vinyljunkie Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 in regards to vinyl? i seriously see tons and tons of posts on various messageboards where pretty much every release is considered "beautiful". even records that dont have matching color schemes, or anything other than standard art, or thats just ugly splatter vinyl for the sake of being splatter vinyl. i think beautiful has replaced the word "crucial".......i think i hated that word more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefan Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 referencing: http://vinylcollective.proboards79.com/index.cgi?board=general&action=display&thread=1202255865 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinyljunkie Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 not just that.....there is a handful of threads in the last week alone that use that. and i just saw a couple posts on another board calling a couple new releases beautiful. and ive just seen/heard that word multiple times a day in regards to new records. just reminds me when every record was crucial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest scriptedrain Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I prefer Scott's "gorgeous." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magalvsr13 Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 uh, i let other people talk however they want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flicker Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 OMG LOOK AT THESE SCRUMPTIOUS RECORDS!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainmorgan Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 OMG LOOK AT THESE SCRUMPTIOUS RECORDS!!! winner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefan Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 don't worry, the cftpa is by no means crucial. This probably won't address the overuse of the word, but to me, most packaging of the hyped new stuff feels like it's straight off the impersonal assembly line... yet people still seem to go gaga over any sort of color/square/"limited" tag (see MFGG). If stuff is going to get more expensive (like it is), I'd much rather see some personality thrown into the overall package. So sometimes the b-word is dropped when one thinks credit is due to the (otherwise ignored) label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinyljunkie Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 i completely agree. i would like to see some better color schemes. i dont want a stock photo on a plain blue thin cover, and a totally clashing green with orange splatter vinyl, and a cd booklet insert. just seems like people going crazy over something relatively standard, or dare i say, sub par. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djjazzyjeff Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 cr00sh Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djjazzyjeff Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 i thought those square records were something, maybe not "beautiful" necessarily, but kinda neat. yeah, neat... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stefan Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 i completely agree. i would like to see some better color schemes. i dont want a stock photo on a plain blue thin cover, and a totally clashing green with orange splatter vinyl, and a cd booklet insert. just seems like people going crazy over something relatively standard, or dare i say, sub par. point taken. I don't mind as much if the color totally clashes, but there should be a reason behind it, even if it's just price (ie.- a sale at the plant for red). I've stop reading the "suggest a color" threads. ... somehow I don't think the two of us are the target demographic but for any future/aspiring label heads reading: +a "cheap" record is okay but it should be inexpensive (Art of the Underground) +if you're gonna ask for the big bucks, put some more thought into everything [vinyl, packaging, stamping/numbering/cutting, inserts, extras, alignment to a general theme] (Tree Records Post-marked stamps series) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rivals Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I totally agree with you vinyljunkie. I don't understand a lot of the colors on records lately, especially stuff that is in no way related to the artwork of the album. I've always liked colored vinyl as a way of adding to the artwork as a whole and I see a lot of records now being put out with like five or six different colors in the same press, most of which don't fit with the album artwork at all. I don't understand it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kyle Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I totally agree with you vinyljunkie. I don't understand a lot of the colors on records lately, especially stuff that is in no way related to the artwork of the album. I've always liked colored vinyl as a way of adding to the artwork as a whole and I see a lot of records now being put out with like five or six different colors in the same press, most of which don't fit with the album artwork at all. I don't understand it. I agree as well. This reminds me of the thread where we were supposed to suggest the color of the VC exclusive Goddammit repress. Maybe two or three people (myself included) were arguing in favor of 180 gram black. Of course, people all argued over some variation of red/clear/smoke/black on either half and half or splatter and then in the end they ended up pressing some really stupid colors (baby blue?). Oh well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinyljunkie Posted February 7, 2008 Author Share Posted February 7, 2008 i guess its not all bad. Cause i get where places like No Idea just press on tons of colors, and especially after the 4th or 5th pressing of things, you run out of "coordinating" colors or whatever, so they just press on crazy colors all throughout. just seems weird that the first or second pressing would be on some totally random color. i guess its fine to each their, i just have a hard time understanding why people are quick to state its beautiful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skumbucket Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I agree as well. This reminds me of the thread where we were supposed to suggest the color of the VC exclusive Goddammit repress. Maybe two or three people (myself included) were arguing in favor of 180 gram black. Of course, people all argued over some variation of red/clear/smoke/black on either half and half or splatter and then in the end they ended up pressing some really stupid colors (baby blue?). Oh well. the blame for the baby blue falls on mike park, i would assume -- we didn't pick that colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest genericinsight Posted February 7, 2008 Share Posted February 7, 2008 I only will say I think a record is beautiful if I legitimately like the color pattern, like if it's swirled/split colored/splattered etc. A plain record on just one solid or one transparent color is nothing terribly special. example, my comment on someone's Milloy LP in the "Post pics of your favorite vinyl" thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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