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I recently bought three new Classic pressings, all 200g titles: Norah Jones; Diana Krall; and Tull's Aqualung. All were defective. In examining the vinyl I noticed a threadlike discoloration which was literally stitched into the vinyl. When the stylus runs over this, both channels distort rendering the passage unlistenable. Clearly, Classic is not using virgin vinyl and some form of foreign matter is being added. Dare I consider this might be the labels from old LPs recycled? Anyone else notice this or have similar experience?
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fatparrot
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Doug, funny, but I never had a problem with my RCA "Dynagroove" vinyl, even though it is incredibly lightweight and flimsy!

Stew, the older Japanese pressing of the YES "FRAGILE" vinyl is quite good as well!
fatparrot
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4yanx, be thankful that your pressing only contained paper shreds; some actually had small pieces of wire from the wire burnishing wheel used to remove the label. Also, aren't the UK colored pressings rather pricey? I know that some of the Island plum pressings from other groups bring in top dollar [or pound sterling!], and are well worth it, from what I've been told.

Also, what do you mean by the "AP" pressing..forgive my ignorance.
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