21 april, 2013

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.


20 april, 2013

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 independent 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.