Photos: Vinyl revival a boon for Southland printer

A sample of a Stoughton Printing Co. album jacket: This is a gatefold, glossy lamination for a re-issue of the Doors’ “Waiting for the Sun.”  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Jack Stoughton Jr., who with his brother runs the company their father founded, stands beside a press at Stoughton Printing in City of Industry. The plant has ridden and bucked trends.   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

A sample of a Stoughton Printing Co. album jacket: This Led Zeppelin “Mothership” greatest hits compilation is a box set that contains four record jackets and a 16-page book. The box has overall matte coating, spot UV coating (high gloss) and spot embossing.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Printing plates are switched at Stoughton Printing Co. in City of Industry.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

A sample of a Stoughton Printing Co. album jacket: This is a standard “old style” gatefold with aqueous gloss coating for a re-issue of the Los Lobos album “By the Light of the Moon.”   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

Workers at Stoughton Printing prepare Eric Clapton album jackets for shipping.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

A sample of a Stoughton Printing Co. album jacket: This jacket for Jack White’s new album, “Lazaretto,” is an “old style” single (non-gatefold) with printed blanks (inside pocket is printed), with a soft-touch coating that gives it the feel of rubber.  (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)

A sample of a Stoughton Printing Co. album jacket: This jacket for a re-issue of Fleetwood Mac’s “Rumours” is an “old style” gatefold, with an embossed front cover (raised lettering) and spot UV coating (high-gloss coating).   (Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times)