From cl Sent Fri, May 22nd 1998, 00:34
From cl Sent Fri, May 22nd 1998, 00:34
Steven Center wrote: > At 11:49 PM 5/21/98 +0000, you wrote: > >I've just got hold of the Push Button Objects 12" and it's the > >thinnest vinyl I own, I think. And there's a lot of surface noise. > >Have I got a duff one or are they all cheap pressings? > > my copies of both 02 and 03 on Chocolate Industries are on very flimsy > vinyl, so my guess is that you do not have a duff one. my p.b.o. 12" has > all kinds of scratchy-staticy noise at the beginning of side 1, amongst > other scattered shoddy surface noises. my funkstorung 12" is not as bad, > but not too much better. i can't figure out why they would press their > music on such cheap vinyl, as there is no shortage of places to get quality > vinyl pressed here in the u.s.. i sure would have been disappointed with a > test pressing as thin as these things...they are practically flexi-discs. > also, i sure hope the chocolate folks are not paying more for thin plastic > sleeves as opposed to plain cardboard ones, as they provide little > protection for the vinyl and very little added benefit (unless you count the > asthetics, but that would really only come in to play if their releases were > pressed on colored vinyl, imho, and they are not.) well i have 2 copies of the pbo. 1 is on thin black vinyl, the other is on marbled grey thin vinyl. (same songs) not too noisy, but i agree that they probably wont hold up for long. cl