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Originally Posted by stp
Before they came up with auto lifting stylus arms you had to carefully lower the stylus onto the record and carefully lift it off again once it finished. I remember a few times accidentally nudging the stylus so it went skating across the record leaving a scratch. And god forbid the records caught a bit of sun on the way home from the record store. You would put them on the turntable only to see it had warped.
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Ah yes, the old "Cowboy hats" syndrome! We don't miss THAT!
Though in fairness, a warped record COULD still play. I remember watching one or two of my albums going around and feeling like I was on a ship, geetin seasick watching the vinyl undulate around the turntable, waiting for the needle to jump but it never did.
You remember that some albums didn't allow the arm to return automatically? The needle would just stick in the last groove and you'd hear "click. click. click." until you manually lifted it? As for skating: oh yeah, did that more than a few times! Door slams, needle skids, Trollheart fumes...
