blajay Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 I have about 5 I need to get rid of. Quote
Teasing the Korean Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 You left out a great one: Get a silver-colored magic marker and write genre names, as I do with my trashed records, and then position them between sections of your collection. For example, I have one each for Jazz, Latin, Brasil, Exotica, Crime/Spy, Space, Moog, Zodiac, Now Sound, Classical, etc. It's best when you find a trashed record in the genre it's representing. And if the cover has a scantilly clad babe on it, it goes right on the wall. Quote
7/4 Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 (edited) I'd say try to get a refund, but I never did. I have a bunch that are worthy of hanging on the wall. dB Edited January 31, 2009 by 7/4 Quote
.:.impossible Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 Address it to Christian Marclay. Quote
mikeweil Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 Get a silver-colored magic marker and write genre names, as I do with my trashed records, and then position them between sections of your collection. For example, I have one each for Jazz, Latin, Brasil, Exotica, Crime/Spy, Space, Moog, Zodiac, Now Sound, Classical, etc. It's best when you find a trashed record in the genre it's representing. Great idea! Now I only have to break some ..... Quote
mikeweil Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 p.s. there is a local used LP shop who use the trashed Lps that way ... but from them I never got the inspiration ... Quote
mikeweil Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 "What to do with a broken record" sung to the melody of "What becomes of the brokenhearted" ... Quote
Shawn Posted January 31, 2009 Report Posted January 31, 2009 I like the frisbee idea. I've done that with records that really suck too. Quote
rostasi Posted February 1, 2009 Report Posted February 1, 2009 Yes! Make art! (a la Knizak or other deconstructionists) Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted February 1, 2009 Report Posted February 1, 2009 Lift the needle off the record. Lift the needle off the record. Lift the needle off the record. Lift the needle off the record. Lift the needle off the record. Lift the needle off the record. Lift the needle off the record. Lift the needle off the record. Lift the needle off the record. Lift the needle off the record. Lift the needle off the record. Lift the needle off the record. Lift the needle off the record. Lift the needle off the record. Lift the needle off the record. Lift the needle off the record. Lift the needle off the record. Quote
Guest Bill Barton Posted February 1, 2009 Report Posted February 1, 2009 The frisbee idea is the way to go... This was a time-honored tradition at WRUV-FM back in the 1970s when I was there. We used to go out behind the station and see if we could scale 'em into the reservoir (usually unsuccessfully - probably a good thing when it comes to drinking-water quality!) Now that I think about it they weren't necessarily broken either. Quote
Alexander Posted February 1, 2009 Report Posted February 1, 2009 I have a funny broken record story. Years ago, when my wife and I lived in Boston, her parents brought up a bunch of her things from their house in Chicago. Among these was a box of LPs that had belonged to my wife as a child. Sadly, her mother had stored them near a heating vent and they were all badly warped. We didn't own a turntable anyway, and as they were warped, I suggested just throwing them away. My wife objected, and said that if we were going to get rid of them, we should at least try to sell them. I said that since they were warped, they were worthless and nobody would buy them, but I agreed to at least try. I figured that once a couple of stores said no, she would let me throw them away. So a friend and I took the box of records to a store. The funny thing was that the clerk didn't even look at the warped LPs themselves before rejecting them. It was a box of Barry Mannilow, Air Supply, and some other late-70s/early-80s soft rock albums the clerk said they already had too many copies of. I called my wife from a phone booth outside the store (which was near Kenmore Square, for those who know Boston) and told her that it was no-go and she agreed that I could chuck them. So my friend and I went looking for a trash can. There was one right on the corner of Beacon St. and Comm. Ave. (right where they cross in the square) and I dropped them in. No sooner did I drop them then a voice cried out: "Hey! That guy's throwing away records!" A crowd of twenty-somethings in shabby coats surrounded the trashcan as they began digging through the refuse. I called out, "They're warped!" One of the kids yelled back, "I don't care!" "It's Air Supply and Barry Mannilow!" I called back. "I love that stuff!" Another guy yelled. So we walked away, shaking our heads. People will truly take anything as long as it's free. I don't know what, if anything, they did with the records. Perhaps my wife's collection got a second life in some hipster's Boston apartment. Probably not. Quote
sidewinder Posted February 1, 2009 Report Posted February 1, 2009 (edited) recycle. Ha - DMM ! Nice blancmange mould. Edited February 1, 2009 by sidewinder Quote
Juliewells Posted February 5, 2009 Report Posted February 5, 2009 (edited) In my case, they simply become part of recycle bin Semi Acoustic Guitars Edited December 8, 2009 by Juliewells Quote
clifford_thornton Posted February 5, 2009 Report Posted February 5, 2009 You melt 'em down and make a bin out of 'em? Quote
clifford_thornton Posted February 5, 2009 Report Posted February 5, 2009 Like Bob Long did with most of the run of the Virgin Insanity LP? Quote
mikeweil Posted February 5, 2009 Report Posted February 5, 2009 or Milan Knizak. Watch your stylus! Ouch! Quote
sidewinder Posted February 5, 2009 Report Posted February 5, 2009 Put 'em in a skip - like all of those Larry Young Mosaic sets ! Quote
six string Posted February 5, 2009 Report Posted February 5, 2009 I nailed one to my fence in the backyard along with an old cymbal that was also crap for a little "found art" effect. Over time the elements will wash and fade the label away so I replace it with another one when the mood strikes and the inventory allows. Quote
Chuck Nessa Posted February 5, 2009 Report Posted February 5, 2009 I tape more quarters to the tone arm. Quote
Quincy Posted February 6, 2009 Report Posted February 6, 2009 Along with the what Michel showed I've seen coasters made by cutting out the center label. And oh boy, the coaster is 2 sided. I've also seen clocks make out of LPs since there's a convenient hole in the middle of the record. I've seen the jackets made into tote bags. Quote
Son-of-a-Weizen Posted February 6, 2009 Report Posted February 6, 2009 Cut out the interior to make a ....... Quote
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