Hybrid Theory, Meteora and THP vinyl reissue limited colours

[majorfort]

  On 6/14/2024 at 4:48 PM, bloodbath said:

Because most people doesn't want it and won't buy it. Plain and simple. 

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Aha and you know that how? They won't buy/stream the instrumental album but they will buy a vinyl re-color?

Curious - if people don't want it, why do fan uploads on YouTube still get lots of views, often using the same files (the only rips) from back in the day?

 

An easy solution would be to put it up on streaming services.

[bloodbath]

  On 6/14/2024 at 9:25 PM, majorfort said:

Aha and you know that how? They won't buy/stream the instrumental album but they will buy a vinyl re-color?

Curious - if people don't want it, why do fan uploads on YouTube still get lots of views, often using the same files (the only rips) from back in the day?

 

An easy solution would be to put it up on streaming services.

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Maybe because many people still considering that LP is Chester Bennington? Wanna talk about numbers? Compare views from instrumental versions with songs with voices. 

 

The hardcore fandom is big, but not as much as you think, which doesn't always translate into selling. 

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

  On 6/15/2024 at 1:40 AM, bloodbath said:

Maybe because many people still considering that LP is Chester Bennington? Wanna talk about numbers? Compare views from instrumental versions with songs with voices. 

 

The hardcore fandom is big, but not as much as you think, which doesn't always translate into selling. 

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Wouldn't hurt anyone if they re release a variant with a code for a digital download of the instrumentals/Acapella 

[bloodbath]

  On 6/15/2024 at 2:51 AM, JZLP-NaughtyNottingham said:

 

Wouldn't hurt anyone if they re release a variant with a code for a digital download of the instrumentals/Acapella 

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That seems a little bit more realistic 

[IntensityJS]

  On 6/7/2024 at 12:16 PM, Dan_LP said:

The hunting party - translucent blue with etched d side. Looks to have the original cd cover.

https://www.resident-music.com/productdetails&product_id=113054

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“4 - Points of Authority”

wtaf is going on here

[RyanBlueriver]

  On 6/14/2024 at 9:25 PM, majorfort said:

Aha and you know that how? They won't buy/stream the instrumental album but they will buy a vinyl re-color?

Curious - if people don't want it, why do fan uploads on YouTube still get lots of views, often using the same files (the only rips) from back in the day?

 

An easy solution would be to put it up on streaming services.

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All of these vinyl variants are made to a specific audience: The collectors. Most of these releases don't leave their plastic wrapings. Some do, but most don't. If it was just for the music...well....streaming. But it's much more than that. The fans buy to support the band and to have one more item in their collection. And the labels know it.

[majorfort]

  On 6/15/2024 at 2:51 AM, JZLP-NaughtyNottingham said:

 

Wouldn't hurt anyone if they re release a variant with a code for a digital download of the instrumentals/Acapella 

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Why would or could it be "just" a "digital download code" for a variant?

Look I never said put out the Instrumentals and acapellas as physical releases just put them on streaming services like they always do.

WB was able to released Friendly Fire as an Instrumental and Acapella a few weeks after the release on Youtube and streaming services.

Heck even with the recent QWERTY release we got the Instrumental.

Yes ofc, it's "WB and the Band decision when and if they're going to release them"

 

But blatantly implying "Because most people doesn't want it and won't buy it" is just absurd.

 

  On 6/15/2024 at 10:33 AM, bloodbath said:

That seems a little bit more realistic 

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 So as a Download code in a Vinyl Variant it would be in your mind "realistic" - But not on Streaming services which is more convenient, reaches more people and they have done so before.

 

Sure, Jan

Edited June 15, 2024 by majorfort

[LPLStaff]

This vinyl push is just getting a little crazy across music.

[easiertorun03]

A Box Set release of the 10th anniversary of The Hunting Party could have been better, that is better than just releasing a vinyl of the album T_T

[LPLStaff]

Box sets are going to come with the 20th anniversary if they stick with the HT and Meteora trend.

[JZLP-Benningstrong]

  On 6/17/2024 at 5:29 PM, easiertorun03 said:

A Box Set release of the 10th anniversary of The Hunting Party could have been better, that is better than just releasing a vinyl of the album T_T

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THP vinyl wasnt even created for the 10th anniversary, it was just a random release.

[gorast]

I mean, it was probably picked at least partially for the 10th anniversary, for marketing synergy. The other two albums are LP's two highest-selling albums and the two that probably have the biggest casual audience attention, so they make sense for shitting out otherwise-pointless variants. THP, by contrast, doesn't have any of those hooks, so the anniversary makes the most sense for why they picked it for this drop, and that it's been out of print on vinyl for years and years.

 

The vinyl ecosystem has been a mess for a while now, lol. It makes me wonder when the bubble will burst, if it bursts at all - as someone who buys records primarily to listen to them, I would definitely appreciate a bit of a market collapse, at least for these big-name reissues that don't really need to exist and don't make a difference for the artists selling them.