Tales From The Thousand Lakes

CD releases

Relapse Records, RR 6901-2

- barcode, as printed: 7 81676 69012 1

- matrix: MANUFACTURED BY KAO OPTICAL PRODUCTS ✳CD05614-03✳

- SID codes: none

- 10 songs

- coloured picture of mountain tops printed on the CD, folding booklet (not poster-styled), booklet and back cover paper printed in Canada

- probably the first US edition or a separate limited pressing

Relapse Records, RR6500-2, reissue

- barcode, as printed: 7 81676 65002 6

- matrix: 39859BM-02 RLP-6500 040309-27 MCOM

- SID codes: IFPI ZN1K

- pressed by Music City Optical Media (MCOM) in US

- 13 songs

- black/grey picture of mjölnir (the hammer of Thor) printed on CD, folding booklet (not poster-styled), no mention of Light My Fire anywhere on this release

- reissue and possibly also repress from the 20s (MCOM was closed in 2008 so this can not have been made after 2008)

Nuclear Blast, NB 097 / NB 097-2, promo

- barcode: none

- matrix: NB 097-2

- SID codes: none

- 10 songs

- in slim jewel case with inlay, black and white picture printed on the CD along with promo note, inlay with red text and printed promo note, the first track is titled

"INTRO" (all subsequent releases have the first track titled as "Thousand Lakes"), the CD matrix is identical to the next release (NB 097-2 / SPV 84-141202)

Nuclear Blast, NB 097-2 / SPV 84-141202

- barcode, as printed: 7 27361 68972 8

- matrix: NB 097-2

- SID codes: none

- 10 songs

- black/blue picture printed on CD, poster-styled booklet, no EastWest Records GmbH logo on the back cover, both cat#s given on the spine, sticker on the jewel case

- the first European retail CD edition because the CD matrix is identical to the European promo edition (the release right above)

Nuclear Blast, NB 097-2 DIGI, digipak

- barcode, as printed: 7 27361 68970 4

- matrix: NB 097-2 DIGI [ K 43547 B ]

- SID codes: none

- pressed in Germany by Pilz Compact Disc in 1994

- 11 songs (Light My Fire as "EXCLUSIVE TRACK")

- black/blue picture printed on CD, no booklet, no mention of either SPV or EastWest Records GmbH, twofold digipak

- most likely a separate limited pressing released around the same time as the previous release (NB 097-2 / SPV 84-141202)

Nuclear Blast, NB 097-2 / 27361 6897 2, reissue

- barcode, as printed: 7 27361 68972 8

- matrix: BOD NB 097-2

- SID codes: IFPI L357, IFPI 5226

- glass mastered and pressed by BOD / DOCdata in Germany

- 10 songs

- black/blue picture printed on CD, poster-styled booklet, EastWest Records GmbH logo on the back cover, both cat#s given on the spine

- reissue (and possibly also repress) released after SID codes were introduced

Nuclear Blast, NB 097-2 DIGI, digipak

- barcode, as printed: 7 27361 68970 4

- matrix: NB 097-2 DIGI [ K 43547 B ]

- SID codes: none

- pressed in Germany by Pilz Compact Disc in 1994

- 11 songs (Light My Fire as "EXCLUSIVE TRACK")

- black/blue picture printed on CD, twofold digipak with Japanese booklet and obi

- NOTE 1: this is probably the bands first release in Japan

- NOTE 2: the digipak and CD are identical to the European Nuclear Blast digipak meaning this was probably imported to Japan from Europe and the obi and the booklet

were added by the distributor

Victor, VICP-5566

- barcode, as printed: 4 988002 317387

- matrix: VICP-5566-1- 1F V IFPI L232

- SID codes: IFPI L232, IFPI 4001

- glass mastered and pressed by Victor Entertainment Inc in Japan

- 13 songs

- standard clear jewel case with folding booklet (not poster-styled), Japanese extra booklet and obi, black/white picture of mjölnir (the hammer of Thor) printed on the CD

- NOTE: this is probably the first real Japanese edition of this album

Spinefarm Records, SPI115CD, reissue

- matrix: d:centia SPI-115CD 30703-1-26 070630 2016

- SID codes: IFPI L052, IFPI 17C5

- probably glass mastered and pressed in Finland (IFPI L052 was an LBR operated by CD-Linja OY in Finland while it was still an independent company + CD-Linja commonly

used stampers with C# at the end so IFPI 17C5 was most likely a stamper used in the former CD-Linja plant in Finland after the plant was sold to DCM Sweden)

- 10 songs

- (C) & (P) 1994 RELAPSE RECORDS, INC.

- black/blue picture of mjölnir (the hammer of Thor) printed on CD, folding booklet (not poster-styled), new band logo on booklet and CD

- NOTE: this is a Finnish release first released in about 2001, this one is a reissue glass mastered in 2007 and most likely pressed between 2007-2009 (Dicentia was

founded in 2005 and the CD-Linja plant finally closed in 2009)

Vinyl releases

Nuclear Blast, NB 097-1, blue slightly transparent vinyl

- BARCODE, as printed on the back cover: 7 27361 68971 1

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, stamped: MZE 1065/A 5

side B, full runotus, stamped: MZE 1066/A 2

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 10 (5/5)

- VINYL: pressed by GZ

- CENTER LABELS: matt-surfaced black labels with white text,

NB 097-1, GEMA

- COVER: simple glossy cardboard cover,

LICENSED FROM:

RELAPSE RECORDS

P.O. BOX 251

MILLERSVILLE PA

17551 U.S.A.,

NUCLEAR BLAST

HAUPTSTRASSE 109 • 73072 DONZDORF • GERMANY

TEL: (49) 71 62 / 928 00 • FAX: (49) 71 62 / 245 54,

DISTRIBUTION SPV,

NB 097-1, LC 7027

- INNERSLEEVE: transparent plastic innersleeve (may not be the original innersleeve)

- RELEASED: Most likely made in 1994 based on the runouts and most likely also released in 1994.

Originally released in 1994.

- OTHER: Supposedly limited to 1000 copies.

- NOTE: The sound quality is very good and the pressing quality is the best one I've yet seen on any edition of this album.

Taking into account everything this is the best edition yet made of this album.

The picture vinyl sounds softer and a lot less accurate than this one. The Finland edition has smoother sounding cut and a lot worse pressing quality.

The 2015, 2018 and 2020 GZ pressings just are too far away from this one.

It's a coinflip for me between this and the smoother sounding Finland edition.

Nuclear Blast, NB 097-1 PD/ 27361 68971, heavyweight picture disc

- BARCODE: none

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, stamped (variant 1): MZE 1065/A

side B, full runouts, stamped (variant 1): MZE 1066/A 11

side A, full runouts, stamped (variant 2): MZE 1065/B 6

side B, full runouts, stamped (variant 2): MZE 1066/A 15

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 10 (5/5)

- VINYL: pressed by GZ,

NUCLEAR BLAST

HAUPTSTRASSE 109 • 73072 DONZDORF • GERMANY

TEL: (49) 7162 / 928 06 • FAX: (49) 7162 / 245 54,

LICENSED FROM:

RELAPSE RECORDS

P.O. BOX 251

MILLERSVILLE PA

17551 U.S.A.,

NB 097-1 PD/ 27361 68971, LC 7027

- COVER: standard die-cut Nuclear Blast picture-disc series cardboard sleeve (nowadays rarely seen with the original cardboard sleeve)

- INNERSLEEVE: clear plastic innersleeve

- RELEASED: Most likely made in 1994 based on the runouts, supposedly released in 1995.

Originally released in 1994.

- OTHER: Supposedly limited to 1000 copies (unconfirmed from official or reliable sources).

- NOTE: This is just a picture disc and therefore the sound quality is not the best possible, in addition all my copies are more or less warped.

The original blue vinyl right above has a lot more detailed sound quality and significantly better pressing quality.

Relapse Records, RR6500, two clear vinyl, reissue

- BARCODE, as printed on the back cover: 7 81676 65001 9

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, etched: RR6500-1 A RS-76402 Recordpressing.com

side B, full runouts, etched: RR6500-1 B RS-76403 Recordpressing.com

side C, full runouts, etched: RR6500-1 C RS-76404 Recordpressing.com

side D, full runouts, etched: RR6500-1 D RS-76405 Recordpressing.com

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 14 (3/4+3/4)

- VINYL: pressed by Rainbo in the US for Recordpressing.com

- CENTER LABELS: picture labels without tracklist

- COVER: gatefold cover,

Relapse Records Inc, P.O. Box 2060, Upper Darby, PA 19082 U.S.A. | Relapse Records Europe, P.O. Box 6818 5975 ZG Sevenum The Netherlands

- INNERSLEEVES: white paper innersleeves

- RELEASED: Reissue made in 2011 based on the runouts, most likely also released in 2011.

Originally released in 1994.

- OTHER: First Relapse press released on blue/white combo opaque vinyl limited to 950 copies and clear vinyl limited to 105 copies (source: Relapse Records webshop)

although in late 2015/early 2016 the limitation amount of the clear vinyl was quietly changed to 100 during a big update of Relapse Records webshop.

Supposedly given only to the band and to the Relapse employees.

Comes in thin clear plastic sleeve without the sticker on it.

- NOTE: The vinyl is truly almost clear like a glass, not yellowish clear like the clear vinyl of Pallas and not heavily milky clear like the clear vinyl of OM and GZ.

Relapse Records, RR6500, one white marbled and one blue marbled vinyl, limited Finland edition, reissue

- BARCODE, as printed on the back cover: 7 81676 65001 9

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, etched: RR6500-1 A RS-76402 Recordpressing.com

side B, full runouts, etched: RR6500-1 B RS-76403 Recordpressing.com

side C, full runouts, etched: RR6500-1 C RS-76404 Recordpressing.com

side D, full runouts, etched: RR6500-1 D RS-76405 Recordpressing.com

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 14 (3/4+3/4)

- VINYL: pressed by Rainbo in the US for Recordpressing.com

- CENTER LABELS: picture labels without tracklist

- COVER: gatefold cover,

Relapse Records Inc, P.O. Box 2060, Upper Darby, PA 19082 U.S.A. | Relapse Records Europe, P.O. Box 6818 5975 ZG Sevenum The Netherlands

- INNERSLEEVES: white paper innersleeves, die-cut to show the center labels and all corners rounded (the original innersleeves)

- RELEASED: Reissue made in 2011 based on the runouts, also released in 2011.

Originally released in 1994.

- OTHER: First Relapse press released on blue/white combo opaque vinyl limited to 950 copies and clear vinyl limited to 105 copies (source: Relapse Records webshop),

although in late 2015/early 2016 the limitation amount of the clear vinyl was quietly changed to 100 during a big update of Relapse Records webshop.

Originally not released sealed, comes in thin plastic sleeve with sticker on it, text on sticker: "LIMITED FINLAND EDITION COLORED VINYL!".

There is no insert even though Relapse Records webshop claims this comes with 2 sided insert.

- NOTE: This release raises mixed feelings in me. On the other hand the pressing quality is poor as all the copies I've seen are more or less warped or pressed off-center

but on the other hand this one has the best quality cut of all the editions of this album although there's something in the mix/master used to cut these records

I don't like (perhaps this was cut from a digital remaster). In addition this one has the most accurate sound quality of all the editions yet made and is easy to ears

while the original blue vinyl edition is quite harsh to ears though the difference between these two is not nearly as big as with green vinyl and Finland edition of

The Karelian Isthmus. Also, you can clearly hear the the difference in the sound quality of white and blue vinyl.

Relapse Records, RR6500, blue/white merge vinyl, reissue, repress

- BARCODE, as printed on the back cover: 7 81676 65001 9

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, etched: RR6500-1 A RS-76402 Recordpressing.com

side B, full runouts, etched: RR6500-1 B RS-76403 Recordpressing.com

side C, full runouts, etched: RR6500-1 C RS-76404 Recordpressing.com

side D, full runouts, etched: RR6500-1 D RS-76405 Recordpressing.com

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 14 (3/4+3/4)

- VINYL: pressed by Rainbo in the US for Recordpressing.com

- CENTER LABELS: picture labels without tracklist

- COVER: gatefold cover,

- INNERSLEEVES: white paper innersleeves

- RELEASED: Reissue made in 2011 based on the runouts.

Originally released in 1994.

- OTHER: Second Relapse press released on blue/white merge standard gram vinyl limited to 1140 copies (source: Relapse Records webshop).

There is still no insert even though Relapse Records webshop claims this comes with 2 sided insert (the claim was removed in late 2015/early 2016 during a big

update of Relapse Records webshop).

Relapse Records, RR6500, two black normal weight vinyl, reissue limited to 400 copies

- BARCODE, as printed on the back cover: 7 81676 65001 9

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, stamped: 113860E1/A

side B, full runouts, stamped: 113860E2/B

side C, full runouts, stamped: 113860E3/A

side D, full runouts, stamped: 113860E4/B

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 14 (3/4+3/4)

- VINYL: pressed by GZ

- CENTER LABELS: picture labels without tracklist

- COVER: gatefold cover,

Relapse Records Inc, P.O. Box 2060, Upper Darby, PA 19082 U.S.A.

- INNERSLEEVES: white paper innersleeves, die-cut from both sides to show the center labels and all corners clipped (the original innersleeves)

- RELEASED: Reissue made in late 2014 or early 2015 based on the runouts, released in early 2015 (February if I recall correctly).

Originally released in 1994.

- OTHER: Third Relapse press limited to 400 copies on black standard gram vinyl (source: Relapse Records webshop).

Originally not released sealed, comes in a thin clear plastic sleeve.

Includes a download code for the whole album (just a small piece of paper really, can easily get lost).

There is still no insert even though Relapse Records webshop claims this comes with 2 sided insert (the claim was removed in late 2015/early 2016 during a big update of Relapse Records webshop).

- NOTE 1: The sound quality has nothing special to offer as this is a low volume cut and significantly less accurate than the previous Rainbo pressing above.

In addition the pressing quality is not the best possible either (all my copies are heavily warped).

The previous three Rainbo pressed Relapse pressings sound phenomenally better.

- NOTE 2: Like normally for GZ made vinyl nowadays, the vinyl are hard to get in to the gatefold cover because the gatefold cover is just a little too small.

- NOTE 3: When this came out some shops didn't care to specify what they were selling so you could end up with black vinyl or the new blue/white merge vinyl.

Apparently in Europe the black vinyl were sold first for a short while only and then quietly replaced with the blue/white merge vinyl, now only Relapse is

selling this black vinyl edition in the US. A mistake from the distributor or shops perhaps? Maybe this was meant to be a US only pressing in the first place?

Relapse Records, RR6500, two blue/white merge normal weight vinyl, reissue

- BARCODE, as printed on the back cover: 7 81676 65001 9

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, stamped: 113860E1/A

side B, full runouts, stamped: 113860E2/A

side C, full runouts, stamped: 113860E3/A

side D, full runouts, stamped: 113860E4/A

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 14 (3/4+3/4)

- VINYL: pressed by GZ

- CENTER LABELS: picture labels without tracklist

- COVER: gatefold cover,

Relapse Records Inc, P.O. Box 2060, Upper Darby, PA 19082 U.S.A. | Relapse Records Europe, P.O. Box 6818 5975 ZG Sevenum The Netherlands

- INNERSLEEVES: white paper innersleeves, die-cut from both sides to show the center labels and all corners clipped (the original innersleeves)

- RELEASED: Reissue made in late 2014 or early 2015 based on the runouts, released in early 2015 (February if I recall correctly).

Originally released in 1994.

- OTHER: Originally not released sealed, comes in a thin clear plastic sleeve.

Does not include a download code for the whole album.

Supposedly limited to 1000 copies.

- NOTE 1: The sound quality has nothing special to offer as this is a low volume cut and significantly less accurate than the previous Rainbo pressing above.

In addition the pressing quality is not the best possible either (all my copies are heavily warped) and this one sounds significantly less accurate than the

black vinyl pressing right above. The previous three Rainbo pressed Relapse pressings sound phenomenally better.

- NOTE 2: Like normally for GZ made vinyl nowadays, the vinyl are hard to get in to the gatefold cover because the gatefold cover is just a little too small.

- NOTE 3: Relapse Records' US webshop does not have any info of this releases and there doesn't seem to be much info of this release anywhere.

This was probably made solely for the European market as there is a mention of Relapse Records Europe on the cover.

Relapse Records, RR7414, black vinyl, reissue

- BARCODE, as printed on the back cover: 7 81676 74141 0

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, stamped: RELAPSE RECORDS - RR7414-1 A 173482E1/A

side B, full runotus, stamped: RELAPSE RECORDS - RR7414-1 B 173482E2/A

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 10 (5/5)

- VINYL: pressed by GZ

- CENTER LABELS: picture labels without tracklist

- COVER: simple cardboard cover,

spine: RR7414 AMOPRHIS • TALES FROM THE THOUSAND LAKES RR7414

- INNERSLEEVE: white paper innersleeve, die-cut to show the center labels and all corners clipped (the original innersleeve)

- RELEASED: Reissue released on 20th of July 2018 (source: Nuclear Blast webshop, Napalm Records webshop and Finnish EMP webshop).

Originally released in 1994.

- OTHER: Originally not released sealed. Comes in clear plastic sleeve. Includes lyrics insert and a digital download code card.

- NOTE 1: The band name has been misprinted on the spine as AMOPRHIS.

- NOTE 2: The pressing quality is very good with only slightly warped and slightly off-centered record but the cut is still a low volume and a poor quality cut.

This is a big step up in sound quality from the previous two 2LP pressings by GZ but still this one sounds clearly less detailed than the Rainbo pressings above.

Relapse Records, RR7414 / LP3946R, kelly green vinyl, reissue, limited to 300 copies

- BARCODE, as printed on the back cover: 7 81676 74141 0

- BARCODE, as printed on the sticker on the clear plastic sleeve: 7 81676 39461 6

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, stamped: RELAPSE RECORDS - RR7414-1 A 173482E1/A

side B, full runotus, stamped: RELAPSE RECORDS - RR7414-1 B 173482E2/A

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 10 (5/5)

- VINYL: pressed by GZ

- CENTER LABELS: picture labels without tracklist

- COVER: simple cardboard cover,

spine: RR7414 AMOPRHIS • TALES FROM THE THOUSAND LAKES RR7414

- INNERSLEEVE: white paper innersleeve, die-cut to show the center labels and all corners clipped (the original innersleeve)

- RELEASED: Reissue released on 20th of July 2018 (source: Nuclear Blast webshop).

Originally released in 1994.

- OTHER: Originally not released sealed. Comes in clear plastic sleeve with two stickers (infosticker on the front and barcode sticker on the back).

Cat# LP3946R is printed only on the infosticker on the front cover.

Includes lyrics insert and a digital download code card.

- NOTE 1: The band name has been misprinted on the spine as AMOPRHIS.

- NOTE 2: The pressing quality is very good with only slightly warped and slightly off-centered record but the cut is still a low volume and a poor quality cut.

This one sounds a lot less accurate than the corresponding black vinyl pressing right above.

This is a big step up in sound quality from the previous two 2LP pressings by GZ but still this one sounds clearly less detailed than the Rainbo pressings above.

Relapse Records, RR7414 / LP3944R, swamp green vinyl, reissue, limited to 300 copies

- BARCODE, as printed on the back cover: 7 81676 74141 0

- BARCODE, as printed on the sticker on the clear plastic sleeve: 7 81676 39441 8

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, stamped: RELAPSE RECORDS - RR7414-1 A 173482E1/A

side B, full runotus, stamped: RELAPSE RECORDS - RR7414-1 B 173482E2/A

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 10 (5/5)

- VINYL: pressed by GZ

- CENTER LABELS: picture labels without tracklist

- COVER: simple cardboard cover,

spine: RR7414 AMOPRHIS • TALES FROM THE THOUSAND LAKES RR7414

- INNERSLEEVE: white paper innersleeve, die-cut to show the center labels and all corners clipped (the original innersleeve)

- RELEASED: Reissue released on 20th of July 2018 (source: Nuclear Blast webshop).

Originally released in 1994.

- OTHER: Originally not released sealed. Comes in clear plastic sleeve with two stickers (infosticker on the front and barcode sticker on the back).

Cat# LP3944R is printed only on the infosticker on the front cover.

Includes lyrics insert and a digital download code card.

- NOTE 1: The band name has been misprinted on the spine as AMOPRHIS.

- NOTE 2: The pressing quality is very good with only slightly warped and slightly off-centered record but the cut is still a low volume and a poor quality cut.

This one sounds a lot less accurate than the corresponding black vinyl pressing above.

This is a big step up in sound quality from the previous two 2LP pressings by GZ but still this one sounds clearly less detailed than the Rainbo pressings above.

Relapse Records, RR7414 / LP4353R / RR43531, swamp green with splatter vinyl, reissue, limited to 1000 copies

- BARCODE, as printed on the back cover: none

- BARCODE, as printed on the sticker on the clear plastic sleeve: 7 81676 43531 9

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, stamped: RELAPSE RECORDS - RR7414-1 - SIDE A 201023E1/A

side B, full runotus, stamped: RELAPSE RECORDS - RR7414-1 - SIDE B 201023E2/A

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 10 (5/5)

- VINYL: pressed by GZ

- CENTER LABELS: picture labels without tracklist

- COVER: simple cardboard cover,

spine: RR7414 AMOPRHIS • TALES FROM THE THOUSAND LAKES RR7414

- INNERSLEEVE: white paper innersleeve, die-cut to show the center labels and all corners clipped (the original innersleeve)

- RELEASED: Reissue released on 25th of September 2020 (source: Nuclear Blast webshop when this was in preorder stage

+ Finnish EMP webshop when this was in preorder stage

+ Levykauppa X when this was in preorder stage).

Originally released in 1994.

- OTHER: Originally not released sealed. Comes in clear plastic sleeve with one unnumbered infosticker on the front.

Cat#s LP4353R and RR43531 are printed only on the infosticker on the front cover.

Includes lyrics insert and a digital download code card.

- NOTE 1: The band name has been misprinted on the spine as AMOPRHIS and the barcode has been completely removed from the cover.

In addition this is clearly of a new cut since the runouts are different and the width of the runout areas are different than in any previous edition.

- NOTE 2: This on sounds louder, more dynamic and simply livelier than the 2018 swamp green vinyl edition.

They may have used a different source for cutting or a different cutting house for this edition.

I definitely prefer this one over the 2018 swamp green vinyl or any of the 2018 pressings. The Rainbo pressing still sounds a lot more accurate.

Relapse Records, RR7414 / LP4446R / RR44461, waterfall edition (royal blue cloudy effect) vinyl, reissue, repress, limited to 2136 copies

- BARCODE, as printed on the back cover: none

- BARCODE, as printed on the sticker on the clear plastic sleeve: 7 81676 44461 8

- RUNOUTS: side A, full runouts, stamped: RELAPSE RECORDS - RR7414-1 - SIDE A 201023E1/A

side B, full runotus, stamped: RELAPSE RECORDS - RR7414-1 - SIDE B 201023E2/A

- NUMBER OF SONGS: 10 (5/5)

- VINYL: pressed by GZ

- CENTER LABELS: picture labels without tracklist

- COVER: simple cardboard cover,

spine: RR7414 AMOPRHIS • TALES FROM THE THOUSAND LAKES RR7414

- INNERSLEEVE: white paper innersleeve, die-cut to show the center labels and all corners clipped (the original innersleeve)

- RELEASED: Reissue released on 11th of September 2020 (source: Relapse Records webshop though this is likely a repress released later).

Originally released in 1994.

- OTHER: Originally not released sealed. Comes in clear plastic sleeve with one unnumbered infosticker on the front.

Cat#s LP4446R and RR44461 are printed only on the infosticker on the front cover plastics.

Includes lyrics insert and a digital download code sticker.

- NOTE 1: The band name has been misprinted on the spine as AMOPRHIS. Otherwise this is just a repress of the swamp green splatter vinyl.

- NOTE 2: This is, again, a big step up in sound quality compared to the previous edition right above even though this appears to be pressed from the same cut as the

previous edition. The Rainbo pressing still sounds a lot more accurate but the black vinyl pressing of this might come very close to it.