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For Immediate Release

Sept. 27, 2017

Sony Music launches partnership to restore damaged vinyl records

NEW YORK, Sept. 27, 2016 – SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT PARTNERS

WITH UNITED RECORD PRESSING TO DESIGN A DE-WARPING MACHINE FOR

VINYL RECORDS. MANY VINYL ENTHUAISTS HAVE TRIED TO FIND A WAY TO

CORRECT WARPED RECORDS, AND NO ONE HAS COME UP WITH A SUFFICIENT

METHOD UNTIL NOW. SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT AND UNITED RECORD

PRESSING ARE CREATING A MACHINE THAT ALLOWS DAMAGED AND WARPED

RECORDS TO BE RESTORED TO THEIR ORIGINAL STATE – FLAT AND SMOOTH.

SONY AND UNITED RECORD PRESSING PUT THEIR FINEST ENGINEERS TO

WORK TO INVENT THE NEW MACHINE; THE RELEASE DATE HAS NOT YET BEEN

DECIDED. THE MACHINE IS DESIGNED TO USE THE PERFECT AMOUNT OF

PRESSURE AND HEAT TO FLATTEN OUT WARPED RECORDS.

A MODERNIZED TURNTABLE INVENTED BY SONY ALLOWS THE ORIGINAL

ANALOG SOUND QUALITY TO BE RECORDED ONTO PERSONAL DEVICES. SONY’S

ADVANCE IN THE RECORD INDUSTRY IS WHAT SPARKED THEIR IDEA FOR THE

DE-WARPING DEVICE.

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Madeline LeBlanc
Director of Public Relations
(337) 256-4486
mleb114@lsu.edu

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