Technically, this is not the Whigs, but in practice, Ornament is the Afghan Whigs plus Marcy Mays, who probably should have been an honorary member anyway, so we'll include it. This was once a find. I got lucky with it - it ended up in a lot of bargain bins in Tokyo because the name "Afghan Whigs" is never once mentioned on the sleeve. Most copies of the Ornament single are on black vinyl. However, there are also clear and blue versions out there. Both are quite rare, but the clear one is considerably rarer. My copy has a couple of black bits in the clear vinyl (this is very common with clear vinyl in general - it takes a lot to rid an extruder of all traces of other colors, and if any little bit is there, it will show up with clear vinyl. Since I first heard about the clear version (in 2004 or so), I have encountered exactly four of them. It is extremely hard to find, though the demand for it has come down a bit.
Mike F. from Cincinnati, who worked in a record store in the '90s, told me that the Caroline distributor gave him the story on the clear vinyl copies; they said the clear ones were only pressed to fill existing orders, so a very small batch was made. They ended up having more records than leftover sleeves, though, so many of the clear ones that are floating around are in plain white paper sleeves. Crazy.
| Version | Value ($) | Scarcity | Price Trending |
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| Black Vinyl | 10-15 | 3 | Stable |
| Blue Vinyl | 30-50 | 7 | Stable |
| Clear Vinyl | 30-40 | 9 | Stable |
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| Test Pressing: | Black vinyl, large hole, white Rainbo Records labels |
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| Credits: | G. Sinchak: test pressing image Mike F. from Cincinnati: the clear vinyl Caroline story/set me up with my clear copy |
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