Here's a hopeful story from the BBC on the production of, and recent rise of seven inch single sales, in the UK. Did you know the 45 will be 60 years old this March? Very interesting...thanks Gary!
As the production line grinds to its own industrial beat, it's clear that music formats don't get any more physical than this.
Downloads and iPods are all very well, but for many musicians, your latest song just hasn't been released until it's been forced on to a small, grooved plastic disc at a pressure of more than 2,000 lb per square inch.
The Wombats and Franz Ferdinand are among the artists whose seven-inch vinyl records are being sleeved and boxed at the Portalspace factory in Hayes, on the edge of west London.
As it happens, they are the latest in a venerable tradition.
The 45 rpm single is about to reach its 60th anniversary and despite repeated predictions of its demise, sales are rising once again. Continued here.
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