Beastie Boys – Hello Nasty

If anyone has just the sleeve for sale, drop me a message!

Just dug this one out, sounds really good! Certainly in comparison to the 4LP 2009 set which just sounds wrong (great bass wise but lacking in the mids department). Assuming the new 4LP 2023 cut will be an improvement but will be interested to hear how it stacks up against this version.

Seems like jacket of this version was more yellow than ordinary black vinyl version.

This album sounds amazing on this colored release. The copy i have received has no warp, pops, sibilance or any other negative attributes. This album is mastered LOUD and will skip on inferior turntables.

Recently picked this up and was blown away by how good it sounds. Slight warp on one record, but you can’t hear it.

My copy of this has lots of noise and clicks, beware and approach with caution!!!

Got this on release as a gold vinyl US import in the UK (via Mr. Bongos). Skipped a lot on inferior turntables but has always played fine on Pro-Ject decks and Technics SL1200s I have had in the past 20 years.

My copy is defective. Grasshopper unit skips all over the place.

I dispised the gold pressing. I bought it the day it was released..to find out it had inferior 'colored' vinyl. I'm glad I was able to sell it for triple digits.

HELP ANYONE? This version was very possibly, and most likely, released 2 weeks after the Capitol issued black vinyl pressing. We received the Capitol label first pressing vinyl along with CDs into inventory July 10 1998, ready for sale, with a July 14 1998 street date. I still have record of this in the point of sales system at the record store I was (and am again) a buyer for. I pre-ordered both versions on vinyl from 3 different distributors. All of them had the Capitol pressing in stock on time for the July 14th street date. The Grand Royal version showed up July 31st, meaning a possible 7-28-98 actual street date. Shouldn't have been a West Coast distribution issue as both Grand Royal & Capitol were in California as were two of the 3 "one-stop" distributors I was working with (Valley Media Dist., Abbey Road). Most likely it was that Capitol was a major label and had the power/money to get it's releases on time. Back then releases from majors were on point 99% of the time with rare street date changes and delays as we see now in the vinyl industry.
I have both and bought them each on the week of release, respectively. I bought the Capitol pressing the week it dropped, and then the colored vinyl pressing when it arrived 3 weeks later.
The Grand Royal colored version almost surely came out few weeks later. I am wondering if anyone else has information on this at all? It's a question that has perplexed this long time fan for a few years now; which is actually the first pressing. Also it is strange to have it on both labels simultaneously.