Bad vinyl pressings!

Johnny Vinyl

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I am a huge Annie Lennox fan and ordered her "The Annie Lennox Collection" on vinyl from Amazon UK some time ago. I received the album (which wasn't sealed - a common practice apparently for UK vinyl) and played it. I played it again, and then again, but not because I was happy with it. For some strange reason the LP would start distorting (though not mistrack) whenever it reached about halfway through. And I mean distort! It was unbearable. I played other vinyl and never had this happen so I know it wasn't the setup of my TT. Side 2 of disc 1 and Side 4 of disc 2 are the major culptits. I do not understand why this is so.

Has anyone had this experience with other LP's? It's the very first time this has happened with an album for me.

John

 

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Does it distort for the remainder of the side or just for a moment? I have a few which distort for a short interval (a second or so) but not more.

 

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I remember returning vinyl in the old days.

Good luck with this.

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Extreme groove wear perhaps? Maybe the middle has the favorite songs of the previous owner. I have a few pre-owned LPs where specific tracks were worn to the bone while the rest of the LPs were close to pristine.

 

Johnny Vinyl

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The Smokester said:

Does it distort for the remainder of the side or just for a moment? I have a few which distort for a short interval (a second or so) but not more.

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Once the distortion starts it gets worse. Strange thing though. It doesn't happen at the same time interval each time. It varies, but it's the only LP I have that does this.

 

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JackD201 said:

Extreme groove wear perhaps? Maybe the middle has the favorite songs of the previous owner. I have a few pre-owned LPs where specific tracks were worn to the bone while the rest of the LPs were close to pristine.

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It's a new release. No previous owners.

 

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I'm stumped then John.

 

Johnny Vinyl

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JackD201 said:

I'm stumped then John.

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I think it's just a bad pressing....like off-centre for some reason. Really really weird.

I've been playing vinyl all morning and everything is fine. Put Annie on once more and same thing.....a lemon I think, but I'm hesitant to order another copy.

John

 

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John72953 said:

I think it's just a bad pressing....like off-centre for some reason. Really really weird.

I've been playing vinyl all morning and everything is fine. Put Annie on once more and same thing.....a lemon I think, but I'm hesitant to order another copy.

John

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Hi John,

At this point, I would contact Amazon UK and let them know the problem. I would then try to exchange the copy for another. I know ultimately you will lose money on the shipping, but, you may well find that you just have a bad pressing. Now, if all the pressings are bad, then the label needs to be contacted.

Rich

 

Johnny Vinyl

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naturephoto1 said:

Hi John,

At this point, I would contact Amazon UK and let them know the problem. I would then try to exchange the copy for another. I know ultimately you will lose money on the shipping, but, you may well find that you just have a bad pressing. Now, if all the pressings are bad, then the label needs to be contacted.

Rich

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Hi Rich,

It was like 6 or so months ago that I purchased this, so I don't know if that will work. I'll give it a shot though!

John

 

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• Jul 1, 2010

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naturephoto1 said:

Hi John,

At this point, I would contact Amazon UK and let them know the problem. I would then try to exchange the copy for another. I know ultimately you will lose money on the shipping, but, you may well find that you just have a bad pressing. Now, if all the pressings are bad, then the label needs to be contacted.

Rich

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I'd cut my losses and bite the bullet and just buy a new one

 

Johnny Vinyl

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Steve Williams said:

I'd cut my losses and bite the bullet and just buy a new one

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Yeah I should, and Annie is a fave of mine.

 

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• Jul 2, 2010

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I think that's a bad pressing too, though I have never encountered any new LPs that had this problem. If anyone have this LP and it plays perfect, that is a sure sign that yours was a factory defect, John.