Pink Floyd RSD 2018 (mono Piper)

Eleven EU copies offered for sale by US sellers as I write.

 

Not that reasonable when you factor in shipping.

 

Well, Record Store Day IS meant to get people in record stores.

 

I specifically said US copies.

UK copies had a higher list price and it costs money for one to get to the US. So a US seller charging $60 for an EU copy isn’t really gouging IMO.

 

They're the same pressing. Also, if you'd bothered looking at the EU copies offered by US sellers before replying, you'd have noticed Mint copies going for as low as $25. Pays to check before making an opinion.

 

Good grief, are you really doubling down on this?

I don’t see any copy (US or EU) for sale on Discogs for less than $50 incl s&h to the US. And unless Ukraine and the Russian Federation were recently ratified as the 51st & 52nd states, the cheapest EU copy on Discogs from an actual US seller is $60.50 (incl s&h).

So not only don’t you have your facts correct, but you’re missing the point entirely because you didn’t actually read what I wrote.

Yes I know they’re the same pressing; but they are a different bar code and more importantly, the COST of a EU copy at retail was considerably higher than the COST of a US copy at retail. So anyone with an EU barcode copy likely invested more in that copy than someone with a US copy. Then in order for that EU copy to get to the US in order for an actual US seller to sell that EU copy, they would have invested, let’s say, ~$15 or more to get it here. So you take the EU retail cost + s&h...is $60 is really “gouging”.

So you might ask...”then why aren’t US copies sold by US sellers cheaper if they had a cheaper list price and they didn’t have to get them to the US to sell”? Because...”there aren’t many US copies for US sellers to sell”. Does that ring a bell?

 

I had every intention to but then I was called into work for an emergency.

 

I too just got a bent cover from MovieMars... not of this title, but Van Morrison's Alternative Moondance. It probably didn't help that they were selling the EU version with the flimsier cover, and not the sturdier U.S. version. Oddly enough, the box it came in appeared unbent, so I don't know if the damage was in transit or before. But my hopes sank as soon as I felt the LP knocking around in the flimsy cardboard with no other support. I would buy other media from them but never an LP again.

 

You got there too late. There was at least one copy for sale from a US seller offered for $25 with $5 shipping to the US. Some one was a little quicker on the uptake and snatched it. Looks like I didn't post in vain !
And, no, the cost of a US pressing was NOT significantly higher in the US : my local store sourced copies from the EU AND the US. One batch was sold for 23 Euros, the other 25 (I didn't ask which was which).

 

Is it true that this Piper Mono was a first release on Record Store Day, and a general release is coming?

 

No one knows. People are just hoping.

 

Good grief. Still missing the point.

Retail price in the US was $22.99. Retail price in the UK was £29.99 (or ~$41 in late April). If look hard enough and you’re lucky enough, you’ll find an outlier. That still doesn’t make it gouging if a US seller is charging $60.

 

There will probably be a general release later but if it matters to you it is unlikely it come with the extra packaging or gold label. it is all guess work. They may not release it again and and just sell the stereos.

 

I think it will still have the gold label - if it happens.

I wouldn’t be surprised if they only printed up 21k of the outer RSD slipcases and posters - and pressed 25k or 30k of the basic LP. So there are 5k-10k (or whatever) sitting in a warehouse waiting for the optimal time to get released into the wild...like, say, Black Friday.

But who knows?

 

The European price I saw in several places was EUR 23, which is what I bought it at, and the postage (to New Zealand) worked out at EUR 2.50 when split with the other items I was ordering. Which is WAY cheaper than buying a copy from the US would have been, if one were even available at list price.

 

I picked up a copy (RSD sticker, gold label, poster) today from Assai Records in Dundee. Thought I'd missed the boat!

Pink Floyd - The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn LP Vinyl RSD2018

 

I certainly hope not

 

How in the world is that "the point" ? Who said anything about gouging ? The only point that's worth making is this one : copies of this pressing are more plentiful than it initially seemed and, as a result, their prices are dropping. A $25 copy was sold today, wait a while and others will follow. Sellers won't keep their copies at $60 forever.

 

The RSD version is good. Just compared to the original Mono- the original mono is louder at the same settings with more detail. But if I didn't have that I'd be more than happy with the RSD version which is better than the 90's mono that i used to have.

Also the Gnome on the original on the "look at the sky' bit - the xylophone or whatever it is is a lot clearer so takes the edge off the vocal.

Project deck Marantz amp - not audiophile quality I know..

 

I paid $47.00(including shipping) from Banquet in the UK. As far as I am concerned, it's worth every penny seeing as I didn't have to wait in some dumb line for hours just to possibly have a chance to buy one. I avoid RSD like the plague. I know it gets people into record shops, but it is certainly not my cup of tea. Yuck!

 

True. Waiting in line for hours to finally came back home empty handed.

No I won’t line up and sleep overnight in front of a store for tickets, t-shirt, vinyl, free beer...

Found a reasonable priced copy at Juno.

 

Same thing happened to me : went to RSD around noon, Piper had sold out. I ordered from Juno as well, paid more than I would have at my store, but that seems fair, all things considered. You snooze, you pay shipping costs !

 

It’s called a celesta. It’s a keyboard instrument used in orchestras.

 

I didn’t sleep over, I was there an hour before opening... Looks like people camped overnite to get their stuff.

 

This.