dookiak Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 Ok, so I just got done watching the AAF DVD and it will finally be able to help me with a question I've had for years now. I had originally pre-ordered my copy of American Idiot on vinyl back in 2004 for my local record shop. On the inlay of the gatefold of the album was the back drop that they used for some of Jesus of Suburbia on the AAF DVD. It had the two hands behind them, with Rage and Love tattooed on the fingers, and they are gripped on a chainlink fence (it's hard to see the fence on the contrast of the backdrop on the movie, but I have the actual pictures, it's there). I just LOVED the image of these hands gripping the fence and got the idea to use them as art. I called the record shop back, ordered a new copy of AI so I would still have it, then just cut mine in half. Opened, the album is 24"X12", so cut in two, it's perfect 12"X12", and I have them in two separate frames, hanging over my bed, one rage one love. When I went and picked up my next copy of AI, not long after purchasing the first one, I opened it up, and the inlay was black, with a very tiny amount of the vector style art that was in the American Idiot CD. I was pissed. I never would have cut my copy if I knew I wasn't going to get it again. Anyway, if I had it once, I can get it again, right? Well, probably around 2005 I started a similar thread trying to explain this to others, hoping someone else might know the difference in pressings, so I can track down another copy of it and buy it, but no one had seen it. Now, that everyone is most likely going to see it on the DVD and know what I'm talking about, can anyone tell me if they have a copy, or know the difference, so that I can buy one??? If I look online, most of them are sealed and no one can verify what is going to be printed on the inside. I hope someone has seen this. Thanks for your time!
Clockwise Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 I have the AI vinyl with that on the inlay, I'm pretty sure it's a recent pressing.
EvanAsFuck Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 Would you mind scanning that graphic? I've been trying to get a good picture of those Rage and Love fists for quite a while but didn't think it really existed anywhere besides the backdrop and the AI Musical shirt with it!
Liam Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 I have that same copy with the hands which I got back in 2007-2008 but I don't have the reissued copy so I won't know the difference, sorry
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