Damaged records?

[Soul Salad]

Just a quick one

Have any of you pulled out a record that you 100% know wasnt cracked the last time you carefully looked at it played it then carefully put it away again? Then a few months later pull it out an its cracked?

Happened to me three times now (doesn't seem a lot) in 20 or so years but all were loved records one was valuable. Ever happened to anybody else?

Thanks

[Soulagogo]

You’re not on your own. Have like you at least four cracked that I have know idea how! Typical they were all expensive . 
Richard 

[Soul Salad]

30 minutes ago, Soulagogo said:

You’re not on your own. Have like you at least four cracked that I have know idea how! Typical they were all expensive . 
Richard 

Two of mine were £40 ish records the other was a mint Stevens & Foster - Is it the cold/the heat/both?

[Soulagogo]

Jackie Lee Darkest days  one of them.  Incidentally all styrene !

[Soul Salad]

2 were vinyl - Carl Hall on Columbia styrene i think?

[Shinehead]

Are you keeping them in boxes too big for the amount of records if so packing them with paper etc may alleviate the problem , Bought records for 50 years and never had a problem.

[Soul Salad]

16 minutes ago, Shinehead said:

Are you keeping them in boxes too big for the amount of records if so packing them with paper etc may alleviate the problem , Bought records for 50 years and never had a problem.

No, in an upstairs bedroom in 2 singles crates not over/under packed and ALL are in cardboard sleeves as well as co sleeves. Maybe i brought them cracked? LOL would be very surprised as i scrupulously check every record i buy.

Our house is Victorian/sash windows/coastal etc, must admit can get freezing when were out, not sure would cause a crack though. 

 

[Soul Salad]

Actually 4 in all, luckily the recent one was a slightly warped Leon Collins with a big scratch on it so no value really but don't want it happening again. Ive gone through all the others, no cracks so will see. Thankyou

[Davace]

I agree with your concerns over temperature differentials and I think it helps if record mass can be prevented from raising core temperature.As for styrene I get paranoid about it because of its brittle biscuit like nature.If it is scratched over time this can develop a crack in storage especially if pressurised and out of ninety degrees.

 

 

[Roburt]

Back when I was still living in Donny in the early 70's ... a bunch of our kids 'reggae music fans' used to come round to our house to play / buy 60's & very early 70's reggae 45's off me (we had young kids / a mortgage & therefore I needed the cash made from selling stuff). Those guys were soon replaced by soul (& then NS fans) who had learnt that I had an extensive collection of soul 45's / LP's. They'd come round to listen to stuff they didn't know (& to try to buy some 'rarer' stuff off me -- I was much more reluctant to sell soul stuff).

They were soon coming on a regular basis & so it became a common occurrence -- I'd leave them to thumb through my 45's while I made us all a drink. A while later I found my US copy of the Dynamics "Ain't No Sun (Since You've Been Gone)" with a big piece of the 45 missing. Obviously one of them had dropped it, it had broken, so they'd just stuck it back in the sleeve, returned it to my 45 shelf and kept quiet about the mishap. I wasn't too pleased.

 

Edited December 20, 2023 by Roburt

[Chalky]

Djing in Glasgow, pulled out half of my copy of The Attractions  - Why Shouldn't A Man Cry 

[Mgm 1251]

That's a good enough reason why you 'should' cry...

[Trev Thomas]

2 hours ago, Chalky said:

Djing in Glasgow, pulled out half of my copy of The Attractions  - Why Shouldn't A Man Cry 

cry,,, i'd be mortified, one of the best tunes ever

[Soul Salad]

14 hours ago, Roburt said:

Back when I was still living in Donny in the early 70's ... a bunch of our kids 'reggae music fans' used to come round to our house to play / buy 60's & very early 70's reggae 45's off me (we had young kids / a mortgage & therefore I needed the cash made from selling stuff). Those guys were soon replaced by soul (& then NS fans) who had learnt that I had an extensive collection of soul 45's / LP's. They'd come round to listen to stuff they didn't know (& to try to buy some 'rarer' stuff off me -- I was much more reluctant to sell soul stuff).

They were soon coming on a regular basis & so it became a common occurrence -- I'd leave them to thumb through my 45's while I made us all a drink. A while later I found my US copy of the Dynamics "Ain't No Sun (Since You've Been Gone)" with a big piece of the 45 missing. Obviously one of them had dropped it, it had broken, so they'd just stuck it back in the sleeve, returned it to my 45 shelf and kept quiet about the mishap. I wasn't too pleased.

 

There was a good enough reason for that record cracking as it was dropped (OR WAS IT??)  really meaning records that you know you've never dropped/mishandled but pulled out cracked.

Maybe some records are already cracked but in such a way are very well disguised until it wants a separation?