I 100% agree with you that records are better with the shrink on Ron! This was so informative as always! Love these videos my friend! :)

Totally agree Ron!! Great Video

Ron- I couldn't agree with you more on everything you spoke of. I've been collecting records since I was 6 yrs. old and was gifted some LPs by an older cousin. I'm in my 60s now. Yep-I prefer to buy my records in the shrink whenever possible for the exact same reasons- minty cover usually means a beautiful record inside. I have on occasion purchased 2 copies and married a minty cover with a minty record that was in a beat up cover. I have one of those expensive Degritter ultrasonic cleaners, and Tergikleen is the only thing I use. I then run a rinse cycle with a little bit of 99% ISO alcohol, and the records are spotlessly clean. If the US Library of Congress uses Tergikleen to clean and preserve their records then it's certainly good enough (and safe enough) for me. For outer sleeves I use the vinyl storage solutions double pocket/single tab, and their double tab gatefold covers- they are awesome.

Another good video! Personally, I do use tergikleen, but only on the shrink wrap. Also, I think shrink rap would be a good genre of hip hop for short people.

One of my favourite bands is Wishbone Ash. I particularly enjoy their 70's albums. However most of these releases have not been available on vinyl since that period aside from Argus and Pilgrimage. As such i used Tergikleen and this product has 'rescued' these vinyl albums which sound superb (for the time period).

Heh, 'Not just some Nina Simone record' 😀 Lovely Japanese RUSH album Bro! Yep, love the MOV pressings, hate the resealable wrap. Excellent idea what you do, I think I will go back to my MOV pressings and do that too! I agree and also leave the shrink on the albums if I can and ALWAYS put them in another outer sleeve.

Ron, while I personally don't keep shrink wrap on records, I've never had a single case of damage to the record sleeve from shrink wrap. And it's true: intact shrink wrap can increase the value on re-sale. Like you I've bought quite a few 50+ year-old sealed records as well, and never had an issue. Excessively tight shrink wrap can be an issue over time (warpage) if the sleeve is ultra thin or the record isn't stored correctly (upright and leaning slightly).

THANK YOU

Old records purchased sealed, you have a better chance of a mint record than today. I bought a sealedVan Halen reissue, from Walmart a few months ago that had two huge scratches. I think quality control was better back in the old days.

Hey Ron! What does the little round sticker on the A. Productions signify? Great video man, I'd say you set em straight 🤘😁

Hi Ron! Where do you buy your outer sleeves? I’d like to find the clearest one’s possible.

Hello Ron! I just throw the shrink wrap away but I cut out the hype sticker and place it inside. I do use Tergikleen in my Kirmuss ultrasonic. Then I do 4 rinse cycles in the Humminguru. So far, I've had decent results with this method. I run the Kirmuss between 30 and 45 minutes depending on the condition of the vinyl record.

Great video, Ron. What inner and outer sleeves do you use? Thanks in advance

I usually only keep the shrink if it has a nice/unique hype sticker. Dark/brightly colored album covers look much better with shrink removed, especially with crystal clear polypropylene outer sleeves.

If it's a rare record leave it sealed. You don't need to know if it's warped if you don't plan to play it. Same with shrink. Leave it on if it's a rare disc.

Hi Ron, I normally keep the shrink on and I haven’t noticed any problems with albums that I have owned from new. I have over the years bought maybe 3 or 4 albums that the original shrink has become attached to the album cover and would be extremely difficult/inadvisable to remove it. I also bought a collection of 1990’s Beatles pressings about 2 years ago that were all still sealed. All of them were badly warped and in 2 cases unplayable. I managed to get the records flattened so all good now. So why were they warped? I can’t be sure, but it’s almost certainly to do with the shrink being too tight, or maybe they were stored in less than ideal conditions. In some ways it’s better to buy an unsealed record because you know exactly what you’re getting. Take care cheers

Yeah, keeping the shrink is probably adding value on the secondary market. But I personally do not care on that.

I take the shrink off (save all of the hype stickers) because in my experience, if the shrink is too tight, the records begin to warp.

I scored an A1/A1 OG 1965 mono Dylan ‘Bringing it all back home’ in shrink with hype sticker..amazing that it survived 58 years in that condition!

I didn´t have much luck with sealed records, mostly the records were sort of damaged or not even close to flat.