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    Sony Will Start Making Vinyl Records Again In Japan, After Nearly 30-Year Hiatus

    Sony says it's meeting new demand from young people who buy records they've heard on streaming services. The company stopped pressing vinyl in 1989.
    by Bill Chappell Jun 29, 2017 2 minutes
    A store manager shows off a Japanese pressing of The Beatles' Let It Be at the RECOfan music shop in Tokyo's Shibuya district. Demand for vinyl records is leading Sony to restart making vinyl records. / TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA / Getty Images

    Sony Music is preparing to make its own vinyl records again in Japan, in another sign that albums are back from the brink of being obsolete. The company says it's installing record-cutting equipment and enlisting the help of older engineers who know how to

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