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Remember LPs? Well, I sure do — over the past week I’ve been working on digitizing some LPs that haven’t been (and perhaps never will be) released on CD. Below are two videos showing how records are made — first, the laquer Master Disc, then the vinyl copies you and I buy at the store. I believe these videos are from the Canadian documentary series How It’s Made (the other items from the same episode included “bagels” and “chains”) shown on the Discovery Channel in most markets.
The Laquer Master Disc
The Vinyl Copies
Check out the silvering process on the master — that must be expensive.
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Wow that’s really interesting. I would love to learn more about the machine that records the music onto the master. What was the process like when records were new technology?
posted by Lindsay on 12-3-2009 at 6:12 pm
From Bob and Doug Makenzie’s “Great White North” album:
“So where do they get that black stuff they use to make albums?”
“Old albums.”
posted by EV on 12-4-2009 at 8:44 am