Vinyl Records are Back!

I am considering of changing my DJ set up from CD to Vinyl. However I don’t know where can I get those type of records with songs from nowadays recorded on the,. Please help.

you’re going to have to check out your local record stores for some 7" of newer songs. Lots of great older songs can be found on their albums, but for newer songs you are going to have to either order a special DJ promo copy or track down a single version of the song.

Most newer bands will issue their singles on vinyl for DJs, but not full albums.

Consult your yellow pages for assistance.

I’ve forgotten the name of the type of vinyl records that have ‘hidden tracks’ on them- as in, the record has two sets of grooves on each side, each has a different set of tracks, and where you put the needle on the LP determines which set of tracks is played… I think they have four sets of tracks for the two sides in total. Does anyone know the name of this type of record? I read about them a while ago

The only thing I can think of that fits that description is locked groove records. Is that what you mean?

A friend recently told me he’d send me some vinyl records from Dubai for my birthday. When they didn’t show up, he went to the post office where they told him they’d thrown them away because vinyl records are illegal to own in the UAE because they are commonly used to hide drugs in them.

What I wonder is if my friend is lying through his teeth, or if he’s telling the truth and vinyl is illegal in Dubai?

I lived in Dubai and I’ve never heard such rubbish.
How can you hide drugs in a piece of vinyl?
I would think he either never posted them,or someone at the post office kept them.

I’ve recently been given some of my parents old vinyl records (most between 20 & 30 years old). They’re the records that they had more than one of when they merged their record collections so they’ve been sitting in our garage for over 20 years. Some play fine but with some the crackling sound is particularly loud and you hear throughout the whole record. Some others skip at times. Is there any way of reducing the sound of the crackling and getting rid of the skipping?

The skipping is either caused by damage to the grooves in the vinyl (which cannot be fixed) or by using a poor quality stylus / turntable (which can be fixed, by replacing the stylus / turntable).

Static, dirt and debris can be removed to a large extent, by use of a record cleaner. These vary from around £10 for a kit comprising of cleaning fluid and a soft cloth, to almost £1,000 for a record cleaning machine.