Fixed: Problem with Royal Blood’s 7″ Little Monster Vinyl

I got my copy of Little Monster 7″ in the mail the other day. Side A is just not right. Side B is fine.

[Edit: I cleaned it right, and tried a bunch of things, adjusting arm and LM just wouldn’t play right. Turned off the record player, adjusting, adjusting, ugh. Finally I turned it off again, and took the whole cartridge end off the arm, I’d partially done that before, re-tightened it, but taking it full off and back on and tightened, all while the power was  OFF. I then turned the turntable back on, gave it a spin and dropped the needle, blamo, MUSIC! The right stuff, no skipping or sticking repeated phrases over and over, it was the whole song.

Why it did that on Little Monster but not the other side, nor other records, I don’t know, but there it is. It’s working now. Go figure. (Figure It Out, another Royal Blood song, would be wonderful on a vinyl pressing!)]

Today I pulled out my turntable. Played Whores. Jumping Someone Else’s Train (The Cure, cover) for the first time and it was incredible and wonderful, way better than digital version.

Next I got out Royal Blood‘s record, and I’ve been fooling around with it for hours. No go with even one full play through Little Monster. I finally gave up and flipped sides. Hole. I like this song too. Put the needle down, and out comes a perfectly delicious bunch of music … it played perfectly.

So “Little Monster” is a monster. Won’t play no matter how much I fiddle with my anti-skate and arm weight. Just won’t play without jumping back, repeating and repeating going nowhere, or if I nudge the arm a tad every second it’ll pretty much play but that’s not right to do.

Yes, I’ve used a lint free cloth in a circular motion on both sides. Little Monster has no visual mars. Looks the same as Hole. Hole plays, Little Monster … freaking bothersome. [see above at the beginning of the post, what happened to fix it.]