Records that Look like shit but still play great
kala
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I'm talking hairlines,scuffs,surface knocks etcif you've been in the game for a minute you know what i meanespecially old presteige,riverside and bluenotes can't sell em cause they look less than mint but they still sound great-or play VG+I guess those deep old grooves were meant to survive time
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love it
I have a Blair Lp that has light hair line scratches that you can only see with a magnifying glass. A huge mark that looks like someone took an eraser from a pencil and tried to erase something on the dead wax. Just hammered looking!!! Plays vg/vg+ with some light clicks.
Mine looks like it wouldn't even play ... its almost totally matte with scratches. But it plays pretty cleanly. Got it for a fiver in a guys "you can use the covers" pile.
Just like cd's now. I looked at my g/f cd collection and every disc is hammered.
I asked "What, did you just drag this shit on cement"?
Dj's back in the days just stacked their records in a pile with no sleeves. Threw the damn things in a crate, so now we have to look and say "DUMMY, that record is worth $500 dollars now"!! Put it back in the Frickin' sleeve!!!!!!!
ive gotten over this miracle...seems like every time i find some sleeveless scratched-to-shit 45, after a quick wash they usually play AT LEAST VG. heavy 45s are pretty indestructable. thin ones are not: case in point, i found a lyn collins 45 that i kid you not had 10-12 CRACKS in it. i have no idea what the owner did to that record, but it is now a coaster.
Got to give thanks to Johnny Payment Checks for this lovely addition to my collection
paid VG- plays VG +
I feel you. Most of my collection looked like that.
but it was originally sold to the consumer as "hard to scratch/durable"
on the other hand i have audiophile/mfsl records that scratch waaay to easy and I won't even play anymore because of this phenom