2003 album printings

[DrMorbid]

I posted a question on another thread asking about the details of the new issues in the US of Coroner's albums. These are the 2003 issues on the Navarro/Sanctuary label.

I noticed that there appeared to be multi-page booklets for No More Color and Punishment for Decadence. The NMC rear pic was slightly off scale; a bit larger. Same for the PFD one, while Mental Vortex only had a buzzsaw blade on the back.

Anyway, I decided to buy Metal Vortex to replace my extremely damaged original. These are my findings:

1. Not remastered. Sound is the same.
2. The booklet is inferior to the originals:
-the bar on the front covers was not the same scale as the originals. Wider, bolder. Appears everything is that scale.
-the font is different, first page is crooked. Buzzsaws in the background, as opposed to the Coroner logo.
-titles are planted where ever they designer wanted (on top, under, to the side a bit, etc.)
-the type is very fuzzy. Not clean. Almost looks like a counterfeit. I know for a fact this isn't a counterfeit, btw.
-No pictures of Coroner, no border on the back cover.

The disc itself is an improvement, with the buzzsaw art on it, while the original has the circular printing.

Overall, I'm satisfied because I get to listen to this wonderful album again.

I would love to see the albums properly reissued, though. I never got RIP, gonna get that soon. I have PFD and NMC (but the latter I've lost the booklet on), so most likely going to keep those, but I'm tempted to buy them all to keep the set and hoping there's new artwork inside.

Regardless, if you don't have the albums, don't hesitate to buy them while you still can. The cd's are well priced, as I showed in the link I provided, and the music is still brilliant and ahead of its time, all these years later.

[evilgrin]

DrMorbid said:

Regardless, if you don't have the albums, don't hesitate to buy them while you still can. The cd's are well priced, as I showed in the link I provided, and the music is still brilliant and ahead of its time, all these years later.

I think you forgot to post the link.

[DrMorbid]

It was in another thread, but I'll gladly post it up here, too.

ratqueen.proboards1.com/index.cgi?board=coroner&action=display&n=1&thread=232

I gave the link to the other thread, because I would like you to consider why I chose this store for support over a large corporation. This goes beyond pricing.

[Witchfynde]

DrMorbid said:

2. The booklet is inferior to the originals:
-the bar on the front covers was not the same scale as the originals. Wider, bolder. Appears everything is that scale.
-the font is different, first page is crooked. Buzzsaws in the background, as opposed to the Coroner logo.
-titles are planted where ever they designer wanted (on top, under, to the side a bit, etc.)
-the type is very fuzzy. Not clean. Almost looks like a counterfeit. I know for a fact this isn't a counterfeit, btw.
-No pictures of Coroner, no border on the back cover.

I would love to see the albums properly reissued, though.

Same here. That sucks about the printing quality though, it kind of reminds me of some cheapass company that purchased the rights to the RoboCop movies, but the prints weren't sharp and clear. Granted, the only Robo DVD I'd want would be the original anyway, but I feel sorry for people who bought the whole trilogy for that kind of "quality". Feh; Coroner STILL not getting the respect they deserve...

[Sirius13]

This made me investigate my own Mental V CD booklet...

and I was surprised to find inside a page advertising the 3 previous releases that shows the original PFD artwork (as in my avatar) for the UK issue of the CD. I have the original art on my vinyl, but my CD is the dodgy skeleton cover. Also advertised over the page is the Mental V t-shirt.

You're right, it'd be good to see some high-quality remasters out...

[DrMorbid]

I took a bunch of side by side pics and I was going to post them, but it appears that I'm not allowed to post pics yet, unless I just can't find the options.

[Witchfynde]

The posting pics option is the fourth button on the second level of the "Add tags" column...or, in other words, the picture frame right underneath the strikeout (S) key. You have to put up and then connect to the photos from another website, though, in order to post them.

[davidpotesta]

Have all albums been rereleased?

RIP
Punishment For Decadence
No More Color
Mental Vortex
Grin

Perhaps not the 'Coroner' album, though?

[GlidingAbove]

davidpotesta said:

Have all albums been rereleased?

RIP
Punishment For Decadence
No More Color
Mental Vortex
Grin

Perhaps not the 'Coroner' album, though?

Amazon.com has all the 2003 releases for sale. They list all releases except for the "Coroner" album, which I guess doesn't surprise me.

[DrMorbid]

As far as I know, and the listings show, Grin was not rereleased. Any of them out there are from the 1993 and later printings.

So it's just RIP through Mental Vortex.

[GlidingAbove]

Oops, you're right, Grin wasn't part of the list. I misread it yesterday.

[DrMorbid]

As I previously mentioned, I would love to see official reissues. Perhaps the reason why the artwork is shoddy, at best is because of the lack of involvement by the band and perhaps even the loss of the original graphics. Who knows.

I would also love to see the original cover for Punishment for Decadence used, as the band intended and the current artwork on the inside cover.

This is going to spawn a new thread.

[DrMorbid]

www.towerrecords.com/Music/Default.aspx?free_text=coroner&a_uid=USP828_i03-050323-09%3a28%3a20-96964&a_qid=USP828_i03-050323-09%3a28%3a20-96965&match_artist=Coroner&

Hopefully it will show up, but it appears there are printings from Europe of the albums dated 2/16/04.

Hopefully our counterparts on the other side of the pond can give us some feedback on what the issue with them might be. Are they enhanced in any way? I guess checking out the stores and checking out the online web stores in your country would help the search.

Thanks.