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Originally Posted by Steve Carlton
Is there a way to tell if an album's never been played by inspecting it? How many times can a new album be played before there's a diminishment in the sound quality?
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Very relevant question and for sure I can't say that with 100% certainty, but the story makes sense. I remember when my Dad got the album from his mom - it was in a box of some other stuff and it stayed there for probably 20 years. Not long before my Dad died, he pulled that same box out of the closet and pulled the album out and gave it to me (re-telling this same story of her never playing it). My Dad was even unsure why she bought the album in the first place as she was not a Beatles fan - something about the hype surrounding it or something and "just thought she would buy one".
I looked at both of the LPs last night, though, and they do look pristine so no obvious signs of use. For what that's worth...