Record Store Day 2014 - Saturday 19th April

I think it is mainly because their is some gimmicky vinyl pressed on color lps with no care for mastering but the one's that are color and pressed well sound just fine. Remember, black is an added color to vinyl.

 

there will be a regular, black vinyl release later.

 

Ah! Good to know I can get a copy for sure then. I'll be happy with the black vinyl if I can't get the RSD edition.

 

Yes, of course. Limited color vinyl often goes for more money than their black vinyl counterparts, so it does appeal to many folks out there. Whether you share in that appeal, however, is your choice.

I don't seek out colored vinyl, or even necessarily prefer it, but I do enjoy it. You can argue that it doesn't matter, but the same could be said about the album artwork. Does the artwork matter to the music? Maybe, maybe not. It all adds to the experience, though, doesn't it? And who doesn't want a better experience? For me, colored vinyl always takes a backseat to the music and sound quality, but it's not an irrelevant factor either. It can be beautiful to look at, and I especially like when the vinyl color matches the album art, or has relevance to the music itself (e.g. blood splattered vinyl for the Death Proof soundtrack.)

Have you seen the colored vinyl that was done for the Paramount Records set done by Third Man Records? Absolutely gorgeous. It certainly added to my experience of the music. But to each his own.

 

I'm guessing it's another unofficial release of the same thing that has been circulating. I noticed it's not listed in bold like the rest of the releases on the list.
Someone has been dropping vague hints on this thread that there is a NY 70's era release, but I'll believe it when I see it. I've been waiting years for the 70's "lost albums" first mentioned on NY's site over 3 years ago.

 

A vinyl copy of Horace Andy's "In The Light" (along with the dub album) would be awesome for a future RSD release.

 

I'd like to see some more Lee Scratch Perry this year.

 

I can picture Rainbow in Newark with all the eBay weasels pushing their way into the store, grabbing anything that looks promising in quantities leaving a just about depleted RSD inventory.

 

None of mine do. Personally, I've always found that "colored vinyl doesn't sound as good" to be a big old myth.

 

Thanks for the info....feel pretty dumb saying I never knew color was added to black vinyl. Recently got the Kelly Clarkson Christmas album on red vinyl and it was terrible...very noisy pressing. Another in a line of colored vinyl that seemed subpar, but as I had mentioned in my original post, certainly could be a coincidence.

 

Those picture discs are pretty awful! I do like the look of color vinyl...have Madonna Hard Candy and if looks like one of those red and white mints.....very cool looking. Don't remember how it sounded....looked a lot better than the songs sounded, that's for sure!

 

Not much use to you where you are, but the BAF reissues do turn up around here and probably cost the same or less than any repress would, £20 or less.

 

No reason to feel dumb. I never knew it until it was confirmed by other people. IIRC vinyl is clear before color added. I just think a lot of cheaper pressed and gimmicky records go for color and that is why many sound noisy. A few of the best sounding records in my collection are on 'color' vinyl but they are also pressed at good plants.

Look at the deadwax of that KC album and see if a "U" with a circle is there or if the matrix starts with an "S." I typically find that these 2 popular plants, United and Rainbo, produce some of the noiser lps and since they press a lot of low budget and contemporary pop, they are more abundant and defective vinyl is more readily accessible. I'm not trying smear the names of these plants because they are capable of pressing good records because I have many lps pressed by these plants. These are just the most notorious.

 

The coloured vinyl pressings of The Cure albums from the last couple of RSD's (with the exception of Kiss Me x3) have been very poor.

 

I saw the temporary UK list ... very disappointing so far.

 

Nothing interesting for me so far, but that's okay.

 

You can key in your state info and see local stores here - http://recordstoreday.com/Venues

The listed stores with a "P" have pledged not to rip people off or reserve items for specific people. There are five stores listed for Atlanta, four with pledge status.

 

Depending on the source material used the Inspiral Carpets release interests me but it's UK/EU only.

 

Thanks for the info.

 

So far there's nothing that interests me!

 

Here's Omnivore's Record Store Day 2014 announcement:

 

I wonder if this means the other labels' announcements are coming as well...

 

Probably and we'll wind up with 200 plus items again.

 

Bring it on!! The list is already shaping up pretty nicely...anxious to see what else is coming...

 

No mastering/pressing info in "Elastica" yet, is there?