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ventaI went shopping for singles this morning. However, now I am playing them as I attempt to kick my room into shape and I have run into a problem.
The hole in the middle of my nice new Kooks single is smaller than the record player's spindle. Not just needs-a-bit-of-force, but actually too small. Is there a standard solution to this problem ? I'm a bit reluctant to take a file to it, as I'd probably end up with an elliptic hole and a record that played wonky.
Today's haul was:
Kooks - Eddie's Gun. I've heard this a few times and rather liked it. Can't confirm opinions, because I can't play it. See above.
Maximo Park - Gone Missing. Pleasant listening, but not outstanding - I think it's one of life's album tracks, really. I'll admit it, I'm mostly in it because I like the singer's accent :) Both the A side and the B side are on the same side, with the lyrics etched into the flip side of the record. You can have so much more fun producing vinyl than CDs. Having two tracks on one side means you have to play it at 33 1/3, which they don't bother to tell you - why does no one print speeds on records any more ?
Corl - Outlines. I'd been reading about these guys, and wanted to know what they sounded like. Need a few more listens to form an opinion properly. Two B-sides, a free poster, and white vinyl, though :)
Lemon Jelly - Make Things Right. Lemon Jelly win this week's funky packaging award for the lovely hungry-caterpillar style concentric rings. Even if they did let their artistic integrity have full sway, and didn't sully the record sleeve with anything demeaning like, say, a title. The A side is good old Lemon Jelly style sampling. The B side is twelve concentric rings instead of a spiral. Yup, they're all "looped beats", to allow you to do your own remixing ("two turntables and microphone not included"). If I find the record two of the single, I'll also get a nice beat-free version of the single and some more ambient loops. I'm tempted to hunt it down and beg the use of someone's decks for an hour. Hurrah for people with creatively daft ideas.
Total outlay for all that fun: £3.96.
... and I only went into Virgin to get the picturedisk of the new Bloc Party single.
The hole in the middle of my nice new Kooks single is smaller than the record player's spindle. Not just needs-a-bit-of-force, but actually too small. Is there a standard solution to this problem ? I'm a bit reluctant to take a file to it, as I'd probably end up with an elliptic hole and a record that played wonky.
Today's haul was:
Kooks - Eddie's Gun. I've heard this a few times and rather liked it. Can't confirm opinions, because I can't play it. See above.
Maximo Park - Gone Missing. Pleasant listening, but not outstanding - I think it's one of life's album tracks, really. I'll admit it, I'm mostly in it because I like the singer's accent :) Both the A side and the B side are on the same side, with the lyrics etched into the flip side of the record. You can have so much more fun producing vinyl than CDs. Having two tracks on one side means you have to play it at 33 1/3, which they don't bother to tell you - why does no one print speeds on records any more ?
Corl - Outlines. I'd been reading about these guys, and wanted to know what they sounded like. Need a few more listens to form an opinion properly. Two B-sides, a free poster, and white vinyl, though :)
Lemon Jelly - Make Things Right. Lemon Jelly win this week's funky packaging award for the lovely hungry-caterpillar style concentric rings. Even if they did let their artistic integrity have full sway, and didn't sully the record sleeve with anything demeaning like, say, a title. The A side is good old Lemon Jelly style sampling. The B side is twelve concentric rings instead of a spiral. Yup, they're all "looped beats", to allow you to do your own remixing ("two turntables and microphone not included"). If I find the record two of the single, I'll also get a nice beat-free version of the single and some more ambient loops. I'm tempted to hunt it down and beg the use of someone's decks for an hour. Hurrah for people with creatively daft ideas.
Total outlay for all that fun: £3.96.
... and I only went into Virgin to get the picturedisk of the new Bloc Party single.
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Date: 2005-07-19 08:43 am (UTC)* I think it's just a "round file", actually. Like the round one of these.
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Date: 2005-07-19 05:50 pm (UTC)It also has a baleful warning on the back that I "use the tool for the intended purpose only". It doesn't, however, tell me what they intended me to use it for.