RECORD STORE DAY 2022: Peter Gabriel and Steve Hackett

If there is one thing put me off buying an Album it's coloured vinyl . If there there one thing worse than coloured vinyl, it's white vinyl.

Already ordered and reserved at my local store.

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If there is one thing put me off buying an Album it's coloured vinyl . If there there one thing worse than coloured vinyl, it's white vinyl.

Just curious... why do you say that?

BTW, I've never had much colored vinyl myself. Years ago I had a white vinyl copy of the Beatles' "White Album" once (I called it a "picture disc of the cover") and as far as I recall it sounded fine. I had a clear red vinyl LP from another artist that also sounded fine. Currently I have a picture-disc single (made in Japan) from yet another artist; it sounds awful, but it was about the only way to get the recording in question.

Quote from DecomposingMan

Just curious... why do you say that?

BTW, I've never had much colored vinyl myself. Years ago I had a white vinyl copy of the Beatles' "White Album" once (I called it a "picture disc of the cover") and as far as I recall it sounded fine. I had a clear red vinyl LP from another artist that also sounded fine. Currently I have a picture-disc single (made in Japan) from yet another artist; it sounds awful, but it was about the only way to get the recording in question.

Yes, coloured vinyl is technically identical to black vinyl. Picture discs, however, involve using a very thin clear vinyl coating with the grooves cut into it, stuck on top of the picture, so yes, they tend to sound a bit bad. I too have only one, the Korgis' "Don't Look Back"/"Waiting for Godot", which was the only copy I could get. Godot is a brooding instrumental, and I'm glad I have it, but a proper copy would be nice.

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Already ordered and reserved at my local store.

I thought one of the main aspects of RSD was that you couldn't do that.