PILs Metal box reissued
- Thread starter Tony L
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Tony,
I've got an original too. It has four paper inserts, the red A5 tracklisting and the sticker on the back, my sticker is identical to Fox's.
I saw one of the new reissues on the weekend - it was astonishingly shiny! It doesn't have the Metal 1 sticker, but it had a tiny bit of PiL tape to 'seal' it which wasn't the same as shown on the Fodderstompf site.
Does anyone know if the reissue uses heavy/special vinyl?
I've got an original too. It has four paper inserts, the red A5 tracklisting and the sticker on the back, my sticker is identical to Fox's.
The 'lyric sheet' mentioned is worth adding to an 'original', mine is from the NME (1st Dec. 79 - Page 9!). It has PUBLIC IMAGE LTD. and THE METAL BOX. printed at top and bottom with the nine lyrics tightly handwritten in block capitals between, without the song titles. The back of the page has a cracking 'Our Price' advert too!Fodderstompf said:
I saw one of the new reissues on the weekend - it was astonishingly shiny! It doesn't have the Metal 1 sticker, but it had a tiny bit of PiL tape to 'seal' it which wasn't the same as shown on the Fodderstompf site.
Does anyone know if the reissue uses heavy/special vinyl?
sideshowbob
Champagne fascia aficionado
Sir said:
It's not heavy, but it's flat and very quiet, which is much more important.
-- Ian
lordsummit
Moderator
I'll have a look at mine tonight, but I suspect that I haven't got any stickers on the back.
I'm missing a track listing too. Would be nice to get hold of one....
I'm missing a track listing too. Would be nice to get hold of one....
Tim Groves
pfm Member
Martin M said:
Really ? got any proof? or just reading inbetween the lines of the EMI press release?
Marmite
tea jenny
My 4 Men With beards Metal Box arrived this morning, got it from this ebay shop. Quick delivery (ordered Monday) and so far plays really well.
Obviously it's not as terrifically exciting as having an original, although mine did come with a very wee dent which I am treating as the start of the ageing process, rather than a defect. Wow and is it ever shiny. A nice reissue.
Obviously it's not as terrifically exciting as having an original, although mine did come with a very wee dent which I am treating as the start of the ageing process, rather than a defect. Wow and is it ever shiny. A nice reissue.
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Nice job Tony,
I'd started to try the same thing, your image is far better than my camera allowed me!
Marmite,
My original had a dent from day one - I kind of like it, honest. As for the 'shiny' stuff it will be interesting to see if the new boxes rot like the old ones did. (It is fingerprint juices that attack the plating on the old boxes.)
During this thread I looked at the finish of the inside of the bottom of my old box, this is still in excellent condition never having been handled, but it is nowhere as shiny as those new ones!
I'd started to try the same thing, your image is far better than my camera allowed me!
Marmite,
My original had a dent from day one - I kind of like it, honest. As for the 'shiny' stuff it will be interesting to see if the new boxes rot like the old ones did. (It is fingerprint juices that attack the plating on the old boxes.)
During this thread I looked at the finish of the inside of the bottom of my old box, this is still in excellent condition never having been handled, but it is nowhere as shiny as those new ones!