First Colored Vinyl Record

For added head scratching each 45 was printed in a different color from deep red to dark blue yes colored vinyl actually existed in the years immediately after world war ii see also.

First colored vinyl record.

For decades colored vinyl was looked upon as some open joke. Also appears as first only. My first colored vinyl has some great importance to me. You also want to look out for warping a vinyl in excellent condition will be completely flat.

The first notable use of another color came in 1908 with thomas a. Some sources claim the records were legal in that country but this is still a controversial point of view. On june 16th chon released a new album titled homey. First record 第一唱片 is a label of questionable legality from taiwan catering to soldiers mostly from the us stationed there.

The releases are mostly copies from us or. They also did sell to locals. In 1957 the first commercial stereo two channel records were issued first by audio fidelity followed by a translucent blue vinyl on bel canto records the first of which was a multi colored vinyl sampler featuring a stereo tour of los angeles narrated by jack wagner on one side and a collection of tracks from various bel canto albums on the back. The same day of the release of the album was their philadelphia concert in which a friend of mine had given me a free ticket to go with her.

Beginning in 1889 when phonograph cylinders were first sold commercially records were either made from black substances or dyed black to hide surface inconsistencies. Other bands have released records with 2 colors divided down the middle. Records that have a shiny surface and can be played smoothly without jumps will be of greater value than those that are heavily used and blemished. Edison inc s blue amberol records made from highly durable celluloid cylinders colored a distinctive cobalt blue for marketing purposes.

Isis released their first ep red sea on tri colored vinyl. Taiwan colored vinyl records. Divided like a pie one third was red one third was black and one third was tan gold. Almost without exception a colored vinyl disc would play with much more noise and hiss compared to their black counterparts.

None of the record companies in taiwan seem to have had legitimate licensing arrangements with major american or european record labels however making all of these titles unauthorized. A way that record companies could charge more while distancing themselves from what many music lovers demanded from their records. The condition of the vinyl itself is obviously important too. In the 1960s thousands of titles were released in taiwan as colored vinyl records.

From there a small number of colored vinyls were produced up until the 1960s when a few record companies including columbia regularly started producing multi colored.