Tyler Bryant listens to finished record albums for flaws in a quality control room at the United Record Pressing facility in Nashville. The arrival of the compact disc nearly killed off record albums. Four decades later, with resuscitated record album sales producing double-digit growth, manufacturers are rapidly rebuilding an industry to keep pace with sales that topped $1 billion last year. MARK HUMPHREY/AP
By David Sharp Associated Press The arrival of the compact disc nearly killed off record albums, with vinyl pressing machines sold, scrapped and dismantled by…
