I hope Redef keeps churnin this stuff out :) Next up - Double K SP 1200? Another surprise?
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Posts: 300Posted 9 years ago #A La Carte said:
I'd considered passing over on the instrumentals, but when push came to shove, I clicked buy.
Same here. The artwork settled it for me, but I'm not too big on having spent $18x2 for an instrumental EP.
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Posts: 381Posted 9 years ago #Take my money P!
Hyped to get the Instrumental merch and the final step EP.
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Posts: 134Posted 9 years ago #Anyone else got warped TGOS step 1?
I kept it sealed since I purchase direct from the puts.band only to open it and find it warped ????
It does play fine but it's a bummer. Just curious if heat had anything to do with this... -
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Posts: 577Posted 9 years ago #TGOS is pure heat...!
Seriously though: heat, less than ideal storage (i.e. horizontally in a large stack rather than vertically) as well as tight packaging may all cause warpage. You may just have randomly drawn a copy of the EP that wasn't entirely flat to begin with, but obviously there's no way we'll ever know (anymore).
Seeing that it still plays - which is the most important thing IMO - you've probably got a fairly common "dishwarp" rather than full blown curvature/bumps that'd cause the needle to skip or even go flying. If you can find someone who owns a professional disc flattener they should be able to fix that for you pretty easily.
(There's a variety of DIY approaches to try and do this yourself as well, but I'd advise against messing around with a record you really care about as they're all quite risky IMO and more likely to ruin your vinyl outright than improve its condition...) -
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Posts: 134Posted 9 years ago #Thanks for the tips Twelve! At this point, I do not want to risk damaging the vinyl for the sake of flattening the record. I guess nothing is perfect and I'll take it as is...
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Posts: 577Posted 9 years ago #The professional disc flatteners (from Japan?) are supposed to be quite effective and safe as they provide an even, controlled heat to attempt and slowly de-warp the vinyl. Should be worth a try if you can find a private collector or record store who'll treat your record for a small fee.
I just wanted to be clear that any attempts to "bake" it yourself in the oven, between panes of glass and so forth aren't something I'd advocate... -
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Posts: 145Posted 9 years ago #TheLAConnection said:
Anyone else got warped TGOS step 1?
I kept it sealed since I purchase direct from the puts.band only to open it and find it warped ????
It does play fine but it's a bummer. Just curious if heat had anything to do with this...Yeah my TGOS1 was warped. But considering it was shipped halfway around the world, that sorta thing happens sometimes. Really not too bothered as it plays fine.
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Posts: 145Posted 9 years ago #Twelve said:
Between the TGOS instrus and Mikey's SP1200 release I don't think we're gonna be lacking new stuff to play in the coming months though.What is the deal with Double K's SP1200 release? I musta missed this, haven't heard anything about it.
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Posts: 22Posted 9 years ago #Twelve said:
(There's a variety of DIY approaches to try and do this yourself as well, but I'd advise against messing around with a record you really care about as they're all quite risky IMO and more likely to ruin your vinyl outright than improve its condition...)
I can recall an interview with the Beatminerz where they had talked about plugging in a turntable outdoors in the sun, putting the record on and playing it (not putting the needle on the record, tho) with the dust cover on and that would get the warp out. I don't know how effective it actually is or how long it would take but I've been meaning to try it out with my warped copies of Raw Fusion's 'Live From the Styleetron'.
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Posts: 577Posted 9 years ago #You're welcome to try of course; and please be sure to report back what kind of results you get from it.
I must say however that this particular approach sounds very half baked (pardon the pun) to me: Supposedly the theory behind it is that the sun provides the necessary heat and the dust cover acts as a kind of greenhouse or magnifier?
Even if you attempted this on a clear summer day I reckon the sun wouldn't provide an even, reliable heat source for any long stretch of time. It moves across the sky, there's clouds passing by, etc. etc.
But more importantly I don't think the record's own weight and natural gravity would provide sufficient pressure to coax the vinyl back into a flat shape, after all you're not looking to cook your vinyl to the point of actually melting. From what I've seen and read online pressure is nearly or just as important as heat - in fact if you're lucky you might even see minor improvements if you simply put a record under a big stack of other records, heavy books or something like that for a few days/weeks at a time.
Essentially what I'm saying is this: exposing records to uneven heat sources, i.e. leaving them too close to a window or radiator or in a delivery truck when it's scorching hot out is what warps and messes up records to begin with, so do your research beforehand and proceed with utmost caution.(And as much as I love Walt and Evil Dee, but have you seen how unorganized, even messy their house/studio/record storage is? Not only is there stuff all over the place, but some of it looks absolutely battered, too. There's no question about these brothers being great producers, but they don't necessarily strike me as folks you'd naturally want advice on record care from...
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Posts: 975Posted 9 years ago #Got the instrumentals and tape ordered.
And yes, still holding out for TGOS2 vinyl which will be dropping any day now...
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Posts: 975Posted 9 years ago #This package looks promising...
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