Madball - Been There, Done That | Clear Vinyl

My white whale.

Madball ‎– Been There, Done That

I've owned a copy since it came out in '98.  Not sure why I started picking up the color vinyl.  It would be years before I developed the 'colored vinyl disease'.  Anyway, I had red, blue and white copies by 2000 but I could never find a clear copy.  I had a saved search on eBay for years.  Hell, I even accidently bought a 2nd white copy by mistake once.  But finally about two months ago one popped up on eBay: NM condition (don't mind the shitty phone I'm lazy) and it was a Buy It Now ($17 all-in).

Now onto my next white whale: Brick Assassin ‎– Chicago Brick Crew 1st press.

Squiggy & Subway Thugs | Splatter Vinyl

My wife asked me what I was going to do with the multiple copies I records I have.  Not knowing what to say I figure I would just add to the vinyl porn out there.

Here are my latest hauls:

Squiggy ‎– From Riot To Insurrection

50 copies of yellow with black splatter.  Solid release with Squiggy's cover of Pulling On The Boots.  Did Squiggy ever not put out solid, ass-kicking releases?

Subway Thugs ‎– Subway Thugs

100 copies of white with red splatter.  Still need to break out the record player and spin this one.  Only missing the picture disc and maybe a few comp tracks.  Not sure why but they never grabbed my attention until about 2 years ago even though I got Mainstream Crap back in the day.

Antiheros - Election Day | Red Vinyl?

Going through my record collection and updating Discogs, I started obsessing thinking about the Antiheros' Election Day 7 inch.  I finally added a a purple copy and have pretty much come to the conclusion that there is no such thing as a pink version.  Anyway, I started really looking at my orange and red copies and am seriously starting to wonder whether or not red is really red or just a dark orange.

Here is a photo of my red (left) and orange (right) copies.

Looks red to me, or does it? Here are the same two records again but this time held up to natural light.

Again, the "red" is on the left and orange on the right.  That looks dark orange to me.

My question, does anyone know for certain that this is supposed to be two different colors?  Or is this just a color variation similar to the light yellow copies of the 2nd press Gorilla Biscuits 7 inch or the pink copies of Misfits' Legacy of Brutality?  It's probably thin or crappy vinyl like the 2nd press Caroline Earth A.D. / Wolfs Blood that looks brown when held up to light.

Unless someone from GMM Records or Mark Noah chimes in, I guess we will never know.