Purple Eyes

Back in 2011 Revelation reissued the Youth Of Today 'Can't Close My Eyes' 12" with the original 7" artwork. It came on red vinyl or a more limited 'purple' vinyl... but it then turned out that it wasn't purple at all, but instead 'scrap' vinyl, with copies ranging from grey to blue to purple to brown. I picked up a greyish one from Rev when it came out, then a brown one from a record store near to my house, but always thought that I would like to find a genuine purple copy at some point.

Well, recently my friend Paulo in Rome decided to sell ten different copies of this record. I definitely didn't want to buy that many copies, but I agreed to take half of them if he could find another buyer for the other five. And this is what I received:

I then added the two copies I already had, which makes this into a nice game of 'spot the difference':

Bear in mind, all of these are part of the same pressing. Purple vinyl.

I did buy these thinking that I would probably then sell two or three copies. But right now I'm in a dilemma about which I would let go. So for now I'll sit on all seven and then decide later which if any to let go.

Maybe.