Is your Benaroya Hall vinyl sealed or opened?

evsgjamm

Sealed

Jan 29th poll standings: Sealed: 34% @ 20 votes. Opened: 65% at 38 votes.

MedozK

Open

I wish I had one sealed also. Most of my PJ vinyl I have 2 copies, one sealed and one open. Not sure why, but I do. :-/

GhostBoy

Open

Open...but I haven't been able to bring myself to play it yet. I don't plan on ever selling it, so it's only a matter of time before the needle touches that beautiful red wine-colored vinyl.

jbrownie

Sealed

The ONLY album (asides from Paul's Boutique) I have not opened, probably because this thing jumped so astronomically high in worth, I figured if I ever needed to pay rent for 2 months, I was good. Thing is, Paul's Boutique I've bought numerous times (thanks, college roomies!) on cassette & CD. Scratched em & lost em. But EVERY time I'm @ a record store, I flip through the PJ CDs. New & used. I don't think I've ever laid my hands on a CD copy either! So.....Maybe the Benny is just hard to come by in general, eh?

pjradio

Open

my next vinyl purchase..."Pauls Boutique"

otter

Sealed

Mines sealed cause it's still on a shelf in some Seatle warehouse waiting for me to rescue it

evsgjamm

Sealed

otter said:

Mines sealed cause it's still on a shelf in some Seatle warehouse waiting for me to rescue it

You data-skewing sumbitch
>:P :-j

evsgjamm

Sealed

Feb 3rd stats: Opened: 37% @ 27 votes
Sealed: 62% @ 45 votes
Total 72 votes. There are many many more to come in. Fear not the poll people )

Leezestarr313

Kind of interesting how at first it looked like the majority has opened it. Now, not so much anymore.
Would you people reseal your opened ones and get the reissue if there was one coming?

MedozK

Open

Leezestarr313 said:

Kind of interesting how at first it looked like the majority has opened it. Now, not so much anymore.
Would you people reseal your opened ones and get the reissue if there was one coming?

I wouldn't reseal it, but I wouldn't play it nearly as often as I would a reissue.

a5pj

Open

opened once, had to see the vinyl color, never played

bootlegger10

Sealed

I bought vinyl records over the years expecting to play them once I got a record player. I didn't have space during college and in the apartment. So I kept the vinyls sealed. Now that the value of the vinyls are what they are, the perceived better sound is not worth losing the $1,000 or so value. If it was only worth $50 I would open it up and play it.

Dr. Delight

Open

evsgjamm said:

Feb 3rd stats: Opened: 37% @ 27 votes
Sealed: 62% @ 45 votes
Total 72 votes. There are many many more to come in. Fear not the poll people )

Smack it up...flip it..rub it down....

vipersmasher

Sealed

hello folks
so I was luck enough to purchase a sealed copy and it is numbered P0004/2000
I emailed ten club support years ago and asked if there was promo issues and how many were made. they did confirm that they did release promo copies but would not say how many.
It is with great sadness that I am thinking of selling it. It is still sealed as I did get a listening copy also the box is a bit damaged and it must have been partied with as there is a small skip.
Also have about 50 45's I am thinking of selling
if anyone is interested contact me at vipersmasher@me.com

vipersmasher

Sealed

if I could vote twice I would as I own 2 copies one open to listen to and one sealed in case I need a mortgage payment one day

100 Pacer

Open

Opened, so I could have the band sign it. Otherwise never played.

No regrets.

evsgjamm

Sealed

haha. "so I could have the band sign it" - what better response could there have been? haha. mint. vipersmasher, are you going to list (maybe you already have and I haven't noticed it) your 45's or even the Benny on Lost Dogs or elsewhere? Cheers

The Waiting Trophy Man

Sealed

evsgjamm said:

Cmon all you wheeled and dealed sealed viny-ealdies... just because your Benny is sealed, doesn't mean your mouths should be. It's a free... whatever. Country, planet, get-out-of-jail-free card?? Sealed since the day it arrived in 2004.

Yeah my dad got me mine for Xmas 2004. I don't think I intended to keep it sealed this long, but my record player bit in around that time - or just before - and I've never gotten a new one since.

lolobugg

My imaginary copy is open and played, albeit very carefully.

Leezestarr313

lolobugg said:

My imaginary copy is open and played, albeit very carefully.

Same here I should go and bump my reissue thread...

lolobugg

Leezestarr313 said:

lolobugg said:

My imaginary copy is open and played, albeit very carefully.

Same here I should go and bump my reissue thread...

do it!!! for all us working class folks

MayDay10

Open

open and played

smarchee

Leezestarr313 said:

lolobugg said:

My imaginary copy is open and played, albeit very carefully.

Same here I should go and bump my reissue thread...

I spun my imaginary copy yesterday, it was badass

Travelar

Open

Open and played. It sounds amazing.

gerald605

Opened when received...but only enough to get the vinyl out...and very very carefully

GratefulJam

Open

open and it sounds GOOOOOD!!

love-boat-captain

Sealed

Still sealed and mint, but I will open it soon, I was just thinking the other day how some of my vinyl I have never bothered to open, inc LOTwoL and Vitalogy lol, us other bands like REM and the Strokes. Everything else is opened, yes everything, white Backspacer, Binaural etc. I'll never sell my Benny, I'm a collector as much as a devoted listener. The value makes no difference to me because I'd have to be starving hungry before I sold any of my PJ collection, which I've gathered since the Ten days. One if my most sentimental possessions.p

Ps, don't think my Benny has ever been on "the list". So feel free to update that.

PSUS2H

You didn't add a "I don't have one" option to the poll. :-(

evsgjamm

Sealed

This poll is only for winners.

evsgjamm

Sealed

ooooooooo SIC BURRRRRRN by the evsgjamm'er