I doubt it's worth much.
Tom petty record misprint
My dad bought a tom petty & the heartbreakers record set before I was even born, it is anthology through the years. I just decided to play it today for the first time ever, I somehow didn’t realise side A was entirely blank. The needle rips across the track. Also the notebook was printed backwards in the box set (see images) none of it makes sense to me, is it a collectors item or total garbage? Unopened versions go for over 600 bucks now, not planning on buying one anytime soon. I can’t figure out how to upload images will try later
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Something really is odd because according to Discogs (see link below), this compilation wasn't released on vinyl; are you sure the title is correct? https://www.discogs.com/master/265252-Tom-Petty-And-The-Heartbreakers-Anthology-Through-The-Years |
I’m sorry, y’all. It’s the The Live Anthology. It’s legit vinyl, except it was never stamped. I just thought it was neat. It also has a set of CDs and DVDs. I probably shouldn’t have opened it. I could have sold it for a lot. I’ve seen them sell for 600 bucks.
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The live record with that set (Official Live 'Leg) is blank on side B by design. On the Discogs link, you'll see that all the songs are listed on side A, and I checked on my copy, and it is the same way: no songs on side B. Having a blank side is not common (and many artists will add an etching or something to avoid being entirely blank), but it does happen. |
I don't know of any miss-pressings that had a high collector value. The only error I know of that increased the value of a record slightly are copies with the wrong track listing on the jacket of "Kind of Blue." This was restricted to the earliest of pressings befo the error was found. I have a mono recording with this error. I have a two record set with the side order messed up. Apparently someone put side 1 and side 3 together (no it was not an automatic sequencing record) and side 2 and 4 together so I had to right the correct side on the label area or I would never be able to figure out what side to play for the few tracks I wanted to hear. The weirdest record I have is by a small but usually high quality classical label (I believe it is Argo) where one side plays back at a totally wrong speed--it is not 33.33 or 45 or any other common speed. When the lacquer was cut, no one bothered to actually play back a test pressing to note any problems and they simply let the problem pass all the way to the final product. I did not even think this sort of thing was possible. |
@fdroadrunner - the first album I saw that was 3-sides, with one blank one, was Johnny Winter's 'Second Winter'.... |
@larsman - I was thinking about that one, too, and I need to dig it out: it's been much too long since I gave it a spin. The Appetite for Destruction remaster and a couple of the Neil Young Archives releases have had a side 4 with no music, too, but they chose to have an etching instead of bonus tracks - I would have went with bonus tracks, but no one asked me. |