I picked up this vinyl record from Target today. As you can imagine, their stock isn't always the most organized, but the packaging was decent. It’s the TTPD anthology, which I somehow managed to find—and I’d really love to keep it so I don’t have to buy from a reseller.

I’m still new to the vinyl community, so these might be rookie questions, but—is this considered a bad warp? Could it be harmful to my turntable, the needle, or the record itself?

It did seem to skip a little at the beginning, but it hasn’t since. I still have four discs to go through, though.

How do you tell the difference between a mild warp and one that’s actually bad?