zachobbs Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I now someone made a thread about this earlier, about taking care of vinyl that your band is taking on tour...i searched and scowered and couldnt find it anywhere. Sorry if thats annoying Anyway, my question is a little different and has a couple layers...I'm going on tour for the next three months and hope to do some record shopping...especially while we are in Europe. Does anyone have any advice or tricks of how to not warp or fucking on vinyl while keeping them in a hot van for a long time? The first time we went on tour I taped my plastic bag that had all my vinyl in it to the ceiling of our van to keep it out of the sunlight, but i'm not sure how pumped the bands I am going with will be about me doing that to their van. Also, any tricks about getting vinyl back across seas? My backpack is too small for LPs, so i was thinking of sticking a mailer or two in my carry on bag and putting them in there, etc etc. Any other interesting ideas or stories would be awesome. - Z Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truetilldeath303 Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 Bring some mailers, and mail them back to yourself as you buy. Or, you could buy one of those DJ 12" vinyl carriers. They are padded, have hard sides, and would do well storing vinyl. However, you would have to carry it on, so you would lose a carry on bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kevinb Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 id agree with dude above me get one of those dj flight cases i think they hold like 45-50 lp's? i could be wrong.. and just take it in the venue when ya go... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperinactive Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 mailers. i went to ny and brought mailers. saved me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest afsdan Posted August 24, 2008 Share Posted August 24, 2008 I have a DJ box, and it's awesome. just store it under some bags so it's still out of direct sunlight/heat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
konsonant Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I know a guy who transported a bunch of LPs by placing them in one of those picknick cooler boxes that you can hook up to the cigarette lighter plug in your car. It was one of those boxes that can hold these big 1,5l-2l bottles. He didn't have to plug it in though. The isolation of the box was good enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brentoage Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 i used to buy lots of vinyl while touring for months in a hot van. just keep them out of the sun, and upright if possible. never had any problems with any of the records i bought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kevinb Posted August 25, 2008 Share Posted August 25, 2008 I know a guy who transported a bunch of LPs by placing them in one of those picknick cooler boxes that you can hook up to the cigarette lighter plug in your car. It was one of those boxes that can hold these big 1,5l-2l bottles. He didn't have to plug it in though. The isolation of the box was good enough. damn that is a good idea i never thought of that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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