The Shed

mystic fred wrote: the Notting Hill Gate Record and Tape Exchange is still there, Lee!   they are still charging small fortunes  to unwitting Japanese tourists for scruffy dirt encrusted vinyl obscurities (and the most common), and still rows of paper cards attached to madonna cd's entitled "progressive"..   i once enquired if a particular album could be reduced from £25 as it was retaining half an inch of dust, when the sales....person... showered it with lighter fuel, scraped a grubby cloth across it and announced the price has increased - exclaiming "it's mint now - forty quid..."

I know,Steve.The staff are still as surly as ever.

None of the albums smell of pachouli anymore.I once bought a copy of Fruup's 'Prince of Heaven's Eyes' in there. When I got it home I put my hand into the end of the inside of the gate fold sleeve and found a couple of love letters and a lump of Black Leb'

James wrote: It annoys me when people put the inside sleeve in the wrong way and the vinyl falls.

Dean wrote: James wrote: It annoys me when people put the inside sleeve in the wrong way and the vinyl falls.  Yep, that bugs me too - or worse still, not using the paper inner-sleeve at all   One anal-question... when putting a CD back in it's case, do you put it back square and true, so the picture matches the tray picture, and the writing can be read without turning your head?     ...or is it just me?

No Dean,I do exactly the same as you.

When I used to buy vinyl albums I would go to WH Smiths to buy the anti-static lined inner-sleeves and heavy-weight plastic outer-sleeves.
If the album came with an inner-sleeve with lyrics and/or illustrations I would take the disc out of that and put it into the anti-static sleeve because the disc would wear the edges of the original inner-sleeve.

^ added to that the cost of a PVC outer sleeve, and anti-static record brush or Emitec anti-static cleaning cloth and "automatic disc-cleaning turntable brush" thingy made by Ronco, and deluxe record carrying case...

Edited by mystic fred - September 13 2008 at 11:32

Dean wrote: James wrote: It annoys me when people put the inside sleeve in the wrong way and the vinyl falls.  Yep, that bugs me too - or worse still, not using the paper inner-sleeve at all   One anal-question... when putting a CD back in it's case, do you put it back square and true, so the picture matches the tray picture, and the writing can be read without turning your head?     ...or is it just me?

I do that as well, or try to do it at all times.  So no, it's not just you.  You have a bit of O.C.D, showing through there.

I thought it was just me that did that too.

Edit: I forgot to ask... when putting the inside sleeve back, do you put the hole (as in the one the vinyl goes in) at the top (the top when stacked on a shelf) or the opposite end to the outer sleeve hole (as in the spine of the outer sleeve)?
Does that even make sense?

Do you also put Side A facing the front?


Edited by James - September 13 2008 at 13:21

James wrote: I do that as well, or try to do it at all times.  So no, it's not just you.  You have a bit of O.C.D, showing through there. I thought it was just me that did that too. Edit: I forgot to ask... when putting the inside sleeve back, do you put the hole (as in the one the vinyl goes in) at the top (the top when stacked on a shelf) or the opposite end to the outer sleeve hole (as in the spine of the outer sleeve)? Does that even make sense? Do you also put Side A facing the front?

Whatever way prevents the disc from falling out of the inner sleeve when you remove it from the outer sleeve, which I believe would mean hole up in your explanation.

song_of_copper wrote: James wrote: Oh and no rush in replying to my PM, take as long as you like. Huh, well, Jimmy (she said pejoratively), some of us have CHORES to do, lunch to eat, groceries to buy and tea to serve (with Welsh Cakes - very nice they were too although sadly not home-made...)!

now try doing all that with a two year old....

It's quiet in here today. Think I'll just brew up and have a quick spin of Nursery Cryme while I've got the place to myself.

song_of_copper wrote: Syzygy wrote: It's quiet in here today. Think I'll just brew up and have a quick spin of Nursery Cryme while I've got the place to myself.    the biscuit tin is empty! Whose turn was it to get the biccies in? And I think that the milk is on the turn as well... Incoming Confectionery Alert!!  Marks & Spencer Extra Fattening Assortment, with three kinds of chocolate and added sultry voiceover...