Colored vinyl?

[bobsvinyl]

Here is one that was on the wall of my friend's record store. I had originally traded it to him for store credit. After he died, I purchased it from his wife and it is hanging in my music room as a tribute to him.

 

[4-2-7]

Some older color records



Pink Floyd's First US issue of Division Bell, was Blue



Some B 13 Bootlegs

 

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These are the 80s Capital reissues in color vinyl.

 

[JoeESP9]

My copy of Alabama Shakes, Sound And Color (three sides on two LP's) is clear.

 

[4-2-7]

When I talk about the deep blood red, its like these fist Japanese pressings. Others have used that color back then as well and generally it's a god sounding color.

 

[4-2-7]

Better shot of Pink Floyd's First US issue of Division Bell, was Blue.

 

[AdamAnt316]

Here's another one from the "Not sure why they bothered" files: Joy Division - Closer. For some reason, their label used various colors of "dark translucent" vinyl which, when sitting on the platter of a turntable, looks like regular dark vinyl. Oddly, my copy of Closer looks like this when held up to the LED head lamp I used for my earlier examples of dark colored vinyl:

However, if I hold it up to a different (incandescent) lamp, the 'dark red' coloring is visible:

 

[Doug G.]

Colored vinyl predates LPs:



Doug