vinyl drag

Vinyl Drag is an experiment. An experiment that takes place on an unsuspecting slab of 12” vinyl.

We all know that vinyl records are vulnerable, and need to be treated with respect. Keeping to this rule I’ve always been mindful of the way that I handle all records that I come across. Now it’s time to see what happens when I don’t follow the rules. Below you will find recordings that serve as a document of degradation. Every week (or so) since October I have been using this page to post an audio recording of a 12" record that has been intentionally abused.

As with all blogs the posts work backwards with the most recent post at the top and the original track at the bottom. Click to hear the original track.
Alternatively, you can click here to be presented with just the audio posts.

Mar 25
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Revelations:

It turns out that the recording made last Saturday was with some faulty audio cables. No wonder the track could barely be heard. Anyhow here’s the recording for this week, with a fixed cable. I still don’t understand how the record has survived this long. I guess vinyl is slightly more resilient than I first thought. Ah, and you might think that the last minute of the recording is fabricated but it’s honestly not, the needle jumped from the silent part at the end of the record back into the grooves all by itself, twice.