SPLIT ENZ True Colours 1979 AMLH 64822 Laser Etched Vinyl LP Album Neil Finn
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SPLIT ENZ True Colours 1979 / 1980 AMLH 64822 Laser Etched Vinyl LP Album Neil Finn SPLIT ENZ - 'True Colours' 12" RARE LASER-ETCHED Vinyl LP Record 1980 AUST PRESSING AMLH 64822 MUSHROOM RECORDS Made in - Australia SPECIAL LASER EDITION VERY RARE RECORD - ALL OFFERS CONSIDARD THANKS BOB.
Tim Finn said, "We had been playing so many shows, so the band were very tight. It was like everything was starting to line up to make a really powerful record." Crombie added, "We'd had a rough time up to that in England, and I think we're really just raring to go. We came back to Melbourne and recorded the album and it just felt it was a new beginning."
Originally, the band thought "Missing Person" to be the album's standout track, not realizing "I Got You" would become the hit. "I Hope I Never" was mixed differently for the Australian single release, with strengthened percussion. "Nobody Takes Me Seriously", "What's the Matter with You" and "Poor Boy" were released as singles in the northern hemisphere.
A synthesizer melody played in "I Wouldn't Dream of It" was first introduced in an early Split Enz recording, aptly titled "The Instrumental".
Cover
The album cover was initially released in four colour combinations – yellow and blue, red and green, purple and yellow, and blue and orange – but would ultimately be given another four makeovers with releases in lime green and pink, hot purple and burnt orange, gold and platinum (to mark its sales milestones), and finally yellow, blue and red.
Crombie later said, "There was a lot of resistance initially. For some reason they thought people would get confused. It was just playing with it really. Why not? In the end there were 11 covers. The rarest one is the black and white one that got sent out to the press. There's about 100 of them, with Texas to colour your own. So, if you're really keen, you'll have 11."When it was later released on the A&M label, imaginative shapes and patterns covered the vinyl using a technique known as "laser-etching". When light hit the record, these designs would protrude and spin about the room. The album was the first to ever use this technique, originally designed to discourage the creation of counterfeit copies.
Speed: 33 RPM Type: LP Format: Record Language: English Era: 1970s - 1980 Material: Vinyl Features: Etched - Limited Edition - Laser-Etched Disc Condition: the cover has very little wear corners the inner and record are in very good condition Any questions please ask, all offers considered thanks bob.
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