Colored vinyl LPs to be banned for lead content?

[Arkay]

I was researching the Procol Harum LP I found today, and ran across this comment from one seller:

BULLETIN: Mymusicfix has been told that the EPA will no longer allow the vinyl industry to produce colored vinyl products because of its lead content. So collectors of colored vinyl pressings need to stay on top of the titles they want to own in colored vinyl because this product will now become some of the rarest collectibles in the vinyl industry.

Is this true?
Does all colored vinyl contain lead, or only certain colors? I'm inclined to guess only certain colors, but I don't know. Will other, possibly lead-free colors be affected by this?
If true, will this edict really cause colored-vinyl LPs to become rarer enough that they will be seen as more collectible, and more valuable?
Should one be "stockpiling" colored vinyl records, or is this all just one sellers' hype?

Just curious, because in recent weeks I've got a few interestingly-colored LPs. Never thought much about them before, except as gimmicky oddities that were visually interesting but as often as not, sonically inferior.

 

[pbda]

I have read this too, but so far only on Mymusicfix2's eBay listings. So I don't know if it's true or just a marketing ploy.

I hope it's not true, though. I like my groovy green marbelized Procol Harum LP!

 

[Baggra]

Uz warnts PERCENTAGES n' names.
Who bin lickin' fuzzay warbles den?

(Ah sniffs 'em sumtoimes -Ohr & Bellaphon label fuzzays gie arf a distinckt hogo. Bur ah doan unnerstaunds th' temptatioon fer a-boday ter licks 'em! Cor Blimey!)

 

[PaulParrot]

We discussed this a little beginning on the 12th.

You know the old saying: "Follow the money." :yes:

Mymusicfix would gain extra sales if they can get people to buy up colored vinyl that they conveniently have for sale. :nono:

Why would the EPA be in contact with Mymusicfix? :scratch2:

 

[DENNYDOG]

What would the difference be from a black to a red to green lp? They are all colored unless they would make one from clear vinyl. I think its BS.

Check out this site from the vinyl institute.

http://www.vinylfacts.com/WhatIsVinyl.aspx

Use vinyl resin in a flexible format and you can produce blood bags, IV bags and tubing to save lives in hospitals.

I would say its highly unlikely that there is lead in colored vinyl.

 

[Arkay]

I have read this too, but so far only on Mymusicfix2's eBay listings. So I don't know if it's true or just a marketing ploy.

I hope it's not true, though. I like my groovy green marbelized Procol Harum LP!

That sounds like the exact same one I got today! Pale green, with 33-1/3 rpm on one side, and 45 rpm on the other side, from Classic Records, 200 gram Quiex II gatefold release, right?

Assuming it is the same, did yours come with the additional white 7" 45 rpm "alternate" version, with "A Whiter Shade of Pale" and "Lime Street Blues" in stereo, made from the 4-track tapes they found? Apparently, only the first 1000 copies included that 7" recording. I didn't know this when I got it, and I'm pretty sure the guy who sold it to me didn't, either, so I think I got lucky with the purchase. It was an impulse buy, not something I was looking for, but it just looked too nice to pass up. The MyMusicFix seller wants US$299 for his copy (with the 7" 45), which is a LOT more than I paid for mine!

Somehow, I'm much happier to have found this one colored vinyl Procol Harem album, then the "limited edition" PINK double LP from Madonna that came unexpectedly with my last bulk-buy of LPs!

EDIT: I've found two sites that claim the 7" 45 came with the first 1,000 sets issued, but another that claims it only came with the first 250. I'm betting on 1,000. Still, not a lot in terms of worldwide distribution, even for an LP these days, so I guess I got lucky!

 

[vinyldisc]

There are web sites that offer colored vinyl production as I type this.

Additionally, the EPA, of course, has no wordwide control. What about overseas production facilities?

 

[vinyl1]

And furthermore, what about Led Zeppelin?

 

[pbda]

That sounds like the exact same one I got today! Pale green, with 33-1/3 rpm on one side, and 45 rpm on the other side, from Classic Records, 200 gram Quiex II gatefold release, right?

Correct; look at your other thread on this album for a more complete response.

 

[electroking]

There are web sites that offer colored vinyl production as I type this.

Additionally, the EPA, of course, has no wordwide control. What about overseas production facilities?

Ever heard of RoHS? If Europe and North America ban a type of product,
much of the world market is gone. But we still don't know if colored
LPs contain lead, do we?

 

[similost]

mmm.. cool.. green QuiexII.. I love the sound of all the LP's I have on Quiex... GOOD STUFF....

I can't believe this though. Seems long ago that colored vinyl would have been outlawed if it had lead, because they have been making people stop using lead in everything else they could for years.. Also, OSHA has had very serious handling methods for lead products in the work place. If they had lead in a record pressing plant, I'm sure even during the 80's they would have head to wear respirators and such..

 

[Mark W.]

Tell you what do a Google search for this and unless you find 20+ stories on it from different sources including the EPA I think it's a Bullshit marketing idea.