Showing posts with label Hounds of Love - LP Releases. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hounds of Love - LP Releases. Show all posts

Sunday, January 1, 2012

Hounds of Love - Canada LP First Issue Pressing


The Canadian record jacket for Hounds of Love pretty much has the same design layout as the UK release. The really unfortunate part is that it's much more cheaply made. The Canadian jacket isn't nearly as thick as the UK record jacket, so it's much more flimsy. The front photo, like the UK one, is also laminated. However, the photo on the Canadian cover is far inferior to the UK one. The photo is clearly more faded, almost washed out looking, whereas the UK one is more vibrant and truer in colour. I actually had to brighten it up here - that's how dull it is.


The inner sleeve also has the same printed lyrics and photos as the UK release, but with some very obvious differences. It's made from a cheaper type of flimsy paper, whereas the UK inner sleeve is made from a thicker card stock. The photos on the inner sleeve also appear more faded than the ones on the UK version.


The Canadian release also features record labels nearly identical to the UK ones. The only real differences here are things like catalogue numbers and distribution information.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Hounds Of Love - UK LP First Issue Pressing


The album jacket is far more superior in quality to most other worldwide copies in my opinion. It certainly has a lot more stability to it.


This also comes with an inner sleeve with printed lyrics and photos. I personally think the colour photo on the inner sleeve would have looked better on the album cover, but that's just me.


There are no messages scratched into the run off vinyl on this release.


When I came across this copy many years ago, I was a little surprised to discover it still had its order form inside and unused. You don't often find these anymore, especially in mint condition.

Thursday, September 16, 2010

Hounds Of Love - UK LP Simply Vinyl 2000 Reissue Release


I bought this brand new back in 2000 when it was first released. At the time I had a choice to make between this one and The Whole Story, which had also been released by Simply Vinyl around the same time. I couldn't justify buying both of them as the shop was charging a fortune for each one, so I decided on Hounds of Love.


I believe both Hounds of Love and The Whole Story had limited edition runs, and both were pressed on 180g virgin vinyl. The albums were also placed into thick pvc wallet sleeves and sticker sealed, then shrink wrapped sealed very loosely. Mine still remains sealed to this day, so I can't show you more than just the outer sleeve. From what I've been told, the record has black EMI labels and the inner pocket sleeve has been substituted with an insert. 


Closer look at the sticker on the front of the sleeve in the upper right-hand corner. The sticker is actually placed on the thicker pvc sleeve.


Closer look at the imprinted 'Simply Vinyl' name and logo that's been imprinted on the back flap of the pvc sleeve.


Closer look at the hologram sticker that's also located on the back, but in the upper left-hand corner. Unfortunately, none of these things seem to scan or photograph very well due to the thick plastic sleeve and shrink wrap exterior. I did the best I could with all of this.


Closer look at the sticker seal on the back flap of the pvc sleeve.


Closer look at the 2000 copyright... just in case it doesn't show well in my full scan of the back sleeve.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Hounds Of Love - Canada Pink Marble LP Release


Canadian pink marble vinyl edition of Hounds of Love, and probably the more popular of the two with collectors. Supposedly this one was pulled at some point due to poor sound quality, but I've never seen any evidence of this. It's kind of funny since I've also heard the exact same thing about the U.S. grey marble version.


This one also comes with an identical insert to the standard black release.


The pink marble version is definitely much more lightweight compared to the grey marble release. While I like both versions, the Canadian release is definitely my favourite.

Friday, June 25, 2010

Hounds Of Love - USA Grey Marble LP Release


Grey marble version LP of Hounds of Love from the USA. When this was originally new, it was shrink wrapped and stickered. The front and back of the jacket is the same as the standard U.S. release with no real differing features.


The inner sleeve also comes with the same printed lyrics and photos as the UK release.


Now that I've finally got this one properly scanned in, you can see there are also patches of pink on both sides of the vinyl.


While this is a nice one to have, I actually prefer the Canadian pink marble version.