PART 2 is the next upload (50 more) Let me know what records you want to see featured in future parts! I'm specifically looking for records with interesting backstories, not so much super gimmicky releases.
The Flaming Lips released an album in 2012 called "The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends" and the vinyl was filled with the band members blood. Mentioning Jack White reminded me of his newest release, "No Name", where it was randomly released on July 19, 2024 in Third Man Records stores in Nashville, Detroit and London. Love to see some background on why it was randomly released.
A limited edition release of "The Chopping Channel" by Negativland came with a small baggie of the REAL ASHES of dead member Don Joyce. Negativland also had an EP called "U2," named after the Lockheed fighter jet; which they were then sued over by the band U2, afterwards releasing an album named "The Letter U and the Number 2" about the lawsuit. The original cover of the album "Meet the Residents" by The Residents was just the cover of "Meet the Beatles" but with doodles drawn all over it, they got in trouble with Capitol Records and had to change it soon after. A promo EP was produced shortly before the album came out but only sold 40 copies as nobody thought the album was real, because it was set to release on April 1st. Also I'm surprised you mentioned Aphex's RDJ Album coming with hair but not the extra-wide sleeve for Drukqs, or the recent acid-etched copper box-set for Selected Ambient Works vol. II.
The inner sleeve of most of DEVO's vinyl releases starting with Freedom of Choice was actually an Order Form for Club Devo, where you could buy things like the energy dome hats, the yellow devo radiation suits, or an Easy Listening Cassette of their hit songs The sleeves of the Oingo Boingo Demo EP from 1980 were all spray painted by hand by members Charlie Unkeless and Sean P Riley in a garage in Venice Beach. Also, The Low Spark of the High Heeled Boys by Traffic, the versions with the snipped corners!
Super interesting video! Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull is my favorite record sleeve idea, being a 12-page newspaper the band spent more time designing than the music itself. The newspaper has a crossword and a dot by dot which a lot of people filled out on the original release. This makes an original one without markings super rare.
Ur Video Editing style is so satisfying. The Music, the fast pace switches from album to album, the floating head, everything. Really a breath of fresh air
The clash - London calling. The greatest double album ever. The group found a loophole, and had both LPs stuffed into a single sleeve. So people wouldn't have to pay the full price for a double record/gate fold.
Definitely recommend looking into Soviet bone records. Underground records produced in the Soviet Union were printed onto used XRay sheets, leading to unique and often interesting images on each vinyl.
The coolest Vinyl I got was probably King Gheedorah’s Take Me To Your Leader. It comes with multiple cutouts that are able to mimic the actual cover, as well as extra cutouts like a mic and some other stuff.
Love the video! Here are some of my favorite vinyl oddities. Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull. This album cover is in the style of a newspaper, when opened up the gatefold reveals multiple pages of stories, puzzles, and illustrations. The contents of the 12 pages were all fabricated by the band and add background to the concept of the one 43 minute continuous title track. RRR 500 This record is composed of 500 locked grooves featuring material by 500 different artists, including the band Sonic Youth. A Giant For A Day - Gentle Giant While not there most appreciated by there fans, Giant For A Day is unique since the sleeve instructs the listener to cut out the picture on the cover, and use it as a mask. Black Moses - Isaac Hayes When folded out, the albums reveals a poster-sized picture of Isaac Hayes. Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery The records pictures a grim portrait in a skull-shaped machine, most of the mechanism covers the portrait. The record opens from the middle, and when opened reveals the uncovered body. Below the chin, there is rumored to be an airbrushed out phallus. The cover was drawn by H.R Giger. Any album by the Slovenian-Italian band Devil Doll. Most albums made by the band were made in extremely production. Some albums only had numbers in the single digits produced. One of the albums, The Girl Who Was Death, had 500 copies. 150 of those had a note from the band leader Mr. Doctor, written in his own blood.
The cover of thick as a brick was actually inspired by the four seasons the genuine imitation life gazette in 1969 with a newspaper cover and 8 pages inside the gatefold.
2:17 ... American punk band "Feederz" (sometimes listed as "The Feederz") released an album titled "Ever feel like killing your boss?" in 1984, that was also covered front and back with black 180 grit sandpaper and included a message "to damage your other records" 😎
18:56 you forgot the best part of this pressing! the b-side of the vinyl has the final three tracks of "the downward spiral" (reptile, tds, hurt) playing in reverse.
Great video; one of my favorite vinyl fun facts is that the original pressing of Brockhampton’s “Ginger” contained a booklet with the names of everyone that ordered the vinyl
New vinyl reissues of Mother Earth's Plantasia contain a sheet of paper with seeds pressed into it, making it possible to use it to actually grow flowers.
Pronouncing "Illinoise" without the S when it's clearly meant to be pronounced as part of the album title is like the complete opposite of most people pronouncing the S when you're not supposed to in reference to the state of Illinois.
My mum knows the Hendrix cover. She was going to town and I asked her to pick it up from caroline music.handed her the money and note for Robin and Kyle not knowing that was the cover artwork. They had great fun bringing that cover to her very loudly and waving it about so everyone in the shop could see. She was furious with me but did get it, that and a loud shouting at. Bastards!
As a Scott the Woz fan, i just stumbled across your channel yesterday and couldn't figure out why you looked so familiar... Until it struck me this morning xD But independent from this, awesome stuff! Definitely sticking around to see what's coming next.
Don't know if your taking suggestions for this but: Faust - Faust (A clear vinyl, with a transparent lyrics sheet on top) The Brian Jonestown Massacre - The Future Is Your Past (Features a colouring book esque cover, and comes with a packet of pencils to colour in the cover) Christian Marclay - Record Without a Cover (take a guess what the gimmick of this one is. Any damage done to the record via like shipping or stuff was apart of the artwork) Graf Orlock - Doombox (Folds out into a boombox) Perfect Pussy - Say Yes To Love (Blood infused again) Ensemble Kluster - Klopfzeichen (Limited to only 300 copies, this came in a neat plastic embossed cover) The Mothers of Invention - We're Only in It for the Money (May be a stretch to include here, but the cover photo drama is a real neat bit of history)
Love this video. You have to include one of Private Function’s vinyl records in part 2. They’ve done vinyl with drugs pressed into them, scratch card record sleeves and even records filled with band’s urine.
There used to be a New York punk band called Perfect P***y - with their debut album they had a limited coloured press which was made using the lead singer's period blood. Don't know what happened to them, the album wasn't all that memorable
Coolest vinyl I've seen is a rare version limited Edition of Choose your Weapon by Hiatus Kaiyote, it has bioluminescent sea water from the Sea of Stars in the Maldives sealed within the vinyl. When you shake it, it glows very bright. Similarly, the vinyl record for the Saltburn movie is filled with "semen" filled bath water, yes...really.
Proud owner here of both a zipper-sleeve Sticky Fingers pressing and a Lazaretto Ultra LP. Also might have to double-check my dad’s copies of Synchronicity and School’s Out 😅
15:00 Heyyy Mr Blue Sky 20:10 first watched this movie like two weeks ago 23:22 Supermega music 26:11 oh hey I listened to this this year 30:42 34:05 oh my god I love there “Remind Me” song. It’s so beautiful and have been listening to it since maybe 2021 35:45 I wish someone would make a Jimi Hendrix iceberg
I'm glad we live in an age where cool gimmicks for vinyl releases can make collector's edition comebacks after 20-40 years as a cool callback to the first pressings
7:11 - It is surprising why the Butcher cover never returned. I suppose it was all John's idea and Paul never liked it very much, the meat aspect probably makes Paul & Ringo queasy today...
One of my favorite weird albums is "The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief", since it's a vinyl record with 3 sides. The back side has 2 sets of grooves so depending on where the needle comes down it will play something different.
If you're looking for records w/ interesting histories, I'd check out some of the pressings done by Haitian-American rapper Mach-Hommy. He's probably best known in the record-collecting community for the 2017 release of "The G.A.T... (The Gospel According to...)", which was allegedly limited to 28 copies for ~ 3,000 dollars a piece (I've heard several price estimates). This record was a 2xlathe cut with three spindle holes per disc, requiring you to recenter the record to play a new song. Info and pics are scant, but what I've seen is super impressive.
Pink Floyd’s wish you were here album originally came shrink wrapped in black plastic with a small sticker on the front. It was the bands way of taking a dig at people who just made a slit in the side of the plastic and never took it off their albums as they’d never see the proper artwork, also fitting into the albums themes of the music industry being a machine and isolation also fitting with the postcard included. In some territories the album art was the original shrink wrap with a black sleeve and what was the sticker printed in the middle. This was removed soon after but made a return in modern vinyl releases with the black shrink wrap being replaced with a resealable black bag with the same sticker on the front.
If you're not already aware you might want to look into the Monty Python records, they did some really fun things with the first pressings, most notably - Another Monty Python Record (1971) Monty Python's Previous Record (1972) The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief (1973) The Monty Python Instant Record Collection (1977)
Also the Soft machine's first album has a cool gimmick where it's like a circle you spin with the real album cover behind it, but with a few holes in the circle so its like the pictures keep changing/moving. I wish interactive album covers became popular again, it's why vinyl will always be more interesting than streaming.
Chris Houston's 'Hate Filled Man' was one I searched for for years. The record jacket reused old record sleeves (turning them inside out and finishing with a spray stencil) and then having a 12x12 patch of astroturf applied to the back. When I finally got a copy, it was missing the turf, but turned out to be a prerelease promo, so had a press-kit included. And the music? Deeply weird country-punk.
I'd love to hear u cover Propellor by Guided by Voices! I think the story behind the original covers for that album is super interesting. Also, u should cover The Locust's puzzle pieces EP. love ur vids btw!!
I got pil metal can for my birthday from a friend. As you said, it sure is a pain you store records in it. Also the hawkwind first pressings usually all had something cool with it. Especially space ritual which outer sleeve opened up as well but showed psychedelic imagery. It’s weird you chose another album instead of space ritual.
Absolutely love the King Gizzard album(s, x100) had no clue that they just released the album without any physical album release and told everybody to make their own. That's sick.
All the Jean Dawson pressings are amazing (even though my pixel bath vinyl took 3 years to ship) it’s a cool vinyl with the holographic stickers and his previous album is all holographic
My parents have an original copy of Some Girls by The Rolling Stones, I always liked flipping the cover to change the faces on the hairstyles. They got sued and had to change the faces.
They didn't get a mention in this video, but Caroliner has to be the funniest and most crazy vinyl gimmick, their album ''Rear End Hernia Puppet Show'' if you order or buy it comes with random items packaged inside. Someone on an online review said they bought the album and it came with a wrench which scratched the whole record and they couldn't play it LMAO. Someone else said they got used tampons with dried period blood, it's insane.
The weirdest "vinyl" release I have must be the Barbator/Incriminated split, which has two CD's that have vinyl grooves carved on them, it's so stupid that I haven't listened to it more than once maybe.
I had my original American copy signed by John Cale in Seattle at his concert at the Showbox. My original Canadian copy didn't have the banana and the back cover was the front cover
Similar to Fall Out Boy's "crynyl" release, another odd liquid-filled limited release is the Flaming Lips's "The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends", which is filled with "a diluted mix of blood contributed by several of the collaborators".
It should be noted that the limited edition of the Talking Heads “Speaking in Tongues” cover was designed by Robert Rauschenberg, a seminal figure in 20th century art.
I have 2 of the ELO punch outs not used. I also have a record that a band made with used covers of other bands painting over the OG artwork. My copy was Emerson Lake & Palmer cover.
Original pressings of Ween's "12 Golden Country Greats" had a 2-minute speech by Mohammed Ali attached to the end of Powder Blue but most were recalled because they didn't secure the rights to put Ali on the record EDIT: I just noticed another video of the same variety after commenting, so my bad if that gets mentioned in that video
One record that comes to mind is Arctic Monkeys' Suck It and See, the phrase in England is kind of a cheeky way of saying "try something before you judge it" but that's not really a thing in the US so it was perceived with sexual connotations. Vinyl releases for the album use an arctic monkeys sticker to just cover the title entirely (since its just the title in small words on a white background) Idk if they did a reissue ever but there's an updated album cover on streaming services which makes the title even bigger.
Surprised you didn't mention the world's first record made of actual ice! Blue Ice by Shout Out Loud essentially comes as a mold that you fill with water and freeze! Other worthy mentions are Voyager One by the Verve which is an official release manufactured and marketed as a bootleg with most copies being destroyed during transit and only 300 left over. The singles from the debut album by Garbage all came in their own sleeves made of either metal, rubber, clear perspex, cloth, holographic board or textured white card with a lenticular image. And finally Mechanical Animals by Marilyn Manson came on transparent blue vinyl which when placed over the insert revealed hidden messages!
I thought the Skynyrd Street Survivor cover was more rare than it actually is. I got a copy of it, and I was looking around on Discogs. It seems at the time, both the original art, and the swapped back cover version were being produced. If I recall, they made a different insert for the post crash Flame covers. The original insert had their tour dates and merch, and I think later versions had a memorial for the deceased band members, from their respective families, or something along those lines. My copy has the tour dates.
Have the zipper Sticky Fingers and the original Some Girls, picture disk of Hemispheres by Rush, EP of Ace of Spades, Mama by Genesis, Twistin' By The Pool by Dire Straits, autographed copy of Permanent Waves by Rush, and In Through The Out Door by Led Zepplin with the watercolour cover, and an LP of The Message by Grandmaster Flash, and of course Garage Days Re-re-visited on record and on tape. Have the debut album for Richard Betts, and also have the Green Bullfrog record, an EP by David Gilmour called Let's Get Metaphysical, and the Rod Stewart record shaped like a whiskey glass. I have the Beatles record too, but it has the safe cover, no sticker although it actually looks/feel like one, but I have the not safe Blind Faith cover too, and quite a few other rarities
You already mentioned one album by King Gizzard so it's a given you know, but for those who don't Gumboot Soup features a locked groove on the second side that will endlessly play the last bit of The Wheel until stopped. Also Laminated Denim had three variants in which the sleeve was completely made of denim. Also worth mentioning that most of their albums releases come in either a designed paper or cardboard protective sleeve in place of plastic wrap to cut down on waste.
i know this is about vinyl releases but it is a real shame you did not mention plastikman's first cd release that also included a sheet of perforated blotter paper when discussing that record that did the same as it was done nearly 25 years earlier
Saw the original virgin killer cover in a record store and the mamas and the papas. Who knew a toilet had the same level of controversy as a naked child.
PART 2 is the next upload (50 more)
Let me know what records you want to see featured in future parts! I'm specifically looking for records with interesting backstories, not so much super gimmicky releases.
The Flaming Lips released an album in 2012 called "The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends" and the vinyl was filled with the band members blood.
Mentioning Jack White reminded me of his newest release, "No Name", where it was randomly released on July 19, 2024 in Third Man Records stores in Nashville, Detroit and London. Love to see some background on why it was randomly released.
A limited edition release of "The Chopping Channel" by Negativland came with a small baggie of the REAL ASHES of dead member Don Joyce.
Negativland also had an EP called "U2," named after the Lockheed fighter jet; which they were then sued over by the band U2, afterwards releasing an album named "The Letter U and the Number 2" about the lawsuit.
The original cover of the album "Meet the Residents" by The Residents was just the cover of "Meet the Beatles" but with doodles drawn all over it, they got in trouble with Capitol Records and had to change it soon after. A promo EP was produced shortly before the album came out but only sold 40 copies as nobody thought the album was real, because it was set to release on April 1st.
Also I'm surprised you mentioned Aphex's RDJ Album coming with hair but not the extra-wide sleeve for Drukqs, or the recent acid-etched copper box-set for Selected Ambient Works vol. II.
"Artaud" by argentinian band Pescado Rabioso
The inner sleeve of most of DEVO's vinyl releases starting with Freedom of Choice was actually an Order Form for Club Devo, where you could buy things like the energy dome hats, the yellow devo radiation suits, or an Easy Listening Cassette of their hit songs
The sleeves of the Oingo Boingo Demo EP from 1980 were all spray painted by hand by members Charlie Unkeless and Sean P Riley in a garage in Venice Beach.
Also, The Low Spark of the High Heeled Boys by Traffic, the versions with the snipped corners!
Super interesting video!
Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull is my favorite record sleeve idea, being a 12-page newspaper the band spent more time designing than the music itself. The newspaper has a crossword and a dot by dot which a lot of people filled out on the original release. This makes an original one without markings super rare.
Ur Video Editing style is so satisfying. The Music, the fast pace switches from album to album, the floating head, everything. Really a breath of fresh air
Played out style. Every second video essay creator uses this style. Cookie cutter. And no he wasn’t the first
Your*
It’s really ugly and annoying.
I think it's cute
The clash - London calling. The greatest double album ever. The group found a loophole, and had both LPs stuffed into a single sleeve. So people wouldn't have to pay the full price for a double record/gate fold.
That's awesome
Definitely recommend looking into Soviet bone records.
Underground records produced in the Soviet Union were printed onto used XRay sheets, leading to unique and often interesting images on each vinyl.
The coolest Vinyl I got was probably King Gheedorah’s Take Me To Your Leader. It comes with multiple cutouts that are able to mimic the actual cover, as well as extra cutouts like a mic and some other stuff.
hope he mentions this in part two! such a legendary album
TAKE ME TO YOUR LEADER!
Love the video!
Here are some of my favorite vinyl oddities.
Thick As A Brick - Jethro Tull.
This album cover is in the style of a newspaper, when opened up the gatefold reveals multiple pages of stories, puzzles, and illustrations. The contents of the 12 pages were all fabricated by the band and add background to the concept of the one 43 minute continuous title track.
RRR 500
This record is composed of 500 locked grooves featuring material by 500 different artists, including the band Sonic Youth.
A Giant For A Day - Gentle Giant
While not there most appreciated by there fans, Giant For A Day is unique since the sleeve instructs the listener to cut out the picture on the cover, and use it as a mask.
Black Moses - Isaac Hayes
When folded out, the albums reveals a poster-sized picture of Isaac Hayes.
Emerson, Lake, and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
The records pictures a grim portrait in a skull-shaped machine, most of the mechanism covers the portrait. The record opens from the middle, and when opened reveals the uncovered body. Below the chin, there is rumored to be an airbrushed out phallus. The cover was drawn by H.R Giger.
Any album by the Slovenian-Italian band Devil Doll.
Most albums made by the band were made in extremely production. Some albums only had numbers in the single digits produced. One of the albums, The Girl Who Was Death, had 500 copies. 150 of those had a note from the band leader Mr. Doctor, written in his own blood.
The cover of thick as a brick was actually inspired by the four seasons the genuine imitation life gazette in 1969 with a newspaper cover and 8 pages inside the gatefold.
Another Jethro Tull album with a great gatefold cover is Stand Up.
Why Islands? I like it too
Amazing video! Great editing, transitions, kept everything concise. Loved every minute
In his floating head era
Best era
Dude.. these are by far my favorite vinyl record related videos on TH-cam, keep that stuff up, please!
Great watch, legendary dnb track picks throughout this video! Keep it up :) will watch part 2 when I'm done with this one for sure!!
As a complete Vinyl nerd, this is my favorite video you’ve ever made!
love this video topic and every single video on your channel is an undisputed BANGER. can't wait for part two :)
the early cd copies of Jar of Flies had plastic flies in the spine of the cd case
2:17 ... American punk band "Feederz" (sometimes listed as "The Feederz") released an album titled "Ever feel like killing your boss?" in 1984, that was also covered front and back with black 180 grit sandpaper and included a message "to damage your other records" 😎
18:56 you forgot the best part of this pressing! the b-side of the vinyl has the final three tracks of "the downward spiral" (reptile, tds, hurt) playing in reverse.
Great video man!
You always make amazing content bro. GOD DAMN!
Great video; one of my favorite vinyl fun facts is that the original pressing of Brockhampton’s “Ginger” contained a booklet with the names of everyone that ordered the vinyl
Ooo Brockhampton fact
Fantastic Video. Thank you 🧡✨️
Dude when a reccollect video comes out I drop everything to turn that shit on
New vinyl reissues of Mother Earth's Plantasia contain a sheet of paper with seeds pressed into it, making it possible to use it to actually grow flowers.
My only vinyl record I own is the theme to one of my favorite shows, Laverne & Shirley.
For my only record, I love it.
Pronouncing "Illinoise" without the S when it's clearly meant to be pronounced as part of the album title is like the complete opposite of most people pronouncing the S when you're not supposed to in reference to the state of Illinois.
This goes so hard, keep it up!
Another banger vid from reccollect!!
he never misses
My mum knows the Hendrix cover. She was going to town and I asked her to pick it up from caroline music.handed her the money and note for Robin and Kyle not knowing that was the cover artwork. They had great fun bringing that cover to her very loudly and waving it about so everyone in the shop could see.
She was furious with me but did get it, that and a loud shouting at.
Bastards!
Another great video!
great watch, subscribed and looking forward to pt.2
Awesome video man, another cool area of exploration for the channel.
As a Scott the Woz fan, i just stumbled across your channel yesterday and couldn't figure out why you looked so familiar... Until it struck me this morning xD
But independent from this, awesome stuff! Definitely sticking around to see what's coming next.
bro you just blew my mind
most underrated youtuber + amazing video probably a new favorite of mine
one of my favorites is the parappa the rapper vinyl that includes a bus that acts as the needle and goes around the record
Loved this video!!!! Watched the entire 39 minutes and this comes from someone with a short attention span :)
This video was done so so well. As a vinyl collector working at a record shop my eyes were glued to the screen all the way through!
Wonderful video!
Shocked there's no inclusion of the Flaming Lips blood vinyl or the Thick as a Brick newspaper though. Maybe in part 2.
Don't know if your taking suggestions for this but:
Faust - Faust (A clear vinyl, with a transparent lyrics sheet on top)
The Brian Jonestown Massacre - The Future Is Your Past (Features a colouring book esque cover, and comes with a packet of pencils to colour in the cover)
Christian Marclay - Record Without a Cover (take a guess what the gimmick of this one is. Any damage done to the record via like shipping or stuff was apart of the artwork)
Graf Orlock - Doombox (Folds out into a boombox)
Perfect Pussy - Say Yes To Love (Blood infused again)
Ensemble Kluster - Klopfzeichen (Limited to only 300 copies, this came in a neat plastic embossed cover)
The Mothers of Invention - We're Only in It for the Money (May be a stretch to include here, but the cover photo drama is a real neat bit of history)
Love this video. You have to include one of Private Function’s vinyl records in part 2. They’ve done vinyl with drugs pressed into them, scratch card record sleeves and even records filled with band’s urine.
There used to be a New York punk band called Perfect P***y - with their debut album they had a limited coloured press which was made using the lead singer's period blood.
Don't know what happened to them, the album wasn't all that memorable
I remember having the Murphy's Law album that had a really cool bright green color, but that's easily beat by the period blood coloring 😅
Coolest vinyl I've seen is a rare version limited Edition of Choose your Weapon by Hiatus Kaiyote, it has bioluminescent sea water from the Sea of Stars in the Maldives sealed within the vinyl. When you shake it, it glows very bright.
Similarly, the vinyl record for the Saltburn movie is filled with "semen" filled bath water, yes...really.
i love you reccollect
Proud owner here of both a zipper-sleeve Sticky Fingers pressing and a Lazaretto Ultra LP. Also might have to double-check my dad’s copies of Synchronicity and School’s Out 😅
23:31 Dutch psych band Group 1850 also did this but in 1968 on their debut album Agemo’s Trip to Mother Earth.
awesome video please release more!
15:00 Heyyy Mr Blue Sky
20:10 first watched this movie like two weeks ago
23:22 Supermega music
26:11 oh hey I listened to this this year
30:42
34:05 oh my god I love there “Remind Me” song. It’s so beautiful and have been listening to it since maybe 2021
35:45 I wish someone would make a Jimi Hendrix iceberg
One of the most underrated channels. Great stuff!
I'm glad we live in an age where cool gimmicks for vinyl releases can make collector's edition comebacks after 20-40 years as a cool callback to the first pressings
7:11 - It is surprising why the Butcher cover never returned. I suppose it was all John's idea and Paul never liked it very much, the meat aspect probably makes Paul & Ringo queasy today...
this is absolutely my jam thank u
One of my favorite weird albums is "The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief", since it's a vinyl record with 3 sides. The back side has 2 sets of grooves so depending on where the needle comes down it will play something different.
If you're looking for records w/ interesting histories, I'd check out some of the pressings done by Haitian-American rapper Mach-Hommy. He's probably best known in the record-collecting community for the 2017 release of "The G.A.T... (The Gospel According to...)", which was allegedly limited to 28 copies for ~ 3,000 dollars a piece (I've heard several price estimates). This record was a 2xlathe cut with three spindle holes per disc, requiring you to recenter the record to play a new song. Info and pics are scant, but what I've seen is super impressive.
Wow artificial scarcity, super impressive
Pink Floyd’s wish you were here album originally came shrink wrapped in black plastic with a small sticker on the front. It was the bands way of taking a dig at people who just made a slit in the side of the plastic and never took it off their albums as they’d never see the proper artwork, also fitting into the albums themes of the music industry being a machine and isolation also fitting with the postcard included. In some territories the album art was the original shrink wrap with a black sleeve and what was the sticker printed in the middle. This was removed soon after but made a return in modern vinyl releases with the black shrink wrap being replaced with a resealable black bag with the same sticker on the front.
If you're not already aware you might want to look into the Monty Python records, they did some really fun things with the first pressings, most notably -
Another Monty Python Record (1971)
Monty Python's Previous Record (1972)
The Monty Python Matching Tie and Handkerchief (1973)
The Monty Python Instant Record Collection (1977)
I have the first one, it's a classical record all scrawled over with a black crayon, it has the Spanish Inquisition and the Sheep sketch on it iirc
I am sure there is more but was surprised not to see the Blind Melon Album cover. Great vid ✌🏻💚🙏🏻
Also the Soft machine's first album has a cool gimmick where it's like a circle you spin with the real album cover behind it, but with a few holes in the circle so its like the pictures keep changing/moving. I wish interactive album covers became popular again, it's why vinyl will always be more interesting than streaming.
Someone should press the audio from this video onto a Vinyl
1:55, why not just double wrap it? Like put an extra packaging to protect the disc, could be transparent as well.
Taking talking head videos to the next level
Chris Houston's 'Hate Filled Man' was one I searched for for years. The record jacket reused old record sleeves (turning them inside out and finishing with a spray stencil) and then having a 12x12 patch of astroturf applied to the back. When I finally got a copy, it was missing the turf, but turned out to be a prerelease promo, so had a press-kit included. And the music? Deeply weird country-punk.
Please continue this series man, this is such a cool concept
I'd love to hear u cover Propellor by Guided by Voices! I think the story behind the original covers for that album is super interesting. Also, u should cover The Locust's puzzle pieces EP. love ur vids btw!!
I got pil metal can for my birthday from a friend. As you said, it sure is a pain you store records in it. Also the hawkwind first pressings usually all had something cool with it. Especially space ritual which outer sleeve opened up as well but showed psychedelic imagery. It’s weird you chose another album instead of space ritual.
Absolutely love the King Gizzard album(s, x100) had no clue that they just released the album without any physical album release and told everybody to make their own. That's sick.
would be funni if you had floating hands to do the air quotes i think
LOVE THIS I SHARED IT TO EVERYONE I KNOW (WOULD BE INTERESTED) sorry for caps, im excited for this video
I like the idea that Jeff is wearing a green morph suit for all of this.
All the Jean Dawson pressings are amazing (even though my pixel bath vinyl took 3 years to ship) it’s a cool vinyl with the holographic stickers and his previous album is all holographic
My parents have an original copy of Some Girls by The Rolling Stones, I always liked flipping the cover to change the faces on the hairstyles. They got sued and had to change the faces.
They didn't get a mention in this video, but Caroliner has to be the funniest and most crazy vinyl gimmick, their album ''Rear End Hernia Puppet Show'' if you order or buy it comes with random items packaged inside. Someone on an online review said they bought the album and it came with a wrench which scratched the whole record and they couldn't play it LMAO. Someone else said they got used tampons with dried period blood, it's insane.
The weirdest "vinyl" release I have must be the Barbator/Incriminated split, which has two CD's that have vinyl grooves carved on them, it's so stupid that I haven't listened to it more than once maybe.
The Butcher cover was re releaseed in the US CD box sets with the trunk cover slick included
I had my original American copy signed by John Cale in Seattle at his concert at the Showbox. My original Canadian copy didn't have the banana and the back cover was the front cover
oh yeah big fan of this
Alice Coopers Billion Dollar Babies album is nice too. Large Dollar Bill with Alice and trading cards of the band.
Similar to Fall Out Boy's "crynyl" release, another odd liquid-filled limited release is the Flaming Lips's "The Flaming Lips and Heady Fwends", which is filled with "a diluted mix of blood contributed by several of the collaborators".
It should be noted that the limited edition of the Talking Heads “Speaking in Tongues” cover was designed by Robert Rauschenberg, a seminal figure in 20th century art.
ive noticed recent pressings of plantasia come with a biodegradable download card with seeds in it that you can plant
love this idea, maybe start adding how much these presses usually sell for on Discogs? just an idea!
I have 2 of the ELO punch outs not used. I also have a record that a band made with used covers of other bands painting over the OG artwork. My copy was Emerson Lake & Palmer cover.
Original pressings of Ween's "12 Golden Country Greats" had a 2-minute speech by Mohammed Ali attached to the end of Powder Blue but most were recalled because they didn't secure the rights to put Ali on the record
EDIT: I just noticed another video of the same variety after commenting, so my bad if that gets mentioned in that video
One record that comes to mind is Arctic Monkeys' Suck It and See, the phrase in England is kind of a cheeky way of saying "try something before you judge it" but that's not really a thing in the US so it was perceived with sexual connotations. Vinyl releases for the album use an arctic monkeys sticker to just cover the title entirely (since its just the title in small words on a white background) Idk if they did a reissue ever but there's an updated album cover on streaming services which makes the title even bigger.
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Apparently I’ll watch this guy talk about anything
Very interesting video!! Thank you
Oh fuck yeah, I can’t wait to watch this
Btw it's pronounced "Dur-root-ee" after the Spanish anarcho-syndicalist Buenaventura Durrutti
22:27 photo shows Cheap Trick. Not Big Black. Big black did cover their song “He’s a Whore”.
Surprised you didn't mention the world's first record made of actual ice! Blue Ice by Shout Out Loud essentially comes as a mold that you fill with water and freeze!
Other worthy mentions are Voyager One by the Verve which is an official release manufactured and marketed as a bootleg with most copies being destroyed during transit and only 300 left over.
The singles from the debut album by Garbage all came in their own sleeves made of either metal, rubber, clear perspex, cloth, holographic board or textured white card with a lenticular image.
And finally Mechanical Animals by Marilyn Manson came on transparent blue vinyl which when placed over the insert revealed hidden messages!
The original lp release o' Rameses-Space Hymns on Vertigo records featured a 6 panel fold out sleeve by Roger Dean.
I thought the Skynyrd Street Survivor cover was more rare than it actually is. I got a copy of it, and I was looking around on Discogs. It seems at the time, both the original art, and the swapped back cover version were being produced. If I recall, they made a different insert for the post crash Flame covers. The original insert had their tour dates and merch, and I think later versions had a memorial for the deceased band members, from their respective families, or something along those lines. My copy has the tour dates.
Have the zipper Sticky Fingers and the original Some Girls, picture disk of Hemispheres by Rush, EP of Ace of Spades, Mama by Genesis, Twistin' By The Pool by Dire Straits, autographed copy of Permanent Waves by Rush, and In Through The Out Door by Led Zepplin with the watercolour cover, and an LP of The Message by Grandmaster Flash, and of course Garage Days Re-re-visited on record and on tape. Have the debut album for Richard Betts, and also have the Green Bullfrog record, an EP by David Gilmour called Let's Get Metaphysical, and the Rod Stewart record shaped like a whiskey glass. I have the Beatles record too, but it has the safe cover, no sticker although it actually looks/feel like one, but I have the not safe Blind Faith cover too, and quite a few other rarities
The locust releases an album consisting of 4 records which could be put together like a puzzle
I love the background music later in the video. It’s from sheep raider…
This video was made specifically for me
Need a part 2 to this
You already mentioned one album by King Gizzard so it's a given you know, but for those who don't Gumboot Soup features a locked groove on the second side that will endlessly play the last bit of The Wheel until stopped. Also Laminated Denim had three variants in which the sleeve was completely made of denim. Also worth mentioning that most of their albums releases come in either a designed paper or cardboard protective sleeve in place of plastic wrap to cut down on waste.
When my Utopia vinyl actually ships, I’ll be a millionaire
i know this is about vinyl releases but it is a real shame you did not mention plastikman's first cd release that also included a sheet of perforated blotter paper when discussing that record that did the same as it was done nearly 25 years earlier
Saw the original virgin killer cover in a record store and the mamas and the papas. Who knew a toilet had the same level of controversy as a naked child.
Missed Long John Silver by Jefferson Airplane. Fold out weed box.
the gov plates, plate is my holygrail. i want it so bad
Cool video!
hell yea