I know the labels look rather white in the picture but they really are silver. If you take a look at the cover that opens at the bottom you know it's true. No. It's not a mix up.
It was a bit difficult to get this pressing. The grey labels are quite easily mistaken for silver ones if you've never actually seen a true 2nd press. The cover though should be easy to tell apart. But obviously there are people on discogs who don't know the difference between top and bottom.
When I finally decided to add the last of the three regular early pressings of this release to my collection I had to send back the first copy I ordered which was described as "2nd press, silver labels, cover opens at the bottom" because when it got here the labels were grey and the cover opened at the top. Idiot! It's so frustrating when you're expecting a certain pressing to cross off your list at last and then you get the wrong one.
The regular editions of those first three pressings are not hard to come by but somehow those are the records that sometimes take me the longest to finally add to my collection because I usually blow my money on records that are a little tougher to track down.
Now I'm really glad to finally have those early pressings even though that means the hunt for the really rare 2nd press variations begins. Damn! That's going to take a while and demand deep pockets. Well, one day.
In case you're wondering. I don't care about the 1997 and all the following pressings. Not even the yellow vinyl. And test pressings as you might already know also don't concern me. Too many records to collect and I gotta draw the line somewhere.
Good night!
