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I emailed the dude that runs the site a link to this thread. He's a big vinyl collector himself, so I figured he would want to be introduced to this board anyway... http://www.howsyouredge.com/swap/display.php?page=54

Resale value being, some collectors don't want scratches all over their vinyl and would rather pay more for a copy that is clean insted of a copy that is scratched up a bit. I was more kinda making a lil joke in regards to resale value, as I have never really been one into grading punk / hardcore vinyl in the way that comic collectors, etc, have done. I think that releasing records has actually made this worse, considering I see the condition that records get to us in... Our last records were actually left on our loading dock IN the snow...while it was snowing. I lol'd. The couple records that I have in my personal collection that have the gritty issue, I have just cleaned the vinyl, and replaced the paper sleeve. I haven't noticed any surface scratches, and certainly not anything has come thru with playing them. Records are fun.

Though it may seem redundant, I was attempting to point out slight differences in terminology. The OP's Red Sparrows record, the lower one from his pic, is a "haze" It looks like this record here... This is the record where it is very common to have this gritty, sandy feel to them. It is from "something" in the manufacturing process in this specific color configuration. Swirl, also know as "a side / b side" or "inside / outside" or "two sided" depending on if you go thru Pirates Press, or Record Pressing, who both use the same plant in the Czech Republic, looks like this. In best cases, you have one side that is all one color, and the other side has the second color as well. Most of the time, it just looks "swirly" or "bursty" In the couple years we have been using them, we haven't had records come thru with noticeable grit that weren't "haze" records. Just throwing that out there. Even went into the back to check some of the swirly and splattery ones we just did. As far as it goes with affecting resale value.... just clean it. Should be fine. Also...what the hell is resale value?

This is a common and slightly annoying side effect of producing the "HAZE" vinyl from GZ where most places are getting vinyl pressed now. Not entirely sure what it is, but it doesn't scratch, and it doesn't affect play. I have noticed that sometimes it leaves little specks on the labels, but aside from being annoying, it is pretty harmless...

no kidding. howd you find out? I am not sure what qualifies as a "new repress" as opposed to a regular repress, but this is the 2nd press of the Trash Art version of this record. The Trash Art pressings are a totally new pressing of the record from the Deathwish version. We do still have copies of the first press of the repress in the DW estore... http://www.deathwishinc.com/estore/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=D&Product_Code=DECAY020v&Category_Code=CUR

Basically...yes. You are correct. I think at the time, where we had them made, they were actually called "inside / outside" also, sometimes known as "a side / b side" since one color should be more predominant on one side. So they were ordered as "black / white - inside / outside" and "white / black - inside / outside" It's all the same really... 'mix'

Mine? It's a secret.

Georgie from Blacklisted is parting with 2 of his test presses... Check em out here. http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZspeedheart

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Certainly not cause Virgil told me... We only like, talk every day, and he knows I am collector... I mean, WHY WOULD HE TELL ME... Right?

7" (hang your cross) artwork was done, not the full length (death knows your name), that I know of... Correct.

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