{"id":44139,"date":"2013-09-14T15:18:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-14T20:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saintstevensthingery.com\/mybackpages\/?p=44139"},"modified":"2026-02-21T14:54:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-21T19:54:41","slug":"record-grading-station-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saintstevensthingery.com\/mybackpages\/record-grading-station-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Grading Station One"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This is where we grind out our records. There are various ways to do this, and this is a temporary set-up because it really should include some kind of intense light or lamp of some kind because you cannot grade records in low light, and it’s missing a thing or two I’d add like maybe shelves for sleeves and other supplies. <\/p>\n

And I’d rather be using our component stereo system but that has to wait until I switch in another turntable. Nonetheless, there are maybe 100 records there, sorted into decades, waiting for their turn across the turntable. In general they’ve risen out of piles of junk not pictured, and have been selected for their “possibilities”. <\/p>\n

This is just my opinion, based upon experience since 1991, but I’ll be reasonably delighted if five jewels pop out of the group.<\/p>\n

That percentage would be lower if it were a “raw” group.<\/p>\n

For the past six weeks or so, we’ve been working the 70s section of these records and have a number to go. We might never get to the 80s section as far as offering Things for sale, which is just fine with me because I’m not sure I personally survived the 80s era anyway. I know I did pretty good in the 70s (grin).<\/p>\n

After the jewels graduate from this group, they have to go upstairs and live with me a little bit. They have to make it across a second turntable. I have to ruminate about their sleeves and confirm the “correctness” of their labels. This is a critical juncture because it’s at this point that I can and do arbitrarily decide my collection wants the piece more than anybody else’s, and that certainly does not maximize profits for the stockholders.<\/p>\n

No, wait, *I’m* the stockholder, aren’t I?<\/p>\n

Anyway, I just thought I’d share the process. <\/p>\n

Then The Records Finally Go Here<\/p>\n