Scratched Records

[Blackknight]

What do you guys do with records that are scratched up? I have a few albums that are unplayable but I'm not sure if I should toss them or hang on to them any way, are they worth anything in this condition?

One of them is a copy of George Carlin's Class Clown, I'm really bummed that one is messed up.

 

[spartanmanor]

I donate them to the thrift store or if the cover is cool hang it on the wall.

 

[rustycat]

Play frisbee and/or practice my mixing and scratching skills

Seriously though, I would hang onto them as test records, for new cleaning technology, or testing out new TTs.

Sorry to hear about "Class Clown." Loved that one when it came out "The Bi-Labial Fricative" and of course "7 Dirty Words."

R.I.P. George!

 

[meggy]

What do you guys do with records that are scratched up? I have a few albums that are unplayable but I'm not sure if I should toss them or hang on to them any way, are they worth anything in this condition?

One of them is a copy of George Carlin's Class Clown, I'm really bummed that one is messed up.

I hang onto good jackets if I'm hunting the LP. The next copy I find might be a bad jacket and a recoverable LP.

 

[cactuscowboy]

If it's rare and I'm unlikely to find another copy (in any condition) I'll transfer to WAV, clean it up with "pop/click removal" and burn it onto CDR.

I don't keep P or F records in my collection. But I sometimes have customers bringing me totally trashed discs for transfer to CDR. For those, I use a Stanton 500 cartridge with a 0.7 mil conical stylus, tracking at 5 grams. I've yet to find a record I couldn't play.

 

[similost]

One of the members here gave me a really cool set of coasters made from the centers of the LP...

He glues cork onto one side of the LP, then cuts out the center label. Had a cool rack for them too, that allows you to see them. You flip them cork side up, and set your nice cool drink on it.. when you aren't using it, put it in the rack for all to see..

 

[gkimeng]

What do you guys do with records that are scratched up? I have a few albums that are unplayable but I'm not sure if I should toss them or hang on to them any way, are they worth anything in this condition?

One of them is a copy of George Carlin's Class Clown, I'm really bummed that one is messed up.

I have a couple of old toys (SAE5000, MRM-101) that help mine, though I don't really have a lot that are bad enough to be considered "unplayable."

A non-music LP would be a prime candidate for digitizing and declicking on a computer.

 

[Blackknight]

I have a couple of old toys (SAE5000, MRM-101) that help mine, though I don't really have a lot that are bad enough to be considered "unplayable."

A non-music LP would be a prime candidate for digitizing and declicking on a computer.

I'd try it but the record is so scratched it skips constantly. At least my copy of AM/FM works, got a few skips too but you don't miss much.

 

[gkimeng]

I'd try it but the record is so scratched it skips constantly. At least my copy of AM/FM works, got a few skips too but you don't miss much.

Sounds like a job for an old BSR changer with a big conical-stylus cartridge that tracks at 5 grams.

 

[NYListens]

I just use McGuires plastic scratch remover and a soft rag to buff. Oh wait, that's for my scratched cds. I knew there was something I didn't like about LPs.

 

[AnalogDigit]

I usually play scratched records, then save them onto a hard drive, then clean them up using Diamond Cut DC-5. Then I burn them on a CD-R. Since the Class Clown is a comedy album, you can change the mode from stereo to mono which would get rid most of the surface noise.