marc32137 Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 Latest email from them this past weekend said there are still more LTJ freight shipments coming this week. At this rate, I'll be very surprised if anything shows up at my door before Christmas (and Smartpunk is only an hour away from me). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowynz Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 14 minutes ago, tatom said: FINALLY got my smart punk order Sweet! What variants did you get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatom Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, snowynz said: Sweet! What variants did you get? I only ordered Anthem, I got the red/flame yellow. One thing I noticed is the smart punk record is a gatefold and the European version isn't. I didn't expect that. Opening the gatefold now (as I type this) and it has a pack of matches in it! Super cool. Edited November 24, 2020 by tatom marc32137, MCDELTAT and snowynz 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWasteOfATime Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 1 hour ago, tatom said: I only ordered Anthem, I got the red/flame yellow. One thing I noticed is the smart punk record is a gatefold and the European version isn't. I didn't expect that. Opening the gatefold now (as I type this) and it has a pack of matches in it! Super cool. did they send you tracking for it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatom Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 24 minutes ago, AWasteOfATime said: did they send you tracking for it ? They did Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylet Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 2 hours ago, tatom said: Opening the gatefold now (as I type this) and it has a pack of matches in it! Super cool. Were you one of the original 300 preorders? I wonder if those matches are the "cool extra" they've been hyping but being very secretive about all year for the original 300 orders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowynz Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 1 minute ago, kylet said: Were you one of the original 300 preorders? I wonder if those matches are the "cool extra" they've been hyping but being very secretive about all year for the original 300 orders. Pretty sure the first /300 were the colour in colour variant, its been a while though, dunno Heres hoping they come up with something better than matches!? kylet 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kylet Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 1 minute ago, snowynz said: Pretty sure the first /300 were the colour in colour variant, its been a while though, dunno Heres hoping they come up with something better than matches!? Oh yeah. You're right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatom Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 1 hour ago, kylet said: Were you one of the original 300 preorders? I wonder if those matches are the "cool extra" they've been hyping but being very secretive about all year for the original 300 orders. I believe the matches are just standard, I definitely wasn't in the first 300. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenameisluigi Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 8 hours ago, tatom said: I only ordered Anthem, I got the red/flame yellow. One thing I noticed is the smart punk record is a gatefold and the European version isn't. I didn't expect that. Opening the gatefold now (as I type this) and it has a pack of matches in it! Super cool. 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenameisluigi Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 (edited) On 11/24/2020 at 2:11 PM, marc32137 said: Latest email from them this past weekend said there are still more LTJ freight shipments coming this week. At this rate, I'll be very surprised if anything shows up at my door before Christmas (and Smartpunk is only an hour away from me). 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. Edited November 25, 2020 by thenameisluigi marc32137 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3evils Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 Mine's been pre-shipment since the 20th. No movement since. Wasn't a bundle, just the red/yellow split variant like posted above. Glad it's a gatefold! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfactor675 Posted November 26, 2020 Share Posted November 26, 2020 importcds has just shipped my red/yellow Anthem, so this has reached retailers too. Still waiting for the B-sides though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenameisluigi Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 (edited) 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. Edited November 27, 2020 by thenameisluigi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenameisluigi Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 I stand corrected. From the latest email. Quote Two variants of the Less Than Jake records are set to finish at the pressing plant this coming Wednesday (12/2) and shipping to us after. These are the color-in-color variants, which also had a bit of a hang-up with the foil numbering. Did we ever mentioned that this edition were foiled number? 😃 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kas1985 Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 I know many of the delays are beyond the control of Smartpunk, but could the communication possibly have been worse through this whole thing? Every email says “everything should be here this week” or “the last piece has shipped” until the next “update” says something completely contradictory. I know I will be happy I ordered when this arrives, but from the beginning when the initial pressing numbers went missing from the site and limited variants became unlimited, this whole thing has been a debacle. Sorry, rant over. And I know it can be worse, I lost money too during the whole TOYPAJ MTS ordeal, I just feel this could have been handled more professionally when a significant amount of people have funded this pressing with a not insignificant amount of money. shenanigans and NoFxpunkguy 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AWasteOfATime Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 the fact that im more confident that im going to get a new album from the band in december before im going to get the record I ordered in MAY MCDELTAT 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vinny0190 Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 I know I'll be happy with my koozie and both albums, but this is by far the worst delay I've experienced. I know it's been said already but the emails drive me up a wall with how they contradict themselves, I truly have no idea when to expect my order anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenameisluigi Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 (edited) 14 hours ago, AWasteOfATime said: the fact that im more confident that im going to get a new album from the band in december before im going to get the record I ordered in MAY On the plus side, from what I heard, the label actually has those in hand since the album was originally supposed to come out much earlier in the year 😂 Edited November 28, 2020 by thenameisluigi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCDELTAT Posted November 29, 2020 Share Posted November 29, 2020 23 hours ago, AWasteOfATime said: the fact that im more confident that im going to get a new album from the band in december before im going to get the record I ordered in MAY This is exactly how I feel. I have a pre-order list to keep track of things and I moved this one below the new album despite keeping the original August 28th date pinned to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BennyWatts Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 Received mine. Noisiest pressing I've received in a long time, didn't get any better with cleaning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MCDELTAT Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 11 hours ago, BennyWatts said: Received mine. Noisiest pressing I've received in a long time, didn't get any better with cleaning. Noooooo. Not even sure how to handle it if this was a mediocre pressing of an album that's never been on vinyl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N8TRU Posted December 2, 2020 Share Posted December 2, 2020 11 hours ago, BennyWatts said: Received mine. Noisiest pressing I've received in a long time, didn't get any better with cleaning. Anthem, b-sides, or both? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BennyWatts Posted December 4, 2020 Share Posted December 4, 2020 Sorry, Anthem only. I'm not even sure if it's worth returning since it's a CD cut to vinyl, not a great reissue by any means. N8TRU 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shenanigans Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 On 11/27/2020 at 8:32 PM, kas1985 said: I know many of the delays are beyond the control of Smartpunk, but could the communication possibly have been worse through this whole thing? Every email says “everything should be here this week” or “the last piece has shipped” until the next “update” says something completely contradictory. I know I will be happy I ordered when this arrives, but from the beginning when the initial pressing numbers went missing from the site and limited variants became unlimited, this whole thing has been a debacle. Sorry, rant over. And I know it can be worse, I lost money too during the whole TOYPAJ MTS ordeal, I just feel this could have been handled more professionally when a significant amount of people have funded this pressing with a not insignificant amount of money. I had this conversation with them on twitter. Told them that the people waiting for the record don't appreciate email subjects like "Smartpunk learns to email good" with an LTJ update buried in 4 paragraphs of smartpunk shit and that we just want a "LTJ Order Update" email with 1 paragraph about when to expect records. I sent them a couple examples like OWTH Live album. Should send them the Descendents Suffrage update from KRM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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