Record Handling and Storage Tips

I usually ignore Facebook advertising—you know, the ads that offer miracle fixes in super fast motion—but one seemed to make too much sense to ignore and that was Turntable Revival's Premium Backspacers available for IKEA KALLAX/EXPEDIT shelves as well as ones from Target and Walmart/Better Homes and Gardens. These shelving units are not made for vinyl record storage but can be used for it and therein lies the problem Turntable Revival solves.

These shelves are too deep for records and there's no "backstop" so it looks untidy and we all love tidy (even those of us who are not). Yes, you can make these yourself if you have the time, inclination, wood and a well equipped wood shop but if your time is worth more than minimum wage, why bother? And please don't post comments with your handy dandy solution ("I saw off old Hula-Hoops into appropriate lengths and wedge them into the cublcles", etc.).

Turntable Revival sells these laser cut poplar wood Premium Backspacers for $3.00 each, which means for a 5X5 IKEA EXPEDIT unit, $80 gives you twenty five Premium Backspacers and 2 each easy peel double stick squares. Simply remove the records from the cubicle, stick two squares at the ends of a Backspacer's lower surface, carefully locate it at the back of the cubicle and press down. Return your records to the cubicle and now they line up neatly the way you always wanted them to. They are available in two widths depending upon whether or not you want the records flush with the front or slightly recessed, leaving a ledge for LED lighting or to show off your latest record "haul".