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   What's being described here sounds like bleed through.  It's essentially the result of vibrations from the adjacent groove of the record that are being picked up by the stylus and are audible during a quiet part of the recording.  Most likely you are hearing the faint vocals only through one channel, which is because only one side of the groove is being affected.  I have heard this happen on recordings before--one example is the extended version of "Don't You Want Me" by Jody Watley.  I can always faintly hear the first few beats on the 12" single a second before they actually kick in.

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995wlol Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 December 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote 995wlol Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 August 2008 at 6:36pm
	What's being described here sounds like bleed through. It's essentially the result of vibrations from the adjacent groove of the record that are being picked up by the stylus and are audible during a quiet part of the recording. Most likely you are hearing the faint vocals only through one channel, which is because only one side of the groove is being affected. I have heard this happen on recordings before--one example is the extended version of "Don't You Want Me" by Jody Watley. I can always faintly hear the first few beats on the 12" single a second before they actually kick in.

Todd Ireland Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 16 October 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 23	Post Options Post Reply Quote Todd Ireland Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12 August 2008 at 7:16pm
	995wlol: The faint vocals do sound like they're mostly coming from the right channel, but I can hear them to a lesser extent in the left channel too.

995wlol Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Music Fan Joined: 10 December 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 9	Post Options Post Reply Quote 995wlol Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 13 August 2008 at 6:48am
	I probably should have stated "mostly through one channel." Definitely sounds like bleed through to me, but I'm sure any number of our forum members who are more experienced with the subtleties of vinyl could offer more insight than I can. I just read a very technical explanation of "bleed through" on the stevehoffman.tv forum a couple of days ago, but I can't find it now.