bluescreenlife Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) Heads up to anyone who appreciates these guys' early work, Barnes & Noble has a limited white pressing online and in stores. Parlophone pressing and it sounds fantastic (listening as I type this). 2 years ago they did Parachutes on orange, it's now $150+ on the secondhand market, I'm glad I grabbed it when I did so grab this one before it's gone and on ebay. The store by me only had 1 in stock. https://m.barnesandnoble.com/w/rush-of-blood-to-the-head-coldplay/6587669?ean=0190295649852 Update: I have actually now tried two copies of this to verify it's a pressing defect, and indeed, both have a loud scratch sound in the left channel at the beginning of Daylight, and two on Warning Sign as well, one at the beginning and one towards the end. Overall the sound is very very nice, but there are those small defects. At the time of writing this post I was still on side A which has no problems. I'm still keeping one, but if anyone wants the 2nd, PM me and I'll sell to you at cost ($22 + $4 for media mail shipping). If I bring it back to the store I'm not sure what they do with it. It's still worth someone having and playing it for sure. Edited July 23, 2018 by bluescreenlife corey. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Barkley Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 (edited) Fuck it. I’ve been wanting to pick this (and for that matter—X&Y) for a couple of years now. Your post has convinced me to snag this Cheers. Edited July 23, 2018 by PookdaddyG Tommy and corey. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluescreenlife Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 8 minutes ago, PookdaddyG said: Fuck it. I’ve been wanting to pick this (and for that matter—X&Y) for a couple of years now. Your post has convinced me to snag this Cheers. Make sure you see the update I just did on the original post. There are a couple small defects on the pressing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Barkley Posted July 23, 2018 Share Posted July 23, 2018 Shit. Well I guess I’ll wait for it to arrive and then return it. Thanks for the update. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluescreenlife Posted July 24, 2018 Author Share Posted July 24, 2018 34 minutes ago, PookdaddyG said: Shit. Well I guess I’ll wait for it to arrive and then return it. Thanks for the update. You can't cancel? I'm a bit bummed too but will keep mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorrisNuts Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 1 hour ago, bluescreenlife said: Heads up to anyone who appreciates these guys' early work, Barnes & Noble has a limited white pressing online and in stores. Parlophone pressing and it sounds fantastic (listening as I type this). 2 years ago they did Parachutes on orange, it's now $150+ on the secondhand market, I'm glad I grabbed it when I did so grab this one before it's gone and on ebay. The store by me only had 1 in stock. https://m.barnesandnoble.com/w/rush-of-blood-to-the-head-coldplay/6587669?ean=0190295649852 Update: I have actually now tried two copies of this to verify it's a pressing defect, and indeed, both have a loud scratch sound in the left channel at the beginning of Daylight, and two on Warning Sign as well, one at the beginning and one towards the end. Overall the sound is very very nice, but there are those small defects. At the time of writing this post I was still on side A which has no problems. I'm still keeping one, but if anyone wants the 2nd, PM me and I'll sell to you at cost ($22 + $4 for media mail shipping). If I bring it back to the store I'm not sure what they do with it. It's still worth someone having and playing it for sure. 1 or 2 lps? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles Barkley Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 26 minutes ago, bluescreenlife said: You can't cancel? I'm a bit bummed too but will keep mine. They said it was already processing. Luckily the B&N isn’t too far away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhcp02 Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Ordered one on sat. Its weird that its not on the exclusive vinyl section on the website though. This will go good with my orange parachutes. Hopefully a blue x & y will be next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepperonigin Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Their first three albums are definitely guilty pleasures for me. Definitely going to grab this. BTW for anyone still looking for parachutes, you'd be surprised at what stock some B&N's have so I would shop around, you might get lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorrisNuts Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 1 hour ago, rhcp02 said: Hopefully a blue x & y will be next. Yes! Eric_Matthews 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daiei Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 2 hours ago, pepperonigin said: Their first three albums are definitely guilty pleasures for me. Definitely going to grab this. Why guilty pleasures? They're stellar albums, especially Parachutes. NorrisNuts, Plarocks, Tommy and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dougie Jones Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Ordered this. I didn't know they did an orange pressing of Parachutes. Sad I missed out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepperonigin Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 7 hours ago, Daiei said: Why guilty pleasures? They're stellar albums, especially Parachutes. Parachutes, front to back, is excellent, the other two less so but I enjoy songs off of each. I don't know, they have a bit of a negative connotation and they really fell off later in their careers. Something being a guilty pleasure doesn't make it bad, I just probably wouldn't admit to most people that I enjoy Coldplay. Probably my own hang up more than anything else. kannibal, drds89 and Charles Barkley 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lethalenforcer Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 My alter ego is likely responsible for the deep shame you're feeling. But fear not, for I too am gay for Parachutes and Rush Of Blood. Tommy, kannibal, vinyl addict and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecayToDeath Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Y'all are sleeping on Viva La Vida...ffs Brian Eno produced it OneThreeOneTwo and backpackoat 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YouTwo Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Had to grab this after how great the Orange Parachutes sounded. I agree that it sounds great but I too have the defect at the beginning of Daylight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
backpackoat Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 The piano riff in the beginning of Clocks is simple but it's probably my favorite ever. It's so beautiful. Loveline used to use it as the bumper for their final segment as well so it really brings me back to the good ol high school days Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OneThreeOneTwo Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 35 minutes ago, DecayToDeath said: Y'all are sleeping on Viva La Vida...ffs Brian Eno produced it It's as good as X & Y... Sometimes, I rate it higher than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DecayToDeath Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 16 minutes ago, ａｒｕｍａｊｉｒｏ 零 一つ said: It's as good as X & Y... Sometimes, I rate it higher than that. I put X&Y as the lowest of the first four albums because I think it has some filler on it while the other three really don't Tommy and OneThreeOneTwo 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingTacoMunster Posted July 24, 2018 Share Posted July 24, 2018 Wish that white didn’t have a defect... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluescreenlife Posted July 25, 2018 Author Share Posted July 25, 2018 23 hours ago, KingTacoMunster said: Wish that white didn’t have a defect... Like I said they're really quick tics, nothing repetitive or super annoying. Still worth listening to and it's priced alright compared to some other limited stuff that gets pressed these days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewOldStock Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 They don't seem to ship to the UK - as far as I can see...! Shame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorrisNuts Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 49 minutes ago, lastvaultboy said: They don't seem to ship to the UK - as far as I can see...! Shame. On 7/23/2018 at 4:11 PM, bluescreenlife said: I'm still keeping one, but if anyone wants the 2nd, PM me and I'll sell to you at cost ($22 + $4 for media mail shipping). If I bring it back to the store I'm not sure what they do with it. It's still worth someone having and playing it for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmhmm Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 I thought Coldplay was planning to call it quits several years ago...I think they should've, based on more recent output. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colbourne25 Posted July 25, 2018 Share Posted July 25, 2018 31 minutes ago, mmhmm said: I thought Coldplay was planning to call it quits several years ago...I think they should've, based on more recent output. I tend to agree... looking at their last 3 albums (all albums prior were fantastic imo), I thought Mylo Xyloto was very good, Ghost stories was okay for something a bit different, but A Head Full of Dreams completely lost me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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