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Classic films. ib
(Bsi-sellets shown this wqgi
A 1967 Yugoslavian release will be the first film this
semester in the Union Program Council (UPC) Foreign
Film series.
Love Afs or Urn Cess of the M&dng Switckbosxl
Operator ' will thow at 7 and 9 tonight and Tuesday night.
Admission is by Foreign Film Series ticket caly, and
tickets may be purchased at reduced rates from UFC.
Sheldon Film Theatre w3 present an independently
produced American film beginning Wednesday. Entitled
Loose Ends, the film chronicles the lives of three middle
class Americans. Directed by David Burton Morris and.
Victoria Woznlak, Loose Ends was weH-feceived by critics,
including Vincent Canby of Tie New York Tines, vt&:
called the film one of the best locally produced films he
had ever seen. .-
Loose Ends will show through Saturday, with screen
ings at 7 and 9 pjn. and 3 pjn. Friday and Saturday.
Admission is $2. ' '
Two classic lUm programs are being shown this week in
the Sheldon Theatre for film study classes. A compilation
of short films, cinludiisg 77ie Greet TYsm Robbery, A Trip
To the Moon and a collection of short films by the
By Douglas R. Weil
Taking good care of phonograph records is becoming
more important with increasing record prices.
Last month Elektra Records released the new Queen
album, A Day At the Races. The album's $7.98 suggested
retail price may be an indication of prices to come.
Depending on who you talk to, this dollar increase should
effect the price of all records, possibly by late summer,
surely by the end of the year.
Cleaning records is not as simple as taking them to the
bathroom sink armed with kitchen cleanser and scrub
brush. -
Records, by their very nature, are fragile objects.
Fingerprints strangle sound quality. Dust and dirt causes
intermittent popping during playback and eventually
cause uneven record wear. Sharp objects, especially a
damaged stylus, are lethal.
Clean records are groovy
The first step to record care is keeping the record
clean.
With cleaning the most visible phase of record care, it's
not surprising that all audio and record store spokesman
questioned recommended the Discwasher as the best
product in the area of record products.
Dwight Koehler, a World Radio salesman, explained
the Discwasher as "a specially-designed brush that gets in
side the grooves of the record. When used with the
accompanying Discwasher 3 solvent, you can remove
chemical stabilizers and residues from the record."
"The Discwasher also helps eliminate static electricity
which attracts dust and bonds it to the record surface,"
Koehler said.
The Discwasher, manufactured by Discwasher Inc.,
Columbia, Missouri, sells for $15.00.
The Discwasher, though effective, does not touch all
bases Of needed record care.
The zerostat ....- - ',
In addition to the Discwasher, Robin Mulder, manager
of the Gateway Stereo Studio store, recommends the.
Zerostat, a $24.95 pistol-shaped object manufactured by
Discwasher Inc.
"The Zerostat works electrically ," said Mulder. "When
you pull the trigger on the Zerostat, it deposits positive
and negative ion charges on the record surface. These
positive and negative charges function to neutralize the
record surface."
Removal of static is important because static causes
interference noise during play. Static also makes dust cling
to record grooves. When the Zerostat is used with the
Discwasher there is a better chance of getting the record
clean than if only one-produce is used.
Sound Guard
Another popular product is Sound Guard; Sound
Guard is a new product manufactured by the Ball Cor
poration (the same company that manufactures fruit jars).
Different from Discwasher or Zerostat, Sound Guard is a
record jcesetvative, designed to reduce friction and
toughen the record surface.
The Sound Guard system is a squirt bottle of dry lubri
cant and a plush brush which sells for $6.95. According to
the company's advertising, Sound Guard was developed
during the space program era.
Mark Feldman, a salesman at Custom Electronics, said
Sound Guard is selling well and customers are generally
satisfied with the performance cf the product.
However, Karen Richardson., manager of Natural
Sound, said she is unsure how wise the Sound Guard
system is.
"I'm playing a waiting game on Sound Guard,"
Richardson said. "It might cause deterioration or it might
cause records to last 1000 times longer, I'm just reluctant
to recommend U."
Lumiere brothers will show at 1:30 pjn. Tuesday and 10
ajn. Wednesday.
T7se Cabinet of Dr. Cdismi, a classic German horror
film wSl be shown at 10 a.m. Tuesday and 1 :30 pjn, Wed
nesday. -
All film study screenings are open to the public free of
charge. '
Roots, one of television's most ambitious efforts, will
be shown on eight consecutive nights, ending next Sun
day. Based on Alex Haley's best-selling book about the
search for his ancestors, Roots is being presented in one
and two-hour segments every night this week on ABC
(channel 7 and cable channel 4).
Also this week, CBS will repeat one of its smash made-for-TV
movies, Helier Skelter. Detailing the Manson-Tate
murders and trial, Helter Skelter will be shown in two
parts. Channel 10 will air the film at 10:30 p.m. Monday
and channel 6 will present it at 11 pjn. Monday and 8
pjn. Wednesday.
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Richardson said she is reluctant about Sound Guard
systems because the lubricant must be evenly distributed
over the entire record surface, or it may ruin the record.
Sound advice
Other advice given by Lincoln audio store spokes
man included:
-Keeping the stylus clean and periodically checking it
to see if it needs replacement. ,
Do not stack records on top of one another whether
they are on the turntable or in the album cover.
-Handle records carefully, Fingerprints and the oil.
from them traps dirt and dust onto the record. Scratched
records do very little to enhance a sound, system, whether
it's a $35 record player or a $5000 super system.
Richardson also said albums should be rested between
playings. She believes (and many authorities agree with
her) that a record should not be played more than once in
a 24-hour period.
Resting records is recommended because when the
stylus passes through the record groove it stretches the
vinyl walls out of shape. Thus the record vinyl needs time
to recapture its shape.
Record quality down
In the case of badly manufactured records none of
these products or advice will be helpful. Record quality
has gone down consistently since the oil crisis in 1973
because petroleum is used to make records and when it
Photo by Td Kirk
became high-priced and scarce, record companies began
using recycled vinyl instead.
This has caused poorer sounding recordings. Recycled
records are of poorer quality because the chemicals used
in vinyl break-down.
A badly pressed record should be returned to the store
where it was purchased. This is an occurence that record
stores are experiencing with increasing frequency.
Cecilia Lawson, a clerk at Dirt Cheap Records, said for
every 100 records that leave the store, between 30 and 50
are returned because of defects.
"That number could be even higher," Lawson said.
The nicer the turntable someone has the easier it is to
notice the defects in a record."
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Sheldon Art Gallery ,
Continuing exhibits:
Paintings from Sales
Rental Gallery (Art Shop)
Arthur B. Davies, Paint
ings, Prints and Drawings
Photographs by Chris
topher James.
Faculty exhibition
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Foreign Film: Love
Afltir or The Cae of the
Missing Switchboard
Operator 7 and 9 pjn.
Monday and Tuesday
Sheldon Film Theatre:
Loots Ends 3, 7, and 9
pjn. Wednesday through
Saturday.
F2m Studies Free Films:
The Great Train Robbery
and A Trip to the Moon,
plus a collection of short
films by the Lumiere
Brothers, Tuesday at 1:30
pjn. and Wednesday at 10
a.m. The Cabinet of Dr.
Caligari. Tuesday at 10 a.m.
and 1:30 pjn. Wednesday.
ABC TV Roots Sunday
Sunday CBS Helter Skelter
Monday 10:30 pjn.,
(Channel 10), 11 pjn.
(Channel 6); Wednesday
10:30 pjnChannel 10) and
8 pjn. (Channel 6)
UFC
Mcnday-Friday Visual
Arts presents prints by
Warrington Cclescott in the
"Nebraska Union Main
Lounge.
Friday Walpurgisucht,
all night Nebraska Union.