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« Reply #100 on: September 12, 2020, 05:39:47 PM »


Chatter elsewhere on the net indicates that these are back in stock at Amazon and are dispatching today.

However multiple disc issues are now being reported. Certainly two of mine struggled to rip. Have not played them yet. Listening to disc 1 now.


Yes, it sounds as if they are playing catch-up.  I had the ‘delayed until October-November’ message yesterday and have heard nothing since.  However, yesterday the box set was listed as unavailable on Amazon’s website, but today it is on sale again, citing delivery dates of 18-22 September.  So, I am hoping to receive mine sometime next week.

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« Reply #101 on: September 12, 2020, 06:16:26 PM »

It's arrived. It looks very nice indeed.  Smiley
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« Reply #102 on: September 12, 2020, 06:20:50 PM »



Chatter elsewhere on the net indicates that these are back in stock at Amazon and are dispatching today.

However multiple disc issues are now being reported. Certainly two of mine struggled to rip. Have not played them yet. Listening to disc 1 now.


Yes, it sounds as if they are playing catch-up.  I had the ‘delayed until October-November’ message yesterday and have heard nothing since.  However, yesterday the box set was listed as unavailable on Amazon’s website, but today it is on sale again, citing delivery dates of 18-22 September.  So, I am hoping to receive mine sometime next week.




Its a different seller not Amazon
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« Reply #103 on: September 12, 2020, 06:21:48 PM »

Just had an email , mine is coming tomorrow.

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« Reply #104 on: September 12, 2020, 07:00:32 PM »


Just had an email , mine is coming tomorrow.


i had the email yesterday saying it was delayed and then one saying it was on its way. Then another sayin*ni was getting a refund as down from£70 to £56.
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« Reply #105 on: September 12, 2020, 07:16:07 PM »

I’ve still heard nothing, probably punishing me for daring to complain!
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« Reply #106 on: September 12, 2020, 09:15:25 PM »

At 20.28 tonight i got an emither from the 'zon ,  mine is coming tomorrow too😎🍸
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« Reply #107 on: September 12, 2020, 09:22:13 PM »


At 20.28 tonight i got an emither from the 'zon ,  mine is coming tomorrow too😎🍸


Same.

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« Reply #108 on: September 12, 2020, 10:46:24 PM »

Be warned, there are many reports of audible defects with the discs and discs simply not reading in people's players. There seems to have been quite a substantial manufacturing screw up with this set.

I have got off lightly, only encountering one audible defect, a glitch in the last couple of seconds of disc 7 but I did have issues trying to rip two of the discs to my PC.
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« Reply #109 on: September 13, 2020, 08:05:49 AM »

I got the email saying mine is now coming today too. Sorry to hear about the manufacturing sure though...
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« Reply #110 on: September 13, 2020, 09:07:33 AM »

 Message now received stating delivery by 9:00pm today
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« Reply #111 on: September 13, 2020, 10:36:57 AM »


Be warned, there are many reports of audible defects with the discs and discs simply not reading in people's players. There seems to have been quite a substantial manufacturing screw up with this set.

I have got off lightly, only encountering one audible defect, a glitch in the last couple of seconds of disc 7 but I did have issues trying to rip two of the discs to my PC.


This is very troubling news.   Angry

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« Reply #112 on: September 13, 2020, 12:07:58 PM »

Tom Robinson's show on 6music last night featured a 40 min preview of the box set, playing 9 tracks introduced by Richard & Linda.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000mjgf

Part of me regrets not having pushed the 'order' button when Amazon dropped the price briefly a few weeks ago, but I hesitated already having much of the material.

It's a shame to hear of pressing/mastering problems with the release. It's mentioned again in a brief review under the discogs entry https://www.discogs.com/Richard-Linda-Thompson-Hard-Luck-Stories-1972-1982/release/15898038.

There's an enthusiastic review in Saturday's Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/sep/12/richard-and-linda-thompson-hard-luck-stories-1972-1982-review-box-set-31-unreleased-tracks
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« Reply #113 on: September 13, 2020, 12:41:35 PM »

Arrived!
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« Reply #114 on: September 13, 2020, 02:14:54 PM »

so has mine
its a handsome set
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« Reply #115 on: September 13, 2020, 03:04:45 PM »


so has mine
its a handsome set



all ripped no problem and i cant detect any drop outs at the end of disc 7
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« Reply #116 on: September 13, 2020, 05:11:05 PM »

Mine's here too. Not aware of any faults yet.  I checked disc 7 first.

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« Reply #117 on: September 13, 2020, 05:39:24 PM »

I’m guessing the timescale is too short, but could the unexpected delay have been caused by them checking if there had been a bad batch?
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« Reply #118 on: September 13, 2020, 06:10:18 PM »


I’m guessing the timescale is too short, but could the unexpected delay have been caused by them checking if there had been a bad batch?


I would hope that they're that efficient, but I doubt that they are.

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« Reply #119 on: September 13, 2020, 07:14:00 PM »

Everything playing OK so far. Haven't tried ripping yet.
And on the plus side, this is the very first time I've actively really enjoyed the First Light album. Sounds so much better than the old Rykodisc - it's like a whole other record.

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