Crack The Skye 12" Records

I have a copy of every variant of this record. Truly an amazing album that will stand the test of time. Paul Romano did an outstanding job on the artwork as well. There were 2 cover/jacket versions, the standard and the deluxe.

Standard, front, back and both sides of the insert:

Deluxe Gatefold 2 X LP, front, inside, labels and back. The insert is different, more gold, as you can see in my "all" photo:

Test pressing 2 LP:

Test pressing standard version:

All of my copies together:

The records themselves:

Deluxe 2 X LP /2500:

Standard Black no pressing info (lots):

Red/Gold /650 sold from Mastodonrocks.com:

Green Splatter American Tour version (there were 1500 pressed between the green and the red splatter tour versions, I believe there are more green, but that is speculation on my part...I think 1000 of these, 500 of the red):

Red Splatter American Tour version (there were 1500 pressed between the green and the red splatter tour versions, I believe there are more green, but that is speculation on my part...I think 500 of these, 1000 of the green):

Signed copy I got from Bill:

The newest version, "baby blue". personally I think it should have been "Skye Blue"...

Above is...all my CD's

 Top to bottom - left to right.

Of course the very top is 2 of the promotional folder. Released in small numbers to certain members of the press, there is 10 double sided pages with the views of each song, by each member "The Album of Our Lives". In it is a dvd with a track by track documentary by the band, which later came out as part of "The Making Of" dvd in the deluxe cd/dvd version. It is dated 03/13/09, 11 days prior to the release of the album.

Crack The Skye / Blood Mountain - WEA Music – 9362494968 - Warner Music France - 2XCD, Box Set, Compilation - France

Next there are 2 of the "tunnel boxes". The one on the left is a pre-production prototype of the box, there is no cd or dvd. There are a few differences to note from the released version, you can see the red around the bear is different, and the gold color is lighter. More on the back -- no bar code, no parental advisory, no run time, no Relapse logo, a Warner Brothers 50 logo and more. Very cool. i got this from Bill (thanks!!) and I believe it is the only one. Info for the released version below.

Crack The Skye - Reprise Records – 517928-2 - CD, DVD, Box Set (Tunnel Box) - USA
Oblivion - Reprise Records – 517874-2 - CD, Single - USA
Divinations - Reprise Records – 517870-2 - CD, Single - USA
Divinations - Warner Records - CDr, Single - USA
Divinations - Reprise Records – PRO17247 - CD, Single, Promo - Europe
Oblivion - Reprise Records – PR017250 - CD, Single, Promo - Europe
Just Got Paid - Reprise Records – PRO-CDR-526021 - CD, Promo - USA
Crack The Skye - Reprise Records – 521635-2 - Relapse Records – 521635-2, - Sire – 521635-2 - Digibook 2XCD, Score (Royal Edition) - USA I have 2, one open 1 sealed.
Crack The Skye - Chrysalis Music Group USA – 2×CDr, Promo - USA
Crack The Skye - Reprise Records – 9362498722, Sire – 9362498722 - Relapse Records – 9362498722 - CD - Australia
Crack The Skye - Reprise Records – 9362-49872-2 - CD - Malaysia
Crack The Skye - Reprise Records – WPCR-13301, Sire – WPCR-13301 - Relapse Records – WPCR-13301 - CD - Japan
Crack The Skye - Reprise Records – 2-459132, Sire – 2-459132 - Relapse Records – 2-459132 - CD - Canada
Crack The Skye - Reprise Records – 459132-2 - CD, Promo - USA
Crack The Skye - Reprise Records – WBCD 2211 - CD - South Africa
Crack The Skye - Reprise Records – 9362-49791-1 Sire – 9362-49791-1 - Relapse Records – 9362-49791-1 - CD, DVD - Europe
Crack The Skye - Reprise Records – 459132-2 / 9362-49872-2 - CD - Argentina
Crack The Skye - ??????? – 4690355000587 - CD - Russia
Crack The Skye - Reprise Records – WPCR-13301, Sire – WPCR-13301 - Relapse Records – WPCR-13301 - CD, Promo - Japan
Crack The Skye - Reprise Records – 9362498722 Sire – 9362498722 - Relapse Records – 9362498722 - CD - Brazil
Crack The Skye - HIGH QUALITY BOOTLEG of Reprise Records – 459132-2 - CD - I do not know what country.
Crack Under The Skye - LIVE BOOTLEG - see No Evil Records - Dragonflame 007 - 2xCD - Japan

So there you have it, Mastodon - Crack The Skye. If you do not have this, go get it.