24 november, 2013

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.

5 kommentarer:

  1. Universal states that the clear vinyl was pressed in 4000 copies, where did you confirm the lower number?

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  2. Yeah, I´ve seen the Universal youtube-video and read the pressing quantity too.
    However, I remember that it was stated when the album was originally released, that quantity would be 2000. Those webpages are long updated and disappeared. The only sources I can give now, beside my memory, is the hotstuff.se webpage (search for Ghost and click "Infestissumam clear vinyl". Also the book "The heaviest encyclopedia of Swedish hard rock and heavy metal" by Janne Stark, where he lists all (!) Swedish releases and, where a number is given, he also states pressing quantity. In this case 2000 copies.

    I can be wrong of course, but these are the reasons why I state the number of 2000 copies instead of 4000.

    SvaraRadera
  3. Hi,
    I wanted to ask about paper quality. I own cd edition with two bonus tracks, but I want to buy LP because that artwork just deserve LP treatment. I want to know if there's any difference in paper quality between LP editions? Thank you ver much for an anwer.

    SvaraRadera
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