Vinyl in 2026: tariffs on inputs, small-run pricing and the break-even maths for a 300-copy indie pressing
US vinyl passed $1 billion in wholesale value in 2025, but the US tariff system still taxes the inputs a pressing plant buys more than the finished records it competes with. We set out what a 300-copy run costs on published price lists, and an illustrative worksheet showing where an independent artist breaks even.
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