Pre-Order Thread

Bull Moose has the golden brown vinyl up today, so we are getting variants of some kind.


Bull Moose replied to my inquiry. US stores only have access to standard black or the Indie Exclusive on brown vinyl.

If you want any other variant you will need to order from the artist directly or from other sources that have an exclusive pressing.
 
Bull Moose replied to my inquiry. US stores only have access to standard black or the Indie Exclusive on brown vinyl.

If you want any other variant you will need to order from the artist directly or from other sources that have an exclusive pressing.

Good to know. I have to feel like some U.S. retailer is going to get the yellow-orange-sunset-whatever variant if not the indies, who that retailer is probably the big question, given every other option she's had has U.S., EU, and NZ/AUS distro it seems.
 
Good to know. I have to feel like some U.S. retailer is going to get the yellow-orange-sunset-whatever variant if not the indies, who that retailer is probably the big question, given every other option she's had has U.S., EU, and NZ/AUS distro it seems.

orange/marbled is the UK indie exclusive:


Sold out everywhere that I can find a listing for a ship I know of that ships to the US.

The Sun Marbled Orange Vinyl is exclusive to JB Hi-Fi, a Record Store in Australia.


The Golden Brown vinyl was exclusive to a record store in the UK


The blue marbled was exclusive to Lorde's Web Store

Brown is the US Indie exclusive, and so far the only exclusive / limited pressing available in the United States outside of buying through Lorde, which is sold out.


I guess we just keep our eyes open to see if anything else materializes.
 
Is there a functional difference between the orange/marbled (UK Indie) and "sun marbled" from JB Hi-fi (they use the same mockup) or a difference between the "Golden Brown" (UK) and the "Brown" (US)? Blue Marbled, as you say, was on Lorde's webstore in all regions. Maybe I'm off here but I feel like it's just branding differences and the lack of a US distributor for the sun/orange one now, or she's aiming to make Discogs editors just quit. Both are possible.

If they don't have US Distro for that orange one it's gonna cause a meltdown on Reddit I'm sure.
 
Is there a functional difference between the orange/marbled (UK Indie) and "sun marbled" from JB Hi-fi (they use the same mockup) or a difference between the "Golden Brown" (UK) and the "Brown" (US)? Blue Marbled, as you say, was on Lorde's webstore in all regions. Maybe I'm off here but I feel like it's just branding differences and the lack of a US distributor for the sun/orange one now, or she's aiming to make Discogs editors just quit. Both are possible.

If they don't have US Distro for that orange one it's gonna cause a meltdown on Reddit I'm sure.


The golden brown is definitely lighter and more gold in color than the brown US Indie Exclusive which is more of a chocolate brown.

I'm no sure about the UK Indie and the JB Hi-fi, they look like they could be the same comp. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Lorde's webstore had the same selections world wide, but different inventories. The US shop sold out first and orders could still be made through the UK store.
 
orange/marbled is the UK indie exclusive:


Sold out everywhere that I can find a listing for a ship I know of that ships to the US.

The Sun Marbled Orange Vinyl is exclusive to JB Hi-Fi, a Record Store in Australia.


The Golden Brown vinyl was exclusive to a record store in the UK


The blue marbled was exclusive to Lorde's Web Store

Brown is the US Indie exclusive, and so far the only exclusive / limited pressing available in the United States outside of buying through Lorde, which is sold out.


I guess we just keep our eyes open to see if anything else materializes.
There's a clear exclusive as well:

 
The Lorde is definitely a big we'll see. Not that she was huge on the variations on the last two albums so maybe she won't, but the vinyl world has changed since Melodrama as has she.

If chocolate brown is the only non-webstore U.S. Variant, it's a fascinating business decision.
 
The Lorde is definitely a big we'll see. Not that she was huge on the variations on the last two albums so maybe she won't, but the vinyl world has changed since Melodrama as has she.

If chocolate brown is the only non-webstore U.S. Variant, it's a fascinating business decision.
There’s also standard black, always a classic option.
 
The Lorde is definitely a big we'll see. Not that she was huge on the variations on the last two albums so maybe she won't, but the vinyl world has changed since Melodrama as has she.

If chocolate brown is the only non-webstore U.S. Variant, it's a fascinating business decision.

I have actually seen this trend with several releases this year with records I wanted.

There are amazing UK and Australian colored variants. But the United States keep getting one bland Indie Exclusive pressing or only standard black outside of ordering directly through the artist.

I do wonder if a lot of it has to do with their being no meaningful pressing plants in the United States. And many US major releases are now being sent to europe to press since COVID shut down US plants. While the US plants have reopened, plants in Europe have a much higher capacity and are cheaper so many labels are staying with them.
 
 
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