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Vinyl in the Sun: Inside the First Solar-Powered Record Pressing Plant in the U.S.

Audiodrome Record Pressing is a new boutique record pressing plant powered entirely by solar energy.

Three years later, Newell and his wife Betsy Bemis have realized that vision with Audiodrome Record Pressing, which officially opens today, April 22 (and you can check out Enoch’s album, which came out last month). It’s a boutique shop in Gainesville, Florida that aims to serve smaller artists and labels left in the lurch by the continued growth of vinyl, especially among pop stars whose massive manufacturing needs have created industry-wide backlogs. Audiodrome has adopted other practices that are starting to become more standard across the vinyl manufacturing industry as it aims to embrace sustainability (Newell and Bemis both admire the eco-friendly efforts of the Dutch plant, Deepgroves).

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