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Styrene (properly, Polystyrene). Hard, relatively inflexible plastic used to press records, mainly 7-inch singles, mainly using the Injection Moulding process. The material is heated to a liquid form and is then squirted or injected into the closed stampers in the press. This requires that the labels be either glued or painted on after the record leaves the press. The cost savings to the manufacturer comes from the extended life of the stampers because of the lack of a heating cycle to the stampers. The material can also be reused without noticeable change to its moulding properties. Styrene records will therefore usually have very quiet surfaces when found in an UNPLAYED Mint condition, but unfortunately they will wear to a noisy condition rapidly, especially if played with a bad stylus or an improperly tracking tone arm. They also are more prone to Cue Burn. The Columbia Records Pittman, New Jersey pressing plant was once the major source of Injection Moulded Styrene pressings, and pressings from this plant are found on MANY small labels. Look for the glued-on labels. Painted-on labels can be found on records from the Amy/Bell/Mala group. Vinyl (properly Polyvinyl Chloride). Relatively flexible material used since the early 1930s to make non-breakable records. Its fumes are an acknowledged carcinogen, so don't breathe in deeply when you have your next holy burning of Beatles or back-masked devil-worship records. :-) Usually pressed by Compression Moulding which allows the label to be an integral part of the pressing itself. This process also requires that there be extra material which spills out the sides of the press, therefore this extra material is routinely ground up and re-used. Because vinyl does not re-heat and re-cool to a smooth, glossy surface, the excessive use of re-grind mixed in with Virgin Vinyl can account for the inherently noisy surface of even unplayed Mint examples of the cheap pressings that some record companies used. Noise can be seen AND HEARD by looking at and/or playing the un-grooved surface of the lead-in and lead-out areas. If this area looks or sounds grainy, then the grooves will also have some of this grainy background sound. The stampers used for the compression moulding process will start to break down after only 1,000 pressings because they are forced to expand and contract when heated by steam at the start of the pressing cycle and then cooled to solidify the record. Some companies routinely overused their stampers for their pop record series.

there was an Argentinian one on e-bay some time ago. Been quite a few issues about in recent times. Why it's over £200 I'll never know, seems to be for sale every week one place or another .

I know Drew3 says humour me here...so I presume this set would be imaginary or maybe Drew3 does have a copy of Kell Osbourne Just buy his Loma outing Joan - Can't Outsmart A Woman.....same backing and nearly as good

Hi, have played the Chuck Bernard the odd time over the last 3 or 4 years, Benny Latimore I still spin...both cheap at around £30/£40 and about £25 respectively. Kell Osbourne is simply great

simple answer is don't wind and rewind when cueing the records, just put the needle on and play.

well for one I'm better known by my nickname

Got one over the weekend, Dave asked me to write a review of the cd so expect one in the near future hopefully end of the week Suffice to say it's one of the best cd's I've listened to in a long time

It's been a few years since I saw the studio acetate up close but sure no group mentioned on the label, just the title. I'm sure I have a scan somewhere but can I hell find it. Roger Banks has it now and he's on here maybe he can enlighten us?

If you were fortunate enough to see the Precisions there would be no need for this question, they were simply stunning. Probably the best live soul act I've seen, and I've seen a few. Really looking forward to Carl Carlton and Darrow Fletcher, both relatively young compared to many soul acts.

It was covered as Lee Valentine (& The Bluesmen). Lee Valentine the producer/arranger if I remember rightly.

cheap...damn cheap IMO

PP - Peace Of Mind Atlantics... anyone with the PP - Can't Measure Love? Preston_Peters___Got_To_Have_Peace_Of_Mind.mp3 Atlantics___Baby_I_Need_You___Marquee.mp3

But if the promoter has delivered exactly what he said he (or she) would, do you think you still have the right to complain just cause some of the records weren't to your taste but enjoyed by others? I agree with the sentiment that if you aren't getting what you were promised then yeah you have every right to complain

I know you usually live and let live and wasn't having a go at you or anyone in particular....

Same goes for Jackie Wilson - Because Of You, 1973 but considered Northern. Constellations, again Northern.... Does anybody really know

I don't think I've been to a venue thats advertised as Northern Soul where the 70's outweigh the 60's, ever As I've said in previous topic, you often got a modern DJ thrown in amongst the 60's dj's some years back. All I'm saying is folk should live and let live, appreciate that not everything they hear will be to their taste but to also realise that someone else will no doubt be enjoying those you don't like. why do people class 70's as crossover, not all 70's are crossover.....(thats a general observation Baz, not aimed at anything you've said).

Sure John Weston had this in his sales box Saturday night.

70's (and new releases) have always been played at Northern Soul events right from the early days. I've never really thought of Northern Soul as 60's only. Many events advertise their policy as "across the board" and "something for everyone".

gotta agree with your fanatstic comment Clyde McPhatter - Lonely People Can't(Can) Afford To Cry - Amy Sir Ceasar - Show Me The Time - Ride

I'd lose it for another year Kenny

Would have though at least £70/£80.

same as you I'm afraid Joan, not sure who played it first...was covered up as Jesse Davis I think.

But if you know exactly what you are going to hear and you still go does it give you the right to moan? If a venue advertises one thing and then gives you something else then I agree you have the right but if you get what you are told you are going to get then what gives you the right to moan cause a few records don't agree with you personally but plenty of other paying customers still enjoy them?

You may get bored with too many 70's and in your opinion loses some of the atmosphere but to someone else it will make the night...also why do you have the right to moan at something thats played and in most cases advertised? Like I said cause someone doesn't like something doesn't mean that someone on the next table thinks it is the best record of the bight. One man's/woman's meat is anothers poison blah blah.... I get bored with too many oldies you hear week in week out but I either vote with my feet and go somewhere else or just get on with it. Most people who attend venues on a regular basis know what a particular dj is going to play, if not to their taste they should either stay away or keep quiet in my opinion...like I said may not be to one person taste but to another they will be. If a dj is that bad that he consistently clears the floor then he or she ain't going to get booked so problem solved there I see and hear many moaning about this that or the other but I never see them do anything aboput it...like promote a venue

Explosive Dynamics.... Explosive_Dynamiks___Whole_Lotta_Love.mp3