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  1. 09-08-2015 #1
    tom unbound
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    My Vinyl LP Changed Color !?!

    I drag out my old Bob Dylan Stealin' bootleg and was shocked to see the clear yellow vinyl is an orange/brown color now !

    I've never seen nor heard of anything like this before.

    I immediately checked on my yellow vinyl Yes On Tour LP, just a foot away in the collection, and it was perfectly OK. (both TMOQ).
    Nothing else changed color either. WTF is going on ?? Sure, it was probably a different batch of vinyl, but if it was a fault in the vinyl chemistry, more than just a run of Dylan LP's would be going bad.
    Who's the chemical engineer around here ?
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    Your vinyl is bronzed. Dylan was always ahead of his time!

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    Your guess is as good as mine about what's in that old TMOQ vinyl. I might have to dig out some of mine. But, I don't think I have any colored ones. I have a Hendrix TMOQ that's half black and half clear.
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    What mood were you in when you pulled it out (the vinyl that is)?
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    Somehow it's appropriate that it was Dylan. Seems his records are just as changeable and unreliable as his concerts.
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    Was the cover housed on a PVC outer protective sleeve? Though turning "darker" is the first time I'm hearing... they usually turn white-ish.
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    Sell it before it turns black!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zeuhlmate View Post
    Sell it before it turns black!
    Once it goes black, it won't come back.
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    I had that happen with a foil Eloy 7".
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    If you could make vinyl do that on purpose that would be cool as heck.
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    Yes, album cover was covered w/ plastic sleeve.
    My first guess was acid from the paper, but surely this would affect other colors too.
    I've been inside Union Carbide's Texas City vinyl plant/factory and have seen food-grade preservatives (I think it was BHT) added to the formula. It was added for ultraviolet protection. (vinyl chloride gas + catalyst + additives turned into moldable pellets.) This wasn't the LP formula, just the vinyl base. A lot more additives are needed.
    I don't know who or where the final LP vinyl formula is mixed. (anybody know ?)

    (P.S. My yellow 'Psychochicken' by the Fools is OK. )
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    Does it still sound like Dylan?
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    Lick it!
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    (P.S. My yellow 'Psychochicken' by the Fools is OK. )

    Quote Originally Posted by Fracktured View Post
    Does it still sound like Dylan?
    Maybe just a little. I can understand the vocals, so it's not too Dylanesque.
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