Questions about a couple special vinyl releases

[tuc70021]

There might only be a couple people here who would know (and I might already know who you are!), but I've had a couple questions about a couple of vinyl releases that I've never found an answer to.

First: The Root Down EP (http://www.beastiemania.com/discog/s...2blue,root12ca)
When this was sold in stores brand new, was there any way to tell if you were getting a black copy or a blue copy? Also, any idea if one was more rare than the other, or how many blue copies there were?

Second: Fight For Your Right purple 7" single (http://www.beastiemania.com/discog/s...=ffyr7capurple)
Basically... what's up with this record? As far as I know only one person has it, but I'm assuming they didn't press just one. Besides being Canadian, is anything else known about it? Did Def Jam confirm pressing colored copies of this?

Thanks fellow nerds! Feel free to piggy back on this thread with your own oddball questions.