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New LP's and Warping

I know its a reality of the format. Vinyl can and does warp. I have plenty of records that have warps, they play fine. I've been noticing lately though, that a more prevalent amount of new vinyl is lip-warped. This never bothers me when its a limited pressing of an indie record that maybe sat in a distro for years, it'll play, I'm just happy to have found it.

My complaint is when I spend 15 bucks on a new pressing of Coltrane-Coltrane on Impulse Records and its severely warped. Its annoying, and frustrating. This is actually the first time I've asked a store to return it. They made it right, but probably only because I'm a repeat customer.

So, how do you guys approach this? Do you consider it a "cost-of-war" type thing where you just accept it, or are there some release when you fight for that glass-flat copy?
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davidsss
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Warped LPs should be returned. One of the biggest problems is that whole batches can be warped so they give you a replacement and it is just as bad. I often ask if the record can be taken out of the cover and spun, without dropping the needle, on a turntable, to see if it is warped. In this situation I guarantee that, if the record is flat, I will buy it.

Warping is becoming a fact of life, but it just shouldn't be. Would you buy a bike with buckled wheels? I wouldn't and I expect a new record to be flat.

DS
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