What To Look For In A Vinyl Record

The more rare they are the better.

What to look for in a vinyl record.

Rarity of record think about vinyl records like baseball cards. Rare records has put together an excellent guide to spotting counterfeiting records detailing its history the most popular counterfeit vinyl records in the world and how you can avoid getting ripped off. Serious collectors are on the hunt for pristine condition albums and sleeves u nless you re talking about a ridiculously rare record condition is vital to price says wade. A vinyl record contains a tiny groove that runs from the outer edge to the center of the disc.

Put them under a microscope and they look like this. To inspect hold the record at eye level and look laterally across the surface from the near edge to the spindle hole. I should do this with every record i buy but few turn out to be warped so i don t. Sometimes the records will just feel wrong or look distorted so check em out if they do.

Vinyl records new or old retain a lot of value and so long as your copy is in decent condition and there s some demand for the title you can often make a profit if you choose to sell. The groove is imprinted with a series of ridges you can t see with the human eye.