For Record Store Day I bought the quadruple LP "Telesterion" by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez. He`s the guitarist for The Mars Volta and was one of two guitarists for(the long defunct) At The Drive In. It`s 18 of his songs culled from his 56 solo albums(holy crap that`s a lot of solo stuff!) to help introduce newer fans to his works.
It`s a pretty cool box set. It comes with a big 20 page book(let) of photos and some words written by his friend Sonny Kay (from 90`s emo/screamo pioneers Angle Hair). It also comes with a laminated "backstage pass" that has a code on it that lets you download the whole thing for free. And there`s only 350 of them! Neato!
I also have a question that I thought my fellow vinyl lovers could help me with. I just bought a copy of Hot Cross`s Cryonics. It`s an awesome album( I`ve had the CD for years). However,I noticed that the center hole for the spindle is pretty tight. I was able to place it fully on the turntable to listen to side A,but trying to take it off and flip it over was super hard. I was worried that I might warp or bend the record pulling it off of the spindle.
I wasn`t even able to begin to push the record down on the spindle once I had flipped it over to the B side. This isn`t the first time I`ve had this problem with a record. I tried to put the 45 adapter down first so the LP wouldn`t have to go down as far on the spindle. That didn`t work. The LP was way too unstable on top of the 45 adapter for my liking.
Next I tried stacking 2 turntable mats on top one another to see if that ate up some of the spindle length(and thus I wouldn`t have to force the record down as much). That didn`t work either. Then I tried placing the adapter down and putting a mat over that to see if that gave the LP more support. That also didn`t work.
Any of you ever have that problem with a LP or EP? Do any of you have a solution that doesn`t involve making the hole in the record bigger in order for it to fit?
Do I have some oddball extra thick spindle on my turntable or what?
Thanks for the help every one! This is bugging the hell out of me!
It`s a pretty cool box set. It comes with a big 20 page book(let) of photos and some words written by his friend Sonny Kay (from 90`s emo/screamo pioneers Angle Hair). It also comes with a laminated "backstage pass" that has a code on it that lets you download the whole thing for free. And there`s only 350 of them! Neato!
I also have a question that I thought my fellow vinyl lovers could help me with. I just bought a copy of Hot Cross`s Cryonics. It`s an awesome album( I`ve had the CD for years). However,I noticed that the center hole for the spindle is pretty tight. I was able to place it fully on the turntable to listen to side A,but trying to take it off and flip it over was super hard. I was worried that I might warp or bend the record pulling it off of the spindle.
I wasn`t even able to begin to push the record down on the spindle once I had flipped it over to the B side. This isn`t the first time I`ve had this problem with a record. I tried to put the 45 adapter down first so the LP wouldn`t have to go down as far on the spindle. That didn`t work. The LP was way too unstable on top of the 45 adapter for my liking.
Next I tried stacking 2 turntable mats on top one another to see if that ate up some of the spindle length(and thus I wouldn`t have to force the record down as much). That didn`t work either. Then I tried placing the adapter down and putting a mat over that to see if that gave the LP more support. That also didn`t work.
Any of you ever have that problem with a LP or EP? Do any of you have a solution that doesn`t involve making the hole in the record bigger in order for it to fit?
Do I have some oddball extra thick spindle on my turntable or what?
Thanks for the help every one! This is bugging the hell out of me!
