the6nightmares Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I have recently purchased American Football's self titled LP on Polyvinyl records, and have found that the majority of the album contains a significant amount of surface noise. Though the record appears clean and scratch/ debris free- the noise is present. I was curious if anyone else has had this issue with this particular record or any other Polyvinyl release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim McCall Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I have recently purchased American Football's self titled LP on Polyvinyl records, and have found that the majority of the album contains a significant amount of surface noise. Though the record appears clean and scratch/ debris free- the noise is present.I was curious if anyone else has had this issue with this particular record or any other Polyvinyl release. I have one of the green pressings of this and haven't noticed any noise. I have found that their jackets spine is kind of weak, but thats a different story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icecream Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 contact them they are SUPER nice people. very understanding Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasma36 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I think the only Polyvinyl records I have are Braid's "Movie Music" compilations, I don't recall anything being wrong with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrocks Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I have several polyvinyl releases and have found them to be well pressed, well packed and well shipped. That American Football pressing is pretty old isnt it? Maybe they had some bugs to iron out, dont know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serum7 Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Polyvinyl is probably the best label I've bought from. Nearly every release is top notch, and customer service is super nice. They've hooked me up with mp3s to OOP albums I've bought in brick & mortar stores and photo passes to shows. Like someone mentioned before, that may be an older pressing where quality might have been an issue, but everything from the past few years is all 180g and excellent. Or maybe it was from another plant at the time, or even just a fluke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kriss Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 I have Of Montreal and Vivian Girls records off of Polyvinyl and they sound and look great! I still really love the triple gatefold layout of Hissing Fauna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthewfrank Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 chris hassen. best dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deafmx Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 i don't know. the swirly color pressings of Deerhoof and Asobi Seksu left a little to be desired. i had static and lots of popping on both of those. i don't know if i just got stiffed on my pressings or if they switched plants and lost some quality. they've always been super consistent with their black 180 gram pressings, and now that they've gone the $2 more for color route i've noticed the records aren't as awesome as they used to be for sound/fidelity. maybe my table is just going to shit and it's not really the records, but then again, i just listened to 2 records tonight and they sounded fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the6nightmares Posted December 8, 2011 Author Share Posted December 8, 2011 thanks for all the updates. Yes their customer service is top notch. I do have several other Polyvinyl releases and have not had an issue with any of them either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One Hundred Fifty-Two Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 This is not a record company issue this is a pressing plant issue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patatfat Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Great great people over there at Polyvinyl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avl Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 This is not a record company issue this is a pressing plant issue. While sort of true, it's always the record company's job to provide quality product. If there's quality issues, a label needs to identify it and correct it. So it IS a record company issue as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the6nightmares Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 We shall see, Polyvinyl is going to send me a replacement copy, I am anxious to see if the issues are present or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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