Totally fair. I wasn't really thinking of it in that way! I just accept the limited nature of a lot of vinyl these days. I prefer when stuff is widely available and maybe has a variant for those who want it. But I also know that it's just not realistic for every album to have an open run of pressings, especially with plants being so backed up now.
Agree on both sides. I dont like limited printings and wish everything was available to all who wanted it.
Totally agree. I buy records to listen to. Not for speculation. I’d rather everyone had a copy of Blonde and all records were cheaper than the currrnt situation. I don’t spin Blonde too often but it’s nice that I can. Would be nice if everyone could. The difference between a music fan and a collector is a music fan finds an old chest with 5 copies of a rare record in it will give 4 away to friends. A collector will destroy or hide the other 4 to increase the value of the 1 they have.
I mean, aren’t we all collectors on some level at the end of the day? Damn near everything is available via digital or streaming. But we like the physical format. These are luxury items. If a music fan wants to listen to Blonde, the fact that the vinyl was so limited hasn’t prevented them from hearing the album.
However, I've always considered myself as building, or adding to my record collection & thought of myself as a collector on some level. After buying records over a few decades I've not managed to sell any yet really (which I do need to change from a practicality standpoint). 
I agree with the sentiment. I buy records to play. The music has always been the important thing to me. I do wish I'd been able to take better care of some of the though
The difference to me is someone who wants to buy a colour variant over black vinyl? And even more so, pay more money for a colour variant over black vinyl. That can't really be about the music, it's about a sense of false rarity. Limited edition & small runs used to happen all the time, but basically because the retailers thought they would only sell 30, 300, 500 or 1000. I don't think that is a problem, but driving scarcity by limited runs of different colour variants is. To me a record isn't really limited to 500 if you can get the music on black vinyl with a pressing of 5000. If we all change the perception to focus on the music & not the colour of the vinyl, it won't seem as limited or as rare.
Also, surely record store day, should be the real target for creating this type of cynical behaviour. I am happy that VMP have been able to sell a 1000 copies of a Jazz title so quickly. It means we'll get more AAA Jazz. I would guess that most of the people buying
I'd accept an indies only or a Dinked if it gets people to shop in a local over Amazon but as a general rule I'm with you. Coloured vinyl is proper bollocks. Id happily see everything uniformly black if it sorted out shitty presses and warps.
100. Turns it into a fetish.
Ain't no fetish like a vinyl fetish cause a vinyl fetish don't stop
Yea, one of our locals that used to do RSD - and the one I preferred - stopped a few years back. Funny enough, the one listed in VMPs silly book.
I have it coming as a swap for Classics this month. Thanks for the heads-up on the issues - I'll have to make a point to listen right away.
