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Will surging demand for vinyl records last?

Sony has been forced to open a new plant to press vinyl discs in Japan, because global production capacity cannot cope with the number of records being sold.

The Japanese company is reviving a business it gave up in the 1990's.

Baby boomers enjoying nostalgia and a new generation of music lovers are behind the rising sales of vinyl records, as Ian Shirley, from Record Collector Magazine, tells the 麻豆社's Russell Padmore.

(Picture: A record plays on a turntable. Getty Images.)

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