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tell me when it blows over so I can buy records for less than $18 an LP again

Here we have a unprinted die cut jacket. What you see is a plain white jacket with a red record showing through the jacket. This color combination would be for the Live in 06 LP. The rest of the jackets are also done like this as well to go along with the color combination with the associated LP.

Wild, how so many people who are a part of a Discussion Board hate on actual discussion, with regard to the exact topic to which the board was invented... (applies to all topics, not specific to album or record)

I'm on the border of "Old fucks" and the age group here. My mom enrolled me in Columbia house as a kid and today I still have my Back To The Future soundtrack, Licensed to Ill, and more from then. In the 90's I got into again with grunge and punk mail order. A few years back, in my mid 30s, I got back into it. Is it a trend, sure, are prices going up, a little (not anything like the price of other things like gas and cell phones) but is it bad... no, not at all. I no longer buy CDs, band shirts (maybe one or two, but not like the past), pins or patches. I buy vinyl. I think its great new bands are pressing vinyl, that long lost greats like Hum and Jellyfish are getting new pressings. For the bands that I'm friendly with its a new source of income. The local record shops that survived the post-napster and Netflix world are starting to see good profit. I still get $1 David Bowie records at Yard Sales and flea markets. I track down favorites on ebay and here and I pay a little over retail. But I'm also doing ok with selling off some of my older stuff too. The main issue with the rise in cost is pressing and printing and less the market trends. Up til the 90's there were lots of places to press albums. Oil and other materials in a pre-green world for pressing was much cheaper. I guess all im saying is that I'm loving the bubble... I'll keep buying and hopefully my newborn son gets to listen to his first Sly and The Family Stone vinyl like I did when I was a kid.

Also irony

yeah, I hate that the prices have become so high, but on the flip side of that, there's a bunch of my favorite albums being repressed or pressed for the first time. I'm sure if people weren't into the format, that wouldn't be happening. It's really a double edged sword.

You don't need to be a dick about someone telling you that tricolor blink 7"s don't exist. They actually don't. What you're asking for are the yellow (one record), green (one record) and red (one record) 3x7" set that is a part of a larger release that I'm not so sure you'll find easily split apart. You're asking someone to break up a set. I guess if someone really wants to, more power to them, but good luck finding that special someone. Just don't be a dick when you are, in fact, wrong due to the usual agreed upon definition of "tricolor." Tricolor refers to the first hot Topic press of TOYPAJ where the one record was red, yellow, and green. It refers to what third Man does with theirs where the colors are like pie slices. "three record set where they're all a different color" does not fall under that umbrella. Semantics? Yeah. But don't piss on someone for correcting you when you're wrong. "Tanks for looking."

DID SOMEONE SAY TRENDY?

This does not exist. Sorry.

Will the repress have any color variants? Hot Topic exclusives? Will SRC be carrying?

Worst memorial day thread ever.

I'm pretty sure she wasn't "tatted", "punk", or "super" in any way. She did most assuredly take a bite out of vinyl. What you guys haven't realized yet is all color vinyl is edible. That's why there are variant collectors, to collect all the flavors.

My thing is that I really don't care about popularity or not. I get what people are saying about it driving up the price but there's a lot of factors involved and I don't think it's just popularity overall that drives the price up. Personally, I'm happy when friends come over and are impressed enough by the sound of vinyl to want to buy some records of their own.

*pushes up glasses*

Pointless thread is pointless

I was expecting a 'hobby' post.

ITT: Elititism, entitlement issues, and grammatical and spelling errors galore.

Mozart is not punk

I just sold some old CDs on ebay and when I was looking through the cases/booklets I'd see mail in order forms where LPs were listed for $7-8 and CDs were around $10. i know some labels still have records reasonably priced but seeing they used to be available for so cheap made me upset i started collecting so late.

Old fucks who remember a time when record stores still regularly sold it as a format, or when you'd have to mail order shit, or buy from distros at shows, feel differently about it than other people, I'm sure. Truthfully, the part that irritates me the most is that more companies wanting to press more shit means the price goes up for everyone. There are only so many factories and only so much polyvinyl chloride and sometimes, Kenny Rogers represses are going to delay and drive up the cost of pressing records for the new hip indie band, Unicorn Parachute. So yeah, the sooner that's over, the better.

Holy shit! For all you drummers out there and for fans of Fat Wreck Chords. This is pretty impressive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNRvB8lyRSM

So this is the sombrero variant!

Fuck canada....go hawks

I retract my statement. Well my gf was able to get it for $8 shipped a month or so ago. Point being, they do have some decent deals and no shipping charge!

Finished and loved every minute of it. I thought this season was just as good as the other three.

more expedit porn and with the doors open for you real pervs

I'm not really interested in EGN, saw that guy's find and thought you might want to take a look.

128kbit/s MP3 kicks Mr.Vinyl's ass sooooo hard!

If they told you on the 19th you were getting it and then you went out and bought it the very next day, why is this even a discussion?

I get this crap all the time. Don't worry about it.

To the OP, what you have to consider was that for decades vinyl was the leading format for music. Tapes dominated the 80s, CDs decreed the 90s, and records were always there in the background. Maybe its wishful thinking, but I see vinyl resurgences more as a reclamation of power and return to the norm over lesser formats than a trend. But I don't know who's buying records and why. However, I do see somethings that point to trend a could lead to a collapse. 1. 180 gram record. Record labels will have the consumer believe that 180 gram records are a sonically superior product. Not true. They also claim that 180g records are less prone to warping. Anyone receiving records in the summer knows this is also not true. Almost all my 180g records are warped whereas my thin records are flexible and fine. 2. Colored vinyl. Colored vinyl doesn't always sound worse than black, its really up to the mastering and how worn the stampers are that determine the quality of sound. However, when you get into crazy things like splatters, half and half, and glow in the dark vinyl, you introduce new elements of surface noise that detract from the purpose of a higher auditory experience in order to have something pretty. 3. Consumer fatigue. Here's something no one talks about, but I'm sure all can relate to this pattern: 1. new enthusiast getting started scoffs at record pressed on 5 colors. thinks collectors are fools. 2. complacency sets in with color owned, looks at pretty pictures of variants on the internet 3. decides to buy a variant to see what its like. 4. has desire to get another 5. becomes hooked, gets the rest, no matter how expensive 6. time passes, records sit on a shelf unlistened to. shelf looks stupid having 5 copies of the same album 7. new pressing is pressed on 3 new colors, buys them all not out of desire, but in order to maintain collection That's where the consumer fatigue steps in and it could possibly threaten this resurgence of records.

Went and saw "Mud" last night. What a spectacular film. After despising Matthew mcCaugnahey(sp?) For a long long time, This and Killer Joe might be changing my mind about him

So yeah, somebody repress The Distillers - Coral Fang already... It's the album's 10th anniversary so it'd be a shame if somebody missed that opportunity.

it's awful because instead of the occasional vinyl purchase i now find myself purchasing them multiple times a week. ive been trying to save up for a car, im bad at holding back

Reading the comments just make me facepalm, bitches be protective of their digital muzec.

Still want that fucking Houston, We Have A Drinking Problem record with the Acrophobe insert.

Also, Jackie Brown is a great fuckin flick.

You mean brown?

Can I bitch in this thread about winning a record twice (from the same seller) without meeting the reserve? Because that's real fucking annoying. I honestly wonder if this dude has like a thousand dollar reserve that will never be met.

Thanks for spreading the word guys!

I'm just looking forward to Quatro de Cinco 2014. Also, "Quatro Cinco" is the punchline to "What do you call four Mexicans stuck in quicksand?" A Mexican buddy of mine told me that, so I don't think it's racist, right? I mean, it's not racist anyway. Damn you, white guilt.

I collect vinyl, just to look at them or throw them at zombies.

No, I agree 100%. I'm kind of offended. They should have asked for donations from their fans. It's rude to make us feel guilty about wanting a refund. Yeah, you get a special item as a thank you. But they could have set it up in their store, "Donate $15 to legal fees and get a special artwork from Tomas."

Virgil was spotted by myself at the Yo La Tengo show in Boulder on Tuesday He was drinking a beer

Bad dude. Owner of Suburban Home and founder of VC. Ripped off or attempted to rip off probably everyone he's ever done business with. He will settle his debts if you post pictures of him at hockey games or attend one of his craft beer tours.

Grant's dad? He wanted to drop acid with me. I actually dated his daughter for quite a while (who was opposed to drugs/alcohol/everything fun). I ended up hanging out with her dad more than her. We used to go longboarding together. He was absolutely fucking nuts. And awesome. He WAS actually a semi-pro surfer back in the day. He's around 65 years old now. And still crazy.