Great way to drive yourself crazy.
Easier thing to do ... accept that the record is damaged and if you can, exchange it for a new one.
Harder thing to do ... which is what I did, but what a learning experience ... there is the first album by the Highwaymen (Cash, Nelson, Jennings, Kristofferson) that I have been listening to since 1986 and probably know note by note.
Sundazed did a repressing about a year ago and I noticed two parts where it skipped on the first track. I compared the song to the CD to make sure that my hearing and memory had not deserted me. The album skipped in the same places on both of my turntables.
I contacted Sundazed, spoke to the engineer responsible for the repressing, returned the albums ... all to be told that there was nothing wrong. Now, it was not a particularly complicated bit of music ... how could this thing be skipping? After all, if I were not going to protect the recorded legacy of the Highwaymen ... who would?
As Chakster mentioned above, it was the tracking force. Adjusted it downward once and one skip went away. Adjusted it again and both skips went away. Even though every other record I owned played fine, this one just didn't.
Give it a shot, you have nothing to lose.
Rich
Easier thing to do ... accept that the record is damaged and if you can, exchange it for a new one.
Harder thing to do ... which is what I did, but what a learning experience ... there is the first album by the Highwaymen (Cash, Nelson, Jennings, Kristofferson) that I have been listening to since 1986 and probably know note by note.
Sundazed did a repressing about a year ago and I noticed two parts where it skipped on the first track. I compared the song to the CD to make sure that my hearing and memory had not deserted me. The album skipped in the same places on both of my turntables.
I contacted Sundazed, spoke to the engineer responsible for the repressing, returned the albums ... all to be told that there was nothing wrong. Now, it was not a particularly complicated bit of music ... how could this thing be skipping? After all, if I were not going to protect the recorded legacy of the Highwaymen ... who would?
As Chakster mentioned above, it was the tracking force. Adjusted it downward once and one skip went away. Adjusted it again and both skips went away. Even though every other record I owned played fine, this one just didn't.
Give it a shot, you have nothing to lose.
Rich