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If anyone ordered the "transparent orange" through online retailers, SP recently added an image of the mockup to their website. It also mentions it's the 3rd press, standard jacket and calls the image "forever". Sounds like it'll be an unlimited press and won't be the gatefold version. Also would assume no matches for this version.

I was talking to Jordan at the end of last week, and he mentioned the last variant they were waiting on was supposed to arrive today. Anything that wasn't a bundle/that variant started shipping last week. But since the bundles have the variant, they're still held up.

Very cool to see that the US ones were gatefold in the end. Roger teased an image from photoshop back March or April and it showed that Anthem was going to be gatefold. Was hoping at the time for a 2xLP haha. Nice touch with the matches.

Backwards Blueprints was the first stream, that's the pressing that is on the way to them, NTFP are the test presses they're waiting on.

Are these 100 (and the other alternate cover) included in the original press numbers? Or are these an additional 100 of those particular variants?

New Noise is gonna have LTJ for the December issue. The flexi includes the song "No One to Judge Me", a b-side from Silver Linings. https://newnoisemagazine.com/store/product/print-magazine/issue-55-cover-ft-less-jake/

Most recent Smartpunk email (from yesterday) says they're getting the rest of the Anthem/B-Sides sometime next week and will start shipping asap. So looks like everyone should start getting their bundles some time around Thanksgiving? Or any record that wasn't the UK versions, or yellow/black splatter B-Sides.

I wonder if the album was supposed to originally be released in November and it was postponed? Less Than Jake's new record changed release dates a few times before they finally announced the December date.

I missed the initial sale on TRL, so I ended up ordering from the Bullmoose link. Hoping it'll not get cancelled. Does that mean Bullmoose doesn't cap their orders anymore? Not sure how recent that fine print was added, but I feel like I've seen them stop taking preorders on other limited things before.

I wish they'd give us direct updates too. They've mentioned it a few times in their normal email subscriptions, but I think they've only mentioned it to people that ordered once via direct email. There was an email yesterday or the day before and it basically said hey, the record plants are shipping one variant at a time, so we won't have everything for a bit still.

Mine arrived fine, but had the same exact thought when I saw the package. Quite possibly the thinnest cardboard I've ever seen used to ship a record.

Yea, the most recent Bad Books 1 Reissue had an exclusive Patreon version split between both pages, and then a broader press available to the public. In the past it was just first dibs on the Manchester/Andy Hull/RAGC releases. And I think KD currently (or had) a Daytrotter vinyl, but not sure if it was limited to the Patreon, or first dibs.

Saturday night bump! Happy to take offers, hit me up. Will drop anything off on Monday.

Not sure about that. This is what the shop in St. Pete shows when you look up the upcoming releases. Same clear orange Anthem and clear blue B-Sides shows up for some other retailers including Popmarket. The UK B-Sides isn't clear blue, it's solid blue with some black swirl.

Updated the list with new stuff.

They put up a clear variant of the soundtrack, limited to 300 only. And have since released a second single, Weight of the Worry. https://www.wearespecimen.com/specimen-store/p/theinevitableslp

Really glad I picked up a copy of this. Haven't listened through the album on Spotify yet, but the couple snippets of songs I've heard I've really dug. The art looks awesome when you open up the gatefold.

Guessing that's the one that will be available to the public tomorrow, /1000.

I've been enjoying the new songs as well. Wondering if since New Noise debuted the lyric video, if LTJ will be the next flexi for the magazine.

Pre-pandemic, the company I was working with was using FedEx anytime we didn't have people traveling for shows from the main office, and we would ship in hard shell suitcases and pelican cases. They would show up absolutely trashed when it got back to the office. IF it made it back to the office. They'd lost so many shipments of ours. One time, it was easier for us to have one of our people drive to a warehouse in New Hampshire from NYC to pick up the case after a show.

Chris DeMakes (Less Than Jake) just put up preorders for a book along with a solo 7" to accompany it. Bundles and what not are available through Smartpunk, including a crazy calendar and ridiculous looking poster. If any one follows Chris on IG, the book is a printed form of the photo a day with corresponding story thing he did last year. Green /100 - Sold Out Clear / 400 Yellow / 500 https://smartpunkshop.com/search?q=Chris+demakes

My point exactly. Pretty sure most of Fat's stuff is through Pirate's Press, and almost everything LTJ have put out in recent years has been pressed by them as well.

Not too surprising those ended up being first to arrive. Most of FAT's euro variants have been showing up almost a month (or more) before the US versions. I ended up ordering the UK versions too, so I'll get a chuckle if they arrive to me in the US before SP gets the US variants.

I got the shipping notification from Popmarket too. Ended up being the cheapest option too. $52 shipped was hard to beat for that set.

Awesome, thanks. Can't wait to see them all.