Vinyl variants...

[Vimo 1,779]

So basically, vinyl variant covers are the photoshoots we used to have in a cd/vinyl booklet... But now we gotta pay 40+ dollars for each shot and booklets exists no more...

[NUTELLA 30,369]

An embarrassing trend

Makes artists look greedy

& makes customers look insane

(clarifying that I'm not personally a vinyl consumer, but I HATE that the "superior" artwork is usually relegated to a throwaway/alternative product, & will therefore be less "remembered" once this trend *hopefully* ends)

[onTheBrink 1,724]

I don't really like it. It makes the vinyl you own meaningless. Your collection should mean something. It's not supposed to be Pokemon collecting them for collecting's sake

[Bronco 27,799]

I like having a variety available. Some people are absolutely milking it. 
But vinyls are collectibles effectively, and I love being able to get coloured/special LPs that match the colour scheme and vibe of an album. 

People who buy 20 variants of a single album etc need to just go to therapy.

[Cherry Blues 576]

12 minutes ago, onTheBrink said:

I don't really like it. It makes the vinyl you own meaningless. Your collection should mean something. It's not supposed to be Pokemon collecting them for collecting's sake

👌 Absolutely, it should be summarized in the booklet.

[loveandpeace 2,127]

I'm glad I never got into this trend...

[Duella Dvil 12,017]

I still have no idea how I ended up with 4 deluxe vinyls of A Star Is Born. I bought 1

[EART HL I NG 1,562]

Honestly buying into this trend ruined my collection because big chunks of my shelves are taken up by two or three albums. I've been considering picking one of each to keep and selling the rest

[gagzus 24,974]

I honestly think we should go back to tri-fold vinyls and have the artwork within the tri-fold at LEAST. 

Variants work for me only if it does two things; it has new artwork and it has at least TWO new songs on it minimum. But also they should slash the prices by half too. But like more than 3 vinyl variants is absolute overkill and greed imo.

Edited 2 hours ago by gagzus

[HotLikeMexico 6,732]

2 hours ago, EART HL I NG said:

Honestly buying into this trend ruined my collection because big chunks of my shelves are taken up by two or three albums. I've been considering picking one of each to keep and selling the rest

I just buy the one I like. I don’t by multiples of the same album. I literally just force myself tO pick the one I like the most, or can easily get and move on with my life.