Why is Vs. cd orange?

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  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    joe2468 wrote:
    im sure you all know that when the cd first came out there was no title...it was a self titled cd... for the first few months ....4-5 months later the came up with the name VS...i have the first pressind LP and cd ... there is no title on it just pearl jam
    I don't beleive that to be entirely true. The original name for the album was, "Five Against One." Then, at the last minute before printing they changed the name to "Vs." I do not think it was ever a self titled album. They just fucked up in changing the name at the zero hour, and the original mass run was printed sans title...and forever mistaken as a self titled album.

    At least that is what I always thought.
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    aNiMaL wrote:
    I don't beleive that to be entirely true. The original name for the album was, "Five Against One." Then, at the last minute before printing they changed the name to "Vs." I do not think it was ever a self titled album. They just fucked up in changing the name at the zero hour, and the original mass run was printed sans title...and forever mistaken as a self titled album.

    At least that is what I always thought.

    Are the Eco-packs the ones that were messed up? I actually just put VS. in the car the other day and I was checking out the packaging and there's no title on the packaging.
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  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Are the Eco-packs the ones that were messed up? I actually just put VS. in the car the other day and I was checking out the packaging and there's no title on the packaging.
    I have no idea. In fact, I am not sure if I have ever seen a Vs. album in any media format, with a title. Did they ever print them with a title?

    I check in with both the LP and the CD, and neither has a title. But both the original pressings too.
  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    By the way, I just popped the LP on the turn table and am cranking this album right now!! :D
  • nocode23
    nocode23 Posts: 411
    I always thought that since it was released in October of '93 that they decided to go with Halloween/Fall colors for the CD.
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    aNiMaL wrote:
    I have no idea. In fact, I am not sure if I have ever seen a Vs. album in any media format, with a title. Did they ever print them with a title?

    I check in with both the LP and the CD, and neither has a title. But both the original pressings too.

    I got mine the day it came out and still have the same copy. I'll have to check the actual disk later and report back.

    edit: Well http://www.pjcollectors.com/detail.asp?id=1212 shows the jewel case with and without the VS. on the spine. While the one I have is nameless http://www.pjcollectors.com/detail.asp?id=319
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  • zenith
    zenith Posts: 3,191
    it looks like an orange ???

    why must there be a reason
    impatience is a gift ........
  • PearlJen401
    PearlJen401 Posts: 233
    I remember the day this cd came out! I set my alarm to be there right when the store opened. It's funny how PJ related stuff sticks in my brain but something my husband said 5 minutes ago, i can't remember :D
    “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.”
    — Lao Tzu
  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    South of Seattle wrote:
    I got mine the day it came out and still have the same copy. I'll have to check the actual disk later and report back.

    edit: Well http://www.pjcollectors.com/detail.asp?id=1212 shows the jewel case with and without the VS. on the spine. While the one I have is nameless http://www.pjcollectors.com/detail.asp?id=319
    Good work, SOS!
  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    PearlJen401 wrote:
    I remember the day this cd came out! I set my alarm to be there right when the store opened. It's funny how PJ related stuff sticks in my brain but something my husband said 5 minutes ago, i can't remember :D
    I was just thinking the same thing, but wasn't gonna type it all out because listening to this album right now reminds me so clearly of the day and weeks and months that followed this albums release. i remember everything i was doing, who i was doing it with, and where we were doing it. The smells and sights of that time....as with all future Pearl Jam releases are marked like a timeline of my life.

    Woah, that was a little deep. But I think you get my drift.
  • PearlJen401
    PearlJen401 Posts: 233
    aNiMaL wrote:
    I was just thinking the same thing, but wasn't gonna type it all out because listening to this album right now reminds me so clearly of the day and weeks and months that followed this albums release. i remember everything i was doing, who i was doing it with, and where we were doing it. The smells and sights of that time....as with all future Pearl Jam releases are marked like a timeline of my life.

    Woah, that was a little deep. But I think you get my drift.

    Yes i do. *sigh*
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    — Lao Tzu
  • South of Seattle
    South of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    aNiMaL wrote:
    I was just thinking the same thing, but wasn't gonna type it all out because listening to this album right now reminds me so clearly of the day and weeks and months that followed this albums release. i remember everything i was doing, who i was doing it with, and where we were doing it. The smells and sights of that time....as with all future Pearl Jam releases are marked like a timeline of my life.

    Woah, that was a little deep. But I think you get my drift.

    I remember buying it in between classes and sitting in my car in the parking garage getting blazed listening to it :D
    NERDS!
  • G Force
    G Force Posts: 1,393
    nocode23 wrote:
    I always thought that since it was released in October of '93 that they decided to go with Halloween/Fall colors for the CD.


    I actually sort of agree with this. The album always reminded me of that cooler wintery time of year. All of the imagery was surrounding a warm fire or bundled up. Event the sheep looks cold.
  • bigbadbill
    bigbadbill Posts: 1,758
    It has a Halloween theme to that color. It was released before Halloween in 93.
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  • dunkman
    dunkman Posts: 19,646
    it would appear i have the fucking Austrian version??? :D

    http://www.pjcollectors.com/detail.asp?id=682

    i used to have a orange one as well but Daughter was scratched to hell so i threw it out. The silver one is my wife's who bought it when it came out she tells me?
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • Noonie
    Noonie Posts: 93
    Brain Of E wrote:
    Why is Vs. cd orange?


    What I really wanna know is, why is Chris Cornell orange?
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  • pretext
    pretext Posts: 1,294
    vic in T.O. wrote:
    orange is beautiful....Go Flyers!!!

    And the wording is black! And Ed asked us to say goodbye to the Spectrum for him in camden this summer. Clearly, the boys are on our side. Less than a month 'til training camp. Let's go Flyers!
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Brain Of E wrote:
    Don't know why i thought of this today? But, you know the PJ cd's usually match the artwork of the packaging, except Vs. It is just plain orange. Any ideas?

    because of Halloween, since it was released in October.
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  • morgie2
    morgie2 Posts: 1,065
    PearlJen401 wrote:
    I remember the day this cd came out! I set my alarm to be there right when the store opened. It's funny how PJ related stuff sticks in my brain but something my husband said 5 minutes ago, i can't remember :D

    That's awesome!!
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  • love boat bobie
    love boat bobie Posts: 32
    orange is usually the color of a shooting target. maybe thats why. thats how they felt with the media spotlight and being one of the most famous, popular,band on the planet. they felt like a target and that was a discreet way of saying it. any thoughts? {maybe a bit of a stretch but hey, sounds good to me}

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