Black Vinyls: where are they?

[GregReid]

I can't see ANY black vinyls being sold across any European websites, am I being DUMB?
All I see is coloured, like the ones here: 

Britney Spears | HMV Store

HMV.COM

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Britney Spears | Free shipping over £20

 

Let me know your thoughts

[Shadow.]

honestly I don't get people using vinyl as a listening medium, I get it for collection purposes and I do have a few coloured ones but yeah CDs>>>>>vinyl

[GregReid]

36 minutes ago, Shadow. said:

honestly I don't get people using vinyl as a listening medium, I get it for collection purposes and I do have a few coloured ones but yeah CDs>>>>>vinyl

No I feel this deep in my soul, I'm with you

CD and higher bitrates obv

I just like the artwork tbh but I'm REALLY not a fan of the coloured vinyl because they sound even worse.

Which is why I'm looking for the Black Vinyl releases because I'm presuming the quality will be better (however can only see them on US sites so far)

UK here 

[MysticWomaney]

When i got vinyls my britney one had her face on it and my dad said the purpose of ones like that are not to be played which could make sense of them not sounding as good.

Personally i have loads of black ones i think theyre easier to come by but generally for the modern person buying them must be focusing on the aesthetic and not using them as much

[Wendy Williams]

1 hour ago, Shadow. said:

honestly I don't get people using vinyl as a listening medium, I get it for collection purposes and I do have a few coloured ones but yeah CDs>>>>>vinyl

96khz/192khz 24bit files>>>>>CD>>>>>vinyl

[bitbitboi]

I'm pretty sure the black vinyls are for the US market, and the colored ones for the UK. I think it was made on purpose to divide the sales or something.

[GregReid]

49 minutes ago, bitbitboi said:

I'm pretty sure the black vinyls are for the US market, and the colored ones for the UK. I think it was made on purpose to divide the sales or something.

oh damn really? 😭😭

[mhally]

Idk, man, just give me a record and I'm happy. I mean, all those coloured variants are cute and all, but at the end of the day I just want the best sound. Besides, most of the time those dang records are in a sleeve anyway, so what's the point of some marble print? When I'm using my record player I use it for listening purposes; I don't stand there all day and watch a funny color spin 'round and 'round

[GregReid]

10 minutes ago, mhally said:

Idk, man, just give me a record and I'm happy. I mean, all those coloured variants are cute and all, but at the end of the day I just want the best sound. Besides, most of the time those dang records are in a sleeve anyway, so what's the point of some marble print? When I'm using my record player I use it for listening purposes; I don't stand there all day and watch a funny color spin 'round and 'round

ahahaha I feel this too
All gimmicky and makes people buy them I guess cause 'pretty'  🤪

[mhally]

42 minutes ago, GregReid said:

ahahaha I feel this too
All gimmicky and makes people buy them I guess cause 'pretty'  🤪

Yeah, and then to only be bought by people who either don't even own a record player or people who own a Crosley or Denver  I understand that's a profitable target audience, but the people who actually buy records for the sake of auditive quality are left with marbled dust

[SpookyFish13]

1 hour ago, GregReid said:

ahahaha I feel this too
All gimmicky and makes people buy them I guess cause 'pretty'  🤪

I'll always be team vinyl, the only thing that kind of bugs me is that my repeated listens don't get tracked, so obviously playing a vinyl LP over and over doesn't benefit the artist whatsoever... That's why I love when artists release vinyls 4-6 weeks after the album drops. When vinyl albums ship on day 1 they're essentially throwing away any potential streams they would gotten from that fan in the first couple weeks...

Personally, I usually stream an album for a few weeks upon release before deciding whether or not I like the album enough to spend the 40-60$ to get it on vinyl.

And yes, you're totally right about it being a trend and people only buying them because they look "pretty". Personally, I've always loved having physical media, but to each their own! 

[GregReid]

2 hours ago, mhally said:

Yeah, and then to only be bought by people who either don't even own a record player or people who own a Crosley or Denver  I understand that's a profitable target audience, but the people who actually buy records for the sake of auditive quality are left with marbled dust

Not the Crosley and Denver shade 😂😂😂 you know it!!!
Which will scratch them up royally anyway!

Marbled dust 😭😭😭😭