Fake Tool Vinyl Guide

admin — Sun, 31 May 2009 23:08:13 +0000

Updated: 19th July 2009

I have been getting a fair few emails from people asking questions about tool vinyl whether items are fake or not. So I have put together a "Fake Tool Vinyl Guide". Some of this info I have collected over the years, other stuff and came from Galen, at http://www.collectiveunconscious.org/.

On a side note, I know there are people out there who love tool and want to own anything they can from these guys, but all this stuff below is utter crap. Do not pay money for it, or let anyone you know pay money for it. If you are after rare and interesting recordings from tool there are 100's of recordings available in different circles on the Internet... All you need is a Bittorrent client, and check out a few sites like:

thetradersden.org
dimeadozen.org

FAKE Tool Vinyl

Album: Stinkfist - "Eastern European Promo"
Label: "HYA KOH"

This fake / bootleg "promo" copy looks to be like it could, possibly be legit. This has only been on eBay & seems to be sold by one guy from the USA. There is no record of this 'record' ever being produced for any reason.

Album: Lateralus - "Rare BLUE Vinyl"
Label: BOOTLEG PRESSING

A poor, poor BOOTLEG 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.

Album: Lateralus - "Rare DOUBLE Vinyl"
Label: BOOTLEG PRESSING

This is a different version, obviously, from the blue version because it is "more complete" as it is a "double album".

Ebay info: This is a mysterious print of Lateralus LP. This was played only one time by me. The tool logo and the title of the record are printed on a sticker on the cover, maybe you could see in the photo. On the vinyl label there are the tool logo, the Lateralus logo and the songs title. I don’t have any other information about this record.

Album: Parabol - "Rare Black Vinyl"
Label: BOOTLEG PRESSING - Probably MP3 Sourced

Home-made vinyl pressing. The person or persons who manufactured this have absolutely no idea what they are doing. Side A? Side A would definitely be either the demo's or something live. Side B has to be various stuff *downloaded* via the Internet in the early 2000's. All of this stuff is mp3 sources, and freely available on any p2p network...Limewire, Bittorrent etc

Album: Salival - "Rare Vinyl"
Label: BOOTLEG PRESSING

This tends to surface on eBay & also seems to be available both in the land down under but also in Eastern Europe. Description include comments like "Get this rare MINT LP", "TOOL - SALIVAL COLOURED DOUBLE LP "

Album Notes from Blair @ toolband.com:

I've received over a dozen e-mails in the past few days about SALIVAL VINYL being sold on ebay. According to the people writing me, these are advertised as being as rare as hen's teeth (well, as being extremely rare), and can be very pricey (same with the DVD/CD 'box set' - those that aren't even signed by a band member!). For those wondering about the authenticity of the Salival VINYL, I'm fairly certain that these are ALL bootlegs offered for sale by unscrupulous types. As the French might say, this is a travesty. My advice would be to save your hard-earned money, and to keep in mind that I'm not adverse to using an acronym that's also an anagram (where applicable). But, more about this later. Also, some of those emailing about the questionable Salival vinyl are wanting to know about any possible analogue release for 10,000 Days. To this, I'm sorry to say that I've no word yet, but will be sure to post if/when that day comes.

Album: Tool 'Aenima' Colour Vinyl Reissue LP Gatefold Sleeve
Label: BOOTLEG PRESSING (FAKE)

Notes from Ebay: Limited edition reissue, double LP on coloured vinyl (Yellow or Green). Comes in gatefold sleeve with plain white inners.

Album: Tool 10,000 days new double LP record coloured red ltd
Label: BOOTLEG PRESSING (FAKE)

This is a pretty good attempt at looking official, and sales on Ebay are going well because everyone is waiting for the band to make an official vinyl release of the album. But I assure you this is a bootleg. If/When there ever is an official release of 10,000 days on vinyl there will be news of this of the official band website. There has been no such news yet. Notes from Ebay: New, mint, never played, sealed. This is a limited record: there are only 1000 of it available.

Get items removed from Ebay

If you feel pissed off by the wankers that sell these items on ebay and want to get their auctions removed, here is the page on ebay that talks about items like these...it has a link on it that allows you to report fake items....read here

Now on Ebay: