Today: From “Easy Guide To Stereo HiFi,” 1964, ed. Robert Mayfield: a short pictorial on the subject of ‘How a record is made.’ Nothing too exciting here; I am reproducing this primarily because the plant shown in the article is none other than the Bridgeport, CT Columbia Records plant. As I’ve mentioned before, this building is still standing; it is now ‘loft condos.’ The BPT Columbia plant was, AFAIK, the first facility in the world to manufacture 33rpm LP records; SCULLY, America’s top manufacturer of LP cutting lathes, was located a dozen blocks away, along the same train tracks that today still serve commuters, dotted with idled freight cars resting on derelict short-ends of tracks strewn throughout the East End.
