Restoring Vinyl Albums

[DunEdinRanger]

Apparently, applying a thin layer of Vick VapoRub on old Classical albums does much to greatly improve the audio quality while removing scratches from the surface.

This only works with Classical, but not with Jazz or an other genrel, thereby proving the wisdom of the old adage

If it ani't Baroque, don't Vicks It!


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[adonnellyr]

Ba doom boom ching!

 

[curtis909]

I have over 500 albums. i am lucky to be able to say most are still mint like when first pressed....But neat idea..

 

[DunEdinRanger]

I hope you know that was a joke...

 

[ClubmanRob]

Dammit! I ruined 300 albums before I read that fourth post!

Thankfully they were all Classical. Nobody listens to that junk anyway.

 

[Brodirt]

I have over 500 albums. i am lucky to be able to say most are still mint like when first pressed....But neat idea..

Yes, they were mint...but now they're menthol!

Man, sometimes I kill myself.

 

[wundergussy]

Wow...just wow. Nicely played.

 

[tsmba]

No way to restore them, that I'm aware of, other than cleaning. I always used a "Diskwasher" made right here in Missouri!

 

[SRock]

Apparently, applying a thin layer of Vick VapoRub on old Classical albums does much to greatly improve the audio quality while removing scratches from the surface.

This only works with Classical, but not with Jazz or an other genrel, thereby proving the wisdom of the old adage

If it ani't Baroque, don't Vicks It!


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Yes, they were mint...but now they're menthol!

Man, sometimes I kill myself.

LOL

Wow...just wow. Nicely played.

Indeed

 

[LagerLover]

I hope you know that was a joke...

Does anyone know how to get Vicks off of a Shure Type V stylus and brush assembly?

 

[Brodirt]

Wow...just wow. Nicely played.

LOL



Indeed

Thank you. It was a soft ball just hanging there, if not me than some one else would certainly have taken that baby down town.

 

[DunEdinRanger]

Yes, they were mint...but now they're menthol!

Man, sometimes I kill myself.

I have been outpunned! Kudos to you sir!

 

[adonnellyr]

I hope you know that was a joke...

I even gave that one a post-joke drum roll

 

[strat1117]

Apparently, applying a thin layer of Vick VapoRub on old Classical albums does much to greatly improve the audio quality while removing scratches from the surface.

This only works with Classical, but not with Jazz ..

Little known fact: It is not true that this does not work for jazz. Indeed, this is exactly how Miles Davis came up with the title "Birth of the Cool"

No way to restore them, that I'm aware of, other than cleaning. I always used a "Diskwasher" made right here in Missouri!

Discwasher was great in its day (late 1970's), but there are much more sophisticated and effective methods of cleaning your albums now (primarily involving a variety of fluids and a vacuum record cleaning machine). None of them, however, come with instructions for removing Vicks vaporub, which, I believe, would be a permanent modification.

 

[SiBurning]

Apparently, applying a thin layer of Vick VapoRub on old Classical albums does much to greatly improve the audio quality while removing scratches from the surface.

This only works with Classical, but not with Jazz or an other genrel, thereby proving the wisdom of the old adage

If it ani't Baroque, don't Vicks It!


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That only works on Vickstrolas.

 

[strat1117]

That only works on Vickstrolas.

Don't forget Vicks Damone records on the RCA Vickstor label (I'll stop anytime; just say "when" . . . .)

 

[DunEdinRanger]

That only works on Vickstrolas.

Don't forget Vicks Damone records on the RCA Vickstor label (I'll stop anytime; just say "when" . . . .)

You guys are killing me!

 

[strat1117]

You guys are killing me!

Don't hang around past midnight -- that's when the pathos and the sarcasm come out -- makes the puns look like child's play. Doug is the master -- I've seen grown men rip their own heads off rather than face Doug.

Strat, you're too puny!

Sullybob, on the other hand, is calling me "puny" in the barberofdeville shaving thread, or do you think he meant "punny"? Well, we''ll find out after the autopsy.