Not really a record story but just as painful. I've always been a fan of Mr.
D Hirst, so when I found out that a good friends girlfriend had become his
PA, I thought I'd be cheeky and ask if I could get some discount on a
picture. Bingo, one of his dot paintings was up for sale, I put my pitch in
and got it. I spoke to the Gallery and they got it framed to the artists
spec and sent it off via UPS. For 3 days I watched for the van, until in
finally arrived.
The receptionist signed for it and came down to our offices with what looked
like a bag of fire wood and broken glass wrapped in bubble wrap, and that's
exactly what it was - the painting was in a thousand pieces and was making a
great sound when you gave the bag a shake. I called the gallery up and he
was gushing, "do you like the picture Martin, we have a some prints you may
be interested in". I asked him if he'd like to hear the painting..."What?" I
held the phone to the bag and gave it a good shake. He then spent the next
20mins saying sorry in every way possible. He sorted me out with another
painting in the end...Mr Hirst was very p1ssed off tho...
Martin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Anton Banks (313)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <313@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 3:17 PM
Subject: RE: (313) OUCH!
A few years back friend got a record on mail order that turned out to be a
bit warped on one side. Warped to the point that it would knock the needle
out of the groove. It was something on Subsounds or FutureFrontier if I
remember correctly. Anyhow, someone (jokingly) suggested that he try
wrapping the record in a cloth and ironing it. Having nothing to loose
(and
being ridiculously ignorant about vinyl at the time) he tried it. He now
has
a perfectly flat record with a perfectly clear imprint of an iron burned
into it...
I guess he should have used thicker cloth ;-)
-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Kane [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 9:06 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; 313@hyperreal.org
Subject: Re: (313) OUCH!
I once had a copy of Silent Phase - Psychotic Funk that was a wee bit
warped due to a maladjusted heating system.
I tried to bend the warp out. I bent it a little too far and it exploded.
:(
At 08:18 AM 11/8/2004, lee herrington wrote:
hi folks. i was checking out matt macqueen's site over the weekend.
www.sonicunset.com
on the site there was a terrible tale of a rare kenny larkin EP that was
sat
upon and destroyed. i have a copy of that very EP and i know i would be
quite gutted if it was damaged. anyone else have any tragic tales of
damaged detroit vinyl?
p.s.
excellent halloween mixes at www.sonicsunset.com
check 'em out.
Cheers,
lee r. herrington
u store it
technical support specialist
440-260-2245
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Matt Kane
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