Finally, a home accessory for the vinyl hound -- a set of 4 coasters made out of original record labels mounted on heavy rubber -- as functional as they are groovy! The quality of these coasters is super-high -- as original records are punched out to keep the label intact, then mounted onto rubber backing, then given a durable matte finish, so the whole thing holds together. In fact, we dare say that even compared to most other regular coasters on the market, these are superior -- because they're a bit larger than the rest, making them suitable for many kinds of glasses and bottles -- and the rubber on the bottom makes them super-stable too! But here's the even groovier part -- since the coasters are all made from rare records, each one of them is different! There's a completely random assortment in each pack -- structured only by the genre in their title (jazz, soul, or hip hop) -- but we can promise that each coaster is made out of 100% genuine old vinyl, and that the folks at Cold Sweat have taken extra care to pick out labels that are worthy to grace the home of any crate-digger!
JLR
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but really, don't blame DG on this (except maybe for using the word "groovy") - have a talk to these Cold Sweat people or whoever and see what the deal is....
if you had a "Down Home Girl" one, though, that'd be
Nooooooo!!!!!
I was just thinking the same exact thing...
Xmas madness..
http://cgi.ebay.com/NEW-2003-SMURFS-HIP-HOP-SMURF-HIP-HOP-SMURFS_W0QQitemZ6226617800QQcategoryZ13673QQcmdZViewItem
mmmmmm bean dip.
My old room mate cuts 45's into postcards.
The Jimmy McGriff and Lou Donaldson albums shown above are fairly common, so I don't see where all the paranoia comes from.
but they are still records. you can't do that to records. bad record karma.
If not, do you think they might sell me the stamped out copies?
If you're gonna go that far, go ahead and make the Stark Reality beandip tray...
nah, those would be reissues coasters. Who wants a reissue?
Thats as may be, but whoever is making these probably has no idea of the records they are using and what there raerity is, so somthing special may get coasterd(tm)...
I'd be willing to bet that the people making these aren't butchering sellable records, I mean, come on?! That would be pure stupidity. They're probably trying to recycle and make a profit off of records that are already in unsellable condition.
Late-night-QVC-style. PBS telethon steez.
"Does this mean that I can use my oversized Slurpee collector's cups without fear of staining my heirloomed coffee table?"
I hope so, but if these are being mass produced they may just be buying the records in bulk and employing non-record collecting types in a factory somwhere to make 'em.
So it all depends on the manufacturing set-up i suppose...IM
could we get a gif with Soulstrut in place of trenton...
DISRESPECTFUL!
So yes, indeed the coasters are made from unplayable records. I???ve been making them for over 10 years now back when I had found a completely destroyed copy of Roy Ayers??? Coffy and decided to recycle it and make a coaster. I got the idea when I had seen a guy selling record coasters at an Arizona record show a few months prior (although he was making Eagles Greatest Hits and stuff like that). Anyway, I make them once a year as Xmas gifts for my homeys and I usually make around 60 of em a year, depending of course on how many wrecked records I find that year. I only make good titles, or at least what I consider to be good titles. Now that most of my friends have plenty of these coasters on their coffee tables, and after years of hearing ???you should sell these??? from people, my boy we_eat_trains in Chicago took some down to dustygroove for me to see if they would want to carry em.
So rest easy my vinyl loving brethren, these are all recs that would otherwise be tossed and/or forever disappointing the ones who pulled them out to discover a completely thrashed record. I prolly need to go thru that sleevestrut thread as I have tons of sleeves now???.
big respect doe
-t
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