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Post by deadelectromix on Jan 22, 2009 13:46:45 GMT -5
Has anyone else been paying attention to this 'debate' of sorts?
Labels releasing limited edition packs with four color variations, and the supposed exploitation of the young and the weak through vinyl.
Personally, I just buy records, and if they're in cool colors, then that's even better. Collectors will collect, others will just listen to the music for what it is.
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Post by 212margarita on Jan 22, 2009 14:12:09 GMT -5
i agree, if i open up the record and its a cool color or something like that, it makes me happy. But i buy the records to listen to them. plain and simple.
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Post by Rhinovirus on Jan 22, 2009 14:18:01 GMT -5
They do the same thing with covers on comics. Some people will have to have every cover available, but most will just read the comic and move on.
I forget which album it is but one of the Nine Inch Nails cd's has a temperature responsive cover that is all white when cold but after in the cd player it warms up and has some kinda design on it. With vinyl though is there a potential for a colored version not holding up as well as the standard black?
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Post by deadelectromix on Jan 22, 2009 14:50:42 GMT -5
The color doesn't matter, as far as I know. Vinyl can be put into any color, so it's the same material, but just a different variant of color.
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Post by gushingblood on Jan 22, 2009 15:23:49 GMT -5
I have a pink Los Campesinos! vinyl.
It looks fucking pro.
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Post by penetrationpark on Jan 22, 2009 15:31:23 GMT -5
Those new Flaming Lips reissues are all colored vinyl, too bad the covers are atrocious. I wish bands would do the 10" thing more often like Radiohead did on Kid A/Amnesiac.
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Post by JonnyJay on Jan 22, 2009 17:03:27 GMT -5
I didn't realize there was a debate over this. Hasn't this been a common practice for some time now?
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Post by hard corey on Jan 22, 2009 18:02:15 GMT -5
i buy records and i'm very aggresive about pushing vinyl as a way to isolate devout music fans and get them to buy music and feel like they are getting their money's worth.
however, record labels are exploiting this possible renewed market by upping the cost of vinyl to indie retailers. its gonna kill the market. less colors, less 180g new releases.
on a side note, my band has not pressed a CD and will not be doing so. The record costs only $10 and gives us (as an independent entity) a $6.00 profit margin per record. people seem a lot more interested in purchasing the vinyl because it is no more expensive than a cd would be, it comes with a download, and it looks fucking rad.
fucking music industry is gonna ruin a good thing with greed (once again)
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Post by Elwoodii on Jan 22, 2009 18:06:45 GMT -5
If a vinyl is coloured and no one sees it, does it make a sound?
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Post by kim on Jan 22, 2009 18:13:28 GMT -5
89.3 The Current printed their original membership albums (featuring "Modesto"!) on see-thru orange vinyl. It didn't really make a difference, I only played the accompanying CD copy they included.
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Post by deadelectromix on Jan 22, 2009 20:13:26 GMT -5
I didn't realize there was a debate over this. Hasn't this been a common practice for some time now? It has supposedly been booming a lot now, it's been compared to what happened to comic books in the 80's. People are saying what happened to that 'market' is about to happen to vinyl, and that those who are into selling rare vinyl should definitely sell as fast as they can while prices are up. |
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Post by brady on Jan 24, 2009 9:17:09 GMT -5
They do the same thing with covers on comics. Some people will have to have every cover available, but most will just read the comic and move on. I forget which album it is but one of the Nine Inch Nails cd's has a temperature responsive cover that is all white when cold but after in the cd player it warms up and has some kinda design on it. With vinyl though is there a potential for a colored version not holding up as well as the standard black? Its "Year Zero" The vinyl for "Year Zero" is black, 180 gram. Double LP with an etched D-Side. It has a 16 page lyric booklet and a really thick gatefold sleeve. And as far as the whole "vinyl bubble" thing, this is just labels trying to make money as long as the demand is up. Give it some time and we'll be back to one color and black variations of every record. Its just people trying to put food on the table. |
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