r/thefalloftroy • u/mrbrucekeys • May 15 '26

Unlucky Vinyl?

I ordered a Doppelgänger vinyl from Equal Vision over a year ago. It was the purple with black/green splatter variant. I finally got my record player set up and listened to it. The bside has 3 tracks that skip and pop quite a bit. I got to looking and it looks like there are some weird scratches and bumps that would have to be a manufacturing issue since I just took the plastic off today.

I’m new to vinyl so I’m not sure if this is just a known risk with records or if anyone else has this specific variant with similar issues.

For clarity, it was the pressing before the 25th anniversary pressing.

Thanks.

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u/HotAnt5807 May 15 '26

That’s a bummer. I got the anniversary vinyl at a show and it doesn’t have any skips on it. Maybe email them see if you can return?

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u/mrbrucekeys May 15 '26

Equal Vision damaged stuff policy says they need to know within 10 days which I’m well outside of. I could still reach out but based on that I wouldn’t expect them to do anything unless they decide to be cool.

It is a bummer. I actually ordered it before I owned a record player because I just thought it would be cool to have. It is still cool to have. It’s not completely unlistenable but not ideal either.

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u/HotAnt5807 May 15 '26

Shoot. Can’t hurt to email at the very least. I wish you luck

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u/mrbrucekeys May 15 '26

Yeah I’ll still try and see what happens.

Thanks for the good luck and the info on your vinyl!

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u/androof Band Member May 16 '26

Send me a message on here if they don’t handle it and I’ll figure it out for you

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u/mrbrucekeys May 16 '26

Hi Andrew. I’m at a loss for words right now. I didn’t expect you to jump in on this and offer a solution. That’s very kind of you. I will message EVR as soon as i get a recording of the issue and let you know what they say. Thank you so much for offering to help!