rihannsu
Refugee
He wouldn't be subject to the embargo that other reviewers are subject to if he didn't go through the same channels that the other reviewers went through...
Not sure how you come to that conclusion. Do you honestly think that someone with access to their inner circle is not going to comply with their request to hold off on full reviews. By the way has Neil published anything more since his initial listening report? I'm not sure what point you are trying to make. First you say Neil has a copy of the album, which I'm not sure is true since his first(and only to my knowledge) write-up just said that he had heard the album. Then you make a leap to that meaning the other reviewers must also have it as well. Which I point out is not necessarily the case because if he does have a physical copy it is more likely one he got through his personal relationship to the band not through his position as reviewer. Now you seem to be saying that if he had an inside source he isn't bound by the embargo. That may be technically true but he would be bound even more by the nature of his friendship with the band. In any case the other reviewers still wouldn't have copies of the album.
Dana