#221

The turntable or your mum’s friend? (Or both?)

#222

Just the turntable!

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#223

Unlucky

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#224

Here’s another vinyl gripe:

Seeing someone posting a photo of an amazing album, possibly a rare variant (band retweets it or whatever) and its getting absolutely chewed to bits by a Crosley or some such.

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#225

Thanks! I spend a bunch of money on records, but have been totally overlooking the maintenance and cleaning side of things, mostly likely to the increasing detriment of sound quality, so appreciate the push to spend some money on it!

I went for the Audio Technica one in the end , as I have an AT TT. Anyone looking for it but also keen to avoid Amazon, these guys have it with free delivery and even slightly cheaper than the tax dodgers: Audio Technica AT617a Tack Base Cartridge Stylus Cleaner | Turntable Accessories | Audio Technica | HiFix

Also grabbed these anti-static sleeves: Nagaoka Discfile 102 Anti Static Record Sleeves MK2 50 Pack | Turntable Accessories | Nagaoka | HiFix

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#226

Nice one, yeah it’s tempting to neglect to buy more records but if you don’t keep the stylus clean at least over time it’ll go to shit. Dunno about that one but the onzow comes with a wee magnifying glass and you’d be surprised by the gunk on there the eye can barely see normally.

Good luck with it all!

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#227

Picked up Wowee Zowee today and it 3 sides of music and one completely blank side, none more blank if you will. Lazy bastards.

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#228

Where from please :thinking:?

#229

Picked mine up from Diverse, it’s one of the Matador reissues that came out late last year and has just turned up.

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#230

Norman records have them all too I believe

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#231

I remember being a bit baffled by this when I bought it at the time of release. Hadn’t occurred to me it wasn’t just a normal double.

#232

Just playing Mark Deutrom “Brief Sensuality & Western Violence” which comes on an LP plus 7" single. Tracks 1-4 are the LP, tracks 5-6 are the 7", track 8 is the last track on the LP.
Yeah Mr Deutrom, fuck that. I’ll play the 7" after the LP and luckily for you the 7 plays at 33rpm which means no belt drive changing.

#233

How Bands/Record companies have cottoned on to releasing Test Presses at over inflated prices. So you’re telling me the signed Limited edition Transparent yellow ‘Bruised Banana’ Gatefold variant with additional artwork and foil sleeves is £25, however the test press with generic sleeve and blank labels is £100! Do one! Could understand if there was only a handful

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#234

I own one test pressing, a 7" from the Irish band The Altered Hours. It’s the only one that exists and I got it for €20. Probably the only one I’ll ever buy.

#235

I own 3 test pressings. Arca from Drift at the beginning of the Pandemic when they were trying to make some cash and going through their archive, seems like there are loads of them, the xx- Stars 7” came with a boxset my mrs bought for my birthday and Everything Is Recorded 1st album that is really nice packaging and was less that a normal copy of the album.

#236

Wouldn’t mind the test press price thing if only a handful being released, but I’ve artists selling up to 100 copies at 4 or 5 times the cost of a Ltd variant.

Other things that bug me

Inners to big to fit in a sleeve
Title/LP name upside down on the spine.

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#237

I had no idea selling test pressings was a thing until recently.

Must have been on here someone mentioned Eminem was selling them for his last album at $500 each or something equally stupid, loads of copies too.

#238

I got a free test pressing when I bought Arca’s s/t album so they must have made a load for promotional reasons.

#239

Every indie record shop in England seems to have a competition to win a test pressing of the new Sleafords Mods album if you pre order. How many test pressings do they actually do?

#240

Yes literally why I started the thread :grinning::

I think it’s just still being made. Ours says Sordid Sentinels on it so I guess it’s whatever version they made with that SE re-release. I think there were coloured versions back then though.

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