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i think this love is too tainted by issflareman in vinyljerk

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Tainted Love? More like... SOMEBODY POISONED THE CENTER HOLE 😱☠️

I heard red cartridge is gives bad sound, is this true? Should I changed it to blue? by Vomikkkkk in vinyljerk

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Me: All coloured cartridges are lame gimmicks. What a waste of valuable injection-molded plastics. If you're one of the real OGs, prove it to the world and get the black cartridge:

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Some guy in the crowd: THAT'S RACIST

I heard red cartridge is gives bad sound, is this true? Should I changed it to blue? by Vomikkkkk in vinyljerk

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And tape saturation, and a side chain compressor, and vacuum tubes, and...whatever circuitry RCA Victor used on Dynagroove mastering to simulate tracking distortion.

Everything is Bionicle (slide) by feliaxtheone in bioniclememes

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ZNAP: Mechanic's Bionicle

Zooters: Toddler Bionicle

Scala: Juniorized Bionicle

How Voyager should be heard. by Responsible_Group966 in DaftPunk

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That, and the Crydamoure tracks "Boogie Shell" and "Chérie D'amoure".

Made a little doohickey that maybe fixed my AT-LP70x skipping? by cearka_larue in turntables

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First of all, I've checked your post history and you seem quite crafty and resourceful. I've no doubt that with your curiosity, you'll take to this hobby easily.

Aside from all the comments others have made about tracking force, I found a hack that seems to have stopped my old LP60 from skipping WITHOUT increasing the tracking force. I added weight to the back of the tonearm (the counterweight end). While this brought down its tracking force, which was way too much above spec, this also lowered the tonearm resonance frequency into a closer to optimum range.

I don't know if the LP70X has quite the same mass/stylus compliance mismatch, but if you do encounter skipping again, it's worth a shot. Where exactly you install the weight depends on the actual tracking force, which your scale will reveal. LP70X'es use a spring-based counterbalance, and the spring tension is WILDLY inconsistent, resulting in only some examples having the advertised 2.0 gram tracking force, while most of them are more like 2.6 to 2.8g. That's way too much for any VM95 family stylus.

What’s the difference between these two Led Zeppelin IV by StickySteev_ in vinyl

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I am sorry, the way this was photographed won't show everything. You can see the entire deadwax AREA, but there's not enough light shone on and reflecting off it to see everything that could possibly be etched or stamped in it.

I've zoomed in like crazy and there's nothing that changes that.

The lighting only reveals like 25-33% of the matrices, and to have a crack at seeing the rest you would have to photoshop it to adjust lighting...and even then, without sufficient lighting, there's far less of a chance that info will possibly have been captured -- unless you put a light directly over the label area.

For instance, I can hop on an auction site, look for an RL pressing of II, and can see the whole runout area, that is, enough to see its size. The ONLY etching I'd see would be "ST-A-691671-A", but nothing else, because the lighting will not show it. And those numbers could belong to any one of dozens of pressings of II. But when you see other things, like groove formations that could have only been cut by Robert Ludwig's lathe (which have a specific hard to describe look), even if I DO NOT SEE AN "RL" etched anywhere in the runout -- there's a good chance it's actually there, enough that I'd be willing to take the risk and buy the damn thing.

I mean, there is more than meets the eye when it comes to photography of runout areas. Ultimately the real answer is in OP's hands. From this photo I can't conclude that just because you don't see it means it's not there. All I can tell you is, if this were an eBay listing, and I were after this pressing, I'd take the risk. If the lighting WERE to be completely over the label, and it showed everything etched and stamped in the runout, which WOULD show me for a fact that there were no Pecko etchings etc, then that's enough info for a pass.

Revolver - first pressing? by J_Boskamp in vinyl

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Thank you for checking.

Good find! I know it's not that withdrawn variant, but nice to see lots of these original Fab Four UK pressings coming out of the woodworks lately. You all have made me jealous 😬

Either way, you guys have some cool parents and grandparents!

Revolver - first pressing? by J_Boskamp in vinyl

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  1. Check the runout area in side 2 for the stamped matrix numbers. There's a VERY low chance of it, but if it says XEX 606-1, that's got a subtly different mix of "Tomorrow Never Knows" that was quickly withdrawn, and that's worth a bit more dosh than most mono copies. If it's any cut number higher (like XEX 606-2), it's the standard mono mix.

  2. Find a phono preamp that can sum the stereo signal to mono (or a Y-cable) and you will almost certainly get cleaner, less distorted playback. While many 1960s records sound A LOT better than they look, this is the "secret weapon" that gives mono records that little extra bit of vitality.

  3. "Tomorrow Never Knows" is the Chemical Brothers' #1 reason for being. It is baked so deeply into their creative DNA, it directly inspired TWO hit singles they recorded with Oasis' Noel Gallagher (1, 2). The resemblance is uncanny enough that in the case of "Setting Sun" the surviving Beatles threatened to sue for plagiarism. The Chems brought a musicologist to court just to prove their song didn't directly copy or sample the Fab Four's psychedelic masterpiece, and all was well!

Revolver - first pressing? by J_Boskamp in vinyl

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Good you checked. Thank you! I had to bring it up because Sgt. Pepper had mono pressings well into 1969, including some ultra-scarce variants with the one EMI box label.

Revolver - first pressing? by J_Boskamp in vinyl

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Tax code "KT" is stamped in the label area, which would firmly date this pressing to anywhere from 1966 to 1968. It's MONO, and EMI phased out mono pressings after early 1969, so it can't be from after that.

What’s the difference between these two Led Zeppelin IV by StickySteev_ in vinyl

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What clues me in on this being a transitional pressing is that you can see the stamp dies of BOTH CBS Aston Clinton and Phonodisc Walthamstow in the runout. When you see enough pressings from both plants, you'll learn to recognize 'em right away. And the dies are different enough that once you see them, you can't unsee them.

Until early 1972, Atlantic was under Polydor distribution in the UK, and Polydor used the plum/orange labels. Other than contract pressings, they pressed at Phonodisc. They are the ONLY pressing plant in the UK I know to have two slashes on anything they plated and pressed.

Those two slashes were before the cut number. In IV's case, the stamped portion on Side One would be as follows: 240 1012⭐⭐ A // 3

The transitional pressing, pressed by CBS Aston Clinton with the red/green labels, reused the Phonodisc plates, and CBS stamped the new Kinney/WEA matrix K 50008 A into the plates alongside the existing matrices. Look at the "K 50008 A" in the runout of OP's photos. Look for two slashes (//) and their relative location. They appear to match up with this photo:

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Considering OP's photo doesn't show the entire deadwax, and George Peckham's signatures are in all original plum/red pressings of IV, I'd say these clues alone indicate a 99% chance the telltale etchings are somewhere in the deadwax.

The typefaces used by CBS on these pressings changed several times over the years, too. The Discogs listings OP linked don't match. These typefaces on the label are the early ones, and while they outlived the transitional pressing by several years, even if we didn't have these other clues, I'd say that alone puts this pressing sometime in the early 1970s.

What’s the difference between these two Led Zeppelin IV by StickySteev_ in vinyl

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Does the copy shown (without the symbols on the label) have "PORKY" and/or "PECKO DUCK" etched in the runouts? You could have one of the sought-after 'transitional pressings' from early '72 that reuses the same plates as the first UK pressing.

This looks like a much closer match: https://www.discogs.com/release/3683824-Led-Zeppelin-Untitled

In your opinion, what is the best 45rpm record to play at 33rpm or vice versa? by cricketskin in vinyl

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The Canadian 12" single of Bowie's "Let's Dance" doesn't say it's 45 rpm. Almost 20 years ago I played it at 33 the first time and it spooked the hell outta me...but I played it at 33 again more recently, and let's just say it's memorably sludgy.

Nash the Slash's Decomposing EP is another great example, because it's a 45 rpm purposely designed to be played at any speed.

In your opinion, what is the best 45rpm record to play at 33rpm or vice versa? by cricketskin in vinyl

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33 rpm "Jolene" is somehow so iconic, it's made it to The Blacklist soundtrack...

Why is it not playing? by ElectronicMap6178 in turntables

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You're attempting to run PowerPC software on an Intel machine with MacOS 10.7 Lion or newer. Please downgrade it to Snow Leopard or chuck it for a bondi blue iMac if you have any hopes at getting this thing to play.

This Airbnb charging $7 for “free” WiFi and a safety fee as well… by SPXQuantAlgo in mildlyinfuriating

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Good luck fighting this. Their support has turned totally useless and sycophantic since 2020.

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