The Official "Trashed My Record Empathy Thread".
brianlux
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Thought I'd start this thread- one I hope doesn't get visited very often- as a place to seek empathy for those of us who accidentally trashed a vinyl record. I'll, umm, start.
So tonight I was playing "Home DJ", as I call it. I pick an era or a genre of music and play various cuts from various albums. Kind of fun- sort of like having your own radio station at home. Tonight's theme was "obscure but treasured music from my teen years". After several great selections I put on my copy of New York Rock & Roll Ensembles' "Faithful Friends...". It's one of the oldest albums I have that I purchased new and besides being a great album, it has a ton of sentimental value for me. I spun the song "Nel Cox" and when I took it off to get ready for the next record it slipped right our of my aging hands and fell against a chair on one side and the the desk on the other and trashed both sides. Lot's of swearing commenced followed by moans and groans. :(
OK, like I said, I hope this is a slow thread.
So tonight I was playing "Home DJ", as I call it. I pick an era or a genre of music and play various cuts from various albums. Kind of fun- sort of like having your own radio station at home. Tonight's theme was "obscure but treasured music from my teen years". After several great selections I put on my copy of New York Rock & Roll Ensembles' "Faithful Friends...". It's one of the oldest albums I have that I purchased new and besides being a great album, it has a ton of sentimental value for me. I spun the song "Nel Cox" and when I took it off to get ready for the next record it slipped right our of my aging hands and fell against a chair on one side and the the desk on the other and trashed both sides. Lot's of swearing commenced followed by moans and groans. :(
OK, like I said, I hope this is a slow thread.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
Variously credited to Mark Twain or Edward Abbey.
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Old copy if Rubber Soul...grabbed it to flip it, drop it and it smacks the corner of my entertainment stand. Breaks a sizeable chunk out of the edge, into the grooves.
2 other examples are pretty similar and a direct result of trying to show a toddler the beauty of vinyl....I got into the habit of letting my daughter flip my older records. Bad move. For those that don't know, small children can't differentiate between an old grubby scuffed up hunk of wax and a fresh tasty piece of shiny black vinyl.
First, a copy if Elephant that I'd only spun a time or 2. Sweet little Gracie was only trying to flip it, but she couldn't quite line the spindle up. Not sure how many times that record got raked across the spindle but it looks like a mess. By some miracle, the record still plays pretty flawlessly. A few pops, but man is it ugly.
The other didn't fare so well. A pretty early pressing of Exile on Main St that's as mint as any record I've ever owned. She got ahold of this one and I guess got fed up with trying to get the record on straight, so she tossed it on the floor. Not a big deal....until ended up getting scooted all over the living room floor and into the front door entry way, where a few small pebbles had been laying in wait for such an occasion. That thing is wrecked. Just no hope for that thing to play. Still have the other record in amazing quality, but of course, the record that got ruined had my favorite stuff from Exile and some of the best stuff from the Stones.
Ouch!
I had gone through almost a whole 15 album collection of 180g Queen reissues before I realised.