Strange looking vinyl


  Hello,
I got a sealed copy of Eric is Here Eric Burton and the Animals E-4433. When I opened it the record itself has this strange flat black appearance almost like there's some kind of film covering the record, which does not wash off. It plays but is very noisy. I have attached a photo. It was sealed so it is what it is, but I'm just curious have you seen this before and know what it is? Some type of pressing problem?

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Showing 1 response by bdp24

A sealed LP is not necessarily factory-sealed. Every Tower Records had a resealing machine in it’s backroom, used to make returned LP’s sellable again.

In the 1970’s there was a company (Recoton, iirc) making plastic-lined sleeves. The problem was, the plastic was of a type that "leeched" onto the vinyl, leaving a dull residue. That’s exactly what your LP looks like.

We quickly learned to not use those sleeves. The "rice" paper sleeves being made now (MoFi, Vinyl Storage Solutions, etc.) do not have that problem