I was about to ask who would spend $20-30 on a 12" single of an easily accessible song, but I'm sure plenty of fans will eat this up because it's on colorful vinyl

Good to know, but super boring re-release with generic sleeve.

[Edited 10/26/24 13:32pm]

yet another boring,pointless release from the Estate

zzzzzzz

A counterfeit (kind of, since the vinyl is purple and not black?) of a promotional release? Or are they just using some random image from Discogs and the vinyl that will be released in November won't look like that?

In any case, is anybody buying that kind of crap and, if so, why? Just because it's a vinyl? This is insane.

does Prince has a drawn-on moustache on this cover foto?

and how over-worked it looks, like it's an AI generated photo,

plus the back photo has some weird photoshopped glasses, or no glasses...

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amaturism artwork

[Edited 10/28/24 3:45am]

Oh, I see, it's just the Paris 1987 bootleg (call them how you want, they might be technically legal, but they're just unofficial releases). And one of the sites took the image from the actual "Hot Thing" promo from 1987 from Discogs.

My initial question remains: who buys that kind of crap and why? Just because it's a vinyl and they don't know what they're actually buying?

olb99 said:

Oh, I see, it's just the Paris 1987 bootleg (call them how you want, they might be technically legal, but they're just unofficial releases). And one of the sites took the image from the actual "Hot Thing" promo from 1987 from Discogs.

My initial question remains: who buys that kind of crap and why? Just because it's a vinyl and they don't know what they're actually buying?

I figure out it's a significant target part of the tiresome vinyl revival.

olb99 said:

My initial question remains: who buys that kind of crap and why? Just because it's a vinyl and they don't know what they're actually buying?

Well if it is an official release then I think mostly collectors are buying these.

Look, there are people who buy vinyl, there are people who buy CD's, those who stream, and those who buy online downloads, or steal it, those who buy fake bootlegs, over and over again, on vinyl or CD or DVD... whatever.

Each his own preferences.

If they re-print the 'tiresome' vinyls, so be it, it means there is a market.

Questioning 'who buys it' and why is irrelevant.

And, there are as much buyers of purple bedsheets as those who are against it.

What the flying fuck, right?

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I buy reissues of official vinyls, no boots, so what makes me then?

(I don't like CD's)

I can understand people buying vinyls, because they are larger, sometimes beautiful objects in a world that's becoming more and more immaterial and hard to comprehend. I get it. Really.

But when people start to buy vinyls just because they're vinyls, it's... weird. Here the picture on the cover is from a completely unrelated year. I would bet the sound quality is probably worse than on other bootlegs. This kind of crappy releases is problematic.

Yeah, we can always let ignorant people be ignorant, I guess. But that's just cynical...

truly an odd choice of single to bootleg at this point.

you can find the original on discogs without too much trouble.

olb99 said:

I can understand people buying vinyls, because they are larger, sometimes beautiful objects in a world that's becoming more and more immaterial and hard to comprehend. I get it. Really.

But when people start to buy vinyls just because they're vinyls, it's... weird. Here the picture on the cover is from a completely unrelated year. I would bet the sound quality is probably worse than on other bootlegs. This kind of crappy releases is problematic.

Yeah, we can always let ignorant people be ignorant, I guess. But that's just cynical...

agree ... maybe it's something like collecting stamps.

Probably the ignorant will inherit the earth, and smart people wll be forgotten in oblivion.

All that is left will be bootleg vinyls with wrong imagery and bad quality.

olb99 said:

Oh, I see, it's just the Paris 1987 bootleg (call them how you want, they might be technically legal, but they're just unofficial releases). And one of the sites took the image from the actual "Hot Thing" promo from 1987 from Discogs.

My initial question remains: who buys that kind of crap and why? Just because it's a vinyl and they don't know what they're actually buying?

AFAIK the Paris 1987 was never broadcast on any radio, at least legally, so even using the (debatable IIRC, we once investigated this thoroughly years ago, I'd have to find the thread again) European (or was it strictly British?) loophole, this release cannot be considered legit in any country except maybe North Korea. I hope Kim Jung Un gets a copy.