The Lost-Less Vinyl Vault: About The Project & Myself

Welcome, music lovers and hoarders.

This obscure corner of the internet is a project where passionate contributors can help piece together and immortalize a database of music that is either hard to, or impossible to find in the ultimate pursuit of ensuring no music is left unheard and forever forgotten.

All the files you’ll find are rips from records that I’ve purchased with money through wage slavery over the years, you are of course welcome.

I will continue to work - where the complacent will not - in order to unravel the mysteries retained on records that have no audio sample references.

What matters is that DJ's and collectors like myself can make informed decisions about the records they are buying by having an audible reference point, so that they don't experience buyers remorse for their mystery record, especially the ones that are artificially price gouged.

The site as it currently stands is an ambitious work in progress where I will continue to implement more user friendly features where time outside the day job permits.

What is after all, the point in creating art with a transactional intent, when there is nobody to witness it?

Happy digging!

And a heartfelt message to all the music labels, defunct or still existing who have never bothered to release their catalogue digitally since the invention of the CD for some befuddling reason and the barrel bottom egotistic scum that intentionally gate keep music into extinction and suck the joy out of life itself - thank you all for inspiring and pushing me to keep this going.

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Send me message via the contact form at the bottom of this page if you would like to help the cause.

Technical Info

Each file has a certain creation date which should be present by its metadata as shown by your OS.
Here is an OCD list of the setups and cleaning methods I used prior to ripping which correspond to those dates.

2010-2011: Numark TTUSB + Shure M35x cartridge
Method: Submerged in a dilution of a generic non-alcoholic concentrate with tap water followed by rinse and cloth dry.

2012-2015: Stanton ST150 + Grado Prestige Black Series cartridge
Method: Sprayed with a tyre cleaning foaming surfactant, wiped down with a synthetic sponge multiple times then cloth dried.

2016-2018: Pioneer PLX 500 + Shure Whitelabel cartridge
Method: Same as above.

2019-2021: Project Debut DC Carbon + Ortofon M2 Red
Method: Sprayed with a flea-market type record cleaning solution, wiped down with a synthetic sponge then dried with a micro-fibre cloth.

2022-Present -

Turntable: Project Debut DC Carbon Cleaner: Project VC-E