HW: are these rare, or just uncommon

[J Strobridge]

Miikka Wagner writes:

> >> cjohnson writes:
> >>>  Another vendor also had a copy of Hawklords 12" "Who's Gonna Win
> >>>  the War" on silver/grey vinyl.  The LP was in good shape, the cover
> >>>  probably a NM/VG, but he wanted $25.  Too steep for me on this one.
> >>>  I still have a contact addy if any other takers want to jump on it.
> >
> >> ???? Was this the 25 years On/Dead Dreams/PXR5 grey vinyl?
> >> FoFP
>
> I think that black vinyl issue is rare. Can anybody confirm?

"Who's Gonna Win The War" shouldn't exist at all on 12" vinyl - grey
or otherwise - so if this is a genuine sighting then it's unique and
probably priceless.

However "25 Years" was officially issued on grey vinyl and is fairly
rare - in that you usually have a wait of a year or so between copies
appearing for sale.   $25 dollars is about ?18.00 pounds which is
definitely at the high end of its price range - I'd have said between
12.00 and 18.00 pounds was a reasonable price.    The record company
apparently used up the last of its black vinyl before starting the grey
vinyl run which is why there are black vinyl ones around.    There may
have been fewer black pressed and so it is supposed to be very rare
but there are plenty around for the collector so don't be tricked
into paying too high a price for one.   The ratio of black to grey
seems to be 1:3 - but I'm open to correction on this.

jill

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