Re: [ARSCLIST] Glass Records

[Tom Fine <tflists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You guys must have different albums up there, eh? The ones I've seen down here either shrunk with 
typical wet/dry environment or were too tight from Day 1. Plus, the "paper" sleeves either get 
gritty with age or were never very good material to be against grooves. And, if the albums aren't 
kept well on a shelf, they warp the records by bending over time and being set in the bend by 
humidity and drying. All in all, I give them a thumbs down. The 12" ones are the worst -- 15 or 20 
12" 78's weigh too much for a bound "album" of any sort I've ever encountered. Add 50 years to them 
and they get brittle so the whole thing is a bunch of broken disks waiting to happen. One final 
strike against them -- the klutz factor. I saw a guy pick up an album of decent-condition 12" disks 
at a garage sale once. While thumbing thru it, he got bumped from behind and dropped the whole 
thing. SMASH, there goes 15-20 records. If he had been pawing thru them one at a time, there'd only 
be one smashed record. I swear, I was neither the klutz nor the bumper, just a horrified on-looker.

-- Tom Fine

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Lennick" <dlennick@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Glass Records


> And I was raised with those albums and have never had a problem with them, outside of paper 
> deterioration and having to watch for the glue disintegrating and creating the potential for edge 
> breakage. Albums provide support and protection, and thin inner sleeves can be used INSIDE the 
> pockets to keep the records from slipping and sliding. Three glass discs spread among a few 
> regular shellac (or laminated) discs of the same size will provide excellent protection.
>
> My two Canadian cents worth (soon to be worth more than the US penny again, from what I hear).
>
> dl
>
> Tom Fine wrote:
> > I have all kinds of horror stories about those albums. I highly recommend you invest in new 
> > sleeves from some place like Sleevetown or Bags Unlimited, and store them like LP records 
> > (vertically) in a shelf, not terribly tight-packed but not so loose that they warp. Mark FRAGILE 
> > on the sleeve.
> >
> > -- Tom Fine
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- From: <Dnjchi@xxxxxxx>
> > To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 4:30 PM
> > Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] Glass Records
> >
> >
> > > In a message dated 5/20/2008 4:22:41 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
> > > rjhodge@xxxxxxx writes:
> > >
> > > One  thing about many of those albums. Many of them will allow an edge of
> > > the  record to slip down inside the sleeve adjacent to the binding. If
> > > one isn't  extremely careful about how the record is situated in the
> > > sleeve-away from  the binding-,the album will take a bite shaped break
> > > out of the record when  the sleeve is turned.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > To remedy this common occurence, I take all the records out of the album,
> > > then run a thin line of Elmer's glue along the fold INSIDE each sleeve*, so that
> > > each record will be held snug out of harm's way.  Then let dry overnight.
> > > Works for me.
> > >
> > > Don Chichester
> > >
> > > *That is, glue the opening shut, NOT in the area of the record!   Contact
> > > off-line if I'm not clear enough.
> > >
> > >
> > >
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