Amid the many return-to-analog trends in the U.S., vinyl records have held their footing as a popular medium since the early 2000s. In 2025, vinyl sales in the U.S. had their best year since the 1980s, surpassing $1 billion for the first time ever. However, most vinyl record pressing is done overseas, with just over 40 record pressing plants currently manufacturing in the U.S.

Object Permanence Records, based in Salem, is the newest vinyl pressing plant in Oregon. It’s also now the state’s only manufacturer, since Cascade Record Pressing in Milwaukie closed its doors last month.

Object Permanence has been in operation for just over three weeks. Co-owners Carrie Morrissey and Adam Philips join us with the details of vinyl pressing and why they moved from Brooklyn, NY, to Salem to start their small-press record manufacturing business.

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