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     The factory floor at Nashville's United Records Pressing (URP) is a living, breathing dragon of a place.  In the relatively small, windowless warren of concrete rooms, twenty-two record presses hiss, cough, growl, grind, and ultimately spit out vinyl records of all genres, weights, colors, and sizes.  A Dave Matthews Band album is born right next to classic reissues from Primus, Pearl Jam, and the Wu-Tang Clan; chart toppers by Lana Del Rey; colored Iron Maiden collector's editions; a special release by Elvira "Mistress of the Dark"; and neo disco by Chromeo.  The place smells like hot metal, sour water, and the sweet poison tang of warm plastic.

-David Sax, The Revenge of Analog:  Real Things and Why They Matter