A few years ago, I had a chat with a reggae collector (a tru one, not a fake bidder) from Guadalajara (say that correctly on your first try and win an ice-cream ), Mexico, who's now residing in LA and spinning over there, about how and why Jamaican records are so hard to find in good condition.
Over here we don't mind too much about records being mint or mint-, mainly because the mexican peso has had quite a bad 50 years and it's not the strongest currency, so price always goes first (myself included). But sometimes with JA records, it's just too much. I don't collect them, but I've had to turn down some good JA R&B stuff because of them being in a really bad shape.
Anyway, as we spoke, he came up with a theory that seems a bit nutty and I've not forgotten: sea salt. You know you can get car's painting worn because of it, so why not records? What about all the records from the US shores you might say; but I think the sea-burn ( just coined that) gets much worse with humidity and hot weather...
What do you think? If that's not a reason at all, then what is? I don't believe Jamaicans are just too messy with their records...
Cheers,
Dante
PD Why did Soul Of Jamaica got moved to the media section? I know most of it it's about refo posts, but it seems a bit patronising from Big Daddy Northern Soul
A few years ago, I had a chat with a reggae collector (a tru one, not a fake bidder) from Guadalajara (say that correctly on your first try and win an ice-cream
), Mexico, who's now residing in LA and spinning over there, about how and why Jamaican records are so hard to find in good condition.
Over here we don't mind too much about records being mint or mint-, mainly because the mexican peso has had quite a bad 50 years and it's not the strongest currency, so price always goes first (myself included). But sometimes with JA records, it's just too much. I don't collect them, but I've had to turn down some good JA R&B stuff because of them being in a really bad shape.
Anyway, as we spoke, he came up with a theory that seems a bit nutty and I've not forgotten: sea salt. You know you can get car's painting worn because of it, so why not records? What about all the records from the US shores you might say; but I think the sea-burn (
just coined that) gets much worse with humidity and hot weather...
What do you think? If that's not a reason at all, then what is? I don't believe Jamaicans are just too messy with their records...
Cheers,
Dante
PD Why did Soul Of Jamaica got moved to the media section? I know most of it it's about refo posts, but it seems a bit patronising from Big Daddy Northern Soul
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