If you want proof that record collecting is an endless quest then try collecting Integrity records. It really does never end. Even when you think you have a complete collection of a particular record, sometimes more copies surface later. There was a split 12" released back in 2019 with Bleach Everything that initially came on three colours of vinyl - greenm red and clear. Back at the time, I picked up a clear one and two different test pressings. Then time passed. Then last year (2022), the label that put this out suddenly put up for sale a small number of extremely limited transition copies. Each were officially stamped and numbered to make sure that they couldn't be mistaken for other versions. There were three different versions put up for sale, but one of them was out of only 4 copies and it sold out before I could get one. But I did manage to get the other two.
The green with red is numbered out of only 10 copies.
The clear with blue looks much cooler in my opinion, although this one is relatively common, being numbered out of a whopping 18 copies.
With those copies bagged I also finally got around to adding a red copy to the collection too. No idea how many of these exist.
And of course, despite now owning 6 different copies of this one, the collection is still not complete. There's a regular green vinyl version that I am missing, and also there's a third different version of the test press too. Goddamn, why do I never have a complete collection of anything?
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