why not reissue all the albums on vinyl?

i am a target

i understand that epic owns the rights to all their albums and now after leaving it makes it much less likely to happen..but i never understood why there weren't reissues of all the vinyl releases. the originals would still be in high demand and if you look at how much vinyl has come back into fashion over the last few years they sure wouldn't be losing any money. they could even outsource it to another label (like the recent eliott smith reissues) and give some of the profit to charity..

i just don't get how such a fan friendly band never took the route...but that's just one opinion.

hell. throw in some limited edition color pressings for good measure..do a solid reissue on 180 gram black vinyl and then limited runs of color..

hopethatuchoke

As far as I know, most of the albums were still in print up until 2-3 years ago. It's not like they were that limited. I wouldn't be surprised if there was some sort of box set in the future. Metallica just started reissuing their catalog on vinyl so I would think alot of bands will start doing that.

jwillmo

They just reprinted Ten, it's pretty easy to find. There's one at my local record store, Waterloo, right now.

i am a target

there's no way that all the albums were in print until a few years ago. if that had been the case i would have easily found those that i'm missing. i think they printed a limited run of each and then stopped.

the only album i've found new in a store was riot act and that was a few months ago. but i have no idea how long it had been sitting there (it was only $18.)

Mahone

hobbes wrote:

there's no way that all the albums were in print until a few years ago. if that had been the case i would have easily found those that i'm missing. i think they printed a limited run of each and then stopped.

the only album i've found new in a store was riot act and that was a few months ago. but i have no idea how long it had been sitting there (it was only $18.)

I'm pretty sure they're still in print, I found Ten and ordered Vs. a couple years ago. Had trouble with No Code, though.

Ledbetterman10

I'll never understand the Pearl Jam vinyl obsession. I dunno, to want an vinyl of an album that came out after the creation of the compact disc seems to be just a collector's thing. I'd say that most of the PJ vinyl fanatics are in it for the "collecting" rather than that crisp old "vinyl sound."

don't get me wrong, I like vinyls. I have every Zep album on vinyl (the first pressings of the albums too) and I consider them to be some of my prized possessions. they're cool from an artwork standpoint and the fact that the covers are "as nature intended" with the cut-out windows on the Physical Graffiti vinyl and the the wheel on the Zeppelin III vinyl, but I'd still rather listen to the remastered CDs. Beatles albums (Sgt. Pepper's and Mystery Tour in particular) are cool on the original vinyl because the mixes are significantly different than the 1988 CD pressings. but to want Riot Act on vinyl? what's the point other than for the sake of collecting?

i am a target

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

I'll never understand the Pearl Jam vinyl obsession. I dunno, to want an vinyl of an album that came out after the creation of the compact disc seems to be just a collector's thing. I'd say that most of the PJ vinyl fanatics are in it for the "collecting" rather than that crisp old "vinyl sound."

don't get me wrong, I like vinyls. I have every Zep album on vinyl (the first pressings of the albums too) and I consider them to be some of my prized possessions. they're cool from an artwork standpoint and the fact that the covers are "as nature intended" with the cut-out windows on the Physical Graffiti vinyl and the the wheel on the Zeppelin III vinyl, but I'd still rather listen to the remastered CDs. Beatles albums (Sgt. Pepper's and Mystery Tour in particular) are cool on the original vinyl because the mixes are significantly different than the 1988 CD pressings. but to want Riot Act on vinyl? what's the point other than for the sake of collecting?

honestly. most vinyl i buy for collecting/investments. a CD is a complete waste of money. i bought lost dogs the day it came out on CD (i think it was $20?) and went to resell it and got $5 for it. now with vinyl (this isn't always the case but it's almost always true) if i want to resell the album i'm going to get close to the original value or more (depending on the album).

for example. i bought Kid A and Amnesiac on vinyl for $26 each and if i was to sell it off (for whatever reason) i KNOW i could get $20 for each.

not to mention CDs degrade over time. they scratch easily and i listen to all my music on my iPod.

nowayimfaithfull

hobbes wrote:

there's no way that all the albums were in print until a few years ago. if that had been the case i would have easily found those that i'm missing. i think they printed a limited run of each and then stopped.

the only album i've found new in a store was riot act and that was a few months ago. but i have no idea how long it had been sitting there (it was only $18.)

from binaurul on they were

NeilJam

Zod wrote:

I think the first 3 albums continue to be in print, but somewhere around no code/yield they don't print those ones, so yield, binaural etc... seem to have had their run, then that was it, no more.

I believe you are correct. Collectors should never have trouble getting Ten, Vs., or Vitalogy on vinyl, but after that all we have are what were initially pressed.

I they should re-release every album on vinyl as a set, although they could not include the last album since it was not on epic. I have all the albums but would still buy this.

Eisi

I totally agree. They should re-issue all PJ albums on vinyl.

My collection is missing Riot Act, RVM and Benaroya Hall.

I've been searching for Riot Act and RVM because they are not that expensive but Benaroya Hall.. holy cow!!

A Benaroya Hall album went for 500$ on ebay the other day. That´s just insane.