Smashing Pumpkins, The ‎– Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness

Official reisseue is scheduled for 2012

The original, first pressing, was of 5000 copies. It was meant to be numbered but the box was left unstamped. About 6 months later, they re-pressed it (I think another 5000?) and these WERE numbered.
But yeah, the un-numbered vinyl is the first and original pressing.

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This looks like a pretty genuine MCIS vinyl. However, this unnumbered AND unboxed version is no official release. No official shop or music chain can order it, it can only be found on record fairs and the internet, for example eBay. The people that made this release are trying to fool the innocent collectors of Smashing Pumpkins vinyl. Please check the entry of the black vinyl bootleg for differences in color with the original release.

Also the matrix codes are different. Compare these:

Bootlegged release (A-side): 7243 8 41655 A.
Genuine release (A-side): HUTTLP 30 A-1-1-1.

This MCIS bootleg appears on the market since late 2007, in a black vinyl, a yellow vinyl and since the first quarter of 2008, in a red vinyl version..The countries where they appeared first were Holland and Germany, which makes us believe it is Made in Europe somewhere."
- quoted from http://www.spfreaks.com/?page=COLLDETAILS&item=2322

Given the typical asking price for this album is more than four times it's average selling price (Mint) and the flood of counterfeit versions all clamouring to get in on the (perceived) action, this release is crying out for a decent official repress...Mobile Fidelity Sound Labs are you listening!!!

I believe I have one of these. Mine is like a pinkish clear color. Is this release also that color?