Warped Records for the Win!
shawnald_reagan
318 Posts
Sometime in the last month or two I bought a sealed copy of Eddie Kendrick's "People...Hold On" on Ebay for like $10 knowing the inherent risks involved in buying a 40 year old sealed record. It arrived and I tucked it away for a rainy day for when I was feelin' lucky.
Today I was feelin it so I cracked it and sure enough it was warped. With cautious optimism I placed it on the deck and watched my needle ride that wax up and down waiting for the distorted result of time and shrinkwrap but damn: it plays pretty great. The needle lolls like a drunken sailor but it sounds good. I'm glad I took a small gamble to finally hear this excellent record.
I'm sure we've all taken an L on a sealed records but this is not the thread for loss. This is the thread of man's triumph over the soul crushing hands of time, for at least as long as the record plays. Please to share your warped record victories.
Today I was feelin it so I cracked it and sure enough it was warped. With cautious optimism I placed it on the deck and watched my needle ride that wax up and down waiting for the distorted result of time and shrinkwrap but damn: it plays pretty great. The needle lolls like a drunken sailor but it sounds good. I'm glad I took a small gamble to finally hear this excellent record.
I'm sure we've all taken an L on a sealed records but this is not the thread for loss. This is the thread of man's triumph over the soul crushing hands of time, for at least as long as the record plays. Please to share your warped record victories.
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In better news, long ago I ordered a copy of Black Sheep's The Choice Is Yours 12" off of eBay. When it arrived, my mailman had bent it in its flimsy envelope into my mailbox. Miraculously, I was able to straighten the record out and I still play it to this day.
Send it to a shop that has proper record flattener.
I've seen mixed reviews on the Vinyl Flat Record Flattener but that's another option. From what I've read it take some getting used to to get it right.
http://www.vinylflat.com/vinylflatproducts.html
It can help.
When the record is warped the grooves get distorted, flattening, in my experience, does not undistort the grooves.
Mine has the exact same defect... bad run or bad luck?
I LOLed
BUT in the same way its painful if u buy a sealed, expensive record that ends up having a pretty bad warp. Its like this with my copy of the THESDA album. Is there a 100% proof way of fixing it? kinda scared to fuck it up even more.