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That looks about right I'm afraid. Places are charging around £100 for it and it looks like it will weight more than 2kg when packed (if not before), so that makes shipping somewhere between £30 and £40. The cost vs mass ratio peaks at just over 2kg as Royal Mail won't handle it any more and couriers costs are a big step up.

I'd actually avoid Banquet if you can find your stuff elsewhere. First, everyone is at Banquet, so the stuff sells quickly. Second, they send stuff out in those appalling cardboard envelopes that offer no protection to your records. Most of my experiences with Banquet have been bad. I would go to Resident or Crash (in Leeds) instead. Piccadilly are good too. Rough Trade will be nearly as busy as Banquet.

One day and 7 hours. It's Thursday over here and everyone puts theirs up at midnight when Friday becomes Saturday.

I expect there will be plenty when the UK RSD leftovers go up in just over 48 hours.

Anyone still looking for The National (and willing to pay the shipping), there are loads still for sale in the UK. Stores here start selling online in just over 48 hours.

These look like they are still in stock at multiple UK stores. This gets repeated every year multiple times, but I guess every year there are new members. UK online sales do not go up until 0000 local time on the Saturday after RSD. I believe that to be 1900 EST. Sites like Rough Trade and Banquet pretty much cease functioning in the bunfight. Norman Records are not participating in RSD again this year (and probably never will again as they are a warehouse where you can pick stuff up if you are local rather than a proper store. This is a shame as their customer service is great). Other places like Piccadilly, Crash and Resident have all been used by US residents here. I don't know when my best local store (Monorail) put theirs up. @GoBlue325, there is a chance I can get the Sonic's Rendezvous Band record tomorrow (no promises). If you want me to get it so you can avoid the scrum on Friday evening (your time), I can do that, but please remember that shipping will be somewhere between $17 and $20 (I cannot compete with actual stores who may be in a position to charge less) and if you change your mind, that will be reflected in your trader feedback and posted here. In the days when there was something worth queuing for on RSD, I would buy for US folk and would get stiffed by at least one person each year.

Flippers only. If a store puts its RSD stuff up early, it probably won't be getting involved in RSD next year. https://www.facebook.com/lovemusicscotland/posts/607023496040346 http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/news/11164474.Rock_Legend_Paul_Weller_s_wife_accuses_East_Lancs_man_of_selling_limited_edition_release_on_eBay/

I think that most of The National must be here in the UK. I went into one small shop just before closing yesterday and they had 10 (or so) copies. UK stores have an agreement with RSD not to put their stuff online until next weekend, so if you are willing to pay the shipping, I suspect there will be plenty to go around.

Site crash = no tri-colour for me

The MS website was working for a while. Now I just get Application Error.

The gold and the yellow are different. There is also red at Napalm Austria: https://shop.napalmrecords.com/god-is-an-astronaut-epitaph-red-lp-gatefold.html

https://www.pledgemusic.com/projects/failure-lp5?referrer=carousel_project_launched They're really not trying this time. A $30 standard weight vinyl option (which will be cheaper in shops) and a $70 signed heavy weight option. No colours and no 50 'test pressings'. For my sins, I have pledged both times and the customer service has been bad both times. I see no reason not to wait for the proper release.

Is the lack of US distribution the good news for the UK or is there something else?

Codename: Dustsucker is out on May 25th.

I have been waiting for this one for a looong time. I'm getting two just in case. The chances of them coming to Europe are tiny, so if there is a tour pressing, someone please, please get me one.

There have been European copies of this up at Nuclear Blast for a while. Nothing at NB USA though. http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/products/tontraeger/vinyl/2lp/napalm-death-coded-smears-and-more-uncommon-slurs-coloured-viny.html http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/products/tontraeger/vinyl/2lp/napalm-death-coded-smears-and-more-uncommon-slurs-black-vinyl.html http://www.nuclearblast.de/en/products/tontraeger/vinyl/2lp/napalm-death-coded-smears-and-more-uncommon-slurs-red-vinyl.html

Nothing on that listing that I can see indicates it is the coloured version. Amazon UK don't usually sell the coloured versions. Amazon.de do: https://www.amazon.de/Details-Gatefold-sleeve-vinyl-Vinyl/dp/B079X8T4N2/ref=sr_1_1_twi_lp__1?ie=UTF8&qid=1519763882&sr=8-1&keywords=frou+frou+vinyl

These were all released in 2013. I assume the high price is because they are the last few in stock. They had a couple of Alice In Chains exclusive colours (Dirt and MTV if I remember right), Jeff Buckley's Grace on white and an Aimee Mann record too.

Reports of warped copies: https://www.discogs.com/forum/thread/761884 https://www.discogs.com/release/11559016-Reachin-A-New-Refutation-Of-Time-And-Space/reviews#c949488

They have announced a European tour and have confirmed a clear tour variant. My local show is towards the end of the tour in mid May. PM me if you want me to pick one up. @drds89?

100 Gold is EU only: https://shop.napalmrecords.com/god-is-an-astronaut-epitaph-golden-lp-gatefold.html

For anyone who wanted the Hobbledehoy variants of Waking Season or Dust And Disquiet, they now ship from the USA as well as Australia: https://hobbledehoyrecords.com/store/shipping/

For anyone who wanted the Hobbledehoy variants of Tunnel Blanket or Another Language, they now ship from the US as well as Australia: https://hobbledehoyrecords.com/store/shipping/