Long term vinyl record storage11/25/2023 ![]() ![]() With this in mind, it’s important that whenever you handle your precious vinyl discs, you must ensure that you always touch them by the edges and never fondle the inner disc area where the grooves are, or you’re increasing the chance of communicating dust, hair, crumbs or any other micro-particles you’ll probably be carrying on your fingers to the disc. Therefore, your 2017 released discs are just as prone to damage and breakage as your 1967 ones. Though this clearly sounds like a clunky, old-fashioned process established decades ago, it generally remains the record-creation method in use today, with modern pressings all created using, essentially, the same routine. This stamp is used on a mechanical press and repeatedly stamped into various polyvinyl chloride discs – it’s way more flexible at this stage – before it’s made harder by water. Music is transferred from the original master to a needle that etches a groove into a lacquer this lacquer is then solidified and used to create the ‘mother’ record which is copied onto a stamp. First off, to better understand the technology we’re dealing with here, let’s take a look at just what your records are made of – vinyl. You might find it a difficult pill to swallow, but how you store your records can have a massive impact on the resulting sound of the music and, in a worst-case scenario, could render your discs permanently unplayable. In this feature, we’re going to look more specifically at vinyl storage, an area we touched on last issue in our more broad ‘looking after your records’ feature which mainly focused on cleaning, dust removal and needle maintenance. Newcomers, too, may find this physical ‘looking after’ of their music libraries a bizarre anachronism in 2017, but vinyl is a vintage format which, to get the best out of, requires specific care and attention. However, there are still many people who might have been collecting for a while who don’t keep their vinyl in a condition that will preserve its integrity and, indeed, may even be damaging, long-term. Your records are priceless – not literally, of course, but in the sense that they represent hours of sonic bliss. Andy Price explores how best to store your discs to keep them safe and you smiling for decades to come. As wonderful as the format is, there are many potential hazards that could irrevocably ruin your discs, potentially wasting a lot of your money.
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