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Stupid records!

Ah... nothing is like picking up your 20-vinyl order from the local post office. Only to find that one or more of the records are deformed in some way. I have only a collection of about 50 records, and so far, I have found these "abnormalities":

1. The centre hole is too big, causing the needle to skip a lot
2. The centre hole is too small, so that you have to jump on the record to make it fit on the spindle
3. The centre hole is in fact NOT in the centre of the record, so that you get seasick just by looking at it rotating
4. The record looks like it has been used to clean the floor
5. The list goes on and on....

Is it really so hard to press a vinyl? I have never in my lifetime seen a deformed CD or cassette... so what is going on?

wow dude where the hell do you get your records???!

solution for #1:
..try using some tape. try using playdoh

solution for #2:
...use knife to cut in around the middle and use sandpaper to smooth it out.

#3:
?

#4:
...use it to clean the floor

youve never seen a deformed CD?

hmm..I wont use my mistress Barbera CD in a Car CD player cuz it always gets jammed, and it has a non circular burn pattern

and that one where teh whole isnt in the middle, the hole probly is, but the label isnt.

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and that one where teh whole isnt in the middle, the hole probly is, but the label isnt

In fact it WAS a couple of millimetres off... you could easily see that the cartridge was moving a lot, almost skipping.

I know that most times it's easy to fix the records, I posted this because I had nothing better to do and if maybe some of you had some funny stories related to it...

I tell you what really annoys me. It�s when you have a 12� where on side feels �heavier� than the other. I.e. it takes more effort to manipulate than the other side! Drives me mental

lol

here's a quick solution to problem #2:

take a ballpoint pen (ie: Bic pen), remove the cap and insert it (hehe, insert!) it into the record hole and twist it back and forth to enlargen the hole. do this however long you feel is necessary to enlargen the hole. works like a charm every time!

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Originally posted by Spin Doctor I tell you what really annoys me. It�s when you have a 12� where on side feels �heavier� than the other. I.e. it takes more effort to manipulate than the other side! Drives me mental lol

do you mean that one side feels 'normal' but the other hardly catches the slipmat when you let go of it and if you did a backspin with it...it would almost spin forever?

if so your record is warped a'la concave one way, convex other way


what i hate is tracks that start 16 beats into a 32-beat bar
or 24 beats in...etc.

or tracks that have an extra 4 beats at the end of a build up for some reason and completely throw your cueing off *shakes fist*

planetxusa fucked me big time when i bought sonorouos - "glass garden" on the Yris label. It was so warped that to this day i have never been able to beat match the ******.

just like a cant beat match altitude -excession (except diff problem)

i got my copy of glass garden from groovetech.com . good stuff.

haha i got a record one time, it looked like someone used it for a dinner plate, but it was all the way from belgium, and i dindt feel like sending it back, it would take to long

Re: Stupid records!

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Originally posted by zapper 3. The centre hole is in fact NOT in the centre of the record, so that you get seasick just by looking at it rotating

Hee hee I've never seen a deformed record like that before, it must be hell trying to beatmatch with that thing, you'll find yourself hypnotised not by the music but by the vinyl.

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Originally posted by wookieslut planetxusa fucked me big time when i bought sonorouos - "glass garden" on the Yris label. It was so warped that to this day i have never been able to beat match the ******.

you too eh?? mine is soooo warped... but it hasnt stopped me from caning the shit out of it since i started spinning almost a year ago

Thats exactly why I word with CDs, I burn them myself I get all the latest stuff and I dont have to put away extra money just to find out the damn Vinyl is fucked.
Something to think about...

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Originally posted by Scorchio Thats exactly why I word with CDs, I burn them myself I get all the latest stuff and I dont have to put away extra money just to find out the damn Vinyl is fucked. Something to think about...

ya.. but when u spin that vinyl u have been waiting for 2 weeks and its not warped
its a whole other feeling

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Originally posted by DJ-Energy ya.. but when u spin that vinyl u have been waiting for 2 weeks and its not warped its a whole other feeling

Yeah. you're right! It's a feeling you can't explain with words!
Just like when you just made a very tight mix.

A while ago I got a vinyl I ordered from only-djs.com and there was some kind of stuff on it. It kinda looked like it was 'burned' into the vinyl. very annoying and it made the record unplayable

greetz

i got a 2 sided records, side a play fine, side b doesnt, although it has grooves and shit and its not one of those 1-sided records where the 2nd side is just blank... lol...

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Originally posted by TranceGeek i got a 2 sided records, side a play fine, side b doesnt, although it has grooves and shit and its not one of those 1-sided records where the 2nd side is just blank... lol...

What do u mean exactly? you mean (1). that when you play side b it's you hear just static? Or you mean (2). that the grooves of side b are just screwed, so that the needle skips?
If 1 is the case, then it's just a one sided record. I know it looks strange but it is, I've got a couple of those also..

Hope this helps

greetz

what i mean is, both sides have grooves, side a plays fine, side b you cant hear anything, not even static, NOTHING, but it has grooves! lol, i dont really mind cuz the mix i want is on side a, but still, its weird

Yea, I have a record like that.. it's got grooves on the B side but they don't make any sound. Do they do that to balance the vinyl or something? I also own vinyl with no grooves on the B side, just glossy wax (which is what I thought would be the norm for a single sided 12").

Talking about f'd up vinyl, I have a copy of Dilerium - Innocente that has 2 labels stamped on the B side (factory defect). The first label is fine, but the 2nd label was stamped off center (over the first label). The funny part is, when the vinyl was pressed, part of the 2nd label got pressed into the grooves! It actually plays in the "paper" grooves, but it sounds pretty f'd up!

I'm still mad about copy of Hybrid - Symphony (Original Mix) being warped. Doesn't stop me from playing it, tho!

Sure wish there was some sort of quality control for pressing vinyl, but then that would make prices higher...

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Originally posted by Ugg Talking about f'd up vinyl, I have a copy of Dilerium - Innocente that has 2 labels stamped on the B side (factory defect). The first label is fine, but the 2nd label was stamped off center (over the first label). The funny part is, when the vinyl was pressed, part of the 2nd label got pressed into the grooves! It actually plays in the "paper" grooves, but it sounds pretty f'd up!

Woohoo, if it were a coca-cola bottle you'd have made a fortune selling it by now.

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