Thom

[Thom]

hot pink = bright pink. top left in my photo.

from what i know the purple/maroon is the earliest or original. I guess that when it was released all copies were that colour and the orange/peach came afterwards but I don’t know for sure. They seemed to make those orange ones for a very, very long time. They seemed by far the most common. the pink came after that i think, just before the black ones.

you could try asking shawn, collectspumpkins about the early pressings. he probably has a better idea than me.

[Thom]

I’m almost certain that the one I called maroon/purple is the first pressing. After that came all the orange ones that CAIC grouped together. The hot pink one I have pictured first only appeared a few years ago. Maybe 3 or 4 years ago, anyone remember?

[Thom]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Shades_of_pink
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Shades_of_violet

looking at these I’d say my copies are 1) cerise pink, 2) coral pink, 3) a redish version of byzantium violet. The last one’s the hardest to put a name to, partly because it has so many spots that are all sorts of different colors.

You know what the best way to sort out the confusion is? either make a thread or really nicely ask arthur to make a page showing all the different colours you can find and have a number for each one. then when you want to know what colour someone’s copy is get them to look it up against that list and say \"colour number 3\" or whatever. Just make sure all the pictures are against a white background in sunlight or something to make sure they all relate to each other.

[Thom]

i got it from eil.com about 6 years ago. if you hold it up to the light then the blue sections are translucent where the rest is opaque. It is indeed a pretty thing.

[Thom]

[Thom]

do you still need the info for, and scans of the limited potential sparkle 7\" or have they been submitted but not put on the site yet? BC is credited as producer on the back sleeve btw.

[Thom]

these things seem to be a lot more expensive than when i picked up my copies a few years back.

[Thom]

i quite liked the jcc album, the show i saw was great, i’ll be picking up the new album too i guess.

[Thom]

the guy who posted in the t shirt link under the name of pmack is a man to listen to about all things pumpkins. if he says it’s real then it is.

[Thom]

nice cassette, i’ve never seen it before

[Thom]

i agree on the PI gold vinyl not being amazing but having clear vinyl doesn’t necessarily mean bad sound quality. The black colour is from a dye i believe, clear vinyl is the same but not dyed. also, having clear vinyl generally means it isn’t recycled bits of old vinyl redyed as sometimes happens with black records, but fresh stock.

[Thom]

gmail rocks though

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what CAIC said is all accurate. i’ve never seen an un-numbered copy.

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what does OBI stand for?[/quote:3m3jbqlq]
"obi strip, an informational piece of cardboard folded around the left side of a Japanese LP record, music CD, video game or book"[/quote:3m3jbqlq]

it’s japanese for sash

[Thom]

no matix number?

[Thom]

dragon, 2 girls, tree

^^^

this is the stock virgin design. If you see any virgin lps, from the 70s especially, this is the design of the labels.

[Thom]

I love Kinski and Herzog. It made me happy to see their names here

[Thom]

it’s roughly 4000 times better than tfe.

[Thom]

I’m back home now so, as promised, here’s my vinyl list. I think it’s up to date but there may be one or two other things.

7”s

I AM ONE limited potential
I AM ONE promo flexi
TRISTESSA us red vinyl test press one of five
TRISTESSA us pink vinyl with singles club form
TRISTESSA us black vinyl with singles club form
TRISTESSA us grey vinyl with singles club form
RHINOCEROUS / SIVA jukebox promo
DISARM purple vinyl white label test press
DISARM purple vinyl
CHERUB ROCK clear vinyl numbered sleeve
TODAY Philippines only jukebox promo
TODAY red vinyl white label test press
TODAY red vinyl
ROCKET black vinyl white label test press
ROCKET peach vinyl in box 1500 only
SIAMESE SINGLES four singles on black vinyl in box
1979 / BULLET WITH BUTTERFLY WINGS us single
1979 / BULLET WITH BUTTERFLY WINGS us white label jukebox promo
TEITBITE Italian whitelabel jukebox promo in stickered paper sleeve b/w Paulo turci
AVA ADORE jukebox promo
AVA ADORE numbered sleeve
AVA ADORE mispress with ripped label numbered sleeve
PERFECT jukebox promo
MUSIC FROM THE HIT TV SHOW STAR CHILDREN white vinyl 1000 only
MUSIC FROM THE HIT TV SHOW STAR CHILDREN black vinyl 5000 only
ZWAN – HONESTLY
ZWAN – LYRIC
CATHERINE – SONGS ABOUT GIRLS limited to 2000 produced by Billy Corgan

10”s

I AM ONE white label test press
I AM ONE limited to 6000 copies
VARIOUS – THE YEAR OF THE SPECTACLE pink label test press
VARIOUS – THE YEAR OF THE SPECTACLE numbered

12”s

TRISTESSA
SIVA / WINDOW PAINE
LULL EP
PEEL SESSIONS white label promo with oversized proof sleeve
PEEL SESSIONS
I AM ONE white label promo in generic sleeve
I AM ONE
CHERUB ROCK white label promo in generic sleeve
CHERUB ROCK opens at side
CHERUB ROCK opens at top
DISARM white label promo in generic sleeve
DISARM
TODAY pink label promo in generic sleeve
TODAY
TODAY with mispressed label
1979
1979 MIXES white label test press
1979 MIXES
1979 MIXES us
ZERO three-track promo
TEITBITE FLUKE REMIXES promo
TEITBITE REMIXES us double promo stickered sleeve
TEITBITE REMIXES single
PERFECT uk remixes promo in stickered sleeve
PERFECT us remixes promo
STAND INSIDE YOUR LOVE white label promo in stickered sleeve
JAMES IHA – BE STRONG NOW

Lps

GISH uk caroline original
GISH hut original
GISH hut remastered version
GISH korean
GISH us on caroline records
SIAMESE DREAM double white label test press
SIAMESE DREAM double vinyl
SIAMESE DREAM uk multi coloured vinyl only known copy in existence
SIAMESE DREAM us double peach vinyl
SIAMESE DREAM us double red/purple vinyl
SIAMESE DREAM colombian double lp
PISCES ISCARIOT uk black vinyl
PISCES ISCARIOT us only gold vinyl
PISCES ISCARIOT us only promo with bonus 7” number 15 of 2000
MELLON COLLIE triple lp test press
MELLON COLLIE numbered triple lp mispressed with label over three tracks
MELLON COLLIE unnumbered triple lp
ADORE us 2x lp sealed three sides in mono
MACHINA double lp white label promo
MACHINA double lp in gatefold sleeve
MACHINA us double lp in gatefold sleeve
VARIOUS – LIGHT INTO DARK test pressing, one of three, with sleeve
VARIOUS – LIGHT INTO DARK sealed
VARIOUS – 20 EXPLOSIVE test pressing
VARIOUS – 20 EXPLOSIVE sealed with 7”
VARIOUS – SINGLES soundtrack NL only release
VARIOUS – HUT BEST OF promo only double lp
VARIOUS – ROCK BALLADS IN THE 90’S greek, inc disarm
JAMES IHA – LET IT COME DOWN

[Thom]

didn’t we have pretty much this discussion about a month ago?

[Thom]

What Sven said pretty much. Nobody bought it.

[Thom]

For gish you can do it by catalog number, mcis needs a numbered white box in the lower right corner.

[Thom]

bodies

[Thom]

mmmmmmmmm pretty things…. These have so much more soul than cds (apologies Arthur)

[Thom]

Thanks MS, I’d been waiting patiently hoping you hadn’t forgotten

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