Pitchfork said VMP has the sole rights to press it. Combined with it being black vinyl and Tidal and Idler Wheel showing up nowhere else yet...I think the general consensus is that it won’t be anywhere else anytime soon.
Could be true but the fact we haven’t seen Tidal or Idler Wheel get repressed elsewhere makes me think the broad language is just an out in case someone presses it a year down the road...Tidal was released 3 years ago this month on VMP and is still the only pressing.
The last few months they have been shipping LP when they get them meaning if you order more than one track you may get more than one shipment. Last month the essentials and classics tracks were shipped together at the beginning of the month and R&HH was sent at the end of the month. I don’t know if “delayed” is the right word but not ready to ship when the rest of you box was ready to roll.
Could very well be true. I don’t think anybody needs to rush and buy one from VMP but I’m still not convinced this will get a wider release soon.
In America it kinda makes sense since they no longer ship via Fed Ex and have switched to US Postal Service Media Mail which is considerably cheaper, Funny enough I think they made the right decision there, while the tracking is much worse the shipping time is just as fast if not faster than through Fed Ex. I am surprised on International Shipments though, but whatever at least you don’t have to wait and it doesn’t cost ya anymore.
I wish they would ditch DHL, USPS first class is faster and has way more reliable tracking, though it's certainly more expensive than DHL.
USPS tracking as of late has been awful for me...informed delivery is always off by a day or two. I sold a somewhat expensive record ($90) last week and shipped it. The tracking said it was delivered to a totally different zip code and the buyer, rightfully, was concerned. But the next day it showed up at their place.
DHL to Canada used to be fairly quick with decent tracking. But because DHL was handing off to Canada Post, it was Canada Post's tracking that was good. For a while shipments took only a week from email notice to delivery. But since flustercluck late last year, the label is created and nothing happens for 4-6 days, then DHL picks it up and it sits in their warehouse for another 7-9 days before they ship it across the border. For all the crap that Canada Post gets for being inefficient, once the package has landed in Canada I have it in about 36hrs usually.
Totally agree with this.
