Vinyl lovers please help!

KP198228

Ok. Here is the deal. I have $110 store credit at two stores within 40minutes of each other. IMO most of the time the vinyl at these particular stores is overpriced. I typically by used vinyl on the cheap but with the credit would like to indulge in some newer, new vinyl. Here are my limited options:

Store A has:

Temple of the Dog, (purple vinyl/limited edition?) for $50 – is this a good price? Seems kinda pricey, also a lot of people say colored vinyl is more noisy than black, any comments on this would be helpful.

Vs. recent remaster for $25

Backspacer and Sirens, but I can't remember their prices maybe, $35


Store B has:

Mad Season “Above” recent remaster w/newer tracks for $35

Vs. recent remaster, one for $30 and one for $40 – can’t figure that out? Didn’t physically see them, this was told to me over the phone.

Yield for $30 my question for this one is, is this a bootleg? I ask because they also have “Monkey Business” which I know is a bootleg of there 98 monkey wrench radio recordings and I have no interest in this as I read the vinyl was not worth the money. They haven’t officially released this on vinyl have they? Was yield released on vinyl upon first release of itself.

All vinyl is new/sealed.

So my thoughts are to grab Temple of the Dog, Vs. and Mad Season but want to make sure that those that own these vinyls are happy with them (good masters, sound quality and dynamics) and that the price points seem fair. Temple of The Dog, black vinyl is at another local store for $40, which makes me think $50 for the purple is a good deal, but again… leery about the purples vinyl’s quality. I don't purchase vinyl thinking about worth, just to play but the more I think about it, if the purple TOTD was limited and is sold out.... $50 is probably a decent price, huh? Lastly, I recently purchased my first turntable (a Project Debut DC) and the only PJ related vinyl I own is Vitalogy original 94 pressing, so this is exciting.

Thanks again for your thoughts.

scott nowland

Yield for $30 sounds like a bootleg. If its not thats a great price. A legit copy was released originally in 1998. The 1998 copy has on the spine E68164 . The reissues of vs you could probably get for cheaper on the net somewhere. If the $40 copy of vs is the original thats a gokd price it has z53136 on the spine. Cant help you with the temple of dog or mad season ones but check discogs.com and they should give you a good price guide.

nostackedvinyl

scott nowland said:

Yield for $30 sounds like a bootleg. If its not thats a great price. A legit copy was released originally in 1998. The 1998 copy has on the spine E68164 . The reissues of vs you could probably get for cheaper on the net somewhere. If the $40 copy of vs is the original thats a gokd price it has z53136 on the spine. Cant help you with the temple of dog or mad season ones but check discogs.com and they should give you a good price guide.

I would agree with this. The Mad Season and TOTD prices seem right at market value. Especially for the purple vinyl. A record store near me has a new Mad Season right around that price.

Can't comment on the sound for the purple TOTD but my reissue on black vinyl sounded great. And for what it's worth the Mad Season record is one of the better sounding vinyl I own I think.

WhatYouTaughtMe

nostackedvinyl said:

scott nowland said:

Yield for $30 sounds like a bootleg. If its not thats a great price. A legit copy was released originally in 1998. The 1998 copy has on the spine E68164 . The reissues of vs you could probably get for cheaper on the net somewhere. If the $40 copy of vs is the original thats a gokd price it has z53136 on the spine. Cant help you with the temple of dog or mad season ones but check discogs.com and they should give you a good price guide.

I would agree with this. The Mad Season and TOTD prices seem right at market value. Especially for the purple vinyl. A record store near me has a new Mad Season right around that price.

Can't comment on the sound for the purple TOTD but my reissue on black vinyl sounded great. And for what it's worth the Mad Season record is one of the better sounding vinyl I own I think.

Yes I paid close to that for Mad Season. More than one person had told me it was one of the best sounding lps they've heard. I bought it and add me to that list. Great record and amazing remaster.

smarchee

Mad Season reissue is one of the best sounding LPs, phenomenal sound

lexicondevil

I'd go with Temple. Purple is the rarest and it sounds great. Fifty bucks for the purple is reasonable and is the most legit harder to find in the things you listed.

BB162610

Purple TOTD sounds awesome. I think I paid $75 for it and it was worth it.

Hobbes

I would go to both. Store A for the purple TOTD (I have it and sounds fantastic), then off to store B for Mad Season (like others have mentioned, one of the best sounding LP's I own) and grab the $40 VS. if it's the original. If not, grab what I'm guessing is the reissue of VS. for $30, which is slightly overpriced (talking $5). Finally go home and spin the shit out of those albums!

hrd2imgn

check yield first and foremost

then Purple, then mad- you can get the reissues for way cheaper

Suziemay

I would do Mad Season at Store B, and TOTD, Vs Remaster for $25 at Store A. There's your $110

No way that Yield is original if it's sealed. But I guess maybe check up on it before you decide that. I just think that anything that's too good to be true probably is.

PJ_Soul

I don't think any record store would be selling a sealed original Yield for $30. Must be the bootleg.

lolobugg

yield is a boot. stay away. VS. remaster is probably garbage if it is anything like the Ten remaster. grab the Temple and Mad season.
coloured vinyl sounding more noisy that black is a myth.

dankind

I wouldn't be able to stop myself from putting in the effort to make the drive and check out if that Yield is legit, especially if I want to buy something there anyway.

2-feign-reluctance

This reminds me of those fucking word problems in Math.

HesCalledDyer

TOTD purple was $40 new, so $50 isn't bad at all. And as lolobugg suggested, there is no sound difference between black & colored vinyl. Picture discs are where you'll notice a little sound degradation, but even then it's not as bad as some people make it out to be.

dankind

2-feign-reluctance said:

This reminds me of those fucking word problems in Math.

If a train leaves Boston for Saint Louis at 3:30 p.m. on a Thursday, traveling at 75 miles per hour for most of the 1,200 miles, save for two hours when it slows down to 50 miles per hour, and a bus travels from New York City to Sarasota (same departure day/time) at an average speed of 60 miles per hour for the 1,200 miles, with a one-hour stop for food, fuel and maintenance, who can fall asleep fastest before finishing this sentence?

KP198228

WOW, thank you very much everyone. This is very helpful. I plan on checking out the Yield (I agree, most likely a boot) then purchasing the Mad Season from Store B which is the one that is a bit of a ride. Then Sat morning I plan snagging the TOTD purple at the more local store. The info about the numbers on the spine was great, and maybe I will get lucky and grab and original pressing, but I'm not holding my breathe.

I'm still debating about the Vs. reissue/master. How come some say that it is "garbage. The first three are truly special and I was hoping to eventually pick up the Ten reissue but again "garbage" why is there this opinion? I have the Ten reissue on CD and I think the Brendan O'Brien mix is absolutely brilliant and the way to listen to the album, yet others frown upon the vinyl editions....?

BTW, the "this reminds me of the math word problem" and the example "who can fall asleep fastest before finishing this sentence"?...tremendous! I was cracking up.

Prince Of Dorkness

Yield did come out on vinyl when first released, but it sells for a LOT more than $30 if it's the real one.

Wait for the soon-to-be released vault box set 3 with No Code and Yield. That'll be more worth it.

mfc2006

2-feign-reluctance said:

This reminds me of those fucking word problems in Math.

Hahaha!!!!!

lolobugg

KP198228 said:

WOW, thank you very much everyone. This is very helpful. I plan on checking out the Yield (I agree, most likely a boot) then purchasing the Mad Season from Store B which is the one that is a bit of a ride. Then Sat morning I plan snagging the TOTD purple at the more local store. The info about the numbers on the spine was great, and maybe I will get lucky and grab and original pressing, but I'm not holding my breathe.

I'm still debating about the Vs. reissue/master. How come some say that it is "garbage. The first three are truly special and I was hoping to eventually pick up the Ten reissue but again "garbage" why is there this opinion? I have the Ten reissue on CD and I think the Brendan O'Brien mix is absolutely brilliant and the way to listen to the album, yet others frown upon the vinyl editions....?

BTW, the "this reminds me of the math word problem" and the example "who can fall asleep fastest before finishing this sentence"?...tremendous! I was cracking up.

I can only speak for the Ten Reissue, but it was transferred from a digital master and was a poor job at that. Just sounds dead.... compressed to hell. If you put it on after the Drop in the Park record you can really tell the difference. Save up and look for an original copy. The prices have really fallen since the Reissues came out.

PJ_Soul

lolobugg said:

KP198228 said:

WOW, thank you very much everyone. This is very helpful. I plan on checking out the Yield (I agree, most likely a boot) then purchasing the Mad Season from Store B which is the one that is a bit of a ride. Then Sat morning I plan snagging the TOTD purple at the more local store. The info about the numbers on the spine was great, and maybe I will get lucky and grab and original pressing, but I'm not holding my breathe.

I'm still debating about the Vs. reissue/master. How come some say that it is "garbage. The first three are truly special and I was hoping to eventually pick up the Ten reissue but again "garbage" why is there this opinion? I have the Ten reissue on CD and I think the Brendan O'Brien mix is absolutely brilliant and the way to listen to the album, yet others frown upon the vinyl editions....?

BTW, the "this reminds me of the math word problem" and the example "who can fall asleep fastest before finishing this sentence"?...tremendous! I was cracking up.

I can only speak for the Ten Reissue, but it was transferred from a digital master and was a poor job at that. Just sounds dead.... compressed to hell. If you put it on after the Drop in the Park record you can really tell the difference. Save up and look for an original copy. The prices have really fallen since the Reissues came out.

I agree about the Ten reissue. I have it but never play it. I need to get an original. Same with Vs, actually. And Vitalogy isn't a good reissue either. The OG is way better. So to summarize, PJ is putting out crappy reissues, so when you see an original, spring for it!