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Re: Help with Vinyl basics

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:11 pm
by dubloke
apmje wrote:Store them vertically and don't use as a Frisbee.
unless zombies are attacking like in Shaun of the Dead. But even then dont use Disco Rekah
garethom wrote:Remember first and foremost that records are for playing. Don't elevate them to some godlike status where you're scared to do the very thing that they're intended for! :4:
:z:

Re: Help with Vinyl basics

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 8:26 pm
by computerface
Add my name to the list of people getting rekah as their first vinyl :lol:

Re: Help with Vinyl basics

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:02 pm
by Mr_Frost
I don't know about washing hands and not touching grooves. To me everything about a record calls out to be touched. Hit it with a brush when it's dusty. The cleaner they sell is just distilled water mixed with rubbing alcohol. You can make your own. If you have really dirty groves you can clean them with wood glue. Pour some wood glue on the record and peal it off when dry.

Store them upright away from sources of heat. But really the most important thing is not to put a scratch across the grooves.

Re: Help with Vinyl basics

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:48 pm
by Cornbreadddd
I'm so pumped, I just copped the Smooth Skin / Wind Tunnel and I Sed / Hooby off Surus!

Isn't it true that all the medi represses don't come with the colored sleeve? That's a real fucking bummer

Re: Help with Vinyl basics

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 9:54 pm
by vishes
As far as I know they don't, no. Got the previous repress or restock of Disko Rekah a couple of months back in a generic black sleeve.

Re: Help with Vinyl basics

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:23 pm
by Raad
Cornbreadddd wrote:I'm so pumped, I just copped the Smooth Skin / Wind Tunnel and I Sed / Hooby off Surus!

Isn't it true that all the medi represses don't come with the colored sleeve? That's a real fucking bummer
I think it's just the represses that come in plain black sleeves...

Re: Help with Vinyl basics

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:53 pm
by Cornbreadddd
vishes wrote:As far as I know they don't, no. Got the previous repress or restock of Disko Rekah a couple of months back in a generic black sleeve.
Yeah I got that repress too in a black sleeve. I haven't heard word back from anyone who got any other repress other than Disko Rekah though. Having that bright lime green sleeve for "Smooth Skin" would make my day.

Re: Help with Vinyl basics

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:03 pm
by Dub_freak
Maybe you can buy coloured sleeves somewhere online?

Re: Help with Vinyl basics

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:10 pm
by timmyyabas
it still won't be the original and you will feel like a fraud. :6:

Re: Help with Vinyl basics

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:49 pm
by Pistonsbeneath
kalawanji always came in its original colour

Re: Help with Vinyl basics

Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:59 pm
by vishes
Dub_freak wrote:Maybe you can buy coloured sleeves somewhere online?
Image

http://www.juno.co.uk/artists/12%22+Mix ... d+Sleeves/

Re: Help with Vinyl basics

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 12:38 am
by Snaps
Copped the represses of I Sed, Manhattan Blues & Two Faced & they all came in the coloured sleeves

Re: Help with Vinyl basics

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:30 pm
by Clean
Oh also what kind of turntable should i get? I want to make a hybrid set up with traktor, and my midi controller if I could, but I am not sure what I would need, any advice?

Re: Help with Vinyl basics

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 5:40 pm
by Samuel_L_Damnson
Pistonsbeneath wrote:rubbing scotch bonnets over the grooves spices up the sound
:cornlol:

Re: Help with Vinyl basics

Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 6:26 pm
by Pulp
For cleaning, I use 1/3 part 99% isopropyl alcohol, 2/3 parts water, and the tiniest amount of washing up liquid. Makes vinyl shiny as fuck again, no finger marks. But remember to let them dry/dry them before playing!

Re: Help with Vinyl basics

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:01 pm
by rorz9992
Pistonsbeneath wrote::lol:

mixing is difficult without fingering
Innit, don't know where all this chat came from regarding not touching the record etc! Records are there to be touched! Vinyl is pretty resiliant, I've dropped records on the floor and all sorts, and everything is still in good condition.

Storing records upright is definitely important though

Re: Help with Vinyl basics

Posted: Wed Feb 08, 2012 8:58 pm
by frankiegrimes
Clean wrote:Oh also what kind of turntable should i get?
1210.

Re: Help with Vinyl basics

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:12 am
by computerface
frankiegrimes wrote:
Clean wrote:Oh also what kind of turntable should i get?
1210.
http://www.musictrends.com/sl1210mk5g-t ... 11528.html

-q- hmm...hmmmyeah I can afford that....

Re: Help with Vinyl basics

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:25 am
by Dub_freak
computerface wrote:
frankiegrimes wrote:
Clean wrote:Oh also what kind of turntable should i get?
1210.
http://www.musictrends.com/sl1210mk5g-t ... 11528.html

-q- hmm...hmmmyeah I can afford that....
Or you can get a standard 1210 second hand for like $300

Re: Help with Vinyl basics

Posted: Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:46 am
by Clean
That looks solid, do you think it is possible to use a midi controller, with turntables. Like use the midi controller as a mixer if I needed?