Record store day 2018

[dervish]

That's really...it's so...sorta like...hmmm. no words happening.
.. and the guy in the yellow jacket and camo hat.

[darren]

finding out!

[Lindich88]

Any update?

[Ragnaar]

I'm not trying to be negative and the like, but it's really weird to me how many folks complain about having to put in massive effort for supposedly limited items. Isn't the point of a limited item that you are in the right place at the right time, or that you've waited in line for 4-5 hours to score that golden nugget you're after?

If everyone could just click with keystrokes for some rare item, it really wouldn't be limited or rare anymore would it?

[Pie1862]

I think people (not me) are complaining about there even being limited releases. "If anything is released it should be available to all". Personally the only issue I have is that it was said prior to NoN that the second batch would be available through the website but it's now switched to RSD. But plans change and I got three of the four anyway and my guess is the one I didn't get will be easier than the others to get from RSD.

[IRONFLAME]

Totally second Pie1862's comment. I guess what most annoys people on here is having been kept busy here for six weeks, checking the official online shop numerous times a day, only to finally learn they'll never appear there...

[Ragnaar]

I can dig that. Maybe I'm just more accustomed to plans changing, and since I'm on a danged computer for almost my entire day I don't find it's too difficult to check once in a while.

Also I just assumed they would send the mailing list an email when they were put on the site.

Also I'm a grumpy old man now that doesn't collect everything and anything, just the things I dig

[MarmFi]

My only issue with limited edition stuff is (as stated above) it encourages profiteering, and those exploiting people's (occasionally excessive) fandom wind me up.

It would be stopped if nobody paid the stupid prices the profiteers demand, but unfortunately, people do pay.

[Scott]

I'm just bitter because I had a near complete vinyl collection and now I'm too far behind to catch up. I won't be able to afford these records from ebay flippers. I still haven't been able to get that comp they were on from the last RSD.

[Lindich88]

Hi Darren,

Has there been any updates?

[darren]

yup!

in addition to the u.k., the vinyl will also be available in select record stores in germany, spain, poland, italy, australia, new zealand, benelux, france.

for people in the united states and canada, they can order via xl recordings. details to follow.

for people outside the countries listed above – we’d recommend reaching out to friends in one of those countries – hopefully they can help.

sigur rós - record store day 2018

[Pie1862]

@Darren, are there no plans to re-press Frakkur?

[darren]

nothing to announce at the moment

[Deano186]

Apparently there’ll be 3 runs, 1st is in a limited edition of 3, if u want one, u have to track down a member of the band and prise it out of their hands. The 2nd run is a limited edition of 1, it will be airdropped on top of Hvannadalshnukur, the mailing list will be notified and the first one up there gets it. The 3rd run is another limited edition of a few hundred, which will be randomly scattered around the world for RSD 2025.

Come on guys, just make your music accessible on vinyl to all your fans. Not just the ones with hundreds to spend on eBay / people lucky enough to live near an actual record store / spend 2 days queuing in the hope of getting through the door first. Please don’t go down the Jack White route of every release being super limited / fairly unobtainable. Your biggest fans are missing out.

[Pie1862]

Put on walking boots for climbing, hopefully time it with airwaves

[Seq225]

Im still unclear. Will people in the US and Canada have a specific time they can buy? and it is something that is just open to the world, or just US and Canada? A store near me say they will be getting some of the UK RSD items - so I wonder if these could be in there.
Regardless, I am asking here because no matter how many times I give my email to the SR site and it tells me "you have already subscribed", I miss out on random email announcements - like the one above - never got it.

[darren]

seq; we never sent a RSD email update. that'll come soon

US/CA: "for people in the united states and canada, they can order via xl recordings. details to follow"

[Thanisch]

Update from SR webpage:

”united states & canada
for people in the united states and canada, a limited quantity will be available via the xl recordings webstore on monday, april 23 at 10am eastern.”

[breakbeat]

So I got up at the ungodly hour of 5am and arrived at Truck in Oxford for 5:30, we were about 25th in the queue. Doors opened just before 8am, they had all of them except the one I really wanted (route one) apparently they only got about 3 of each when they’d requested 10-12 copies They were £23.99 each here. Copies already on Discogs

[Pie1862]

Been on eBay all week too. Shame about Route One, it's lovely.