Second Pressing

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We have no inbox to offer. This page sets out what we can and cannot do, and which page answers which question.

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Second Pressing is a community group of record collectors. It runs no shop, sells nothing, keeps no events calendar or member roster, and publishes no email address, phone number, form or postal address.

There is no route for us to offer, and we will not invent one. The pages on this site cover most of what people ask.

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Questions this site will not answer

We cannot take a request to list a shop, a teacher or an event, and we cannot book, price check or vet a listing for you. The seller, shop or teacher is the right place to put those questions.

What to have ready when you ask someone else

If a shop's own site or a teacher's page gives you a way to write, these five things make one message enough.

  1. The question in one sentence, such as whether a seller's grade matches what you can see.

  2. The item itself: its title, its format and the speed printed on the label.

  3. Where you found it, whether that is a listing link or the name and town of the shop.

  4. The condition words the seller used, set beside what you can see on the sleeve and the disc.

  5. Whether the record is for playing or for keeping, because that decides how much condition matters.

Where each kind of question should go

Will a message sent from this site get a reply?

No. There is no route to send one from here, so we make no promise of a reply or a response time.

Where should a question about a used record go?

To the buying guides, which set out what to check on a record and what a seller's grading words should tell you.

Where should a question about a shop, lessons or a listening night go?

To the shop guide, which helps you tell the three kinds of place apart before you set out.

Can this site add a shop or a teacher to its pages?

No. The site does not list businesses or rank them, so a request to be added cannot be met here.