RowBearToe Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Hey guys, I picked up a copy of Queen "News of the World" the other day and looked it up on discogs today and saw that it is labeled as a promo. It was released the same year as the first pressing so would this be considered a first press as well, or possibly a 0th press if it was an early release promo? Does anyone know what the promotion was? The original pressing was CAT#: 6E-112 and this promo pressing is CAT#: 6E-112-A Here is the discogs link: http://www.discogs.com/Queen-News-Of-The-World/release/3763984 If anyone could help me figure all of this out I'd appreciate it, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glass realms Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 what is a "0th Press"? alogical 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shat Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 Hey guys, I picked up a copy of Queen "News of the World" the other day and looked it up on discogs today and saw that it is labeled as a promo. It was released the same year as the first pressing so would this be considered a first press as well, or possibly a 0th press if it was an early release promo? Does anyone know what the promotion was? the promotion was "world's biggest idiot" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjkenney Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 generally its in reference to copies sent out to radio stations when the album comes out. It doesn't matter now, but it explicitly stating it was promotional only prevented in resale of those copies. Not promotion like, '1,000th customer today at Denny's gets the new Queen album.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlexH. Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Kjkenney is correct. Promo copies are generally first pressings. Often they also have a clipped corner or hole punch through the barcode. If you're looking for collectibility, they're generally less "desirable" than regular copies, but they play the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yancey47 Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 GET DOWN MAKE LOVE kk-downing 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dedlee Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 if you're really anal about it, promo pressings tend to be first off the line and so don't suffer from the pressing plates wearing down so a handful of gigantic nerds look for them exclusively for fidelity and all that.. mostly for ripping. aside from a couple titles though (Marquee Moon, early Black Sabbath) no one's out here breaking the bank for promos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmoVeganBoy Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Must have been this promotion. derby625, RowBearToe and beardacus 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjkenney Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 hahahaha YES. that episode cracks me up. I can't see that album anywhere now without picturing Stewie freaking out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deletedunknown Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 Just 0th press. I'm going to market any record I ever try to sell as that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kk-downing Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 First pressing of a record that sold millions. Worth $5 in stead of $4. Just listen to the fucking thing! And: GET DOWN MAKE LOVE RowBearToe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RowBearToe Posted April 11, 2013 Author Share Posted April 11, 2013 generally its in reference to copies sent out to radio stations when the album comes out. It doesn't matter now, but it explicitly stating it was promotional only prevented in resale of those copies. Not promotion like, '1,000th customer today at Denny's gets the new Queen album.' Kjkenney is correct. Promo copies are generally first pressings. Often they also have a clipped corner or hole punch through the barcode. If you're looking for collectibility, they're generally less "desirable" than regular copies, but they play the same. if you're really anal about it, promo pressings tend to be first off the line and so don't suffer from the pressing plates wearing down so a handful of gigantic nerds look for them exclusively for fidelity and all that.. mostly for ripping. aside from a couple titles though (Marquee Moon, early Black Sabbath) no one's out here breaking the bank for promos Thanks guys! it doesn't really matter to me either way because I bought it to listen to, not to sell, but I was curious of what it meant. thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chiefwahoo Posted April 11, 2013 Share Posted April 11, 2013 As usual, a bunch of generalization around here. The promo for this album is worth much, much more than a standard copy. Now if it's as beat up as most copies are that you come across, then it won't be as significant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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