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Tom, I've found most of the colored vinyl is atrociously noisy, but others that aren't. Not surprisingly, the ones that sound better have a better quality-control feel as a whole. Jim On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Are the colored vinyls more noisy than black like the picture disks used to > be back in the 80s? > > A neato RSD promo for a band would be that they go down to United Pressing > in Nashville and hand-mix buckets of colored pellets, which then get made > into biscuits. If you had a 4-person band, maybe the drummer mixes black and > silver with a few red flecks, the guitar player mixes green, yellow and > orange, the bass player goes with red white and blue and the female singer > goes for pink, indigo and day-glo orange. The could also come up with four > versions of the cover, and press 500 copies of each. Bands may contact me > for licensing information! ;) > > -- Tom Fine > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Sam" <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 3:40 PM > Subject: [ARSCLIST] The Color of Vinyl in 2012 > > > >> All, >> >> A thought occurred to me that I'd like to get others' take on. With >> the exception of the band Shellac, I can't think of a new releases >> since sometime in the mid '00s that's been pressed on black vinyl. I >> definitely have all the primary colors, a lot of secondary colors, and >> a few clear/translucent ones for good measure. Meanwhile, I can tick >> off scads of new vinyl since then that've been black, but they were >> all reissues, not new releases. >> >> That said, all my vinyl tends to be of >> indie/alternative/underground/whatever rock bands. They're obviously >> doing it for the collecting aspect. >> >> Anyone else seen something similar? >> >> Jim >> >