Well, hey everyone, welcome to this week's episode of The Vinyl Guide, the podcast where we talk to the artists behind the records we love and collect.

And today, we are featuring a conversation with Eric Aster, of Furnace Manufacturing, one of the largest record pressing plants in the United States, and definitely one of the coolest.

Eric talks us through Furnace's approach to vinyl record pressing, the materials they use, what makes records sound good, what makes them sound bad, some of the amazing box

sets and packaging they've done, his thoughts on the future of vinyl record manufacturing,

and heaps, heaps more.

Now don't worry, we don't get too nerdy on this one, so sit back, grab a beer or a coffee

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