The Last Vinyl Album that you Bought

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@SteveE1966 does the double vinyl have all 10 tracks (same as digital format) or just 7 tracks like the standard CD?

Just the 7 tracks.

I believe there was a ‘deluxe’ vinyl package which had 3 discs @ 45rpm which included 2 of the 3 bonus tracks.

Steven Wilson knows exactly how to squeeze the last penny out of his followers.

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The 'deluxe digital’ download is still available until June 30th which includes the full album, the instrumentals, and the 3 bonus tracks @ only £4.99.

@oxmike @SteveE1966 so what do u think of the PT album??

I don’t know which album of their back catalog is similar to this one as I’ve not listened to it yet but I would highly recommend “Fear of a blank planet”,“Deadwing” and “In absentia” for a start

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I would go with what Anthony has said. My starting point listening to Porcupine Tree was the album Signify ( 1996 and reissued 2003 ). Fish, whilst DJing on Radio Forth in Scotland in the 90`s used to play tracks off of this one.

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Was just in the process of buying a Tee and a Vinyl + cd, got a 15% discount code via email, but when I went to ckeck out, they were gonna charge me 38 euros for postage! And also the discount code never worked. Well Fuck them!!!
I’ll buy them on another platform nearer the release date.
Shame for the T though :pensive:

Seriously though, what’s happened with postage fees?!?
Pink Floyd’s and Fish’s postage fees are beyond outrageous.

You read too quickly like me in the first place, it’s for merch on demand. Now, is pre-order considered as on demand? That would be far fetched.

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yes I looked on Amazon too but it’s not available to pre-order as yet.

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Wish our supermarkets still sold music , who remembers Fine Fare :slightly_smiling_face: used to get alot of my vinyl from there pre teen yrs.

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It was Woolworths for me.

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Fine Fare? That must have been your 78`s ? :rofl:

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A regular Saturday 40 years ago would start with the bus into town. Off in the Seagate to Chalmers & Joy. Through the lane into Murraygate and into Wellgate - Bruces , VIrgin. Back along Murraygate - John Menzies, Woolworths, Cathie McCabes. Into the old Arcade out the other side Littlewoods and Boots. Into the Overgate Shopping Centre - cant remember the name of the shop ( Bought Born Again by Sabbath there in 1983 ). Across to JJ`s Records at the top of Union Street. Back across to the back of the Overgate to Grouchos 2nd hand records. Up to the Westport to Rockpile Records.

I have missed out a few to from a wee bit earlier. Wind forward and now we have HMV, Assai Records, 13 Records and Oxfam. How times have changed and not for the better. Check out the book, “Last Record Shop Standing.”

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Kaleidoscope Records. A little independent place that ordered everything in for me, before the days of Amazon. Got all my Kinks stuff there, before all the albums got remastered and became readily available.
Browsing in music stores was one of the only things I enjoyed going into town for back in the day.

Warrington still has a couple of the larger music store chains, but even HMV has so little choice these days, compared to what they used to stock. To be honest though, I buy so little music these days. My collection is way too heavy with stuff I barely listen to. There’s really only a handful of bands and artists that I will preorder new albums of. Never really lookout for new stuff anymore, unless I chance across something on YouTube like This Winter Machine.

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Other than WH Smiths and Woolworths, in Pontypridd we had Rainbow Records (my first purchase there was Rainbow - Down To Earth) and Hurleys (which was a toy shop at the front and record shop at the rear).

Also had the Green Book Shop which sold second hand records.

Spent most school lunchtimes browsing the racks but rarely buying, as only on pocket money and my paper round wage. I think the owners must have hated us.

Some weekends, as i was a little bit older with money to spend, would be a train journey to Cardiff to visit Spillers (the oldest record shop in the world), HMV and Our Price (though i usually found ‘their price’ to be more expensive).

My first cassette (Megadeth - Peace Sells…) and first cd (Dan Reed Network - Slam) were bought in Spillers, and my first Marillion record (Market Square Heroes 12" with Grendel on the B side) was bought in Our Price.

Happy days.

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Woolies for my first Marillion music! Misplaced Childhood on cassette tape. :laughing:

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For today only, HMV is the best. Walked in to buy the new Paolo Nutini album. Saw this in a Sale rack. Reduced from £35.99 down to £14.99. Maybe we should start a new thread “Find of / Bargain of the Week.”

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I was at that show.

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Listening to it now. Ocean Cloud is immense.

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