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California Fire Could Devastate Global Supply Chain For Vinyl Records

Experts say lacquers, a critical component of vinyl production, will now be in short supply. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP/Getty Images)
Experts say lacquers, a critical component of vinyl production, will now be in short supply. (Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP/Getty Images)

People in the vinyl business are warning of a global bottleneck in the record industry after a fire last week destroyed Apollo Masters Corp. in Banning, California.

The facility was one of only two in the world that makes lacquers, a critical component of vinyl production that experts say will now be in short supply.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd speaks with Jessa Zapor-Gray, an independent audio and vinyl consultant.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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