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jimmyjack wrote:Thanks! If it was signed vinyl, I might be persuaded. It's strange that there isn't some deluxe pre-order option this time around. It's so rare I get excited about actual release dates anymore, I always view DBT-related releases as events unto themselves! With my luck, I'll order it from Amazon and then a few days later there'll be some t-shirt / vinyl / mug type deal via ATO or something. But I'm guessing it's approaching too late for that...


You checked to see if CD Central will have the vinyl on release day?

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Yeah, I bet they will. Good call. I'll pick it up there rather than pre-order. Will probably be there tomorrow anyway, I'll remind Steve!

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jimmyjack wrote:Yeah, I bet they will. Good call. I'll pick it up there rather than pre-order. Will probably be there tomorrow anyway, I'll remind Steve!


Let me know what he says, I'd rather get mine there than order from somewhere else

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Just saw this posted on Patterson's FB page: "iTunes pre-order for 'Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance'. Main site pre-ordering will be launched soon."

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Ah, cool! But unless there's some bonus swag I'm gonna buy it locally.

rlipps, Steve at CD Central said he'd absolutely be getting several copies in on the 11th!

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Linkous posted this elsewhere but it probably belongs here, where it can add to the anticipation:

The new issue of Uncut magazine has a free CD which includes a new PH song from Heat Lightening Rumbles In The Distance called Fifteen Days (Leaving Time Again). Only listened to it twice, but I like it - its quite jaunty with a railroad type rhythm (if that makes sense) with chugging rhythm guitar and keyboards utilised to sound like strings.

Uncut also has a review of the new album (it gets awarded 8/10 and is "Americana album of the month").
The reviewer tells us the album reflects on a time in PH's life (circa 1991) where he had just been divorced and it was "an emotionally intense time in which he contemplated suicide". However he says,"The tone is hopeful, the dark corners of Hood's past softly lit by his current life as a successful musician, father and family man"
Of the record the writer says "the whole thing is beautifully shaded by pianos, banjos,steel and festering guitar figures". He says "Come Back Little Star" is "a highlight", and the closing "Fifteen Days" is a song of "Southern skiffle.....which finds Hood back in the present dreaming of returning to his family after months on tour".
Summing up he says its "an affecting, lyrical record that makes you feel blessed for not having lived through it, but wiser,so grateful for the ride".
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can't wait to buy this one on vinyl!

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jimmyjack wrote:Ah, cool! But unless there's some bonus swag I'm gonna buy it locally.

There's mention of some bonus material on the DBT online store now; I assume we'll hear something formal soon?

http://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=407_57884

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uncle rickey wrote:
jimmyjack wrote:Ah, cool! But unless there's some bonus swag I'm gonna buy it locally.

There's mention of some bonus material on the DBT online store now; I assume we'll hear something formal soon?

http://drivebytruckers.shop.musictoday.com/Dept.aspx?cp=407_57884


Just bought the LP + t-shirt package. Comes with an instant download of a track, plus a 10-song demo record that you can download on release date.
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Image

click pic to go to pre-order
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Thanks yall! Ordered! True to form, the free download doesn't work, and $12 for standard shipping + tax is absurd (Musictoday's fault, not DBT's), but, psyched all the same! Hope it arrives on the release date...

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jimmyjack wrote:True to form, the free download doesn't work, and $12 for standard shipping + tax is absurd (Musictoday's fault, not DBT's)


ditto
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No autographed vinyl? I'll wait and buy it at a show to avoid shipping.

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Amazon.com.... $17.98 for the vinyl and we have Prime so it will be here release date with free shipping. Not getting screwed for $11 shipping by Musictoday.

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Yeah, totally. I rationalized it because of the demos, but since this first download didn't even work, I'm going to assume there'll be some sort of problem with the demos download on the 11th, too.

:( :x :roll:

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On second thought, I may cancel this order. The idea that, after shipping, this costs almost DOUBLE what Amazon (or, likely, my local record store) will charge, and the downloads are already fucked up - it's all just too much of a headache. Maybe just maybe some kind 3DDer will hook me up with these demos anyway, hint hint? :D

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Download should be fixed now. If you ordered you can go back and grab the track. JPW.

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Nope, same problem. Why is there always a problem with pre-orders?? I mean, I started this thread. Clearly, I want to participate in pre-ordering. I think it's cool and I love bonus stuff. But aargh what a hassle.

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sfbamaAAW wrote:Download should be fixed now. If you ordered you can go back and grab the track. JPW.


thanks, worked on my end.
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Better Than The Truth kicks ass
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Yikes, this is an awful deal for the lp. Amazon it is.
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Not trying to pile on, but I just tried to get the CD and a t-shirt and spent 30 minutes getting bounced around Musictoday, then Paypal, then back to Musictoday....and I'm not an idiot. Looks like I'll pick both of these up at the NC of VA Patterson shows next month....

Can't wait.

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ramonz wrote:Not trying to pile on, but I just tried to get the CD and a t-shirt and spent 30 minutes getting bounced around Musictoday, then Paypal, then back to Musictoday....and I'm not an idiot. Looks like I'll pick both of these up at the NC of VA Patterson shows next month....

Can't wait.


you're an idiot. ;)
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OK, maybe I am. But not tonight. It's not the first time the MD site has not played nice with my Paypal acct.

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Once again we witness the triumph of hope over experience. You know it's gonna cost more, you know the download's gonna get fucked up, it's probable that the ordering mechanics will be fucked up and it's almost a lock that the goods won't arrive until after the release date, and probably a lot after. God bless each and every one of you, but I don't understand it.
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It truly is the equivalent of peeking at Christmas presents. Speaking on behalf of everyone else who pre-ordered in a fever of anticipation and starry-eyed optimism, I think we just get so downright giddy about DBT releases, we temporarily lose our common sense. It was misattributed to Einstein, but whoever actually did say "the definition of insanity is doing something over and over again and expecting a different result" really oughta get a gander at this here 3DD board. :D

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I don't remember the murdering oscar preorder costing double what others were charging, and that came with bonus tracks (not demos).

Regardless, can't wait to hear it!
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Blame Clams!
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Patterson (and DBT) gets a shout out on the AV Club (with a stream of Better Off Without):

http://www.avclub.com/articles/patterson-hood-and-nigel-godrich-zone-out-in-this,84211/
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beantownbubba wrote:Once again we witness the triumph of hope over experience. You know it's gonna cost more, you know the download's gonna get fucked up, it's probable that the ordering mechanics will be fucked up and it's almost a lock that the goods won't arrive until after the release date, and probably a lot after. God bless each and every one of you, but I don't understand it.


Agreed. After my Secret To A Happy Ending preorder experience I'll never preorder again.
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