Stupid Record Question

They should be fine, but they will wear just like a regular ablum. They are clear pressed vinyl with some sort of picture, band or whatever in it.The sound should be the same if in good condition. I treat them like any other album, unless its a collector album. Some pic albums were different shapes and sizes though but you can just compare it to what you use now. Hope it helps.
 
Be careful tho, maybe watch it go through the mech once or twice, just to be sure it dosen't stick or wobble any.

As Tobyocc mentioned, they are pressed over a photo and can sometimes be considerably heavier than a standard 7". Shouldn't freak out your loading mech if it's not thicker/heavier than what you are normally spinning.

I've only recently got the opertunity to play small spindle hole 7"'s so I'm kinda leanring about this too. Forget playing shapped ones!
 
Stupid Record Questions:

Can my jukebox play 7" Picture Discs?

Do picture discs sound as good as regular records?

Will playing picture discs ruin them?

Some will and some will not. It depends on a few things. Most picture discs have small holes. I am not sure all 45 juke boxes can play records with small holes. My Seeburg SS 160 Stereo Showcase can play both because it was deigned to play 45 rpm and 7" 33 RPM EP records which usually had 2 to 4 songs on each side. Someone converted my juke box so it only plays at 45 RPM now but it can be the large or small hole 7" records. I find most of the picture discs play fine but a few have problems. Some have a to short leader at the beginning of the record, the needle doesn't find the grove and some do not end close enough to the label so when the record finishes playing it will not trip and end the play. I have also found some picture disc 7" records that play at 45 RPM on one side and 33 RPM on the other side. I have also had a few regular 45 RPM records with the big hole, mainly from England that have the same leading and ending problems.
You have to put the record in and test it to see if it will work. You can also adjust the stops for where the needle starts and stops to get a few to work but if you go to far then some of the regular records have problems. I have also had records that were to long and would reject before the song finished playing.
As far as will playing a picture disc ruin them, like any record the more you play the more wear you get which could dull the picture some but your talking many many plays.
Yes I use picture discs anytime they will work, also colored vinyl.
I also have a few custom made 45 RPM records because none were ever made of the song I wanted. They were not cheep but sound good.
 
I had one picture disc that was a fair bit thicker than a normal record. It was too thick to fit properly into the carousel in my Rock-Ola.

As long as the thickness is close to a normal record, you should be fine.

-Ian
 
I also have a few custom made 45 RPM records because none were ever made of the song I wanted.

Can you share some info about this please?
We've got loads of songs I'd love to put into the jukes but can't find anywhere.

Found a place on the internet that said they'd do 'one offs' but it was very pricey, like $80 each!
 
Can you share some info about this please?
We've got loads of songs I'd love to put into the jukes but can't find anywhere.

Found a place on the internet that said they'd do 'one offs' but it was very pricey, like $80 each!

Yes you are correct, one off records are not cheep but if you really need one that's never been on vinyl then it becomes very cheep if that makes sense.
I had 2 custom 45's made back in 2009 by CUSTOM RECORDS VINYL MASTERING
http://www.customrecords.com/
Back then the 2 records cost me $134.00 total including shipping.
$69 + $59 + $6 shipping = $134
One song was over 4 min's long, that's why one cost $59.00 and the longer one was $69.00
I checked their site and they have gone up $10.00 so now it's
$69 (includes 4 min per side)
$79 (includes 5 min per side) Plus shipping.
All I had to do was rip the songs off the CD into WMA file and up load them to a host site so they could download them and that was it.
They sound just as good as factory pressed records. Not sure if they will last as long as a factory record but they have had many plays and so far still sound like new.
If anyone is wondering, I like Country music and had 4 songs custom made from Patty Loveless Sleepless Nights CD which was released September 2008.
Record one
Sleepless Nights with Vince Gill
Crazy Arms

Record two
Don't Let Me Cross Over
Color of the Blues
If their are any Patty Loveless fans :)





No video for
Don't Let Me Cross Over :(

 
not sure of availability but about 10 years ago a company made a home vinyl cutter. It actually uses acetate not vinyl and rather than pressing the vinyl it cuts the grooves into it. Acetate will not last as long as vinyl and I'm not sure the company makes this machine any longer but I imagine you could eventually find one for sale. They were not cheap maybe 2000 new IIRC but who knows what a used one would cost. Assuming the acetate can be sourced you could put anything you want on a record with such a device. When I used to DJ I seriously considered buying this to make custom records since it was pre mp3 and time coded vinyl with computer interfaces. I'd imagine if you had one of these you could make a few bucks taking requests and selling songs that were never on vinyl.

Ok looks like my memory failed me and I was way way off on price. I think this was the thing I was think of.
http://www.retrothing.com/2005/09/recording_your_.html
 
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