October 10th, 2020
I got a ping from DJ Slant the other day. Slant is a founding member of DC's 2Tuff Crew, a legendary crew of DJs that really pushed the Jungle / DnB scene here in the DC area.
The reason I was getting a message was that his basement had taken on water, which affected a chunk of his vinyl collection. Roughly 4 large crates of records from 1994-2001 era of Jungle/ Drum & Bass. He was going to chuck the full lot and wanted to know if I wanted to try and save them. I think my exact words were "I'm on my way... where do you live?"
Man, these records were in bad shape. I think they had been waterlogged for about a week before I got a call. So bloody hell they were gross, with mold and funk. This is going to have to be a full restoration project.Oh my days, these babies have seen better days. |
1. CATALOG:
Cross-referencing all the photos and matching them up with the meta data on www.discogs.com and www.rolldabeats.com.
Creating Labels and transferring that data to these labels.
2. VINYL VAC
As it sounds it's just a shop vac with an attachment... to you guessed it vacuum these tracks.
3. ULTRA SONIC
In recent years Ultra Sonic cleaners have become cheap enough that vinyl heads like me can afford to sonically blast their records. This currently is my last line of restoration, mainly because I don't own one yet. (I'm going to make a plug for support here in a bit. Foreshadowing ba ha)
After all that we will any love will have some clean & playable records to drop on this website and the Monday nights show.
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Till next time folks keep smiling
The Librarian