31 augusti, 2014

If you have ghost

Initially released in Scandinavia in November 2013 as strictly limited 500 copies clear vinyl and 1000 copies black vinyl. The clear vinyl was sold exclusively by Bengans (a retailer with stores in Gothenburg, Stockholm and Linköping) and only available as part of a bundle that also included the "Infestissumam" Redux -CD. Both clear and black vinyl editions sold out instantly.
Both the clear and the black vinyl were distributed without shrinkwrap.

Shortly after, not sure if it was late 2013 or early 2014, an international edition in black vinyl, and slightly altered cover, was issued. It is till available, so no limited edition on that one.
In August of 2014 a second edition of this international version was issued in purple vinyl, but I have not been able to find out how many copies were produced.
Both the black and the purple vinyl were distributed shrinkwrapped.

Scandinavian edition, front cover

Scandinavian edition, back cover

Scandinavian edition, clear vinyl,

 Scandinavian edition, black vinyl

 International edition, front cover

  International edition, back cover

  International edition, black vinyl
  
 International edition, purple vinyl

08 augusti, 2014

Secular haze

The 200 clear vinyl edition of this 10" single was originally intended to be an exclusive release when Ghost played in their hometown of Linköping, Sweden on December 15, 2012. The show where they quite spectacularly said goodbye to Papa Emeritus I and welcomed the new Papa Emeritus II.
For reasons not clear to me, this never happened and as it turned out, all clear vinyl copies were eventually sold by Bengans; a record store with shops in Gothenburg, Stockholm and Linköping. It is my understanding however, that all clear vinyl copies were sold exclusively by mailorder by Bengans, and not in any of their shops. Please correct me if I am wrong.

The vinyl finally arrived in February 2013, about two months behind schedule and also about two months ahead of the "Infestissumam" album.

Front cover

Back cover

 Clear vinyl, limited to 200 copies. Scandinavia only.

 Black vinyl, limited to 1000 copies. Scandinavia only*.

* Some of the black vinyl singles were saved to be included in a special limited bundle for the North American market when the "Infestissumam" album was released. The single was only available in a very limited "super deluxe bundle" which, apart from the single, also included the "Infestissumam" album on red vinyl + download, a T-shirt and a quite ugly litho-poster.