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Picture discs - Collectors items?

Hello...

I have an opportunity to buy a few dozen new, sealed picture discs - leftover inventory.

I have a few questions, please. I shall use the abbreviation PD to refer to them following.

Were PDs just a novelty and suitable only for memorabilia collectors? I realise that PDs were being released just at the beginning of the CD era.

Were PDs pressed from a superior grade of vinyl? I've seen them in different colours.

Does the colour of the PD vinyl make a difference in the sonic quality of the recording?

Were any PDs re-mastered at all? Again, this was at the time that CDs were being introduced and some recordings were re-mastered.

I am not looking to buy and then sell this stuff on eBay but to add to my collection.

Thanks and regards,

Jan
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sinisterporpoise68
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It's really most unfortunate when an album's only vinyl release is a picture disc. Like Thurston Moore's recent "Trees Outside the Academy," or The Fall's "Are You Are Missing Winner."

Both are great album's (ok, "Are You Are Missing Winner" isn't The Fall's best, but hey) but I just can't bring myself to spend any money on a picture disc that'll I'll most likely never play.
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