Comments on: No Vinyl For You!

By: Earl

Earl — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 20:21:22 +0000

Once slavaged a copy of early Donaldson that had a repeat-skip with some good advice from a friend: figure out exactly where the skip is and check out that spot with a magnifying glasss – often as not, you find a ridge (groove side) that has been bent in and impinges on the groove – take a sewing needle (no kidding) and slide along the groove, pushing the bent ridge back in place – worked like a charm! and even though I was expecting to at least have an audible sound at that point, there is now none. Sounds pristine!

By: Dan Axelrod

Dan Axelrod — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 15:39:58 +0000

That’s funny, Andy. I was 15 when I bought Coltrane Live at the Village Vanguard Again. I played side 1 at 45 rpm and didn’t realize it till I saw the LP was spinning a bit fast. So I turned the speed down to 33, but it didn’t sound any less bizarre to me.

A old Jewish woman walked into a record store and asks for a copy of Hello Dolly. When the proprietor asked “What speed would you like it at, Madam” she sang “Hel-lo …Dolly, vel Hel-lo…..Dol-ly”

By: Andy

Andy — Tue, 17 Sep 2013 10:51:54 +0000

I had a copy of the white album that skipped on Revolution no. 9. It always too me 20 minutes to figure out it was skipping.

By: maartenkools

maartenkools — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:54:14 +0000

Dan: it’s true… it is unbelievable how strong those ‘repeating skips’ are planted in your brain. Even of records that i have replaced years and years ago for better ones, ..in my mind it still skips at the old moment.. but most of the time it gives me the pleasant feeling, like a nostalgic picture..

By: maartenkools

maartenkools — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 17:46:55 +0000

al, like your ‘seinfeld’ ‘quote’.., at least, i think you refered to that..
Don’t you know of a nice nostalgic story of the old days of recordshops in new york,.. their must have been at least one ‘vinyl-nazi’,..? 🙂 …”your hands are dirty,.. No Vinyl For You!..’

By: DaveS

DaveS — Mon, 16 Sep 2013 16:41:09 +0000

Delancey Street? I don’t think former Gov. Spitzer had to go that far south.

By: Dan Axelrod

Dan Axelrod — Sun, 15 Sep 2013 23:28:12 +0000

I’ve always favored a 2:1 ratio of surface noise to scratches on collectible LPs. The noise shows the record’s been broken in like a Delancey street whore. And deep scratches indicate the listener put on the record at just the right time…when he was shitfaced. But I don’t like repeating skips. I once borrowed Al’s copy of Beatles ’65 for a reel-to-reel dub and to this day, the following bangs in my head: “You know, if you break my heart I’ll go, but I’ll be back, I’ll be back, I’ll be back” It made Lennon sound like a glutton for punishment.

By: Seth Katz

Seth Katz — Sun, 15 Sep 2013 20:51:05 +0000

In my opinion, The Lee Morgan, “The Cooker” is having selling problems because of lack of clarification about the scratch on side B. There are scratches that aren’t loud and don’t run too long. I suppose potential customers can request clarification. From my personal experience, scratches are usually worse than described and are often very annoying. Of course, this is my subjective reaction. But I was instinctively turned off by the way the scratch was disclosed. But please don’t take my reaction too seriously. I’m an old man with distrust that borders on paranoia.