Unofficial No Code and Binaural vinyl
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Not really a big follower of PJ vinyl, so I was hoping for some feedback on a recent purchase. I picked up unofficial copies of No Code (white) and Binaural (orange) this weekend for $55CAD & $35CAD respectively. Condition is fine except for a very small chip on the edge of the Binaural. Is this a fair price? I don't care that they're unofficial, since I just want to frame them. (I actually have a real NC, but the cover is a bit beat up.)
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I was more interested in the opinions of PJ fans/collectors instead. I'm just curious and maybe having a bit of buyer's remorse after dropping $100 on stuff for the wall.
In the seller's eBay details, was the item sealed or opened? And what was the condition? The fact it didn't mention a chip on the vinyl you should not have any problem returning it and asking for your money back.
I didn't get them off eBay. I got them at a store in Ottawa. There was a sticker on both saying "unofficial" and the Binaural had a sticker mentioning the chip. I'm happy with the store, and I was even able to talk the guy down a few dollars on both.
But personally, I would not waste a penny on this kind of stuff.. and the price you paid, quite frankly, is outraugeous.. for that money you can easily get at least a good copy of a real no code
It's funny though that many ma & pa record stores today in Canada & in the USA continue to sell pirated unofficial albums. Maybe the laws have changed today? That they don't have to worry about selling pirated vinyl records in their stores.
It's not like a label rep (or however that works)is going to question why the store isn't ordering any from them. There isn't a legitimate source outside of a private resale, which a band or label doesn't see any revenue from anyways.
But if they are serving a framing/art need for you, I guess that isn't all that much money for art on your wall, PJ or otherwise.... just keep in mind that it is counterfeit art. Not so cool.
I agree... I paid for some art. Just for the record, I'm not advocating buying unofficial releases.... I've been supporting the band officially for years....
Pretty much every record store I have been in sells Unofficial Records. There has always been a market for bootlegs and there always will be one.
Why? There's a difference between bootlegs vinyl and cd.. you can bet your ass that those lazy bootleggers of today just put digital sources straight from the official (official studio albums) or unofficial (in the case or unauthorized live concerts) cd's to vinyl.. what's the point? I never understood that. It's not a collectible in my eyes, and it's not worth anything audio wise (do you really think they took the time and money to use a 'master' official vinyl to press these studio albums bootlegs? Come on. I had the opportunity to listen to the binaural and lost dogs fake vinyl at a friend's home, and they sound total shit, much worse than the cd imo)
that being said, I think the 'old days of bootlegging' were much better, you often had these unofficial label sending a person to the show to record and create the bootleg, not like today where a bootleg is 99% of the times sourced from a torrent etc..
a silver pressed cd containing a live source, in some cases the only source available for that particular show, has some sense and is surely better than a useless piece of wax that is not going to sound any better and created just because vinyl is the trend of today (pirated unofficial vinyl was made in the past too, but not at the crazy level of today, I mean I don't recall to ever seen a studio album bootlegged in vinyl form in the 90's, have you?)..
ps: I hope what I said made some sense, sorry, it's late here
But isn't this against the law? Say a Warner Bros rep goes into Easy Street Records & sees a pirated unofficial vinyl copy of Prince's Purple Rain for sale on display. Can't he / she say anything to the store owner? Or imagine the artist Prince himself walks into the record store & see's this pirated copy for sale. Would love to hear the outcome out of that, especially from Prince.
How do these bootlegs generally sound? I have real copies of the albums I want, but if they sound good I might consider replacing the few I sold off if the price was right.
Not sure in today's marketplace, but I always remember being able to find bootlegs at record stores. If you look on easy streets website under 2015 Best Selling Vinyl the Pearl Jam Las Vegas Radio Broadcast is on the list, they keep that record well stocked among others.