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actually I don't think I've ever seen warping on a record from the shrinkwrap. just on some jackets.

if its too tight around the cover it can cause damage over time.

sometimes i take shrink off in the store just so people can see the covers better. like, nice covers and the shrink is kinda wrinkly or torn.

also, yeah, if a record has been subjected to heat the shrink can obviously damage it. other than that, its fine to leave it on.

note: do not store a boxes of shrinkwrapped lps in your attic for over 15 years. :\

i mean "do not store boxes"

Home turf

Penn Jillette makes stop in Greenfield and is glad he did

By DAVID RAINVILLE Recorder Staff

GREENFIELD — “When I came back to town, I didn’t realize Greenfield had turned into Brooklyn.”

Penn Jillette, internationally known comedian, author and illusionist, returned to his hometown of Greenfield Thursday night, and spent Friday walking around town before speaking at Greenfield Community College.

“When I last left Greenfield, it was a depressing, dead factory town,” he admitted.

He was impressed by all the changes that happened while he was away.

“Now, the old Clark’s Sport Shop has turned into a great performance place; it’s a club I’d love to play,” said Jillette. He was referring to the Arts Block, at Main Street and Court Square. If he had more time in town, he said, he’d try to take in a show.

In 2007, Jillette went on national television, saying that a Walmart was just the thing Greenfield needed. The town was featured on former Showtime series, “Penn & Teller: Bulls**t!” in an episode that focused on small towns’ resistance to the retail giant. On the show, Jillette lampooned Al Norman, nicknamed the “sprawlbuster” for his anti-Walmart agenda.

Jillette has since changed his mind.

“The way Greenfield looks now, I think we might have been on the wrong side of that one,” he admitted.

He couldn’t believe that the sleepy town he’d left now sports two Thai restaurants, a revamped Bank Row block and a used record store.

Jillette said he spent $200 at John Doe Jr. Used Records, buying new copies of old favorites, from stand-up comedy albums to old “dirty party records” from the 1960s.

His appearance at GCC was one of a handful of speaking engagements to promote his 2012 book, “Every Day is an Atheist Holiday,” which was recently released in paperback.

Jillette was also taken aback with the venue. Since he’d last seen the community college, it’s undergone major renovations.

“It used to be a depressing idea of a community college, a place I wouldn’t go. Now, I’m sitting here and enjoying it.”

Jillette sat in a cushy chair in front of the southern-facing, allglass wall of the upstairs library, watching the sun go down on what he said must have been “the most beautiful day of 2013.”

“Sitting here, I can’t imaging why I ever wanted to leave Greenfield.”

It was a matter of opportunity, or lack thereof, that made Jillette strap a few belongings to his back and set out on the open road, to make a go of show business. He said he knew he wasn’t going to get his big break in Franklin County.

this is a really boring question: what glue is the best glue to reglue your unglued record sleeves with? or should you not do such a thing?

obviously i'm only asking this cos i've run out of sellotape

I've always used the glue sticks that you rub on. Holds fine and leaves no trace.

I've used Aleene's Tacky Glue. I think it can be found at any craft/art supplies store. Worked great, even on a fateful sleeve.

So was Penn cool?

is anyone else surprised/confused/delighted that light in the attic is reissuing the dead's "one from the vault"?

yah, a little.

I've always been a 2 from the Vault kinda guy but the buoyancy of this 8/14/75 gig is grooving me as the work day draws to a close.

psyched to be seeing Mary Lattimore (thx pete!) tonight!

ohh cool! i have yet to see her perform. tell us how it is!

$5! at MIT!

she was really good. there were 50 people there, tops, in a theatre w/ a great sound system and acoustics. arty film backdrop.

if i was to offer advice to Mary, i'd say, "Mary, the harp is an amazing instrument, and you're a great harpist. Why must you feed it through that electronic gadget so so so so much? Let us revel more in the fantastic, unprocessed harp splendor. It is wonderful."

ian my man, if I sent you an MP3 rip of my copy of Homegas, could u listen and tell me if it is suffering from an off-center spindle hole? The needle sure sways from side to side a LOT when it is playing, but the rec is so weird sounding and unfamiliar to me that I can't tell if it's "supposed" to sound the way it does.

i can try, sleeve!

I saw pictures of this guy's collection on YouTube - including his NICE copy of SKINS by Les Baxter. Wondering if I should kill myself. He has LPs like "British Novelists Somethingorother".

I should off myself knowing I can't make a cup of tea, sit by the window at night and listen to this stuff.

http://youtu.be/4NkdE3Os_3E

At least -I- have a ProJect III to listen to my peed-on (but still priceless) copy of The Happy Moog on.

I was thinking about the records of JacobSanders last week when I was at this restaurant
http://i.imgur.com/HFPLzz7.jpg

That looks like an awesome place to eat!

I just sold a rare boogie 12" to a guy in France with no problems! So far good communication and speedy payment, insured and shipped how he wanted.

if scott isn't gonna post on ILX any more, do we need a new ILV mod?

ILX Milk Carton

Scott really has left ilx??

see link but apparently the answer is yes

(pours one out, sheds tear)

happy new year ILV!

http://www.progarchives.com/progressive_rock_discography_covers/5957/cover_3701510102010.jpg

Happy New Year ILV! My vinyl new years resolution is to buy more clean exotica records.

hey neighbros!
i'm gonna keep buying 78s this year, but be more selective about what i buy. i have some stuff i want to get rid of too. gotta clean out the 78s. get rid of the junk.
records are cool. i'm playing records at a bar tmrw with my buddy keegan, so that will be fun.

Hey Guys, I actually had a cool ad on Facebook today, it was for this record! http://www.etsy.com/listing/167203609/travis-to-be-as-free-as-you-1975-vinyl?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social_promoted&geo=global&utm_campaign=fbx_rr_vintage
I've never bought records from Esty but this record is well worth $18 for sure, nice soft rock rural harmonies with analog synths.

they sell records on Etsy now? wild.

Also what the fuck is www.shopgoodwill.com, when did that start??

anybody want 200,000 45s for $60K?

http://www.craigslist.org/about/best/sfo/5238084526.html

I laughed:

http://everyrecordtellsastory.com/2015/11/03/a-degree-in-record-collecting-could-you-pass-the-qualifying-paper/

never heard of these Bhutanese "record stamps" but they look very cool

http://www.thevinylfactory.com/vinyl-factory-releases/the-curious-tale-of-bhutans-playable-record-postage-stamps/