Hmmm...where to begin with this album? The first pressing was discarded entirely, destroyed at the
band's request, as they were unhappy with how it turned out. I had heard rumors of this story, but it
was confirmed when Mark Robinson reworked the
Teenbeat
discography page. The pressing that was destroyed was the CDs - the vinyl had not yet been pressed.
There were definitely sleeves made for the first run, though, as they were used
for the second pressing. These sleeves did not reflect the fact that the album had been remixed by
Geoff Turner, and so, instead of redoing the artwork, they added a brief audio track to the very end
of the album to give Turner his props. Mark says on the Teenbeat page that he thought that the vinyl
had been done for the first press and then released along with the second press CDs. I do not think
that this was the case, as every early vinyl pressing I've come across has contained the Geoff Turner
audio thank you track. What we do know is the earliest vinyl pressing was on black vinyl, limited to
1,500 copies.
The third pressing of the Pink Album was CD only - it corrected the credits and left out the audio
thank you track (along with the cricket sounds at the end of "Crayola").
The artwork was then changed for the fourth edition, which was distributed by Matador. This was the only
other vinyl pressing of the album - it was also pressed in a quantity of 1,500. You can easily tell the
difference between the two vinyl pressings. On the
vinyl: the early pressings have pink labels. They are white on the later one. The early pressings have
the aforementioned Geoff Turner track at the end. On the sleeves, the front looks the same for both
versions. The back is completely different between the two (see pics below). The later sleeve mentions
Geoff Turner and says, "Manufactured and Distributed by Matador", right above the Teenbeat logo.
The earlier sleeves do not.
There were two more Teenbeat editions, both of which were only in CD form.
But wait...there's more! The band signed to Elektra, which decided to put out their own version of The
Pink Album. So...they re-recorded some and remixed most of it again. The Elektra version does sound
really good, I have to say. There was never a vinyl version of the Elektra release. Teenbeat retained the
vinyl rights, though. While the Elektra version is technically not on Spotify, look for the
"LP Version" - that's the Elektra version of the album, but it's under the Teenbeat label.
| Version |
Value ($) |
Scarcity |
Price Trending |
| Teenbeat 159 - 1st Vinyl Pressing Black |
20-25 |
4 |
Stable |
| Teenbeat 159 - 2nd Vinyl Pressing Black |
8-10 |
4 |
Stable |
This page was last updated on February 24, 2020.
