdro on Saturday February 08, 2020 @02:55AM (#22274602)
It's also trivially recycled, AIUI vinyl records can simply be shredded to bits and put right back into the pressing process to make new ones.

I saw a documentary a while back about a region where new local songs were pressed into records on a weekly basis, I think it was in Jamaica. The local music scene was highly ephemeral, and people's records were constantly being recycled for this week's new tunes.

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Re:Manufacturing plant fire threatens worldwide vinyl record... by ScottBurson on Saturday February 08, 2020 @05:30AM (#22275074)
The vinyl gets noisier when it's recycled. The best pressings are on virgin vinyl.
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Re:Manufacturing plant fire threatens worldwide vinyl record... by Symbiote on Saturday February 08, 2020 @01:18PM (#22277365)
In extremely small volumes, CDs are very cheap. Bands just burn CD-Rs.

Digital files are even cheaper.

I doubt vinyl is cheaper at any scale. At least in the UK, 250 packaged CDs are 60% of the cost of 250 unpacked vinyls.

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