{"podcast":{"title":"The Vinyl Guide - Artist Interviews for Record Collectors and Music Nerds","slug":"the-vinyl-guide-artist-interviews-for-record-collectors-and-music-nerds-743084","podcast_index_feed_id":743084,"rss_url":"https://vinylguide.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://vinylguide.libsyn.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/1/9/7/8/1978dbeaf13e6b45/thevinylguide-1600x1600.jpg","author":"Nate Goyer","episode_count":569,"summary":"Nate is a record collector, music lover and vinyl maniac. Join him on his journey to discuss, share and review all things related to vinyl records. We feature stories about and interviews with musicians, artists and people of knowledge in the area of vinyl records. Additionally we share information on desirable pressings of records, how to tell a $5 pressing from a $500 pressing and care and maintenance for your cratedigging hobby. Subscribe and share with your record-nerd friends. Cheers!","last_synced_at":"2026-06-22T16:19:52.873213+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vinyl-guide-artist-interviews-for-record-collectors-and-music-nerds-743084"},"episode":{"title":"Ep546: One-Step Audiophile Vinyl w Tom Grover Biery","slug":"ep546-one-step-audiophile-vinyl-w-tom-grover-biery","published_at":"2026-04-21T09:09:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vinyl-guide-artist-interviews-for-record-collectors-and-music-nerds-743084/ep546-one-step-audiophile-vinyl-w-tom-grover-biery","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vinyl-guide-artist-interviews-for-record-collectors-and-music-nerds-743084","url":"https://vinylguide.libsyn.com/ep546-one-step-audiophile-vinyl-w-tom-grover-biery","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/vinylguide/Ep546_-_One_Step_Audiophile_Vinyl_w_Tom_Grover_Biery.mp3?dest-id=315004","summary":"From funding the first Record Store Day to producing limited one-step pressings of Pet Sounds , Prince , and Dr. Dre , Tom \"Grover\" Biery is one of the most influential figures in modern vinyl culture - Hear all about his next adventures with the vinyl artform. Topics Include: Tom \"Grover\" Biery spent 20 years at Warner Bros. Records He pushed vinyl internally around 2004 when nobody believed in it His boss Tom Wally gave him the green light to proceed First pressings were Kevin Gray and Steve Hoffman catalog titles Warner's vinyl billing exploded from $300K to $5M in 18 months Failure's Fantastic Planet was among the earliest titles he championed Neil Young gave an impassioned in-office speech about the importance of sound That speech directly inspired the \"Because Sound Matters\" brand name BSM is Warner's audiophile imprint; DSS covers Interscope and Capitol Tom now operates as a consultant to both major label groups His own label, Slow Down Sounds, has been running nearly a decade One-step pressings go lacquer to stamper, skipping generational quality loss Each stamper yields only 500–750 pressings, requiring multiple lacquer cuts Neotech's D2 vinyl compound produces exceptionally quiet, revealing pressings Mastering costs alone run nine times higher on one-step projects Sources are vetted exhaustively — flat masters, tape, or high-res files Artists and managers approve every test pressing throughout the process A newly discovered 1972 Pet Sounds master changed everything for the reissue Chris Bellman confirmed the tape matched a 1972 white label perfectly Only 6,000 copies of the Pet Sounds DSS one-step will ever exist Tom has been transparent about sourcing since 2005, long before the MoFi controversy Quality now ranks second or third in why fans buy vinyl Beck's…","meta_description":"From funding the first Record Store Day to producing limited one-step pressings of Pet Sounds , Prince , and Dr. Dre , Tom \"Grover\" Biery is one of the mo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4715,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-vinyl-guide-artist-interviews-for-record-collectors-and-music-nerds-743084/episodes/ep546-one-step-audiophile-vinyl-w-tom-grover-biery/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-vinyl-guide-artist-interviews-for-record-collectors-and-music-nerds-743084/ep546-one-step-audiophile-vinyl-w-tom-grover-biery.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}