- Wed Mar 10, 2021 7:57 am
#138084
Increasingly have no desire to spend over the odds on fugly/splattery reissues just to have them on wax - I stick with digital for so much stuff. What's the point? They are often 'remastered' for vinyl from CD source, which can be fine of course, but I've lost the fetishism for having everything physically. And at double LP length/cost, with 18 inessential bonus jams.
As for DW artwork specifically, it's just a matter of taste - they think these look super cool, as do many folks who are buying them, so fair do's. This isn't the worst they've put out, at least with the front sleeve there's a grunginess and typeface treatment that harkens to an early 80s lofi aesthetic (though more diy punk/hardcore than 80s Italian horror/exploitation perhaps...)
Everyone is spot on about the inner spread though, of course - another 'two hour quick design mashup' vibe, just filling space.
But this would end up getting pared out of my collection a year from now, like many other virtually unplayed DW releases that I eventually realise I neither need nor have any love for, so I pass on spending 60 bucks (with a randomised option for another 30 in customs potentially...)
One thing that the pando has definitely shown me in clear relief, is that now I'm not browsing in stores at all, the amount of reissues that I used to impulse buy just 'because' has gone almost completely. I'm being way more deliberate anyway about my record spending. It'll probably change again once things open up, but maybe not. Those precious funds have been directed more towards locating good condition OGs and whatnot, which as we all know can be a major endorphin machine!!
Now, can someone throw me 900 bones for an original Nightmare City??
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