GPT bootleg

[the crybaby]

i have been at a vinyl market in my hometown yesterday and there have been a shitload of GPT vinyls... someone has bootlegged them, same artwork, same labels, nearly the same etching at the inside end of the groove...
these are the differences to the regular version:
low right corner at the back cover --> regular version: "Made In France"; bootleg version: "Made in Micronesia"
etching --> regular version: "VM 103 A MPO" / "VM 103 B MPO" (the 2nd pressing does have MPO scratched out); bootleg version: "VM 103 A" / "VM 103 B"

[glen]

I heard about this.  I also heard MELVINS are aware and less than thrilled.

do you blame them?   

Micronesia...  HA!   do me a favor.   google Micronesia.    something tells me they don't do alot of vinyl pressing there.

[camaroballa22]

looks like someone is really pissed waiting too long for the boner/back catalog re-releases.
that, or someone realizes that every DAMN piece of melvins vinyl now sells in the range of $50-1000, and wants to make money.

[Leroy]

Were't there bootlegged red vinyls of Houdini that didn't even sound as good as the originals?

[Dumpster D]

yeah, someone said those houdini presses were "authorized" but not sure exactly.

Anyway The melvins aren't going to be happy about this.

[the crybaby]

what i have forgotten.there have also been copies of the MAKING LOVE DEMOS on vinyl with slip-in covers... i have only seen them with fold-out covers before.

[Dumpster D]

uh-oh.

[jules]

Uh-oh again:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MELVINS-HOUNDINI-ALBUM-ON-STUNNING-PURPLE-MARBLE-VINYL-LP-/180843048540?pt=UK_Records&hash=item2a1b15ee5c

[Dumpster D]

well it was bound to happen when the price of Melvins vinyl skyrocketed to the price Real estate.

[oldernie]

Were't there bootlegged red vinyls of Houdini that didn't even sound as good as the originals?

the red bootleg sounded terrible, i hate mp3s but this is one time that i would recommend anyone to download houdini before wasting money on that shitty bootleg, or why not just buy the cd.

[Zorn]

Uh-oh again:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/MELVINS-HOUNDINI-ALBUM-ON-STUNNING-PURPLE-MARBLE-VINYL-LP-/180843048540?pt=UK_Records&hash=item2a1b15ee5c

A friend of mine got this one at the vinyl market... Haven't listened the whole thing, but Honey Bucket is missing on side A, Hag Me goes right after Going Blind. Ha-ha.

[jules]

The old Stoner Witch bootleg (black vinyl) is here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Melvins-Stoner-Witch-LP-BLACK-vinyl-1994-sludge-nirvana-cd-7-boris-sunn-/280858346229?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item41647642f5

[GrimReaper]

The old Stoner Witch bootleg (black vinyl) is here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Melvins-Stoner-Witch-LP-BLACK-vinyl-1994-sludge-nirvana-cd-7-boris-sunn-/280858346229?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item41647642f5

That looks legit. What's the indications it's fake?

[jules]

The old Stoner Witch bootleg (black vinyl) is here:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/The-Melvins-Stoner-Witch-LP-BLACK-vinyl-1994-sludge-nirvana-cd-7-boris-sunn-/280858346229?pt=Music_on_Vinyl&hash=item41647642f5

That looks legit. What's the indications it's fake?

As far as I know, all legit Stoner Witches were pink vinyl and gatefold sleeve. It was bootlegged in Germany around the time Stoner Witch was released, I think this is one of those. Black vinyl and single sleeve.

If there's a legit Stoner Witch on black vinyl, I'd love to get my hands on one.

The same was done to Houdini. Single sleeve and "Atlantic"-looking logos.

[zcbmad13]

I got the black vinyl last week on ebay.  If that is a bootleg than whoever did it is the God of bootlegs, I have heard alot of bootlegs and none sound and look that good.  If you read the record it does say it was made in Germany.  I have heard it is just the Euro release, An Atlantic Repress, and a bootleg in my research since I got it this past week.  I thought it was a bootleg when I bought it, but now I don't think its possible.  Does anyone have 100% definitive evidence?