What To Look For In A Vinyl Record

Artist obviously records from extremely popular artists are going to fetch more money.

What to look for in a vinyl record.

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. To inspect hold the record at eye level and look laterally across the surface from the near edge to the spindle hole. Put them under a microscope and they look like this.

A vinyl record contains a tiny groove that runs from the outer edge to the center of the disc. Rarity of record think about vinyl records like baseball cards. The groove is imprinted with a series of ridges you can t see with the human eye. What to look for in a used vinyl record rarity and age count for something but the value of a used vinyl record can be ruined by poor condition.

Be very careful when buying a record if the price and condition seem too good to be true. The more rare they are the better.