What vinyl did you scratch last?

[mjazzg]

What gets me is when I play an LP I haven't played for a while and there's a scratch.  Absolutely no recognition of the scratch the last time it was played. So, who snuck in a scratched it in my absence?

Just happened with this. Only a small scratch for a few revolutions but as annoying (and seemingly mysterious) as hell

[JSngry]

Maybe it's not a scratch. It might be a piece of trash got onto the record. A close visible inspection is called for, perhaps?

[mjazzg]

Sadly inspection was made and mysterious scratch in evidence...

[clifford_thornton]

That record was pressed on soft vinyl and housed in heavy paper sleeves. Marked up right out of the box.

Ben is thinking about reissuing it and I am hopeful he uses poly-lined inners next time.

[mjazzg]

That makes me feel a little better, thanks CT

Great recording. Deserves a reissue (on tougher vinyl)

[Shrdlu]

I don't currently have a cat, ha ha.

Back when I only had LPs, I looked after them all and they were never scratched. It disgusts me, to see how battered a lot of "VG+" LPs are if you buy them second-hand. As you probably know, nearly all sellers say VG+ and you get a noisy LP.

LPs from the 70s (e.g. the Blue Note twofers and the LT series) are usually safe to buy, but up to the mid 60s, it's junk or $2000 for a Blue Note with the ear and the nose etc.