AAAARGHHH!!! I scratched another record!

[Big Al]

Last weekend, I found Basie's SIXTEEN MEN SWINGING (Verve VE2-2517), beautiful condition, nary a scratch on it. I was about to put it on tonight when the record slipped outta my hand and the first track of side three was nicked by the corner of the cabinet holding my turntable. I COULD JUST SCREEEAM!!! I am such a butter-fingered idiot! (Well, maybe not butter-fingered, but definitely snickered).

So now the first track of side three (You For Me) is unlistenable unless I can try and gently force the needle on the groove through the scratch. AAAAARGHHH!!!! I HATE when this happens, which thankfully isn't often (this is the second time; the last time was Stanley Turrentine's COMMON TOUCH), but still: two times is three times too many for me!

[Harold_Z]

SUCKS ! That's the negative with vinyl.

I've done it from time to time. No way around it.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

Commiserations.

MG

[JSngry]

Dude, how are you holding your sides?

If you do the Fancy Waiter Delivery Grip (thumb on outer rim, remaining fingers on the underside label, no solid, opposed grip anywhere on the rim), then, yeah, ok, you're a Cer-T-Fyed Vinel Con-E-Sewer but you're just asking for shit like this to happen, which as you're finding, it will. Fate is more than happy to reward carelessness and/or cluelessness and/or a disregard for simple physics (unsecured objects of the size/weight of an LP will move more than secured ones) with a metaphorically mocking kick in the metaphorical 'nads.

Hold your records with both hands to and from the turntable, and do it with enough force to prevent slippage. Don't be asahmed or otherwise "common" in how you take them outta the sleve. Hell, sit down if you have to, so if the platter plummets, it goes nowhere but your lap.

No, I don't always follow my own advice. But whenver damage occurs, it's doesn't ahppen when I am.

[six string]

I feel your pain Al. I had a worse thing (to me) happen a few months ago. I dropped my record clamp on my Scout which put a small scratch on the plynth. Fortunately it didn't hit the tonearm, but I almost which it had hit the record instead, though I can't remember what record was on the table at the time.

[porcy62]

I feel your pain Al. I had a worse thing (to me) happen a few months ago. I dropped my record clamp on my Scout which put a small scratch on the plynth. Fortunately it didn't hit the tonearm, but I almost which it had hit the record instead, though I can't remember what record was on the table at the time.

Damn, my next coming TT will have a clamp. Never thought about this.

[Big Al]

Dude, how are you holding your sides?

If you do the Fancy Waiter Delivery Grip (thumb on outer rim, remaining fingers on the underside label, no solid, opposed grip anywhere on the rim), then, yeah, ok, you're a Cer-T-Fyed Vinel Con-E-Sewer but you're just asking for shit like this to happen, which as you're finding, it will. Fate is more than happy to reward carelessness and/or cluelessness and/or a disregard for simple physics (unsecured objects of the size/weight of an LP will move more than secured ones) with a metaphorically mocking kick in the metaphorical 'nads.

Hold your records with both hands to and from the turntable, and do it with enough force to prevent slippage. Don't be asahmed or otherwise "common" in how you take them outta the sleve. Hell, sit down if you have to, so if the platter plummets, it goes nowhere but your lap.

No, I don't always follow my own advice. But whenever damage occurs, it doesn't happen when I am.

That's exactly what I do, too; hence my record of 2-for-thousands. But it still hurts when it happens, as evidenced by the last paragraph you wrote!

[Harold_Z]

How come every post here is dated "Today" ?

Twilight zone.

[porcy62]

How come every post here is dated "Today" ?

Twilight zone.

All the forum's members are kidnapped by aliens now and then, that's the reason the time stopped. Ask Chuck for the experiments the aliens use to do on forum's members.

[Chuck Nessa]

Just want to say that 2 lp set is a fantastic collection of early Verve Basie. Wish I still had it.

[porcy62]

Just want to say that 2 lp set is a fantastic collection of early Verve Basie. Wish I still had it.

Did the aliens steal it?

[Chuck Nessa]

Just want to say that 2 lp set is a fantastic collection of early Verve Basie. Wish I still had it.

Did the aliens steal it?

I sold around 15,000 lps a few years ago to finance some cd reissues of my catalog starting with the Art Ensemble Box. Last week I found it "free" for download on one of the "Blogger" sites. Good to see the music has such fine fans.

[porcy62]

Just want to say that 2 lp set is a fantastic collection of early Verve Basie. Wish I still had it.

Did the aliens steal it?

I sold around 15,000 lps a few years ago to finance some cd reissues of my catalog starting with the Art Ensemble Box. Last week I found it "free" for download on one of the "Blogger" sites. Good to see the music has such fine fans.

Sorry to hear it, I fully understand your commitment about copyrights issues that you showed in the forum several times. I mean that nobody likes to be robbed. You have my fully support.