I'm new to vinyl. I have a small collection mainly consisting of Carpenters records. Whenever I must remove them from their original jackets and inner paper sleeves with original art from the 70s, my hands shake. My fingers sweat. My heart races. The polyethylene sleeve I use sticks out and gets crumpled which further stresses me out. If I accidentally touch the vinyl as I'm trying to reach the label, I shriek and clean it immediately. My room can get very dusty too. I hate putting them down on the platter. I hate placing the tonearm down. But I LOVE listening to them. Any tiny mark, smudge, line, makes me want to break into sobs. If my nail grazes the jacket my heart skips a beat. I adore records and listening to them and looking at the art. But everytime I remove and handle them, my anxiety levels are through the roof and it takes the enjoyment out of it. I already scratched a jacket and I turned three shades of red and white before I let out a small cry. Did anyone else go through this when they first started collecting vinyl? I just think, what if I scratch it? Drop it? Rip the jacket? Break my stylus? What if the sleeve leaves a plastic mark on the record and it won't come out? What if my cleaning actually MAKES THE RECORD WORSE DESPITE USING A $25 SPRAY AND A $45 VELVET BRUSH. Why can't I just enjoy this hobby? Why does it have to hurt? I'm in despair.
Submitted November 25, 2019 at 08:51AM by Perpetually_InFear https://ift.tt/2KSsVV7
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