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the text is on a big sticker on the shrinkwrap no variants, just black

the text is on a big sticker on the shrinkwrap no variants, just black

i've got a little stockpile of various sleeves, both white paper and polylined. i'll replace anything that's completely shot, but not if it just looks old. new records with printed inners sometimes get their own if i'm feeling up for it, but i have no rhyme or reason

i've got a little stockpile of various sleeves, both white paper and polylined. i'll replace anything that's completely shot, but not if it just looks old. new records with printed inners sometimes get their own if i'm feeling up for it, but i have no rhyme or reason

didn't even realize this was pressed. i have a real spotty swans collection on vinyl... children of god, burning world, my father..., 'a screw' 12", i think that's it

didn't even realize this was pressed. i have a real spotty swans collection on vinyl... children of god, burning world, my father..., 'a screw' 12", i think that's it

got most of my sonic youth vinyl off of a guy who looked a lot like glenn danzig selling off his 80's punk collection at the store i worked at in the late 90's

i should photograph my sonic youth... my master-dik still has the 'not as good as atomizer' sticker still

yeah but nowadays you just have stuff like the new YACHT record that is 2LP @45 and it's just way too hot and quite literally a hot mess

i think this has two contributing factors: -vinyl orders are in general a lot smaller than they used to be, so shipping is in weird small quantities in boxes that don't always fit right and -the pvc used to make records nowadays is a lot different than it used to be. pretty sure today's stuff sacrifices a ton (both sonically and in regards to durability) to comply with environmental and cost concerns.

i've been pretty tempted by that go sailor slumberland reissue, that's another melberg band i just have one 7" for (and the comp on cd)

What do you think about Brave Irene? like it a lot more than the last couple solo records. it's not really relevant as far as new music is concerned, but a great treat for long-time fans.

i won't usually do this for newer stuff, but anything from the pre-cd era that is a good deal i'll usually pick up because i know it's all-wave/all-analog

yeah i mean more variants means that the settings on the press have to be/should be adjusted for each one to account for surface noise, edge trimming, label placement, etc etc etc. if you're just pressing like 40 of one color, you won't get a very pure color AND it's probably just going to have multiple problems.

and if you have two records that have the exact same matrix, there is no way the actual eq/color of the sound could be different between them. one could be noisier, but there's not some magical way to color the sound of a record differently after the masters have been cut.

stampers get changed out relatively often. on a single pressing of a big band like nofx they're going to go through several sets. the only real wear and tear stampers get are actual bends in the metal (caused by foreign objects between the stamper and mold) and actual scratches caused by foreign material in the vinyl. you could theoretically press 3-5000 records on a single set if you had a really nice setup and were using super clean vinyl and the last one would sound just as good as the first. and as far as variants are concerned, they hurt sound quality of a whole run of a record. if you're doing a record that's like 500 copies and have four different colors, you don't give the press operator enough time to really have the machine dialed in for that specific color. each color behaves differently, so going from one to another involves a lot of tweaking of settings on the machine. if things aren't dialed in right, you can have grooves not filled in, bits of grooves being left behind on the stamper, warping issues, etc etc etc. if you're pressing a record and truly care about sound quality, you really shouldn't be doing any variant with less than 250 copies, unless your entire run is less than 250, then just choose one color, probably black... as the press your small-run record will go into probably just ran a larger black record order before it and is pretty much set to run yours as good as possible.

love the tiger trap collection, i only have the supercrush 7" and the rest of my tiger trap is on cd.

all current orders have shipped!

buy an ipod

oooh good one as for replacing the ground wire, you'd probably have to pop open the turntable and re-solder the wire

i'd really consider replacing the ground wire

the local record shop put up a pic of one of their particularly cool looking copies: sold several of these already, any further pressings won't be on colored vinyl. http://www.allsprinkles.com

does the buzz go away when you touch the ground wire and/or the ground contact on your receiver? maybe the ground wire is bad and needs to be replaced.

i thought this was about the indiepop band from the late 90's that used to be on march records got real excited for a second

just got home from screenprinting covers, so the records are done. i guess i could ship these as the orders come in, so have at it. as always, order from allsprinkles.com (redirects to my bandcamp)... also streamable at www.soundcloud.com/lescousinsdangereux