When I first started reading this great Pitchfork article about the Columbus, OH recording studio + vinyl manufacturing plant Musicol I was a bit skeptical about the quality of a vinyl record that could possibly emerge from a hand-pressed device. I mean, wouldn't there be such a huge margin for error that it couldn't possibly be good? Then I realized how absurd and narrow minded of a perspective that was. From there, I soaked myself in the notion that not only is there no reason for the final product to be anything less than what a machine can do but that each record is extremely steeped in the craft of their creation. A lovely thought in and of itself.

HT Dan.