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Seriously, everyone knows the pops are better than the cracks. Geez.

I think you're right. Suicide Squeeze usually sends their colored vinyl out to retailers, distros and the like - they're not mailorder exclusives.

Interesting interview with Peter Hook here: http://diffuser.fm/peter-hook-2017-interview/ Not sure I'd take anything he says at face value, but this is the part that intrigued me: Q: It would make for a fantastic coffee-table book of all those images. A: Warners are doing a collector’s series of the albums, a box set that will be more like that. I got a wonderful present for my 60th birthday which was Led Zeppelin II, complete with all the flyers and gig posters, a vinyl edition – it was wonderfully done, and I took it and showed it to Warner Bros. and said, “This is how our next reissue should be.” You know, really give the fans something to treasure. I'd be thrilled for deluxe issues of the early albums with gig flyers, poster reproductions, promo material, etc...

I'd take a dozen Bens over a single Halo2. In fact, I don't mind Ben at all. Halo2 was a complete turd.

I dare say it looks legit but no one on this board is going to be anymore helpful than the collectors in the Morrissey forum linked to above which have a solid 13 page debate going on (and still haven't reached a consensus!).

I thought that was funny, too. I suspect they limited it to 1 per order once there were only 4 copies left!

Have they just stopped giving pressing numbers for their exclusives? I feel like they used to be very clear on the runs, and now the descriptions don't mention anything...

Ok, makes sense. Must've happened to be refreshing as they went through the initial allocation. Was surprised it would have been gone that quick - even if it is Bowie!

It was the litho but it's now back. Looks like it's going to be one of those releases - showing up in & out of stock

Looks like the import is sold out already...

You had me at piss.

Why did you choose to feature a terrifying, dancing tentacle-faced monster in your advertisement, and why is it wearing denim?

You must be too young to remember The Great Frankie Goes to Hollywood Crash of '87 (aka 'Red Vinyl Monday').

I bet 5"s confuse the heck out of you.

Why do you assume everyone here likes records? This isn't Prejudgement Collective.

He looks a little like Jared Fogle, the Subway guy. (And, of course, convicted pedophile.)

On the subject of the well received Kazaam vinyl, I heard this year they're releasing : "Music from the Motion Picture Kazaam Part II - Electric Boogaloo", the lesser known direct-to-VHS sequel starring Ex-NBA fat man Oliver Miller in the title role. This one's shaped like a hamburger & pressed on ketchup and mustard scented vinyl. Each copy comes with a pre-addressed envelope in which you place a personal check made out to the former Mavericks star and he cashes it out to buy Twinkies and a Snuggie.

"Record Store Day is not about major labels cashing in on their enthusiastic collector base via unnecessary, readily available reissues and in turn preventing or delaying the pressing of more worthwhile releases from smaller labels at other times of the year. Period." -Sean Spicer

I love the plastic ones as well but have nearly lost a finger assembling them.

Dings matter to people for the same reason they do to sports card, coin or comic book collectors. Ask a baseball card or currency collector how much difference a ding makes to the value of a card or note - probably like 75% on an in-demand one. People who collect anything are weird. People who collect anything involving printer matter are even weirder. It's like they need some way to rank one copy of something over the next so they'll look for the slightest noticeable markings and use them as benchmarks. I don't think it's that hard to understand. If you're only interested in the tunes, then be happy with your copy of an album dug from the bargain bin and be done with it. If you're an obsessive "collector" then you'll probably spend the rest of your adult life searching for the most pristine copy of "Dark Side of the Moon" imaginable, and when you finally find that mint sealed OG you'll wake up each morning paranoid that this will be the day it'll fall on the ground and get a corner ding. I don't think one is right and one is wrong. Just two sides of the vinyl appreciation coin.

What's the +/- on Flaming Lips 10"s this year? Four? Five?

I was sorely disappointed to open this thread and discover my music project is called pirate, and I’m going to be one of the biggest in the world is not the name of a new emo band.

Gene "The Bull" Moose is the name of the guy at the warehouse who threw these packages together.

When I buy a record, I like to peel off the hype sticker and place it in a mylar sleeve. I then throw out the vinyl and jacket. What the hell am I supposed to do with those things?