THE FLAMING LIPS - THE SOFT BULLETIN - 2019 VMP RELEASE - ULTRASONICALLY CLEANED
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The Flaming Lips - "The Soft Bulletin" 2019 Vinyl Me, Please limited 2LP pressing on mustard yellow colored vinyl
Includes all the goodies that came with the original VMP release, including: > the lenticular cover print (see video) > art print by Wayne Coyne > obi > outer sleeve and inner sleeves
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Mastered by the great Chris Bellman, lacquers cut by Ryan K Smith
As with most VMP releases of the time, this was pressed at GZ Media. I have always found GZ pressings to be a little hit or miss. This pressing falls closer to the miss column. More tics and pops than a typical new record, and a little "whooshing" noice at the start of each side. Once the music kicks in, these are rarely audible and don't distract from the great mastering (and music, of course). So even though the vinyl grades NM visually, I'm giving it a VG+.
ULTRASONICALLY CLEANED - PLEASE READ MY CLEANING PROCESS BELOW
Record has only been played once on a properly calibrated ProJect 2Xperience turntable with a Sumiko Songbird cartridge (just upgraded to the Ortofon MC X40 - wow!) This is actually one of my treasured vinyl possessions, but the time has come to sell off some of my 6,500+ records.
Vinyl - VG+ (see note) Cover - NM Insert - NM
MY CLEANING PROCESS
Every album, whether I purchased it new or used, gets the same cleaning process. The record(s) you are purchasing has undergone this process, unless it is still sealed.
> Each side is cleaned with Terri-Kleen fluid using a MoFi cleaning brush. Used records get cleaned a bit longer.
> All fluid is vacuumed off using an Okki Noki record cleaning machine.
> The record is then ultrasonically cleaned using a Degritter MkII record cleaning machine. Most records get a 3 cycle clean, audiophile and rare records get the maximum 4 cycle cleaning.
> The Degritter MkII then dries the record - no cloth drying here, which often creates static electricity.
> The records go in a new inner rice paper inner sleeve. MFSL records get a new MFSL sleeve. What's the point of cleaning a record and then putting it back in the same dirty sleeve?
> Records are put in a new outer sleeve to protect the covers, unless specified. New records do not get outer sleeves - they are still in the shrink wrap.
> All records are shipped OUTSIDE of the cover to help prevent split seams. New records are not. If you would like a sealed record to be shipped outside of the sleeve, just let me know. Of course I have to open the record in order to do this, so it is technically no longer new after that.
I ship USPS Media Mail. If you would prefer FedEx or UPS, let me know and I will add that option to the listing. Additional shipping charges are your responsibility. Check my feedback - As a collector with over 6000 albums in my personal collection, I know how to properly ship vinyl records.
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