mr. sincere Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 How does that pressing of Sgt. Peppers sound? I have a bunch of 45s from the 60s/70s on red or blue, and I think they're the reason a lot of people still say that colored vinyl sounds like shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emo Revival Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 How does that pressing of Sgt. Peppers sound? I have a bunch of 45s from the 60s/70s on red or blue, and I think they're the reason a lot of people still say that colored vinyl sounds like shit. I personally think it sound pretty good, I don't have any other pressings to compare it to, and my mom is the original owner so it's been well taken care of since 1978. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atarirec Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 okay, what was the first release that was able to capitalize on the idea that people would buy more than one copy of the same record. well... the first album to sell over a million is from mr. belafonte. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonbeams Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Joining the Beatles party with my copy of White on White pressed in 78. First ''variant'' I can think of released for collectability. A bunch of releases had gimmicks and sthuff with releases (Sticky Fingers, Cheech n' Chong, Sgt. Peppers etc) but they were the main release most often and not a collectable variant. Hmm.. good question OP. So in 1978: Beatles White Beatles Sgt. Pepper's Misfits Horror Biz Ramones Road to Ruin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almightyseancore Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 my grandmother has an elvis record on translucent blue, but i think it's possibly from the mid or late 80s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxxo Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Beat me to it. They were also pressed on blue, black, might be some other colors. But red was most common for 1st pressings. There was color vinyl before, but this is the first example I can think of where records were pressed on the same label for the same release, on different colored plastics. Fantasy 3-1 was released in either 1950 or 1951, if you'll excuse my rusty memory. The 1949 RCA victor 7" 45s are colored vinyl, but I wouldn't call them variants. My copy of Cal Tjader Trio (Fantasy 3-9) from late 1953 is on blue. You can see it here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smailtronic Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 But none of these old-timey records you guys are mentioning are "variants" in the modern nomenclature. These were put out when records were the dominant medium. When a pressing sold out, the label repressed it. Otherwise, nobody would be able to buy the album. They didn't put them all out at once with 1000 on red, 2000 on splatter, and 5000 on black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxxo Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 But none of these old-timey records you guys are mentioning are "variants" in the modern nomenclature. These were put out when records were the dominant medium. When a pressing sold out, the label repressed it. Otherwise, nobody would be able to buy the album. They didn't put them all out at once with 1000 on red, 2000 on splatter, and 5000 on black. Yes, we know that this thread is geared towards variants aimed at record collectors, not the general vinyl consumer. I wager that Sub Pop had a lot to do with the current state of this. However, in broader "variant" terms, customers in the late 40's & early 50's often had the option to choose a release as a 78RPM album, a 45RPM box & a microgroove LP; all three released simultaneously. Later, Stereo was a more expensive (and now rarer) variant to choose from. mrrom92 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethingvinyl Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I'm curious, though it probably couldn't be found, as to what record was the first that people tried to collect every pressing of. Lots of classic records had copies produced in different countries. There are different Hungarian or Yugoslavian pressings of Beatles, Stones records. What was the classic album that people tried to get every copy available of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxxo Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I'm curious, though it probably couldn't be found, as to what record was the first that people tried to collect every pressing of. Lots of classic records had copies produced in different countries. There are different Hungarian or Yugoslavian pressings of Beatles, Stones records. What was the classic album that people tried to get every copy available of. My vote is Nirvana's "Bleach". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thischarmingham Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 The Police had a single on like 10 different colors specifically to help it go up the charts. This was late 70's I believe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthemforadoomed Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I have some crazy orange 78's made by Disney in the 50's. They're all kids songs and I think were from the Mickey Mouse Club or something like that. I haven't looked at them in like two years so my memory is a bit fuzzy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethingvinyl Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 My vote is Nirvana's "Bleach". No, I've heard of people trying to get every import pressing of Sgt. Pepper. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuck Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I'm enjoying the info in this thread, thanks folks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebiglebowski Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 Congrats for actually coming up with a general vinyl topic that hasn't been rehashed 100 times! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noalarmplanet Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I'm really interested in this topic. When I'm in the stairwell at amoeba there are these old colored records and I kept thinking how I really wanted to know more about the history of colored records. Also 1,000th post! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oxxo Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 No, I've heard of people trying to get every import pressing of Sgt. Pepper. Hmm, I don't really think that counts as variant pressings of Sgt Pepper. I'd say a variant only counts if it is part of a larger edition of the same pressing by the same label or entity. Dave Mason's "Alone Together" from 1970 was briefly issued with this cool marbled variant on Blue Thumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smailtronic Posted April 17, 2013 Share Posted April 17, 2013 I kept thinking how I really wanted to know more about the history of colored records. Colored records really came into their own after the Civil Rights movement in the sixties. somethingvinyl 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somethingvinyl Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 Hmm, I don't really think that counts as variant pressings of Sgt Pepper. I'd say a variant only counts if it is part of a larger edition of the same pressing by the same label or entity. Dave Mason's "Alone Together" from 1970 was briefly issued with this cool marbled variant on Blue Thumb. Oh, variants. I don't have anything to add with regard to that. Don't have a clue. Nirvana - Bleach, sure, why not? I was posing the query in which I speculated which record was THE RECORD that people tried get every copy available. I never heard of anyone doing that before Sgt. Pepper but it could be. Colored records really came into their own after the Civil Rights movement in the sixties. They don't like to be refereed to as "colored" anymore. konk 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrocks Posted April 18, 2013 Author Share Posted April 18, 2013 Hmm, I don't really think that counts as variant pressings of Sgt Pepper. I'd say a variant only counts if it is part of a larger edition of the same pressing by the same label or entity. Dave Mason's "Alone Together" from 1970 was briefly issued with this cool marbled variant on Blue Thumb. that is a really wonderful looking record Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gabpower Posted April 18, 2013 Share Posted April 18, 2013 The first modern picture disc was issued in 1971 in limited quantity but the album was also pressed on black. It was Curved Air's Airconditioning (Warner Bros. 1971) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picture_disc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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