It isn’t clear whether this prospective vinyl reissue will include their Opiate EP, or if it will include the compilation album Salival, released in 2000, but at this stage, we’ll take whatever we can get. While the majority of Tool’s albums, and their 1992 EP Opiate, have seen a vinyl release in the past and are widely available, some remain outside of the grasp of your average fan. Tool’s seminal 1996 record Ænima was initially only released in limited numbers on vinyl, and their 10,000 Days record has never been officially released on the format, but has been widely bootlegged.

Top 5 album for me. Aftter all these years, a buddy told me about how fantastic the cassette sounds. Just bought one. Can’t wait to hear it, and compare to CD. Hi, I’ve found an offer on discogs for Tool-Aenima and I was wondering if it’s an original press or a good fake. Hey, just a thought, but this would be a great topic to discuss in the Forum’s -> Lounge section (“if it can be verified”).I remember when this album came out. Bought it on CD immediately. I also remember seeing the record displayed at Tower Records. I had given up on vinyl at that point. And the cassette? Forget it. One last thing….I am still trying to figure out if this is a reissue or a bootleg….I’m leaning towards bootleg because I cannot find any info anywhere about an official re-issue release….and to me that is really odd considering this is such a highly sought after LP. unofficial import reissue on colored vinyl - sorry, record is sealed so we can't say what color it is Though there may have been a shift in focus, Tool's dry yet flippant scatological humor remained constant. The album title itself refers to psychologist Carl Jung's own term for the soul, "anima." Throw in the alternate name for an anal douche and you wind up with the heavily digested Ænima. "It's about change, cleaning out the house to refurbish or redecorate and start over," frontman Maynard James Keenan told Carrie Borzillo in a 1996 interview.

So I’ll just talk about the SQ. It’s a cassette. For a cassette it sounds fantastic. If you don’t like the sound of sometimes too clean and crisp CD’s, the cassette will round everything out and make it more natural/warm sounding. A poor, poor counterfeit pressing that offers nothing but a (probable) CD > Vinyl transfer. The actual release of Lateralus by Tool was mixed differently for the vinyl release. This just a sad & poor attempt at making a bootleg. This album has only been released on vinyl twice since it first came out in 1996. Over two decades later, Aenima is Tool’s second highest-selling album, right after Lateralus, with over 3.3 million copies sold. The album’s level of demand is amplified even more by the fact that Tool is one of those bands whose fan base is incredibly devoted and obsessive. Many of them are willing to pay top dollar to complete their vinyl collection of the band’s discography. As of today, there are only 15,000 official vinyl copies of Aenima in existence. However, there have been rumors that Tool intends to reissue all of their albums on vinyl. If this does happen, it’s expected that the going price for Aenima on vinyl will drop significantly. How Can You Tell the Difference Between Official and Bootleg Versions?On the other hand, an authentic second pressing version should have a catalog number of 72445-11087-1. In fact, the high price of Aenima on vinyl isn’t something new. Vinyl records of the album had a high price tag even when the record was first released in the late 90s.

Here are a couple of other things you should look out for when gauging whether a vinyl copy of Aenima is official or a bootleg version. How the Record Looks The artwork for this album is nothing special. It’s not a picture disc, and the front cover has none of the holographic qualities of the original CD version. This also explains why the price of Aenima, as well as vinyl records of other Tool albums, has gone up significantly more than vinyl records of other iconic 90s albums. Someone has taken all of the randomly labeled tool mp3’s that floated around in the Napster era and made a bootleg vinyl from them. There’s a nice Tool font used, and some Pink Floyd-ish cover art. The vinyl itself is blue. Santa Monica, a sublime cover isn’t actually even Maynard or Tool. I couldn’t find anything verifying none of us will be able to buy a CD of 10,000 days, Undertow, etc (other than official OOP ones from collectors) end of 2012. I don’t want to make any assumptions about Tool’s items until there’s verification.This disparity between the available supply of official releases and the demand for them is the main reason why it’s almost impossible to find this record sold below a price tag of three figures. Etching: Side A: 72445-11052-1-A , Side B: 72445-11052-1-B, Side C: 72445-11052-1-C , Side D: 72445-11052-1-D This is an original OFFICIAL 1st pressing of Tool's "Aenima" 2x LP on Zoo/BMG records. I bought this record the week it came out in 1996 and it's been in my collection ever since. This is NOT one of the unofficial reissues. Both original inserts are included. This record has been out of print for long time and, to my knowledge, there has never been an official repressing. This is a different version, obviously, from the blue version because it is “more complete” as it is a “double album”. I was able to come across where some car manufacturers are starting to not install CD players standard.