Metal Band Buys Vinyl Record Plant

Heavy Metal band Metallica is getting heavy into vinyl with the purchase of Furnace Record Pressing, a 70,000-square-foot vinyl pressing plant in Alexandria, Virginia. The band isn’t alone. Musician Jack White owns the Third Man Records vinyl pressing plant in Detroit, another one of the 88 disk pressers in the US.

Metallica sold 387,000 vinyl albums last year. Industry-wide, vinyl outsold CDs last year, the first time since 1987, becoming the single most popular format of physical media in music, accounting for $1.2 billion in sales.

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“Metallica Sells So Much Vinyl It Just Bought Its Own Pressing Plant,” Robert Levine, Billboard

“Metallica have bought their own vinyl pressing plant,” Will Richards, NME

“Metallica Just Bought A Northern Virginia Record-Pressing Company,” Elliot C. Williams, DCist

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Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out

“Nobody Knows You When You’re Down And Out,” written by Jimmie Cox, recorded by Nina Simone, 1965.

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Nobody

“Nobody,” written by Wayne Carson, recorded by Bruce Channel, 1968.

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Nobody

“Nobody,” written by Paul Westerberg and recorded by The Replacements, 1990.

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Nobody

“Nobody,” written by by Dick Cooper (Willie A. Cooper) and Ernie Shelby, recorded by Larry Williams and Johnny ‘Guitar’ Watson with The Kaleidoscope, 1967. R&B sitar (or veena). Groovy.

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Nobody But You

“Nobody But You,” recorded by the Swan Silvertones, 1961. Louis Johnson on lead.

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How’s the World Treating You

“How’s the World Treating You,” written by Chet Atkins and Boudleaux Bryant, performed by James Taylor and Alison Krauss,
2003.

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Number 000

“Number 000,” written and recorded by Otis Blackwell, 1953. This is about the numbers game, a popular wagering pastime before legal lotteries displaced workers in the ‘hood and reduced payouts.

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Fly Like an Eagle

“Fly Like an Eagle,” written by Steve Miller, recorded by the Neville Brothers, 1992. Lead vocal: Cyril Neville.

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White Rabbit

“White Rabbit,” written by Grace Slick, recorded by Shakespear’s Sister, released in 2004. Vocal: Siobhan Fahey. Nice animation.

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