Is there some reason that's better than just trotting down to the record store on release day? Is there some danger all the copies will sell out the first day?

As stated above, this also implies that you actually have a local physical record store. The closest one to me that might actually carry it is 40+ miles away.

How are you guys even pre-ordering. It just says "currently unavailable" for me
 

The ability to preorder on the UK and Japanese sites is dependent on the geolocational data of your IP address -- I was able to get a preorder button on Amazon UK by accessing via a VPN. But then Amazon also won't let you preorder unless your delivery address matches that country. So if you live somewhere else, you're S.O.L. until its officially announced.

Thank you. I preordered it from A.UK *fingers crossed*

Do you live in the UK? I live in the US and preorder keeps telling me that they won't ship to my US address.

nvm, I found it. Looks like Amazon pulled it for sale in Japan, UK and Australia, and it's completely memory-holed in the US site. But it is both a 5CD box and 2CD set coming from Universal Music Group in June, so... [fingers crossed]

Care to post a link? I can't find it.

Certainly, here's the Amazon Japan versions:

5-disc: https://www.amazon.co.jp/TBC/dp/B08TZK8TTR
EAN : 0602435443126
ASIN : B08TZK8TTR

2-disc: https://www.amazon.co.jp/TBC/dp/B08VCL54XX
EAN : 0602435444871
ASIN : B08VCL54XX

There's very little info on their International Article Numbers/UPCs, but searching the EANs at https://gepir.gs1.org/index.php/search-by-gtin confirms it's a Universal Music Group release. By no means any kind of proof, but I suppose anything's possible until we learn more.

I ordered it. They won't charge me till it ships, and if it turns out to be the Bucks Fizz Box set, I'll just cancel it. Best case scenario, I get Feel Flows on release day for the price-locked price.

Is there a link to this mystery Amazon box set?

nvm, I found it. Looks like Amazon pulled it for sale in Japan, UK and Australia, and it's completely memory-holed in the US site. But it is both a 5CD box and 2CD set coming from Universal Music Group in June, so... [fingers crossed]

I ordered it. They won't charge me till it ships, and if it turns out to be the Bucks Fizz Box set, I'll just cancel it. Best case scenario, I get Feel Flows on release day for the price-locked price.

Is there a link to this mystery Amazon box set?

Yep. Remember the brouhaha when the tracking on that one disc on Made in California was off by half a second?

oh god, yes.

My understanding was the set was already finalized and it only needed to be manufactured.  So now that we have the go ahead and nothing apparently is going to be changed, just send the specs to the manufacturers and get it made!  How long can that take?  Okay, yes, with the pandemic it probably will take longer than usual.  And I guess there could be changes that are going to be made, but if Howie says it's "thriving" and "nobody will be disappointed" I took that to mean nothing was changed.

My dude, it's just not that simple. You don't just get the OK and make 2,000 copies of a multi-disc box set with a printed booklet. You make a handful, then everyone again has to sign off on them. If there's issues with the pressed CDs or the printings, they need to be fixed. Then they get fixed and get inspected again. You'll be sorely disappointed if you get your box set in 2 months and half the discs don't work.

Why can't it be sooner?  I find it depressing that we still have to wait that long for it.

Alright, maybe lots of "fanfare" had been planned before last February, but since the release date had been derailed none of the fanfare was put forth.  Still, how much fanfare do you need for this?  Especially in this day and age when brick and mortar shops are almost all but gone?  Do we really need 7 or 8 months of anticipation for it to come out?  Didn't someone say the Elvis and Elton John box sets were only announced a few months in advance?  Why can't this come out in December or January; or February at the latest?

You're conflating "announced" with "already in production." Pressing and printing physical box sets takes time, and when you're under a global pandemic, things slow down even more. Everyone has to be in agreement before production gets to go forward. If you want someone to blame, it's whoever slowed down the decision making process and dragged their feet in signing off (cough cough Mike cough).

So when I saw the AllMusic page, I knew it would eventually get taken down, so I went to make sure someone had saved it in the Internet Archive (someone did).

Now that's gone too: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.allmusic.com/album/1970-release-mw0003450792

Capitol reeeeeally wanted this memory-holed.

Should I perhaps remove my first post then to be safe?

I don't think you need to do that. I mean, it's not like you posted the nuclear football codes?

The allmusic link to 1970 Release doesn't work for me anymore, as it just redirects somewhere else, but the album is still listed in their discography on the site. Anyone else have this problem?

Insider info says there was a takedown request.

Near identical thing for George Harrison from a couple of weeks beforehand, which isn't promising: https://www.allmusic.com/album/-1970--mw0003450793

And also a 1969 sessions album, incorrectly tagged as a single: https://www.allmusic.com/album/1969-sessions-mw0003346157

Rolling Stones 1969 Unreleased TV Radio Live Performances: https://www.allmusic.com/album/-1969-unreleased-tv-radio-concert-performances-mw0003367730

... they still didn’t have to “release” all of this for a few seconds?

Depends on which copyright lawyer you ask. I'm beginning to think that lawyers for UMG et al have decided that quiet digital/streaming releases for all of a few seconds qualify for copyright extension; it's just that no one's taken them to court to challenge it. Certainly seems like less of a hassle for the record companies than pressing up 100-500 copies and selling them, like with Dylan.

And even more, how did AllMusic get these samples if they were only briefly up.

Answered here: https://twitter.com/sterlewine/status/1330709405923348480

The fact that the release date on this is listed as last Monday suggests this isn't a copyright dump that we'll be able to buy. More likely, it's a streaming-only album that was made available for minutes then taken down -- not unlike what (is believed to have) happened earlier this year with the Beatles 1969 Recordings Spotify album that someone stumbled upon:

https://www.reddit.com/r/beatles/comments/iqld9d/the_saga_of_1969_recordings_a_beatles_spotify/

I'd happily plunk down money to buy it, but I agree that it's more likely a copyright placeholder until Feel Flows is finally released.

Mister Desper,

My apologies if you've addressed this question here before, but I searched the thread and did not find it here, so here goes:

I'm writing a scholarly article about the history of stereophonic sound. I'm spending some amount of time discussing pseudo-stereo techniques, most notably Capitol's Duophonic mixing. Precious little exists in print -- either in books or journals -- about the technique; the only information I found was from un-official web sites and blogs by anonymous "experts", none of whom I would trust to quote as a source. Would it be possible for you to discuss Duophonic mixing for posterity?

Thanks,
Scott C.

Does anyone know if these will be stereo or mono?