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ONE love, blood, life
I might be dorky enough to try that!
I've already burned a CD from the U2.com tracks and I'm listening to that. I haven't even opened the vinyl yet. I have to dig the turntable out of the closet.
My girlfriend picked this up for me at Criminal Records in Toronto, after unsuccessfully trying at Sonic Boom (I overheard the discussion as well about them selling the copies ahead of time, even though I had inquired the day earlier as well). Mine is number 1151. However Criminal Records tends to price gouge, and I think she paid over $18 for it. Still worth it, though.
Yeah, mine was 16.99. I don't mind a little mark up, the local shops can't afford to discount things the way bigger brand stores can.
Fortunately I was wise enough to arrive early and just line up because a guy came out with vouchers for the first people in line. The vouchers were to be given at the register to get your copy, they did not put them out on the floor.
I just found out that one of the two shops in Seattle opens at 9 tomorrow, which is perfect. I hit one at 9, the other at 10, and hopefully will have what I need.
Bring it on! I love a challenge.
When (if ) I get mine it's getting opened and on the turntable first thing! Nothing beats the sound of vinyl on a record player!
Yeah, the numbering thing has been asked, and addressed .... I don't remember where the info came from, though.
The story on the numbering is apparently that if they mess up a copy during printing, they don't start over (which makes sense). So there are more than 5,000.
I have one that's above #6,000, which begs the question - how many copies typically get messed up during printing?
Perhaps some of these "messed up" copies went to radio stations, promoters or people close to the band? Did some go to the label?
A friend of mine sent me this tonight.....sheds a little more light on the mis-printing. Turns out, there are in fact only 5000 vinyls.....its just that the numbers on the jackets are not correct.
Also, did anyone else have major damage to their jackets? The two that I got and the two that the girlfriend went and got all have damage in the same spot
Well, now there is a picture showing what went down so others can see it
My girlfriend went back and picked up another pair. Im going to keep one for myself to listen to, one to keep sealed for collecting purposes, one will go to my girlfriend (she said that today marks her first step in collecting vinyl *thanks to me*), and the fourth will be going to Stealthboy
Cori, was it you that hit up Silver Platters in Bellevue and saw something like 20-30 copies? Im going to go hit them up before work tomorrow to see if they have any left. Might as well try and get them now for other interference members before non-collectors catch wind of this release.....