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  1. I think I know where the records were made ....
    might give them a call and see if they are actually even aware of the problem ...

    not that I expect them to "fix it" or swap my copy ....

    I once had 500 copies pressed (accu records 002), and 80% of the sleeves had very smal cuts in them, the gripping pieces of metal that hold the sleeves during the filling process had been adjusted wrongly, ....
    the pressing plant offered to take them back, but as damage was so small and barely visible, it would really be a waste to destroy the sleeves ... for this wide awake damage I can imagine that the machine was for example set to handle 120grams vinyl as opposed to 145 - 160grams and upwards ...


  2. I said THIS DISCUSSION IS OVER, Bob.
    From now on, any post in this thread regarding that absurd vinyl-vs-CD discussion will be erased. Only on-topic discussions about certain damages/errors on the WAIE vinyls will be allowed from the moment I click on "Post a reply to this topic". I wonder if this will have any effect on you though


  3. I asked this many, many times and it's on topic. You all just keep ignoring it. If people answered this question the first time I asked it, this topic wouldn't have all this in the last few pages. But it's good that toysfornoise got it back on track instead of commenting on what I think about vinyl. Instead of posting that, you should have replied to his post and/or my post.

    If you keep on ignoring comments about the topic, you shouldn't be blaming it all on me making this topic go to hell or whatever. And those last comments about the CD vs Vinyl thing I answered today because those comments didn't fully understand what I was saying. I wouldn't have said it if you didn't think that I thought that "audiophiles are evil" and other ridiculous things.
  4. Do you think that I (or any of the people here) have got a time&space machine that I've used to go to every one of the houses of those who purchased the WAIE EP and see if they're damaged or not? That question is ab-so-lu-te-ly useless and quite stupid since no one obviously knows how many vinyls are damaged. Anyway, just to make sure you've got an answer, I can take a figure from my sleeve:

    Bob, my sources have told me that only 2.451 of the 5.950 vinyls were damaged.

    Happier now?
  5. Originally posted by LikeASong:Do you think that I (or any of the people here) have got a time&space machine that I've used to go to every one of the houses of those who purchased the WAIE EP and see if they're damaged or not? That question is ab-so-lu-te-ly useless and quite stupid since no one obviously knows how many vinyls are damaged. Anyway, just to make sure you've got an answer, I can take a figure from my sleeve:

    Bob, my sources have told me that only 2.451 of the 5.950 vinyls were damaged.

    Happier now?


    No. If you don't know how many of the vinyls were damaged you could just say "I don't know, but it sure seems like a lot are damaged" or something like that. Surely there will be a report / news article somewhere about these problems. Everyone that has a bad copy can always report it and if everyone does this then they can count how many have some sort of serious problem.
  6. Set up a Facebook group


  7. I don't think people that have problems with their Wide Awake In Europe EP should go to me. Unless you are telling me to make an anti-vinyl group.
  8. Dear Bob,
  9. Originally posted by toysfornoise think I know where the records were made ....
    might give them a call and see if they are actually even aware of the problem ...

    not that I expect them to "fix it" or swap my copy ....

    I once had 500 copies pressed (accu records 002), and 80% of the sleeves had very smal cuts in them, the gripping pieces of metal that hold the sleeves during the filling process had been adjusted wrongly, ....
    the pressing plant offered to take them back, but as damage was so small and barely visible, it would really be a waste to destroy the sleeves ... for this wide awake damage I can imagine that the machine was for example set to handle 120grams vinyl as opposed to 145 - 160grams and upwards ...

    Great stuff. I thought of trying to contact Cheryl Engels but i think she is more audio /sound control than manufacturing. Like i said many posts ago i am quite willing to contact on behalf of people. Ulimately it seems our shops/ suppliers knowingly sold damaged goods,


  10. I bought two, one for me and one for a mate and both of them jump on Crazy.
  11. I bought 7 copies altogether for myself and a number of friends. One of the 7 had a cut on the edge as described here. I ended up framing that one so you can't really tell. That's also the only copy that I tried playing and it also skipped on Crazy.
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