Infestissumam, colored vinyl editions

After a lengthy absence from this blog I´m back to deliver some new pictures and mindless blabber. This time I thought I´d mention the band´s latest album - Infestissumam. It is supposed to mean something like "the biggest threat" according to an interview with a band member at the time of release, which was April 2013 by the way. 

These are the four different colours that are currently available. Please read more about each colour under their respective picture.

2000 (or 4000?) copies, clear vinyl, Scandinavian edition.

This was the first vinyl edition that was released. Originally promoted as "Swedish edition" but later corrected to "Scandinavian edition". This means that it was originally sold and marketed in Scandinavian based shops only, but the album was actually made (printed/pressed) in the EU, as stated on the label and the credits page in the booklet attached in the gatefold. 

"The booklet attached in the gatefold"? Yes, this edition comes with an 11-page booklet that contains the infamous drawings (see examples below) that caused a minor moral panic among pressing plants in the US, as they refused to include these pictures in the CD-booklet or on the CD itself, which caused the CD to be released some weeks later than planned in the US.

But I digress; back to this vinyl release. Some collectors on discogs, eBay and other places, state that this was made in 4000 copies, and they might be right. After all, Univesal themselves state that to be the amount pressed. BUT...I´m quite sure that the internet ads at the time of release claimed the album to made in 2000 copies only. That number is also stated in Janne Starks book on Swedish hardrock and heavy metal. 

The album also comes with a printed innersleeve with lyrics on one side and the "Scourger" drawing on the other. This drawing is absent from the aforementioned booklet. Released in April 2013.

Scourger

 Ghuleh/Zombie queen

2000 copies, black vinyl, Scandinavian release. 

Everything but the colour of the vinyl is the same as the clear vinyl edition.
Released in May 2013.

2000 copies, transparent yellow vinyl, Scandinavian release.

Everything but the colour of the vinyl is the same as the clear vinyl edition.
Released in late May/early June 2013.

Transparent red vinyl. US/international release.

Gatefold cover with band picture to the left and lyrics to the right. Plain white innersleeve + voucher for downloading the album in .mp3. Chronologically this was released in the spring or early summer (probably May). 

I don´t have any pressing numbers on this one.

Opus eponymous - picture disc and Die-hard edition



Here we have the "Die-Hard"-edition of Opus Eponymous.

Released in 300 copies and sold excusively at Rise Above Records mail-order. It sold out instantly and was never commercially available in stores.

It comes in a black slip-case cover with the logo on the front and it contains the album in black vinyl, a poster and a patch. The last picture is borrowed from the net to show its contents.



 

 

 

This is the picture disc edition of the Opus Eponymous album. Absolutely stunning! Still quite common so I suppose the production numbers were very high, although exact quantities remains unknown.

Opus eponymous - single colour editions.

Here is a more detailed list about the various single coloured editions available.

 

Solid blue vinyl - 400 copies.

Transparent blue vinyl - 500 copies.

Clear vinyl - 300 copies.

Transparent purple vinyl - 300 copies

 

Black vinyl - no production number available.

Transparent red vinyl - 500 copies.

 

Gold vinyl - no production number available.

 

Opus eponymous - multicolour vinyl

Here is a more detailed list about the various multicoloured editions available.

Blue / clear 50:50 split - 500 copies.

 

Transparent purple / clear 50:50 split - 500 copies.

Transparent red / transparent blue 50:50 split - 500 copies.

Red, white, blue tri-colour - 300 copies.

Black spot in clear vinyl - 300 copies.

Transparent blue spot i clear vinyl - no production number available.

Black spot in transparent Purple vinyl - 500 copies.

Opus eponymous - splatter editions

Here is a more detailed list of the various splatter editions available.

Solid blue vinyl with white splatter - no production number available.

Clear vinyl with black splatter - 400 copies.

Clear vinyl with blue splatter - 500 copies

Clear vinyl with purple splatter - 500 copies

Clear green vinyl with black splatter - 300 copies

White vinyl with black and blue splatter - 500 copies

Green vinyl with red speckles/splatter - no production number available

Opus eponymous - all colours!

This is an overview of all the different colours currently avalable of "Opus eponymous".

More detailed information to come in the individual photos.

Elizabeth single x 4 - black, red/black, red, clear vinyl



The first single from Ghost, on small Italian label Iron Pegasus, was released just prior to their debut album.

The single was released in four different colours with a total printing run of a 1000 copies.

No exact production numbers has been given by the label, but according to one of the persons involved at its time of release, it was "mostly black". 

If we assume that "mostly black" means that 600 copies were pressed on black vinyl, then maybe 300 copies of the red with black marbles as this is not impossible to track down. That leaves us with the pure red and the clear vinyl at 50 copies a piece. This makes sense, because you almost never see those two colours, and many collectors don´t even know they exist.

 

These numbers are of course just speculation on my part and should not be taken as fact.