Stock Photo - 22 August 2022, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Güstrow: Employees of the record company ""Matter of Fact"" check and pack freshly pressed records into their record covers. (The company, which currently employs five people, has been producing records for several weeks in a former potato hall that had to be extensively converted for record production. With a force of 150 tons, the long-playing records are produced from polyvinyl chloride (PVC) on the presses at 200 degrees Celsius. Between 250,000 and 300,000 records are to be pressed each year. According to the German Music Industry Association, over 4.5 million records were sold in Germany in 2021, generating vinyl sales of 118 million euros. Photo: Jens Büttner/dpa. - Güstrow/Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania/Germany