Whats on your turntable tonight?

@boxer12  ...well let me think, who would I sort of compare with Magnetic Fields....

First that comes to mind are The Espers.  But their records are not easily found except through Discogs.  Their first album "Espers" and second "The Weed Tree" were rereleased a few years ago but sold out quickly.

Second is The Incredible String Band, but like Espers, their vinyl takes some concerted hunting to locate especially given they were from Scotland. They were active between 1966~1974 although they did reform in 1999 and finally hung it up in 2006.

Third is Pianosaurus.  Their self releases on vinyl are even harder to find than Espers.  You can probably find the CD "Groovy Neighborhood" fairly easy. 

Thanks Puffball!

Tom Waits / Bone machine

Porcupine Tree: In Absentia

Damn.

@flennon Let me draw a deep breath because I’m going to say what you probably don’t want to hear (hint-$$$$).

Before the frightening part, I urge you to check out this document if you haven’t already.
https://thevinylpress.com/app/uploads/2021/03/PAC-Vinyl-Records_2021-03-01_pdf.pdf

I started the "aqueous" cleaning process as many have with a Spin Clean. For the money, it ain’t bad. Especially if you’re willing to experiment a bit with surfactants added to the bath water instead of using the supplied bath solution. The Spin Clean does quite a good job at removing surface dirt, finger prints and other big stuff. However, it’s impossible to reach into the groove to remove dirt, mould release agent and other microscopic trash.

The worst part of the Spin Clean is having to dry the records by hand after spinning them. If you have a mountain of cotton wipers to dry each record, it’s fine. But you quickly run out and that ends your cleaning session for the day.

I watched a couple friends wrestle with ultrasonic cleaners that had various kludged up gadgets hung on the side with fasteners that seemed to always come loose sometimes spilling the records into the bath or worse, on the table top or floor depending on their work surface. And after all the heroics, they still had to dry the records by hand

I had an opportunity to try a Degritter for a weekend. I was immediately impressed with the build quality of the gadget. It was purpose built to just clean vinyl records, not adapted from various other parts. It was well thought out and executed.

I tried cleaning some of the filthiest records from the shed and was amazed at the outcome.

Needless to say, the Degritter came in the front door never to leave.

Red Holloway & Company
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