I'd also be keen to find out more about this. I have 6 boxes of records sitting in Berlin that are too expensive to ship to the US and i'd prefer to recycle those suckers :)
On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 10:11 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Odd question (and I can't remember if I asked it before on here): Was it > just Trax (and presumably a few other similar shady ops > back then) that used to melt old records down for new pressings? Or is > (was) this common practice? I ask as > 1. I have a cupboard full of an overrun on a 12" from years ago that I need > to chuck out. I'm big on recycling and would love it if > the plastic could live again (hopefully with something much better stamped > on) rather than just putting them out for dumping. > 2. Having started to think about it I'm curious as to any history anyone > knows on this practise anyway. > > > -- ---------------------------------------------- Southern Outpost Sydney - San Francisco - Berlin http://www.southernoutpost.com ----------------------------------------------
