From Buttons to The Beatles
11/14/2019 | 3m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
Scranton's Capitol Records building served as the company's main manufacturing plant
The former Capitol Records Building in Scranton, PA was the main manufacturing plant for Capitol from 1946 to 1969, but record pressing started here during the 1920s for the Scranton Button Company. Millions of records from the likes of The Beatles, Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Peggy Lee were pressed here and sold around the country.
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From Buttons to The Beatles
11/14/2019 | 3m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
The former Capitol Records Building in Scranton, PA was the main manufacturing plant for Capitol from 1946 to 1969, but record pressing started here during the 1920s for the Scranton Button Company. Millions of records from the likes of The Beatles, Beach Boys, Frank Sinatra, Nat King Cole and Peggy Lee were pressed here and sold around the country.
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