archiced Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 18 minutes ago, axisrecapital said: In other words, is this the same as this: https://shop.season-of-mist.com/cult-of-luna-the-raging-river-lp-gatefold-coloured-clear-103400 https://pelagic-records.com/product/cult-of-luna-the-raging-river-lp-gatefold/ Yes. I missed this season of most variant so both are same. It’s the EMP exclusive who is different. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portsi Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 I think the Earache days were a good time for a Cult Of Luna vinyl collector. Just look at Eternal Kingdom first press: black vinyl and only 3 gorgeus limited variants, every one of them felt special. IMO thats the way to do this :). (Im still searching for that transparent orange version for a reasonable price..) But yeah, good that Raging River is selling well. Band really deserves it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axisrecapital Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 wait...what is the link for the EMP variant you are seeing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archiced Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 6 minutes ago, axisrecapital said: wait...what is the link for the EMP variant you are seeing? https://www.emp-online.com/p/the-raging-river/488736.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axisrecapital Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 So...to be clear, here are all of the variants. If someone could check this over, it would be great: 1) Red Creek (5 color, 1 black): red-crk.com/collections/vinyl These now show as all available and not sold out??? 2) Bandcamp (1 color, 1 black (same black as above): https://cultofluna.bandcamp.com/ Galaxy - marbled effect made on clear vinyl with silver 3) Metal Blade (North America) splatter: https://www.indiemerch.com/metalbladerecords/item/95518?fbclid=IwAR1EWjzsjpMY6zPWN5-A56hr_S3wjzSDek0Cqwu2ZwN2m845wFh1JuAP1tc 4) Season Of Mist (Orange, purple and yellow splatter over clear vinyl. Limited to 300 copies!😞https://shop.season-of-mist.com/cult-of-luna-the-raging-river-lp-gatefold-coloured-clear-103272 5) Season Mist : https://shop.season-of-mist.com/cult-of-luna-the-raging-river-lp-gatefold-coloured-clear-103400 6) EMP Online Variant: https://www.emp-online.com/p/the-raging-river/488736.html 7) https://pelagic-records.com/product/cult-of-luna-the-raging-river-lp-gatefold/: Am I missing anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vool Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 The RK variants still look best with the customized gatefolds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axisrecapital Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 The EMP variant won't ship to France or the USA...lame. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axisrecapital Posted November 17, 2020 Share Posted November 17, 2020 Actually, there are two EMP online versions for the UK and France....but the France one is the same as Season of Mist EMP France: https://www.emp-online.fr/p/the-raging-river/488739.html Which is also the Season of Mist version... EMP Online UK: https://www.emp-online.com/p/the-raging-river/488736.html Won't ship to France or the USA... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cautionthieves Posted November 18, 2020 Author Share Posted November 18, 2020 10 hours ago, Portsi said: I think the Earache days were a good time for a Cult Of Luna vinyl collector. Just look at Eternal Kingdom first press: black vinyl and only 3 gorgeus limited variants, every one of them felt special. IMO thats the way to do this :). (Im still searching for that transparent orange version for a reasonable price..) But yeah, good that Raging River is selling well. Band really deserves it! I definitely agree with that era having really special variants (especially SATH and EK). At the same time, it's amazing to see the band venture out with their own label and see so much support for it's first release. Really reaffirms the impact their music has had and how vehement their fanbase is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Vool Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 9 hours ago, axisrecapital said: EMP Online UK: https://www.emp-online.com/p/the-raging-river/488736.html Won't ship to France or the USA... If anyone out there wants the EMP exclusive, hit me up...I could order and send them from Germany Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solitaryreign Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 On 11/17/2020 at 3:42 PM, archiced said: Its' not he last one, there also an EMP exclusive : Thank you for pointing this out, even if it means for me to spend more money 😅 archiced 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MayCauseDeath Posted November 18, 2020 Share Posted November 18, 2020 On 11/17/2020 at 8:59 AM, Portsi said: I think the Earache days were a good time for a Cult Of Luna vinyl collector. Just look at Eternal Kingdom first press: black vinyl and only 3 gorgeus limited variants, every one of them felt special. IMO thats the way to do this :). (Im still searching for that transparent orange version for a reasonable price..) But yeah, good that Raging River is selling well. Band really deserves it! I have that transparent orange and I absolutely love it, sounds amazing also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solitaryreign Posted November 20, 2020 Share Posted November 20, 2020 Seems like there’s no end in sight 😞 Swedish exclusive (ltd. 300): https://www.bengans.eu/cgi-bin/ibutik/AIR_ibutik.fcgi?funk=visa_artikel&artgrp=&artnr=3939017&visa=1-400&Sort=Osorterat&Visn=Sokresultat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
seku Posted November 21, 2020 Share Posted November 21, 2020 Glad I'm not into variant game for CoL 😂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axisrecapital Posted November 22, 2020 Share Posted November 22, 2020 It appears there are two websites for Bengans..one for in the EU and one for outside the EU. Outside EU: https://www.bengans.com/cgi-bin/ibutik/AIR_ibutik.fcgi?funk=visa_artikel&artnr=3939017 Inside EU: https://www.bengans.eu/cgi-bin/ibutik/AIR_ibutik.fcgi?funk=visa_artikel&artgrp=&artnr=3939017&visa=1-400&Sort=Osorterat&Visn=Sokresultat Shipping outside of Finland is 22 euros, making this a very expensive purchase...........ugh!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumbo72203 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Jesus fuck! we're up to 13 variants by my count. Without a single minute of music. Big time trust ask by the band, IMO. But if we're going by A Dawn To Fear, which fucking crushed.... I think we'll be pleasantly surprised. They're all 180g tho correct? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throwgncpr Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 1 hour ago, Gumbo72203 said: Big time trust ask by the band, IMO. LOL, yes, because they are forcing you to buy every variant... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumbo72203 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 24 minutes ago, throwgncpr said: LOL, yes, because they are forcing you to buy every variant... Not every variant but I'm pretty confident they understand the collector thing that many people do. Why else go bananas like this with all the options? Regardless, it's a fuckload of product without hearing any of it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throwgncpr Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 25 minutes ago, Gumbo72203 said: Not every variant but I'm pretty confident they understand the collector thing that many people do. Why else go bananas like this with all the options? Regardless, it's a fuckload of product without hearing any of it yet. Because options? If they know they can sell a bunch of records, why not make a bunch of records? Limiting a product below the market potential is just dumb. I'm getting sick and tired of having to sit at a computer and F5 a website because a band or label made way less of something that could sell to a larger audience. If they have to produce product in different parts of the world for different markets, then sure, do fun things with the colors and jackets. All that said, and without rehashing the age-old variant collector debate, I don't blame them for capitalizing on this dumb trend. If I were in a band that moved this much product, I would totally troll variant collectors with a ton of options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gumbo72203 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 3 minutes ago, throwgncpr said: Because options? If they know they can sell a bunch of records, why not make a bunch of records? Limiting a product below the market potential is just dumb. I'm getting sick and tired of having to sit at a computer and F5 a website because a band or label made way less of something that could sell to a larger audience. If they have to produce product in different parts of the world for different markets, then sure, do fun things with the colors and jackets. All that said, and without rehashing the age-old variant collector debate, I don't blame them for capitalizing on this dumb trend. If I were in a band that moved this much product, I would totally troll variant collectors with a ton of options. I'm wondering if maybe they got some sort of Covid grant from the government? I'm thinking about it more, and this is their first independent release meaning they had to put up the capital themselves to press all this stuff. It's A LOT of shit. And if they didn't have to front the capital themselves, then it makes sense to run this much. It's just a bit weird because nobody has heard it yet. It's a lot of stuff to sell on name recognition only. Granted, they're very reliable but it's still a risk. It's smart though if it pays off - you sell one thing to somebody 10 times, you're brilliant. But i agree with you - it annoys me when great bands purposefully limit their product. Take Jakob, for instance. They could be raking in money from their old albums, and they just don't do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OU818 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 9 minutes ago, Gumbo72203 said: I'm wondering if maybe they got some sort of Covid grant from the government? I'm thinking about it more, and this is their first independent release meaning they had to put up the capital themselves to press all this stuff. It's A LOT of shit. And if they didn't have to front the capital themselves, then it makes sense to run this much. Cult of Luna are Swedish and do get arts endowments from their government, even before COVID. I think they funded Mariner or something. Forget where I heard that, maybe in Johannes’s Saint Vitus interview Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
throwgncpr Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 19 minutes ago, Gumbo72203 said: It's just a bit weird because nobody has heard it yet. It's a lot of stuff to sell on name recognition only. Granted, they're very reliable but it's still a risk. It's smart though if it pays off - you sell one thing to somebody 10 times, you're brilliant. For Cult of Luna, it isn't a risk. After 20 years and about a dozen releases, they have a fan base, and they have been consistent enough with the quality of each release. It's not like this is a fledgling band. There is nothing weird about how this is being handled. The can sell these records without a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axisrecapital Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 There might be another spatter variant at Norman Records, as it is is called, clear, white and blue splatter. I don't think the other variants are called this, but who knows at this point.... https://www.normanrecords.com/records/184711-cult-of-luna-the-raging-river Limited edition clear/white/blue splatter vinyl LP on Red Creek solitaryreign 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solitaryreign Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Judging by the catalog number it’s the UK exclusive. The colors match the flag as the euro country exclusives all do. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archiced Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 (edited) 6 hours ago, solitaryreign said: Judging by the catalog number it’s the UK exclusive. The colors match the flag as the euro country exclusives all do. Thanks! Another one version ! https://shop.season-of-mist.com/cult-of-luna-the-raging-river-lp-gatefold-coloured-white Edited December 8, 2020 by archiced Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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