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Regarding record sleeves, the most bland record sleeve ever issued must surely be the one for The Beatles' double album "The Beatles" (better known as 'The White Album').

RayL wrote:One 'fix' for tracks with jumping grooves was a blob of blutack on the cartridge to make it heavier - easy to remove afterwards.

One alternative was to blu-tak a coin to the top of the cartridge housing. But either way, one was always well-advised to also make the best possible quality recording of the track on the first and any subsequent pass. That might be cassette (LN - Metal inclusive), DAT if you were well-healed, MiniDisc or direct to PC for later transfer to CD-R.

Iain Purdon wrote:

JimN wrote:A month or two after I got my copy of the "Rockin' With Curly Leads" LP in early 1974, the track Turn Around And Touch Me started to jump across one groove - very annoying.

I had the same problem with MWF's "Second Opinion". The heavy drumming on Black Eyes sent my stylus almost into orbit. I took it back and the shop replaced it with one that didn't cause that. However, it still sounded distorted at that point in the track and I suspected the pressing had been poorly done.

I still have my original vinyl copy. I think i'll dig it out and give the track a listen.