Bootleg coloured vinyl

jessebasi
jessebasi Toronto Posts: 149
edited April 2016 in The Porch
Anyone know if the unofficial bootleg coloured presses of No Code, Yield, Binaural & Avocado are any good? Don't exactly want to shell out 200, 300 bucks per, but still want to complete the collection.

EDIT: Thanks for your input guys.
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  • Tim Simmons
    Tim Simmons Posts: 9,996
    People have said they sound fine.

    It is assumed they are cut from the CD.

  • jmug23
    jmug23 Posts: 778
    Can't believe the boots are going for 200-300. Insane. I think you can find those cheaper. I may be mistaken, but I feel like I've seen them for way less.
  • elwayvedder
    elwayvedder South Jersey Posts: 9,181
    don't do it
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  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,916
    jmug23 said:

    Can't believe the boots are going for 200-300. Insane. I think you can find those cheaper. I may be mistaken, but I feel like I've seen them for way less.

    I think the poster was referencing that he/she didn't want to spend 200-300 on originals, and thus was asking about the quality of the bootlegs. That's how I interpreted it as anyways.
  • texasistheSTEVEN
    texasistheSTEVEN Posts: 1,111
    200/300 for boots.
    You can buy the original press for that.........madness
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,777
    edited April 2016
    Zod said:

    jmug23 said:

    Can't believe the boots are going for 200-300. Insane. I think you can find those cheaper. I may be mistaken, but I feel like I've seen them for way less.

    I think the poster was referencing that he/she didn't want to spend 200-300 on originals, and thus was asking about the quality of the bootlegs. That's how I interpreted it as anyways.
    Yes, this is what she said. She is thinking about boots because the originals cost $200 - $300.

    But I wouldn't buy them OP. I have heard very mixed reports on sound quality, and the packaging is cheap. I think that they are still a rip off. If they cost you more than maybe $30 they are a huge rip off (I personally wouldn't buy them for $10). Plus they are illegal.
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  • Doink317
    Doink317 Indianapolis Posts: 84
    I own the Avocado boot, sound quality is alright, I've always heard it's the best out of all the other PJ boots. The blue vinyl looks nice, the booklet it comes with is good quality. The cover on the other hand is not such great quality. It's very thin cardboard. I bought mine cheap, I definitely wouldn't pay a lot for it though.
  • jmug23
    jmug23 Posts: 778
    Zod said:

    jmug23 said:

    Can't believe the boots are going for 200-300. Insane. I think you can find those cheaper. I may be mistaken, but I feel like I've seen them for way less.

    I think the poster was referencing that he/she didn't want to spend 200-300 on originals, and thus was asking about the quality of the bootlegs. That's how I interpreted it as anyways.
    Zod said:

    jmug23 said:

    Can't believe the boots are going for 200-300. Insane. I think you can find those cheaper. I may be mistaken, but I feel like I've seen them for way less.

    I think the poster was referencing that he/she didn't want to spend 200-300 on originals, and thus was asking about the quality of the bootlegs. That's how I interpreted it as anyways.
    Oh gotcha. Yeah that makes more sense:)
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    elwayvedder said:

    don't do it

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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,894
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    elwayvedder said:

    don't do it

  • Zod
    Zod Posts: 10,916
    I'm not completely anti-bootleg.. so I won't say don't do it, but I do agree with the OP and hopefully he/she finds feedback on whether or not the bootlegs sound good.

    It's a bit disheartening for later vinyl collectors. It doesn't sound like PJ is in any kind of rush to release their back catalog on vinyl. I'm in the same dilemma with Tool's Aenima album. The originals go for a mint. It's a glaring hole in my collection.. do I buy a bootleg to fill the gap until they get around to a re-release (assuming they get around to a re-release)? So far the answer has been a no, but I've been tempted the odd time I see a bootleg version show up in my local record store.

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