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also definitely not the first time bullets has been on vinyl

*vinyl

also, why coloured?

Love Bullets but not enough to buy it on vinyl so whatever

Because colored vinyl is cool as fuck!

Obviously the fidelity takes a hit but there's some cool colored LPs out there. Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge on blood splattered clear, for example.

"Obviously the fidelity takes a hit"

so you're selling a product at an inflated price due to the higher costs of producing a coloured record and lowered quality? Sure it looks nice, but that's ludicrous.

Sounds like comeback crowdfund attempt, just like Alexisonfire.

I'm with Frip on this, the whole concept of colored vinyl is a scam

Can't wait for my parents to buy me this when it comes out, going to starbucks to get a pumpkin spice latte to celebrate < 3

MCR is like my nostalgia wet dream, so I bought some. Yeah they're overpriced but that doesn't really bother me, I mean imagine how much these will sell for once they stop pressing. Also, just because it's on coloured vinyl, it doesn't necessarily mean worse quality, some of the best vinyl I've got is on coloured vinyl, and some of the worst is on plain black

probably not that much

Frippertronics You'd be surprised, I've seen bands like this release limited vinyl, and once they stop the price goes higher than a stoner on weed wednesday

Colored vinyl isn't a scam... it's well known that black vinyl is the best sounding, but even that doesn't guarantee a good sounding pressing. the price of colored vinyl over black is never more than a few extra bucks, if that, and there's a huge market for it.

For it to be a scam, I'd have to order these and they'd show up in my mailbox pressed on black vinyl. Just because you aren't a fan of something doesn't mean it's a scam.

^^^yes^^^ the best sounding vinyl I own is on coloured vinyl, and it didn't even cost me that much extra. These MCR vinyl's are only pricey because they are limited to a certain number, limited edition often comes hand in hand with a hefty price tag

the colored press of three cheers sounds really awesome. i was really surprised.

still ordered the black version of this one. i think it fits better, and i think this album would sound infuriating even slightly worse lol

Yeah Bullets has horrible production already without being on colored vinyl

But it'd be a nice collector item

yeah, I pay for colored vinyl stuff because it becomes a collecting kind of thing for me, a hobby of sorts. If I want to buy music for the sake of actually listening to it, I'll just buy digital files. I was never one who could notice the quality of digital music vs vinyl...at the end of the day I just dont care as much as other people.

I've never found colored vinyl to cost more than heavyweight black. It's usually the other way around. In my mind, the best way to do vinyl releases is to have wide, general heavyweight black releases and limited colored variants since they're aimed at collectors and those who don't care about fidelity.

Not that badly priced lol i thought it was going to be like 40 bucks or something

Yeah I also don't know why people are talking about price level on this thing, 18 bucks is fairly cheap; I've bought colored records that were usually 25 or more

in cooler news, TDEP did the same thing

Where is everyone getting that coloured vinyl sounds worse than black? I haven't seen anything conclusive about that anywhere (in fact some people claim that clear sounds the best).

The only consensus seems to be that pic disc are inferior as far as sound quality goes. Every colored record I have sounds fine

black gives it an edge in general, but a colored record can sound amazing and black records can sound bad. There's no guarantee. what matters more is who presses it and from what source they cut it, and even that can be a little difficult to determine.

I'll never understand the craze for colored vinyl. I own some that I didn't even know were colored at the time of the purchase. The album art and ofc the music itself is what matters most to me

Colored vinyl can be seen as an extension of the album art of sorts since the band tends to pick colors that complement it

Bought TDEP's first three albums on silver a few days ago. All ltd. to 250 copies so woohoo I'm gonna be rich cause they sold out first day of preorders.

Here's the thing. Records today are more or less collectibles. I'm never gonna argue to anyone that vinyl sounds better than digital because 99% of the time it doesn't. I'll still opt to listen to my records on special occasion because it's a hobby of mine, and an intimate way to collect tangible music. So I have tons of records and I'm proud of that. I still listen to digital 80% of the time but that's ok, my records have a time and place.

However, I own Idylls - Prayer for Terrene and it was recorded in the analog domain and pressed on wax from master tapes. That album is unbelievably huge sounding when I spin it compared to digital. The difference is subtle, so subtle it doesn't even matter. But it serves the production just a little bit more when I hear it coming from the turntable. My converge records have a similar effect.

So if a company is charging $15 for a blue record limited to 500 when there's 1000 black pressed for the same price. I'm going blue, the sound quality will be negligible. The only difference in quality between colored presses is surface noise, and to me it adds to the charm. As long as it's not chewed up. It starts getting scammy if picture discs get involved, or if it's fuckin 2xLP 200 gram for $35 nonsense.

*Also just say "vinyl" instead of "vinyls". Vinyl is already plural, you wouldn't say sheeps. if you want to emphasize plural then use "records".

Baroness' red album has a variant that is a gorgeous cream and I've been salivating over for a few weeks.

Also, I generally only buy a vinyl when the album means a lot to me. My collection is probably less than 20. I don't know how anyone holds MCR to that regard, but to each their own.

I'll still opt to listen to my records on special occasion because it's a hobby of mine, and an intimate way to collect tangible music. So I have tons of records and I'm proud of that. I still listen to digital 80% of the time but that's ok, my records have a time and place.

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also the black parade was the first full album i listened to, i wasn't raised on music by my parents so i had to discover on my own. so mcr is 100% necessary for my collection. might even get the lackluster Danger Days just to round out the collection

"Bought TDEP's first three albums on silver a few days ago. All ltd. to 250 copies so woohoo I'm gonna be rich cause they sold out first day of preorders."

I didn't get calc cuz I don't like the album *gasp* and I didn't wanna spend the money just to have it

I have about 50 vinyl records, I find it enhances the listening experience. Also, vinyl doesn't necessarily sound better than digital, but it often has more depth. Some albums really do sound better on vinyl, some don't. I bought these purely because I'm a big MCR fan (don't judge), I have a disposable income, and vinyl is sort of like a hobby to me. Plus coloured vinyl is a nice thing to have, it often compliments the album itself. The Bullets vinyl really does, it's blood red and black. They sound perfect too, Bullets sounds far better on vinyl than it does on digital. May Death Never Stop You also sounds great, however it is annoying to have to flip the records over every 10 minutes. I really don't see why they couldn't fit all of it onto one record. Guess it's a money thing

also some albums you HAVE to listen to on vinyl, like White Pony, Downtown Battle Mountain, The Pale Emperor, In Utero, Phaedra, even Green Day's uno dos tre trilogy sound far better on vinyl, and I know it's not as critically acclaimed but Hesitant Alien is an album that was MADE for vinyl

ghost reveries and black market music sounded rly good on vinyl until i sold them for $120 each

^^^ that's another point, these will sell for shit load in future. There will be some poor sucker who in a few years will want one of these, and I'll be ready to charge him £200 a piece

Turning music from art into an investment. This is part of the problem with music today and that's coming from an accounting major

it's only an improved listening experience if the album was pressed on vinyl from master ANALOG tapes, and not recorded in the digital domain like pro tools or something.

I picked up the bullets album because it's a special nostalgic album for me. Plus it's at a nice price considering how much the actual cds of the album go for and I'm a sucker for that colored vinyl. Looks perf

"Turning music from art into an investment. This is part of the problem with music today and that's coming from an accounting major"

tell this crap to every band or person that's ever put out an album that costs money or done a live performance that you had to buy a ticket for.

Are you serious right now calc?

I'm sure scream meant how people snatch up certain albums for how much they can sell it off years down the road to turn a buck.

You can't always tell how much demand there will be for a record though

I mean Dream Theater's original pressings of Images And Words used to go for like 100$ just for a Korean pressing, but then after some other press unofficially remastered it and rereleased it the price of the original and new ones both fell to like 25-35$ each.

Where as something like 50's rockabilly singles's or that rare Pearl Jam 3-Vinyl colored live set will likely never be made again and is are classic in it's own right that their prices can end up being unheard of based on demand (that PJ colored live one used to go for more than 600$)

so like what if MCR gets back together (likely with just Gerard) and makes a new record that tops the charts? the demand for the older material skyrockets and you'll likely make a quick buck off these, but if this "limited" run is like 3500 instead of 750 or 1000 then probably not

I've seen the cd version of bullets go for around 50 bucks so it might be likely someone well grab up a few of these vinyl hoping they can sell it off for more. Idk how many they're making though but if it's still available to buy it might be more than enough for it to be a rarity later.

im guessing they didnt make that many cds of their debut though, since it was through a now-defunct indie label

Yeah the Bullets CD is out of print, I was lucky enough to have it already. The vinyl does honestly sound better, you can actually hear the basslines, and the drums sound less like a dude hitting cardboard and more like an actual drumkit.
Parrallels, I know it's not guaranteed that these will sell for a mother load in time, but what is guaranteed is that MCR will never get back together. They might do on stage someday, but the chances of them writing a new record is slim to none. Gerard is doing too well with his solo project to go back. I mean they intended to finish the band after TBP, Danger Days was more or less forced by the record label