unknown pleasures

https://www.davidbowie.com/blog/2020/2/19/im-only-dancing-for-record-store-day-2020
 
Nice to see some Bowie releases on RSD, for a change! Now if only we get three Kinks 7"s and some random Flaming Lips stuff nobody wants or asked for I can get some peace...
 
(And maybe some random 90s alterna-soundtrack with pixelated cover art sourced from a CD.)

FY Eh

FY Eh

FY Eh

FY Eh

FY Eh

FY Eh

$200 punk single shipped in a plain yellow envelope, no padding.
 
Crammed into my little 5” x 3” letter box.

Needless to say, some slight warping.
 

They have a point about it being limited, you'll probably only have about 6 months to play it before the chemical reaction makes it unlistenable.

They have a point about it being limited, you'll probably only have about 6 months to play it before the chemical reaction makes it unlistenable.

If you keep going back, everything rips off that one blind bluesman who recorded a single acetate from his rocking chair back in 1902.

If you keep going back, everything rips off that one blind bluesman who recorded a single acetate from his rocking chair back in 1902.

If you keep going back, everything rips off that one blind bluesman who recorded a single acetate from his rocking chair back in 1902.

If you keep going back, everything rips off that one blind bluesman who recorded a single acetate from his rocking chair back in 1902.

They have their own pressing plants but they still used Apollo for their lacquers (Third Man did, anyway).

Most are back up now in case anyone is interested...

Magic Bullet Records: Proud Member of Record Store Bargain Bins Across the World™

If anyone ever asked you how nerdy us record collectors are, this thread is Exhibit A.

Those printed plastic sleeves are the absolute worst in my opinion because not only are you forever dealing with the will-it-or-won't-it of PVC damage but they almost always have at least one crack or seam split and there's no real way to replace them.
 
I'm pretty sure I've passed on one or two releases packaged like this just to avoid the hassle...

Those printed plastic sleeves are the absolute worst in my opinion because not only are you forever dealing with the will-it-or-won't-it of PVC damage but they almost always have at least one crack or seam split and there's no real way to replace them.
 
I'm pretty sure I've passed on one or two releases packaged like this just to avoid the hassle...

You mean like your Mom’s panties?
 
(I’m so sorry, it was too good to pass up...)

That Bowie cover from the last Watchmen episode is incredible. 

That Bowie cover from the last Watchmen episode is incredible. 

Probably the most wholesome VC thread of all time, this right here...

Probably the most wholesome VC thread of all time, this right here...