Astralwerks did post to this list about ISDN. They said that they were
importing 10K copies of ISDN into the US. A first batch was sent out,
basically
the UK release 'as is' to mom'n'pop stores (their phrase). Then a week or
so later, they were repackaged for shipment to mass marketers.
I got mine from my friend's store (the Record Collector in Iowa City), a few
days after their arrival from the UK , apparently.
It is only natural that there be spot shortages and gluts on this item;
there's no easy way to predict where in the US all the FSOL fans reside.
I suspect that the 'limited edition' stuff is a dodge. First Virgin
said that it was limited to 10K copies, then they apparently released 10K
copies
in the UK, and sent an additional 10K copies to the US. I suspect they
may continue to manufacture small batches of them until they think they
won't sell any more. The 'limited edition' tag may mostly be trainspotter
bait.
The lengths record companies won't go to ... I have a two CD set by Dinosaur
Jr: "Out There" The first disk came with a 'LIMITED EDITION' tag, complete
with serial #, in a 2CD brilliant box. Instead of a second disk, there was a
cardboard disk labeled 'place disk 2 here'. Then the second disk came out
under separate cover, and it came with a set of 4 stickers for you to put
on your lunchbox. So I guess I am a trainspotter ... it's just like my kid
wanting to buy dozens of boxes of breakfast cereal in order to collect all 4
of the plastic toys ...
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