35 million records pressed in 2013?

Posted by: joerand on 13 February 2014

I find it hard to believe, but it's true according to AnalogPlanet.com;

 

Based on numbers publicly disclosed or provided to analogplanet.com by most of the world's vinyl pressing plants, the total number of records pressed worldwide in 2013 was well in excess of 30,799,783. "Well in excess" because two major pressing plants refused to provide numbers. United Record Pressing in Nashville was unresponsive to analogplanet's request as was Optimal in Germany.

 

However, considering United's commercial success and size it would reasonable to add at least 4,000,000 units  to that total given the numbers provided by other pressing plants that did cooperate. Optimal's total must be at least 1,000,000 as well.

 

The total therefore is probably closer to 35,000,000 and that omits pressing plants in Korea and South America.

 

 

It makes me wonder how many CDs were sold.

Posted on: 14 February 2014 by BigH47

"fell to 1.26 Billion units"  from a billboard site after a google. Don't know what a unit is track/single/album/DL. 

 

http://www.billboard.com/biz/a...r-first-time-in-2013

Posted on: 14 February 2014 by RaceTripper

I did my part to perpetuate the need to press more records. I bought 132 albums in 2013.

Posted on: 14 February 2014 by joerand

@RT

Wow . Thank you on behalf of the industry .

 

I'm dealing mostly with used, but I'm finding the few new pressings I've bought are very well done. Keeping the RCM busy.