Picture Disk Vs Vinyl

Collectors traditionally reserve the term picture disc for records with graphics that extend at least partly into the actual playable grooved area distinguishing them from picture label discs which have a specially illustrated and sometimes very.

Picture disk vs vinyl. Cd vs vinyl record comparison. It usually doesn t say it anywhere on the packaging. Picture disks on vinyls are absolutely horrible. Pressing a picture disc is a little different to standard black or colored records.

Picture discs are gramophone phonograph records that show images on their playing surface rather than being of plain black or colored vinyl. I m trying to find out how to identify whether a vinyl i m attempting to buy is a picture disk or not. Does anyone know how to id whether it s a normal black record or a picture disk. One is a boot and one is the monkee business pd from 1982.

Many fans of vinyl are. In this video we discuss the topic of picture disc vinyl records are they really worth your money or are they a waste of your time. But honestly i only own two picture discs in my 8 000 lp collection. Picture discs usually have a thinner amount of vinyl so as to accommodate for the picture on the inside.

The records always skip and the sound quality is muffled. Rather than pressing directly into pure vinyl picture discs are made from a sandwich of materials to achieve a full color printed effect.