Chuck Shivers

30 years of weird. https://thefrogs.bandcamp.com/album/its-only-right-and-natural

And pockets glued shut.

I have a question for the master vinyl collector, how do you know when you’ve reached the MAXIMUM level of pretentiousness?

You’re an asshole.

That is the worst album cover I've ever seen. Period. It has cancelled ANY desire I had in checking out the album.

What was the pricepoint on that? Never mind, I seen now. Thanks for the post!

Thank you. I'll double check the wires under the arm, but I'm pretty sure they're all secured. The weight of the magnets helped balance out the tone arm for sure. I was more worried about magnifying the wires inside the tone arm. The magnets are very small, smaller than a watch battery, BUT they're VERY strong. I just wanted to make sure a magnet couldn't flat out ruin a cartridge.

That's definitely a good idea. Thank you.

Aah, I see. It certainly was not instantaneous. It was a slow build for sure. Ground wire was not the issue.

Hey guys, I own a Pro-Ject Debut III. I upgraded to a 2M Red cartridge but the new cartridge is too heavy for my counterweight so I stuck some magnets on the back of the counterweight to balance things out. Fast forward a month later, I now have a the MOTHER of all hums coming out of my speakers, my turntable is completely unlistenable. Ive ordered some new RCA cables to see if that fixes the problem, but im wondering if I fucked everything up with those magnets. Anyone out there have a firm grasp on the science of magnets and turntables that could tell me for sure? Thank you in advance, Chuck.

3-5 test pressing come with any vinyl order. Additional test pressings should only be $2-$5 each, from what I hear.

Unless the other test presses were destroyed, there is/are more than one copy out there. The pressing plant would of made 3-5 copies minimum per order. It would be unwise to press a run of vinyl only relaying on the playback of just one test press.

Anyone sign up for the Joyful Noise VIP 7" series? I noticed there are grooves on the B-Side under the silk screened image on that Melvins 7". Looks like more than one track too. I wonder what's hidden under that paint?

OH DUDE! What a treat it must be hearing these songs. That was such a strong time in Clutch's career. All three of those hidden tracks are killer.

I was under the impression jackets were getting replaced also. There where hundreds of people that had their jacket glued shut or the lyric book glued to the inside pocket.

Anyone get a replacement jacket yet? I'm happy to see the replaced vinyl, but I ton of people just need a new jacket.

Just like RSD vinyl, the value of those Bowie records are gonna drop like a stone. I do think if you can afford one and that's what you wanna spend your money on, the go for it. Records are fun.

I reached out to the guy and asked him what make this a 'test pressing'. This was his reply..."Hi...I put out this record on my label. There's really no difference. The pressing plant, Rainbo, just had the labels available so they put them on instead of the usual blank white labels. But it is a test pressing. Thx Eric"

Test pressings definitely give the same matrix runoff numbers.

Is this guy selling an Afghan Whigs LP without its jacket/cover art and calling it a test press?? http://www.ebay.com/ulk/itm/262242669237

I was told that they received a large discount from the pressing plant and that the refunded money would be used for shipping charges, so maybe they're just replacing stuff as efficiently as possible.

I was underwhelmed with Amorica. I feel it sounded flat, not a bright sounding press at all.

I ordered the exact same thing you did from Pledge and was concerned that both albums came without a sticker or invoice to differentiate the two copies, I had to open to to verify. I was lucky and got the correct order.

I have a locked groove on my purple marble. I think at the end of Side A.