My Chemical Romance released The Black Parade as a regular double LP and because both the music and artwork are incredible, I had been looking for it. Chuck found it down at Sound Garden and called to see if I wanted him to pick it up or…there was this incredible box set of The Black Parade as well. I just… Read more »
Last year, Megaforce Records released the Bad Brains’ Build a Nation on fantastic red, gold and green vinyl. That sold out, but there is still cool Bad Brains vinyl to be had. On April 1, they released the Build a Nation 7″ box set. It consists of four records (one red, one gold, one green and one picture disc) and… Read more »
Deloused in the Comatorium is one of the most incredible debuts I’ve ever heard. The vinyl is almost as stunning. Yeah, it’s silver. It didn’t photograph all that well, but you can see it better in the close-up. I also like how they left the labels blank.
I picked up this copy of the Simple Minds’ New Gold Dream on ebay. I don’t remember any marble vinyl like this as early as 1982, but apparently it did exist. Even by today’s standards when there’s so much great colored vinyl out there, this one looks really nice.
Here’s another piece of cool vinyl from my collection. This one is from Montreal punk rockers, Fifth Hour Hero. It’s hard to tell in the first picture, but you can see that it’s clear with bits of color when I hold it in the sun. The record was released by No Idea Records who always puts their best foot forward… Read more »
For those of you stuck buying it on the inferior compact disc format, here’s how cool the new Bad Brains album is on vinyl:Maybe I should give it another point just for a great package (and because the colors are like my dreams: red, gold and green).
…but what about Enhanced LPs? Check this out.