Lathe Cut Records - anybody own any?

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The indiest of the indiest: lathe cut records.
in productions of 1-50 maybe 100, i was wondering if anybody owned a lathe cut record that was really good and totally unsung.
i once got a flexi out of a free bin by a group called 'jesus couldn't drum' and i think it's pretty classic- so i'm looking for the same in lathe cuts.

― ddd, Saturday, 5 April 2003 13:03 (twenty-three years ago)

nz'ers please report.

― ron (ron), Saturday, 5 April 2003 14:35 (twenty-three years ago)

kemialliset ystavat's double 8" (lumottu karkkipurki or summat) on celebrate psi phenomenon is grrreat. their usual clattering folky/druggy shambles on 2 beautiful picture discs...

then there was a charalambides LP, the campbell kneale/neil campbell split 7", the weird and totally out-of-nowhere fucked up noise of dreamstalker's 7". most lathe cuts tend towards the noisy/drone side of things anyway.

― your null fame (yournullfame), Saturday, 5 April 2003 14:40 (twenty-three years ago)

I've got quite a few, & have put out six or seven of them myself... very fond of the Halftones' "My Bird Can Sing" 7".

― Douglas (Douglas), Saturday, 5 April 2003 15:53 (twenty-three years ago)

do you lathe cut yourself or order?

― ddd, Saturday, 5 April 2003 19:52 (twenty-three years ago)

i have some

― chaki (chaki), Saturday, 5 April 2003 20:01 (twenty-three years ago)

Lathe cut = dirtiest sounding music geek media

I have one by Celesteville via Tape Mountain. Vera nyze

― donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 5 April 2003 20:09 (twenty-three years ago)

(that first statement was an intended double entendre)

― donut bitch (donut), Saturday, 5 April 2003 20:11 (twenty-three years ago)

i have a couple dozen. they all sound like shit. hooray!

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Sunday, 6 April 2003 00:15 (twenty-three years ago)

I have a couple White Winged Moth ones.

― hstencil, Sunday, 6 April 2003 00:22 (twenty-three years ago)

'jesus couldn't drum' was a potential thread title of mine

― SplendidMullet (iamamonkey), Sunday, 6 April 2003 05:02 (twenty-three years ago)

i have "silo/blanket" by white winged moth and the dean roberts/guy threadgold lp, neither of which i would rate as classic, they both suffer from an utter lack of clarity due to the lathe cut.

― your null fame (yournullfame), Sunday, 6 April 2003 06:13 (twenty-three years ago)

I have the Screen Prints one & an Ectogram gig giveaway thing. They both sound utterly appalling (er fidelity-wise, I mean; SPs are fabbo).
Aesthetically tho, they're the tops.

― harveyw (harveyw), Sunday, 6 April 2003 10:30 (twenty-three years ago)

i have a few of varying quality. an australian label fellaheen released a whole bunch when i worked in a record store. sold a bunch of the beastie boys alio y oglio lathe cut and i never had so many copies of one release returned to the store due to the 'scratchiness' of it's sound. now that release sells for hundred of dollars due to it's limited nature. stupid kids.

do a search for 'lathe cut universe' for more info 'bout lathes

― marquis de suave, Sunday, 6 April 2003 10:35 (twenty-three years ago)

jeezus are you THE harvey williams (sarah records artiste)?

― marquis de suave, Sunday, 6 April 2003 10:37 (twenty-three years ago)

i have three of the four lathes that Fellaheen did - oddly they're the best sounding polycarb discs i have.

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Sunday, 6 April 2003 11:59 (twenty-three years ago)

ten years pass...

I am _this_ close to getting a home record cutting machine. SO EXCITED! It only has a steel needle, but that's good enough to cut records out of picnic plates. First thing I'm going to do is buy a couple packs of those and churn out a 100 or so flexi discs to give away for free.

Does anyone on here have a record lathe?

― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:24 (twelve years ago)

http://www.discogs.com/artist/68032-Bronze-Age-Fox

this gang had to source a bloke in NZ i believe to get their shaped singles cut.

i managed to get a full set.

never played them, as i picked up the cd edition that compiled all the tracks.

― mark e, Thursday, 3 April 2014 16:29 (twelve years ago)

the overwhelming bulk of them out there are done by said "bloke in NZ" though there's no doubt other people doing them theseadays

they don't all sound like shit at all despite what i said above. they are p quiet though.

― drum machines have no asshole (electricsound), Friday, 4 April 2014 01:07 (twelve years ago)

I've got a Bitter Fictions one on clear polycarb. It was the first I'd heard of lathe-cut records and now I'm obsessed. Want a Rek-O-Kut machine for my basement, but not sure I have the commitment necessary to fix & maintain something like that.

― a lot of really bad records changed my life (staggerlee), Friday, 4 April 2014 01:25 (twelve years ago)

believe Dead Moon lathe cuts their own records

there's a guy in mpls doing it now

― Raptain Chillips (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 4 April 2014 01:34 (twelve years ago)

I think Fred Cole cuts his own lacquers, but they press their records normally?

― Des Esseintes in Walmart (GOTT PUNCH II HAWKWINDZ), Friday, 4 April 2014 02:08 (twelve years ago)

"bloke in NZ" = Peter King, no?

Picked up a few recently, the guys at Third Uncle records have put out a few releases, & they play way better than the old ones I have (most of which, yes, probably originated in NZ).

― Wandering Boy Poet, Friday, 4 April 2014 12:28 (twelve years ago)

i had no idea this bloke in NZ was known in the lathe scene.

― mark e, Friday, 4 April 2014 14:37 (twelve years ago)

He is legend.

― ▴▲ ▴TH3CR()$BY$H()W▴▲ ▴ (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 4 April 2014 15:51 (twelve years ago)

an australian label fellaheen released a whole bunch when i worked in a record store. sold a bunch of the beastie boys alio y oglio lathe cut and i never had so many copies of one release returned to the store due to the 'scratchiness' of it's sound. now that release sells for hundred of dollars due to it's limited nature. stupid kids.

I have this, never knew it was a lathe! looks like it books for around $50, btw.

― sleeve, Sunday, 6 April 2014 16:05 (twelve years ago)

I have an 8" :zoviet*france: lathe cut single from a few years ago

― my father will guide me up the stairs to bed (anagram), Sunday, 6 April 2014 17:43 (twelve years ago)

two years pass...

vinylondemand.com

has anyone heard of this guy? sounds legit and really cool for limited run pressings. really nice prices, i think i may order something cut this summer.

― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 9 April 2016 13:40 (ten years ago)

Have a couple Wolf Eyes & Eyes-related lathes I bought at shows. Unplayable art objects cut into pools of hardened latex or like Tupperware lids. "Kind of cool to have."

― Keks + Nuss (contenderizer), Saturday, 9 April 2016 13:50 (ten years ago)

xp not lathe cuts, see here:

Vinyl On Demand label S/D and worship thread

― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Saturday, 9 April 2016 17:44 (ten years ago)

oh wait, somebody else used the name, never mind, I'll just wait here for the lawsuit

― the 'major tom guy' (sleeve), Saturday, 9 April 2016 17:45 (ten years ago)

Honey Radar have a bunch of great lathe-cuts:

https://www.discogs.com/artist/3586894-Honey-Radar

― Michael Train, Sunday, 10 April 2016 00:08 (ten years ago)

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