Records You've Scratched (Heartbreak Related)
drewnice
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"OHFUCK!!!" 
That's exactly what I said this afternoon when, with the slip of my hand, the needled cut into the Mike James Krikland record. It's on the second side, but is feelable with nail AND flesh through 1/2 the first song and 1/3 of the second one. Jesus. 
So mad, doggie.Please share instances or stories of accidentally scratching or jacking up your own records...this isn't gonna be pretty, folks, but I need some sympathy here.I think I put a pretty deep scratch into my Sylvers II also. Gotta be more careful.
That's exactly what I said this afternoon when, with the slip of my hand, the needled cut into the Mike James Krikland record. It's on the second side, but is feelable with nail AND flesh through 1/2 the first song and 1/3 of the second one. Jesus. So mad, doggie.Please share instances or stories of accidentally scratching or jacking up your own records...this isn't gonna be pretty, folks, but I need some sympathy here.I think I put a pretty deep scratch into my Sylvers II also. Gotta be more careful.
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i got a short stack of reggae 12s in the mail that i got off of ebay for a good deal. i took one off the turntable, which turned out to be the best one, put it in the sleeve, slipped out of my hand, and fell edge-first onto the hardwood floor. the result was a huge crack in the record. OHFUCK! i was pissed.
Yes dude! Jesus what are you doing playing frisbee with them?
I rolled over a rare 45 with an office chair, cracking it
I seriously damaged my first copy of 24 Karat Black, ruining the first song and part of the second with a loud pop every rotation. Still have it because it's pretty much unsellable.
my set of keys dropped off the top expedit row, landing smack dab in the middle of Gal Costa's face
Not terrible but she now has a small puncture wound
I've been more careful over the past few years and (knock on wood) haven't done too much damage.
It weighs around 12 lbs ...
... I had it displayed on a little platform next to my
turntables, and once, when I was listening to my copy
Best of Kool & the Gang (the '71 gold cover one),
it fell right on top of the record on the turntable, digging
a horrid 7" gouge across one side. I wanted to cry. I changed
it's display location to far far away from my rackords...
Also, at my radio station they have those thick
metal 45 adapters:
- and they tend to be too big for the 45's...once, after playing
a Sam Baker 45 on SS7, I was trying to get the adapter out
and snapped the record right in half
Another time a flexi got stuck on the player and while trying to get it off I tore it. It's a unique flexi with music and a hilarious pitch for a movie that was never made. Irreplaceable I'm affraid (any time soon anyway).
Sob.
i also somehow got alcohol (rum maybe?) on my purple snow "down by the river" giving it a pfffft for the first 10 rotations. that really fucking hurt.
I broke my first copy of THE METERS - REJUVENATION
What was that about record karma?
you
rock
I just look at it this way: I paid $2, and now it's worth $2.
this record was found with a warp. The aforementioned strutter had an idea, "I could iron the warp out" I think he said it was like a knife through butter or something. It was given to me with the clear impression of an iron across the grooves, I think the name brand of the iron was visible as well, if I remember correctly, I think it was a Sunbeam. I made the last part up, but he did really fuck up a record with an iron.
(I plan to make a raer funk 45 coaster set, which of course this is to be the cornerstone piece)
That's right, your records come pre-messed up!
peace,xavier
not a problem for Ashrock and I.
I'll bleed on a record from my nails before I scratch it...though, that could fuck it up a la the rum a few posts up.
if it had a warp, it was already fucked up, don't you think?