Section 04
Vinyl & Reissues
Original pressings, reissue economics, colour variants, and how to read what the runout groove tells you.
- 01
Everything the Runout Groove Tells You
A collector's reference for reading the matrix area of a Nordic metal pressing
- 02
Why the Second Pressing Costs More
The Counterintuitive Arithmetic of Collector Value
- 03
Colour Vinyl as Label Strategy
When the Colour Was the Product
- 04
The Bootleg Problem
How to identify an unauthorised pressing of a Nordic metal record — the documented tells in the matrix, sleeve paper, label registration, and the playback.
- 05
Reissue or Remaster: Not the Same Thing
The market uses these words interchangeably. Collectors cannot afford to.