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vitalogy LP problem
howdy all,
all the vinyl threads i've read around here lately have inspired me to share the sad story of my vitalogy LP. i bought it the first day it came out, since vinyl was the only way you could get it on the first day.
i was in like 10th grade or something at the time and when i got it home i was so excited to play it, i tore it open, put it on the turntable...
...and was horrified to find that it skipped like a motherfucker as soon as the vocals on last exist start. man, i was disappointed.
and i still am. every so often i come across it in my record collection, and it's like...well, like someone is poking me in the eye. someone i don't like.
side one skips horribly through last exit, spin the black circle and about halfway through not for you, then plays fine to the end, and side two has the same kind of problem during parts of bugs, satan's bed and better man. i've played it on multiple turntables, which play other records fine, and always the same shit. you can see something weird, like a flaw in the vinyl, in the bad spots that i KNOW isn't just a scratch i made.
so, there it is, my sob story about the first brand new vinyl i ever bought. i guess i should've tried to DO something about it a long time ago...like call the sony customer service number or something...but i never did...so i'm doomed to a life of occasional irritation when i think of or see my vinalogy vinyl...grrrr...
all the vinyl threads i've read around here lately have inspired me to share the sad story of my vitalogy LP. i bought it the first day it came out, since vinyl was the only way you could get it on the first day.
i was in like 10th grade or something at the time and when i got it home i was so excited to play it, i tore it open, put it on the turntable...
...and was horrified to find that it skipped like a motherfucker as soon as the vocals on last exist start. man, i was disappointed.
and i still am. every so often i come across it in my record collection, and it's like...well, like someone is poking me in the eye. someone i don't like.
side one skips horribly through last exit, spin the black circle and about halfway through not for you, then plays fine to the end, and side two has the same kind of problem during parts of bugs, satan's bed and better man. i've played it on multiple turntables, which play other records fine, and always the same shit. you can see something weird, like a flaw in the vinyl, in the bad spots that i KNOW isn't just a scratch i made.
so, there it is, my sob story about the first brand new vinyl i ever bought. i guess i should've tried to DO something about it a long time ago...like call the sony customer service number or something...but i never did...so i'm doomed to a life of occasional irritation when i think of or see my vinalogy vinyl...grrrr...
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Smash it with a sledgehammer!
Yes, THAT. Good for you it will only run you $35 or so to fetch a new one.
They gave me a new one and it worked fine.
www.seanbrady.net
9/29/04 Boston, 6/28/08 Mansfield, 8/23/09 Chicago, 5/15/10 Hartford
5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
EV Solo: 6/16/11 Boston, 6/18/11 Hartford,
Hahahaha.
These are going for dirt cheap on ebay these days. Shouldn't be too expensive to replace, since Vitalogy was the most pressed of the PJ vinyls.
8/25/92, 10/4/96, 10/5/96, 9/1/98, 9/4/98, 8/4/00, 8/6/00, 4/15/03, 4/16/03, 10/6/04, 6/16/08
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this made me LOL for real. funny shit.
"To question your government is not unpatriotic --
to not question your government is unpatriotic."
-- Sen. Chuck Hagel
yeah, years later i figured that was probably what had happened, so thanks for verifying for me.
dunno why i didn't do something back in the day...just a dumb kid, i guess...
Anyway, did you see, on the back cover of the Vitalogy booklet, this inscription?: "This album was manufactured to meet critical quality standards. If you believe the album has a manufacturing defect, please call our Customer Service Department at 1-800-257-3880."
I make no guarantees this will still work (as this album was pressed roughly 14 years ago, and PJ is no longer with Epic/Sony/BMG/Whoever they are now), BUT this worked for me when I had problems with VS. I may have had to mail back my damaged copy, but they sent me a nice new copy, so it all washed out. I don't remember how they sent it (1st class USPS, I think), but it plays like a dream still, no warpage or chipped cover edges.
So it's worth a shot? EDIT: NO, IT'S NOT! Sorry my friend, calling the Phone # says the service is no longer operational & to try your original point of purchase, so sorry to get your hopes up. My bad, and Good luck.
well, thanks for checking anyway...better than my lazy ass...
Out of curiousity, did you go back and complain? I would have....Usually the record store types are pretty understanding, since it sounds like you bought it used. Also do you remember what the "other" record was?
Funny...
yeah, i went back to complain but they didn't have any other vitalogy vinyls in stock. so he said since i had opened it, he would give me a store credit. i agreed cause i always shop there. i got another one soon after at another store and all was good. the other record was a techno vinyl which the name escapes me. I was so pissed i let my dog chew holes in it and i threw it away soon after. bad memories.
9/29/04 Boston, 6/28/08 Mansfield, 8/23/09 Chicago, 5/15/10 Hartford
5/17/10 Boston, 10/15/13 Worcester, 10/16/13 Worcester, 10/25/13 Hartford
8/5/16 Fenway, 8/7/16 Fenway
EV Solo: 6/16/11 Boston, 6/18/11 Hartford,