Warped record fix....maybe...

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Hi all
For anyone who buys vinyl lps from charity shops, charity book fairs etc I thought I would share my experiences with a couple of clean but as it turned out very warped records that I picked up in January this year.

Both the pictured discs, John Mayall and Huey Lewis played but gave my tonearm quite a test! My solution was to sandwich both between two sheets of pine under the weight of a substantial granite tile. These were left alone for the last few months.

Maybe due to vinyl manufacturing differences from a ‘60s Decca pressing to the thinner ‘80s pressing but I was very pleased to discover tonight that John Mayall LP is pancake flat whereas Huey has “improved” but still quite a bit out of shape.

Anyway, I’m patient and this is heaps cheaper than the Furutech record flattening machine.

Cheers
Phil.