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i grew up on a single lp copy of stereolab's 'emperor tomato ketchup' that sounded great. the sides are 30 minutes long each. more lps =/= better than

2lp just means 2x a chance of something being wrong and any scratches occuring that many more times per minute. 23 minute sides are perfectly fine. i'd be more angry if i got a 2lp that had two songs per side.

marc maron should come into this thread as part of his stamps.com deal

180g records were originally made because they were more resistant to warping. a lot of warping occurs as a necessary evil in the pressing process. the reason for this is that more heat (usually) = better filling of the grooves with vinyl. a lot of noisy records (most notably ones that are noisy at the beginning of each side) are that way because vinyl didn't fill those first few grooves. a press running 180g vinyl starts with a bigger biscuit (the hockey puck shaped piece that becomes a record) can be heated a lot more before warping, resulting in less surface noise, especially at the beginnings of sides. this doesn't mean that every 180g record is going to have pristine sound, just that the resistance to warping works to the advantage of 180g records. plus 180g records cost more... so any plant with a good business plan would take special care to make sure their most expensive records are held to the highest quality standard.

a buddy of mine sold some stuff to henry rollins on ebay a few years ago but that's the closest i have to an applicable story

my copy has some minor seam splitting and the cd holder slot is slightly ripped as well but fuck it it could have come in a brown paper bag as long as the record itself is ok. i'm not playing the cover

US Maple's LPs

i've had 'talker' since it was a new release and man was that album done right. 180g all-wave (though this was before they had to have a name for it)

one of my best sounding records. i would love to have the older stuff too though, i bought the rest of the discography on cd

cool to see all the coin flip love in here, i'll have to show this to our press operator heather who came up with the process

please don't have a mastering engineer blast out the volume of your acoustic-based record. your s's will be ssssuper ssssibilant and the record will be prone to other surface noise issues in the pressing stage. better to go with a more dynamic master cut at a modest (but not especially quiet) volume. gotta groove's go to is http://www.wellmademusic.net/ and i would trust clint 100% with any rock record.  heavyweight vinyl is a safer bet if you can afford it, as the resistance to warping allows folks at the plant to tune in the machine for sound a bit more. a lot of that tuning in has everything to do with heating and cooling of the record, so a more resilient record can be tuned in a bit better without warping.

phenomenal package, one of my favorite records to come through gotta groove in 2012. he just put up this very limited (/150) package up today. it is pricey, but everything is handmade and i can vouch for the vinyl quality already.

http://stuntrock.bandcamp.com/album/whats-this-life-for

been spending all summer finishing my attic, can't wait to snap some new pics in a month or two

came in here to post that beach house, there's another for $399 and a third listing is dubiously titled "glow in the dark cover" for $75 buy it now, but it's just the white version

I'm @lescousinsdangereux

I post a lot of record pictures but te not dedicated, my account does have some behind-the-scenes shots at gotta groove, too

that slumberland collection is great

my lorelei lp has a big bend on it that makes it nearly impossible to play the first song on each side without intense anti-skate and counterweight

watch out if anyone ever ebays a test pressing of this, it's missing a song.

stores usually have them the friday or saturday before but i think sub pop is particularly not keen about stores putting out the records early. i know my local shop has already had them a couple days but they aren't for sale yet.

beatle records are still pretty valuable, though

i mean yeah they were in print forever and there are tons of em but even 70's pressings are worth over $10 in decent shape

thing is most people (rightfully) played all their beatles stuff into the ground and/or were only kids who didn't know how to handle records when they got them

my favorite turntable (a micro seiki dd-22) was free from my father-in-law

all the best stuff is sitting in basements and attics of people who will never use it again

if i were in the market, i'd start first with some written down measurements of my gear & a tape measure and head out to second hand shops. if i struck out there, i'd probably head to a target or similar.

i loved doing the test on this 7", looking forward to doing quality on the job

it got pushed back on the plant end for a week or so because the first set of stampers sucked

i still don't see the point in buying this if it's just cut from the cd

when i listen to 16/44.1 digital files i prefer them without the added hassles of vinyl

if your turntable doesn't have counterweight and anti-skate controls (or if it does and you don't know how to properly use them) you are never allowed to complain about skipping records

i'm excited for the ep collection but will probably just get it on cd

plus a few more things I got early

Truly a sight to behold, the etching depicts Third Man’s iconic logo and the grooves of the record play through the image, presenting consumers with the world’s first-ever playable etched record ®.This is an entirely different process (and look) from your Styx and Split Enz records from the 80’s. No lasers, holograms, or rainbows are involved in this playable etching.

ok well my love as laughter 7" is still a traditional etching