Ever seen Billy Wilder's "One, Two, Three!" (1961, w/James Cagney)? Some KGB goons detain and interrogate a Soviet dissident who refuses to talk, so they torture him by forcing him to listen to "Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" over and over and over, but he still doesn't crack. So they drill a second hole about 1cm from the first one, and put the record back on the turntable, spindle through the off-center hole and start playing the record again. And 30 seconds is all it takes.
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Sunday, 2 September 2007 09:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Or... if you have a turntable that has a removable spindle you play the record and hold your fingernail against the edge and slowly shift the record over until the stylus stops moving back and forth. Then record the f*cker.
I do it all the time with reggae 45s, which are a lot easier due to the big hole; for that I rest my thumb on the spindle and stick the nail of my index finger against the inside edge of the hole (no funny comments please). It's very easy and if you collect JA 45s you'll master it by neccessity.
I don't know how many turntables have removable spindles but my old Rega Planar does. You basically just grab it and pull up hard. You might want to find a user manual for your deck before you try that. This is a good place to start http://www.vinylengine.com
― factcheckr, Sunday, 2 September 2007 14:01 (sixteen years ago) link
i just bought, among other things, a 7 inch of "video killed the radio star", and then it fell out of the bag on the way home, sat in the sun for an hour and warped. :( i can listen to the second half of the song just fine. sigh.
― Emily Bjurnhjam, Sunday, 2 September 2007 16:56 (sixteen years ago) link
put it back in the sun for an hour, with a weight on top
― blunt, Sunday, 2 September 2007 17:40 (sixteen years ago) link