Shudder all you want but I’ve cleaned a lot of records with washing liquid (Ecover brand is great) and have got great results. If it was a fairly valuable or rare record I might go straight for the wood glue. It is a bit more of an involved process, but at most is a one day job per side and is honestly the best way of getting a record as free of deposits as you can get.
― Chewshabadoo, Monday, 10 August 2015 14:51 (eight years ago) link
This is...nuts. But apparently effective (shampoo/conditioner):http://www.vinylengine.com/turntable_forum/viewtopic.php?f=53&t=79003
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 10 August 2015 17:35 (eight years ago) link
yeah,i use a spinclean. which is great if you have to clean a lot of records. which i do. just water and a liberal dash of isopropyl for me.
― scott seward, Monday, 10 August 2015 18:08 (eight years ago) link
The Spinclean is surprisingly good, actually, to the point that we only use the VPI like once every six months now for really hard cases.
― a poetic ODE to FORNICATION (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 10 August 2015 18:17 (eight years ago) link
ah cool i've been really curious about the Spinclean, VPIs are so expensive
― Ma$e-en-scène (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 10 August 2015 18:19 (eight years ago) link
all I've had for ages is a DiscWasher brush, but it definitely doesn't get the deep-down trouble stuff. Something is oddly tempting me about the Spinclean today.
― Gorefest Frump (Doctor Casino), Monday, 10 August 2015 18:26 (eight years ago) link
I highly recommend a Spinclean, it has done me right
― sleeve, Tuesday, 11 August 2015 03:30 (eight years ago) link
More VYNL clusterfuck news please! I want something to happen to the perpetrators so I can get my schadenfreude on.
― écorché (S-), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 04:37 (eight years ago) link
They've changed the wording of the FB ads from three "sealed" albums to three "new" albums, which is probably nothing, but one wonders if they're becoming a clearing house for unsellable new crap destined for remaindering/cut-out.
In other news, VinylMePlease just dropped a spiffy color disc with inserts edition of A.M. by (Love,) Wilco
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 19 August 2015 04:46 (eight years ago) link
this new business model is certainly less scammy than the old one.
― skip, Monday, 24 August 2015 16:54 (eight years ago) link
Do you love vinyl? Do you love t-shirts? We do too, and we are launching September 15th! Get a unique t-shirt from record stores around the world delivered to your mailbox monthly.
http://vinylshirtclub.com
― early rejecter, Monday, 14 September 2015 13:42 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptPfH_9MNXo&feature=youtu.be
― early rejecter, Monday, 14 September 2015 13:44 (eight years ago) link
great idea to wear two really hideous t-shirts to advertise their t-shirt business
― feargal czukay (NickB), Monday, 14 September 2015 13:53 (eight years ago) link
still i appreciate that not everyone lives close to camden market, so good on them
― feargal czukay (NickB), Monday, 14 September 2015 13:55 (eight years ago) link
it seems odd that there's not a single example of the shirts or logos.
― koogs, Monday, 14 September 2015 14:37 (eight years ago) link
What kind of dink would wear a shirt from a store they've never been to and have probably never even heard of?
― Hans Holbein (Chinchilla Volapük), Monday, 14 September 2015 21:25 (eight years ago) link
Guys that go to record stores and want to seem cool. Marc Maron types.
― We Boo... The Cross (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Monday, 14 September 2015 21:29 (eight years ago) link
Is this an extension of that company that does a dive bar tee subscription service?
All for people too proud to actually go to a thrift store for tees or vinyl.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Monday, 14 September 2015 22:38 (eight years ago) link
How is the Record Store Logo Chosen?The logos are chosen by the crack team of experts at the Vinyl Shirt Club. In other words, we know it when we see it.
The logos are chosen by the crack team of experts at the Vinyl Shirt Club. In other words, we know it when we see it.
It's to make you want them more.
Hmm... If it's not band/artist T-shirts, but record store logos on a T-shirt, then this business is wandering a few degrees of separation away from the essence of music itself. Not that that's bad. Music is so over.
There is a way to complete the circle, but it's not pretty:
http://s14.postimg.org/eg9if7d9t/vinyls.png
Possible business model right there. (Many apologies, of course, for calling them vinyls. It just felt right)
― flyingtrain (sbahnhof), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 03:29 (eight years ago) link
They are soliciting suggestions on Facebook. The four I checked looked terrible.
Which made me wonder what would make a nice t shirt. The hmv dog?
― koogs, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 04:37 (eight years ago) link
Rough trade is good. Sister ray is perhaps a bit simple. Maybe the defunkt aron's in LA, just AR in a circle.
Amoeba has a decent logo.
― koogs, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 04:47 (eight years ago) link
http://i.imgur.com/6jRXr78.jpg
― diamonddave85 (diamonddave85), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 04:51 (eight years ago) link
Have these bozos actually got permission to use the logos of the record stores? Cuz, y'know, copyright.
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 08:06 (eight years ago) link
For some, a vinyl record simply represents 30 minutes of incredible music
Have these people actually ever played a record?
No, but they saw some at Urban Outfitters once.
― Love, Wilco (C. Grisso/McCain), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 08:21 (eight years ago) link
the Hairy Records logo would look nice on a t-shirt (RIP Hairy Records)
http://s3-media4.fl.yelpcdn.com/bphoto/5vYZsXzb_ezFA8xec4PpjQ/348s.jpg
― soref, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 09:57 (eight years ago) link
its death throes as 'The Vinyl Emporium' less deserving of t-shirt beatification
http://www.thevinylfactory.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Untitled1-663x400.png
― soref, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 10:01 (eight years ago) link
The Vinyl Shirt Club!
A shirt made of vinyl, who wouldn't want one
― flyingtrain (sbahnhof), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 10:13 (eight years ago) link
The Music Consortium's Vinyl Emporium is a Dr Seus, right?
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 10:44 (eight years ago) link
unique t-shirt
― niels, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 10:59 (eight years ago) link
i need to make more shirts. we sold a ton of them. and people still wear them. but i've been out of them forever. just black with our logo on the front.
http://johndoejunior.com/sign.JPG
https://lostcontinentbooks.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/john-doe-jr-books-and-records-exterior-1.jpg
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 13:51 (eight years ago) link
I wish I'd bought one when they were still around. I'd wear the shit out of it.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 13:54 (eight years ago) link
i'm actually thinking of asking people who know how to make shirts to make me some. limited edition style. i always loved how the philly record exchange would get different artists they knew to make different shirts for them.
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 13:59 (eight years ago) link
(or maybe not even people who know how to make shirts. just get people to come up with a design/art.)
cool looking store!
― niels, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 14:03 (eight years ago) link
i can think of at least one great illustrator on ilx whose designs would look amazing on a shirt
― feargal czukay (NickB), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 14:04 (eight years ago) link
My favorite t-shirt is a Justin Bartlett designed Aquarius Records one. It's a little worn down. :(
― One bad call from barely losing to (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 15 September 2015 14:18 (eight years ago) link
if you are in philly you should go to this. wish i could.
https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xlf1/v/t1.0-9/11990582_738285656318323_1465214365321780138_n.jpg?oh=3b8115526cf6c0d579167b9e6fa02084&oe=569ACA02
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 14:21 (eight years ago) link
https://scontent-lga1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xta1/v/t1.0-9/12011408_740889882724567_6942776905916401054_n.jpg?oh=76c1f9cd3bf2fee66f4a934164c10cda&oe=56619E2E
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 14:22 (eight years ago) link
greg, who started the record exchange with my pal jacy 30 years ago, is now the president of the rock and roll hall of fame. which still seems crazy to me. he's a really nice guy.
https://rockhall.com/visit-the-museum/learn/staff-bios/greg-harris/
― scott seward, Tuesday, 15 September 2015 14:39 (eight years ago) link
http://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/sep/16/vinyl-records-club-subscriptions
― schlep and back trio (anagram), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 09:56 (eight years ago) link
Those who signed up in August got a limited edition gatefold of Wilco’s mid 90s album AM with a print by artist Ryder V Robison. In June, there was Hot Chip’s 2012 album In Our Heads and September sees Four Tet’s Pink released on vinyl for the first time with a 180 gram double LP ... If you’ve got broad musical tastes, disposable income and the desire to own something relatively unique, it’s a win.
not sure that liking three different indie bands counts as having broad musical taste tbh
― feargal czukay (NickB), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 10:12 (eight years ago) link
I think there's a fair distance covered across the spectrum between wilco and four tet
― please don't shampoo your eyes (stevie), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 10:51 (eight years ago) link
probably a lot of Four Tet fans not interested in Wilco and vice versa but probably also a lot of "music fans" interested in both, they kind of fall in the "acclaimed" category?
― niels, Wednesday, 16 September 2015 10:55 (eight years ago) link
things radiohead fans like
― feargal czukay (NickB), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 11:09 (eight years ago) link
I was thinking "stuff Wire readers might say they like to relate to normalos"
― We Boo... The Cross (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 11:18 (eight years ago) link
LOL
― sʌxihɔːl (Ward Fowler), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 11:19 (eight years ago) link
ie. things Radiohead fans like.
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Wednesday, 16 September 2015 11:39 (eight years ago) link
https://www.facebook.com/The-Edit-Vinyl-823609547727620/timeline/http://theedit.replyyes.com/I'm not a vinyl guy at all but this popped up in my facebook feed and it makes me IA.
― on entre O.K. on sort K.O. (man alive), Thursday, 17 September 2015 21:14 (eight years ago) link
The ad copy read "Build up the ultimate collection with records every vinyl collector should have"
what a fucking bullshit concept