Virgin Records release 7" vinyl picture disc of AFL to mark their 40th anniversary

*AndyK* · 01 Nov 2013, 19:06

VIRGIN 40
Celebrating 40 years of Virgin music

A series of celebrations are taking place to mark the 40th anniversary of legendary label Virgin. A new exhibition 'Virgin Records: 40 Years of Disruptions' looks back on the four decades since the 22 year old Richard Branson and his colleagues launched their record label.

Here at Uvinyl, we welcome a brilliant collection of very special limited edition 7" picture discs and LPs by era-defining artists including the the Spice Girls, The Verve and Meat Loaf to tie in with the Virgin40 celebrations.

The disc can be purchased here

**Monstro** · 01 Nov 2013, 21:26

As part of Virgin's 40th celebrations they've released Anything For Love as a limited edition 7" vinyl picture disc, details below.

http://store.universal-music.co.uk/r.../0602537540587

Breeze · 02 Nov 2013, 03:46

Is this available at Amazon ?

JennaG · 02 Nov 2013, 09:28

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Originally Posted by Breeze

Is this available at Amazon ?

I've just had a look and it is available from Amazon UK but NOT Amazon USA. However the Universal Music Store and some of the sellers on Amazon UK will ship to the USA.

Breeze · 03 Nov 2013, 03:26

I guess this is it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Anything-Lov...on%27t+do+that

JennaG · 03 Nov 2013, 10:40

Quote:

Originally Posted by Breeze

I guess this is it.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Anything-Lov...on%27t+do+that

Yes, that was the one I found when I looked for you yesterday.

Evil One · 03 Nov 2013, 17:11

I have this from the first time around, but don't have a record player any more. It would be nice if Virgin embraced users of newer technology for their celebrations too.

duke knooby · 03 Nov 2013, 18:06

What like? A nicely packaged digital download???

As a record player owner and user, It's a nice collectors item, and I'm glad they're still releasing some nice vinyl... Much nicer than shitty downloads!!

LucyK! · 08 Nov 2013, 20:03

Don't know who else has received their disc yet but Andy and I are appalled at the quality of it.

The AFL artwork looks pixelated and distorted, it's comparable to something that's been ripped from Google Images and enlarged.

The back of the disc (black with the Meat Loaf logo repeated) is fine but the main image is atrocious - Meat, Jim and Bat II deserved better.

*AndyK* · 08 Nov 2013, 20:10

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Originally Posted by LucyK!

Meat, Jim and Bat II deserved better.

Good job I stopped typing my equivalent post when we realised we were both on the forum at the same time, I opened my post with exactly these words. Very disappointed in this item.

duke knooby · 08 Nov 2013, 20:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by LucyK!

Don't know who else has received their disc yet but Andy and I are appalled at the quality of it.

The AFL artwork looks pixelated and distorted, it's comparable to something that's been ripped from Google Images and enlarged.

The back of the disc (black with the Meat Loaf logo repeated) is fine but the main image is atrocious - Meat, Jim and Bat II deserved better.

Your discs a lemon, and you want your money back?

LucyK! · 08 Nov 2013, 20:16

Just about! Perhaps I'm super critical and everyone else will love it but we were shocked at the image quality.

JennaG · 08 Nov 2013, 20:24

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Originally Posted by LucyK!

Just about! Perhaps I'm super critical and everyone else will love it but we were shocked at the image quality.

No, I don't think you're being super-critical. I wasn't overly impressed with the image quality either.

You're right, Meat, Jim and Bat II deserve much better.

**Monstro** · 08 Nov 2013, 21:10

Cheap rip off, looks like they couldn't get hold of the original picture so just blew one up that they had. There are times when the grainy effect works but this isn't one of them.

Scans of the actual picture disc, expand the pics to bigger size and make your own minds up.

Front

Rear

duke knooby · 08 Nov 2013, 21:14

very poor effort on the front it seems

JennaG · 08 Nov 2013, 21:47

The plastic sleeve on mine has already split at the seam too.

Evil One · 08 Nov 2013, 21:50

You all bought Virgin's last Meat Loaf release. Does the lack of attention to detail really surprise?

duke knooby · 08 Nov 2013, 21:52

Quote:

Originally Posted by JennaG

The plastic sleeve on mine has already split at the seam too.

it was falling apart at the seams?
holding its breath just to breathe?

oops wrong bat

Ben · 09 Nov 2013, 10:11

Agreed. Very poor quality!

Tina.K. · 09 Nov 2013, 13:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by AndyK

Good job I stopped typing my equivalent post when we realised we were both on the forum at the same time, I opened my post with exactly these words. Very disappointed in this item.

You two really belong to each other

Cherry.Loaf · 10 Nov 2013, 13:57

I'm not overly fond of the image but it looks like something Delboy would sell with all the pixelation

evil nickname · 18 Nov 2013, 18:21

Could anyone who actually played the record confirm which edit of Anything for Love is used?

I should start updating my website again—it's been more than a year—and this is as good a place to start as any, but I haven't got a record player at my disposal at the moment.

Evil One · 18 Nov 2013, 20:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by evil nickname

Could anyone who actually played the record confirm which edit of Anything for Love is used?

I don't have it, but it seems to be the 7:51 edit. The 'Longer Still (But Not As Long As The Album Version)' which would mean it's a simple rehash of the 7" single released in 1993. Why anyone would prefer that edit to the video edit is beyond me.

Quote:

Originally Posted by evil nickname

I should start updating my website again

Yes you should. Your website is most excellent. On a slight tangent, I notice that on your Welcome To The Neighbourhood page, the Japanese edition has two bonus tracks.

Quote:

13 I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) (live) 5:27 Jim Steinman
14 Bat Out of Hell (live) 11:03 Jim Steinman

Live tracks produced by Meat Loaf and The Neverland Express

Mixed by Randy Nicklaus

I'd Do Anything for Love (But I Won't Do That) Recorded live in New York, NY,
July 1993

Bat Out of Hell Recorded live at Wembley Arena, London, March 1994

Am I right in assuming that Bat Out Of Hell is just the one from Live Around The World and not some rare recording I've never heard?

evil nickname · 19 Nov 2013, 08:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evil One

I don't have it, but it seems to be the 7:51 edit. The 'Longer Still (But Not As Long As The Album Version)' which would mean it's a simple rehash of the 7" single released in 1993. Why anyone would prefer that edit to the video edit is beyond me.

That's what I suspected. Thanks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Evil One

Yes you should. Your website is most excellent. On a slight tangent, I notice that on your Welcome To The Neighbourhood page, the Japanese edition has two bonus tracks.

Am I right in assuming that Bat Out Of Hell is just the one from Live Around The World and not some rare recording I've never heard?

Thanks. But unless I'm very much mistaken, it's not the version from Live Around the World.

Evil One · 19 Nov 2013, 22:24

Quote:

Originally Posted by evil nickname

But unless I'm very much mistaken, it's not the version from Live Around the World.

That was my initial optimistic view. I'm pretty sure Live Around The World has BOOH labelled as from Germany and is 10.55 long. The other BOOH's from that era are all longer than 11.03.

Hudson Theater is 11.39
Beacon Theater is 11.58
Bat 2 tour rehearsal is 12.11 or 11.13 for the short version

Then my naturally pessimistic side pointed out that it's probably the version from LATW mislabelled and with some extra silence.

I'll take my anorak off now.

01 Nov 2013, 19:06	#1
AndyK Relentless Join Date: 21.11.2003 Location: Over the top..... seeing what's on the other side Posts: 18,694	Virgin Records release 7" vinyl picture disc of AFL to mark their 40th anniversary VIRGIN 40 Celebrating 40 years of Virgin music A series of celebrations are taking place to mark the 40th anniversary of legendary label Virgin. A new exhibition 'Virgin Records: 40 Years of Disruptions' looks back on the four decades since the 22 year old Richard Branson and his colleagues launched their record label. Here at Uvinyl, we welcome a brilliant collection of very special limited edition 7" picture discs and LPs by era-defining artists including the the Spice Girls, The Verve and Meat Loaf to tie in with the Virgin40 celebrations. The disc can be purchased here

01 Nov 2013, 21:26	#2
Monstro Promoted to Wario's spellchecker Join Date: 17.09.2005 Location: London Posts: 12,947	Virgin 40th release Meat Pic Disc As part of Virgin's 40th celebrations they've released Anything For Love as a limited edition 7" vinyl picture disc, details below. http://store.universal-music.co.uk/r.../0602537540587 Last edited by Monstro; 01 Nov 2013 at 22:11.

02 Nov 2013, 03:46	#3
Breeze Miss Inclined Join Date: 24.07.2010 Location: Posts: 448	Is this available at Amazon ?

03 Nov 2013, 03:26	#5
Breeze Miss Inclined Join Date: 24.07.2010 Location: Posts: 448	I guess this is it. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Anything-Lov...on%27t+do+that

03 Nov 2013, 17:11	#7
Evil One Mega Loafer Join Date: 15.01.2007 Posts: 5,193	I have this from the first time around, but don't have a record player any more. It would be nice if Virgin embraced users of newer technology for their celebrations too.

03 Nov 2013, 18:06	#8
duke knooby Mega Loafer Join Date: 24.06.2005 Location: belfast Posts: 17,891	What like? A nicely packaged digital download??? As a record player owner and user, It's a nice collectors item, and I'm glad they're still releasing some nice vinyl... Much nicer than shitty downloads!!

08 Nov 2013, 20:03	#9
LucyK! The Monster Is Luce Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Posts: 7,547	Don't know who else has received their disc yet but Andy and I are appalled at the quality of it. The AFL artwork looks pixelated and distorted, it's comparable to something that's been ripped from Google Images and enlarged. The back of the disc (black with the Meat Loaf logo repeated) is fine but the main image is atrocious - Meat, Jim and Bat II deserved better.

08 Nov 2013, 20:16	#12
LucyK! The Monster Is Luce Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Posts: 7,547	Just about! Perhaps I'm super critical and everyone else will love it but we were shocked at the image quality.

08 Nov 2013, 21:10	#14
Monstro Promoted to Wario's spellchecker Join Date: 17.09.2005 Location: London Posts: 12,947	Cheap rip off, looks like they couldn't get hold of the original picture so just blew one up that they had. There are times when the grainy effect works but this isn't one of them. Scans of the actual picture disc, expand the pics to bigger size and make your own minds up. Front Rear

08 Nov 2013, 21:14	#15
duke knooby Mega Loafer Join Date: 24.06.2005 Location: belfast Posts: 17,891	very poor effort on the front it seems

08 Nov 2013, 21:47	#16
JennaG Mega Loafer Join Date: 09.02.2010 Location: Posts: 1,934	The plastic sleeve on mine has already split at the seam too.

08 Nov 2013, 21:50	#17
Evil One Mega Loafer Join Date: 15.01.2007 Posts: 5,193	You all bought Virgin's last Meat Loaf release. Does the lack of attention to detail really surprise?

09 Nov 2013, 10:11	#19
Ben Mega Loafer Join Date: 19.03.2003 Location: Kent, England Posts: 4,163	Agreed. Very poor quality!

10 Nov 2013, 13:57	#21
Cherry.Loaf Los Angeloser Join Date: 02.04.2010 Location: Bristol Posts: 1,072	I'm not overly fond of the image but it looks like something Delboy would sell with all the pixelation

18 Nov 2013, 18:21	#22
evil nickname Guest Join Date: 19.04.2003 Posts: 2,238	Could anyone who actually played the record confirm which edit of Anything for Love is used? I should start updating my website again—it's been more than a year—and this is as good a place to start as any, but I haven't got a record player at my disposal at the moment.