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First Pressing?

topetope Posts: 37
edited October 2008 in The Porch
Hello knowledgeable ones!

How do you tell if your vinyls are first pressings? Is it something to do with the numbers and letters that are engraved on them? Or other numbers somewhere? Or is it that with albums outside Ten all PJ vinyls are first pressings cause they haven't been re-issued? And then how would you tell if Ten was a first pressing?

I thought someone on here would be able to help me out, I've just been looking at my records and wondering.

Cheers,
Tope

We've been waiting ten years now
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  • pdalowskypdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,087
    If this place doesnt yield you the reply you are looking for, pop over to pjcollectors.com, they will definitely have the answer, some very big Vinyl collectors out there
  • topetope Posts: 37
    Wow, had no idea that site existed, thanks heaps!
  • pdalowskypdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,087
    supercool site with great people
  • LiteTheMatchLiteTheMatch Posts: 1,208
    I am new to poster collecting / trading.

    What does AP stand for?

    I assume S/N stands for signed & numbered?


    Thanks!
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  • NeilJamNeilJam Posts: 1,191
    Early pressing of the Vitalogy LP have a paper sleeve for the record inside. Later pressings have a glossy sleeve.
  • NeilJamNeilJam Posts: 1,191
    LiteTheMatch wrote:
    I am new to poster collecting / trading.

    What does AP stand for?

    I assume S/N stands for signed & numbered?


    Thanks!


    You are correct about S/N meaning signed & numbered. I think AP is artists proof, but I'm not sure if that's correct. I think APs are usually also S/N.
  • southerngardensoutherngarden Posts: 461
    yes A/P means artists proof.

    they are not always signed or numbered. in the case of pearl jam posters though, this is usually the way it works.


    as for the vinyl pressings i would assume the lower the number the earlier the pressing. i think, but could be wrong, that ten is the only one that has been repressed. so that would make the others all first pressings.

    my vitalogy has paper sleeve, but ive never seen a another one.
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  • LiteTheMatchLiteTheMatch Posts: 1,208
    southerngarden wrote:
    yes A/P means artists proof.

    they are not always signed or numbered. in the case of pearl jam posters though, this is usually the way it works.



    Thank you!

    What is a concert poster referred to then? ( the one we could purchase at the actual concert?)
    A child's rhyme stuck in my head...
    It said "Life is nothing but a dream."
    I've spent so many years in question
    To find I'd known this all along.
  • mjbmjb Posts: 1,315
    LiteTheMatch wrote:
    Thank you!

    What is a concert poster referred to then? ( the one we could purchase at the actual concert?)

    It is a 1st edition and is unsigned (at least in the case of pj)
  • southerngardensoutherngarden Posts: 461
    and there is nothing wrong with the 1st edition.
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  • LiteTheMatchLiteTheMatch Posts: 1,208
    southerngarden wrote:
    and there is nothing wrong with the 1st edition.

    I agree :)
    A child's rhyme stuck in my head...
    It said "Life is nothing but a dream."
    I've spent so many years in question
    To find I'd known this all along.
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