The Customer's Fear of the Shop Copy
I'm trying to shirk the reputation I have acquired for myself at Rough Trade and Sister Ray for being a 'condition of new vinyl' obsessive freak but am finding this very hard. I like my 33/3rpm crackles but only when I'VE made them.
The usual syndrome is buying the LP a few weeks after it was released. You ask if it is still in stock and then feel your heart sink as the proprietor reaches for the already-played, finger-marked final copy and then wanders off to fetch from the rack its dog-eared sleeve, already disfigured by the force of many thumbs. Gaaaaah!!!
By this stage, it feels too late to say you've decided not to take it after all. Before running you out of the shop, the staff are sure to hold you down on the counter and brand the words 'LOSER' into your forehead.
Yesterday was no exception and as I left RT with my worn copy of Worn Copy by Ariel Pink, I wondered what would be better: Turn around and take it back or wander into a nearby psychiatrist's office.
The usual syndrome is buying the LP a few weeks after it was released. You ask if it is still in stock and then feel your heart sink as the proprietor reaches for the already-played, finger-marked final copy and then wanders off to fetch from the rack its dog-eared sleeve, already disfigured by the force of many thumbs. Gaaaaah!!!
By this stage, it feels too late to say you've decided not to take it after all. Before running you out of the shop, the staff are sure to hold you down on the counter and brand the words 'LOSER' into your forehead.
Yesterday was no exception and as I left RT with my worn copy of Worn Copy by Ariel Pink, I wondered what would be better: Turn around and take it back or wander into a nearby psychiatrist's office.
posted by The Dicksonian Institute at 7:18 pm
3 Comments:
take the fucker back. I am with you mate. Its why we dont purchase stuff online so much. Hi Fidelity et al. Its our thing. We dserve a pristine piece of quality, to be able to hold in your hands an untouched copy of whichever article takes your fancy and then to unleash the unadulterated and un tainted groove through thy beloved stylus and into the sonic propaganda to fill our ears and our brains.
At last! I am not alone in having unfeasibly high standards for the material...
Thankyou!
Super work performed.
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