Up til now, I haven’t intentionally set out to find bizarre vinyl LP cleaning methods, but they keep appearing. Clearly this is some kind of signal given to me by the great gods of vinyl that I’m supposed to share these with the masses, so here is another video of an LP cleaning technique I personally will NEVER EVER use.
–Joe Wallace
I clearly have been living in a cave for many years as this is the first time I’ve heard of the series Vinyl Justice. And Frank Black’s appearance in this clip has rendered me an instant fan of the series (I was already a fan of Frank Black). Live forever and ever and ever, Frank Black. You are one of God’s own mutants. I am now, even as I type this, looking for more Vinyl Justice episodes. Sadly, embedding for this video clip is not available, but you can click the image above to see the episode on YouTube.
–Joe Wallace
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I must confess–this looks completely crazy to me. Call me old-fashioned, but I just don’t think vinyl LPs are meant to be heated under any circumstances. The OTHER cleaning techniques shown here look perfectly sound–the record should get clean just fine using everything here BUT the steam.
This clip does show the record warping under the steam, and the presenter mentions that some do warp but that–in his words–the warping isn’t permanent. That’s not comforting, really…seems to me that a warped record would have a much more limited lifespan–how often could you get away with warping and re-warping a record after multiple cleaning? Not for me, thanks, but I welcome your opinions. Is this method crazy or not?
–Joe Wallace
Imagine my surprise to run across this first thing in the AM on a Friday. Get On Down with the Stepfather of Soul is home to not one, but TWO podcasts featuring awesome, off-the-beaten-track soul sounds originally pressed on vinyl, glorious vinyl. Get on Down and Stepfather of Soul are both very worthy podcasts that WILL act as your gateway drug to an obsession with collecting these sounds–possibly even an addiction to 45s. You have been warned.
This blog appeals to someone like me who, while enjoying the idea of the film Cleopatra Jones, was extremely annoyed with it because the soundtrack had the feel of some decidedly non-funky composer trying to mimic (unsuccessfully) the genuine article as you’ll hear in these two podcasts. I know that’s about as nitpicky as it gets, but I was immediately put off by the psuedo-funky sounds in that movie, especially when the real thing is so damn good in similar genre movies including Truck Turner. Hell, even Blacula had a more kickass score than Cleopatra Jones.
But I only babble about that because these podcasts are so inspired…the tracks are top notch. I particularly enjoyed Stepfather of Soul #37, the Soulful Allsorts show. Check it and see what I mean…this is superior podcasting, folks.
–Joe Wallace