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BATHORY – “yellow goat” LP

cooch / 03/11/2010

Welp, here it is… one of the best and most desirable metal records of all time. Bathory’s legendary debut LP was originally issued on Black Mark Records with this “yellow goat” sleeve, with most sources saying only 1,000 copies were pressed. Allegedly, Quorthon was not happy with the yellow goat, so later pressings were changed to plain black and white art, thus making the first pressing one of the top metal collectibles around.

Rant department: I really hate how overused the word “private” has become with ebay listings, it’s worse than “northern soul” or “kbd” at this point.

7 Comments

-c

Posted 03/11/2010 at 9:10 PM | Permalink

same seller also has a Fingernails LP. DO WANT!

i hear you on the ‘private’ term. a dealer i regularly buy from at a local record swap uses that term excessively.
Cheesegrater

Posted 03/11/2010 at 10:56 PM | Permalink

What’s the significance of ‘private’?
cooch

Posted 03/12/2010 at 12:06 AM | Permalink

I found a Fingernails LP at a store in CT last year for $18. Crazy for blowjobs!
thefleX

Posted 03/12/2010 at 6:26 AM | Permalink

whats meant with Private?
HonusWagner

Posted 03/12/2010 at 7:40 AM | Permalink

what do they even mean by PRIVATE? I dont get it.
cooch

Posted 03/12/2010 at 10:57 AM | Permalink

“private press” should be used to describe something that’s self-released by the band, but most unscrupulous dealers use it to describe anything that’s not on a big label, trying to make things sound more desirable.
-c

Posted 03/12/2010 at 3:04 PM | Permalink

what cooch said, however the dealer i buy from says ‘private’ even to metal records released on Metal Blade, Megaforce, etc. :rolls eyes: