Oh, we've all got the originals. I just wanted to pay £60 for a big empty box designed by Peter Saville.
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Vinyl Re-issue Box Set - Price and Mock-up Photo
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thought they'd have learnt about this when they got their fingers burnt with the retro box set preorders
darran clarke wrote: Ive just emailed the fuckers to tell them to stick the £120 box set where the sun dont shine.
Actually I said that they were contracturally obliged to honour the transaction, and that i await their response.
Thats what i said, and how conveniant its all gone quiet at HMV.com!
Mr. Disco wrote: "- The upcoming 'remastered' Joy Division albums are not actually taken from the original album masters - which have been 'misplaced' - and so are slightly different mixes from the originals."
Hang on a second right there... What the hell does that mean???
If the original album masters have been "misplaced" (which I'm presuming means from when Factory went bust and them signing to London - i.e. those master tapes Hooky found in the skip?), then does that mean that the "slightly different mixes" were also on the Centredate CD's...
...Or, has some stupid idiot lost the album masters since 1997??? 
The Centredate CDs were probably taken from reels/DATs that Qwest had, or even the original Factory CDs. In other words, they didn't try too hard to get to the original source.
johnny james wrote: The Centredate CDs were probably taken from reels/DATs that Qwest had, or even the original Factory CDs. In other words, they didn't try too hard to get to the original source.
Good point... :)
Oh, btw, on the subject of this HMV 60 quid boxset, despite their earlier e-mail saying it would be cancelled, they've sent me one this morning saying it's just dispatched! 
Nick King wrote:
johnny james wrote: The Centredate CDs were probably taken from reels/DATs that Qwest had, or even the original Factory CDs. In other words, they didn't try too hard to get to the original source.
Good point... :)
Oh, btw, on the subject of this HMV 60 quid boxset, despite their earlier e-mail saying it would be cancelled, they've sent me one this morning saying it's just dispatched!
Say's it all about HMV.co.uk Nick, no wonder Amazon are p***ing all over them! Cheers!
Nick King wrote:
johnny james wrote: The Centredate CDs were probably taken from reels/DATs that Qwest had, or even the original Factory CDs. In other words, they didn't try too hard to get to the original source.
Good point... :)
Oh, btw, on the subject of this HMV 60 quid boxset, despite their earlier e-mail saying it would be cancelled, they've sent me one this morning saying it's just dispatched!
Me too! we could be quids in!!
Nick King wrote: Hang on a second right there... What the hell does that mean???
If the original album masters have been "misplaced" (which I'm presuming means from when Factory went bust and them signing to London - i.e. those master tapes Hooky found in the skip?), then does that mean that the "slightly different mixes" were also on the Centredate CD's...
...Or, has some stupid idiot lost the album masters since 1997???
That would be interesting.
Nick King wrote:
johnny james wrote: The Centredate CDs were probably taken from reels/DATs that Qwest had, or even the original Factory CDs. In other words, they didn't try too hard to get to the original source.
Good point... :)
Oh, btw, on the subject of this HMV 60 quid boxset, despite their earlier e-mail saying it would be cancelled, they've sent me one this morning saying it's just dispatched!
Shit, i cancelled mine in a huff after i rung citizens advice about my consumer rights etc, they said because they're based in guernsey they can change the price as they wish, if they were mainland UK based they had to stick to the £60.
patrick stewart appreciation society wrote:
darran clarke wrote: Ive just emailed the fuckers to tell them to stick the £120 box set where the sun dont shine.
Actually I said that they were contracturally obliged to honour the transaction, and that i await their response.
Thats what i said, and how conveniant its all gone quiet at HMV.com!
Stupid fuckin wankers! h.m.v ,since they fucked up and i never got my sirens record i've fucked em right off and havent stepped foot in any of there shops ever since,wankers! 
Nick King wrote:
johnny james wrote: The Centredate CDs were probably taken from reels/DATs that Qwest had, or even the original Factory CDs. In other words, they didn't try too hard to get to the original source.
Good point... :)
Oh, btw, on the subject of this HMV 60 quid boxset, despite their earlier e-mail saying it would be cancelled, they've sent me one this morning saying it's just dispatched!
Me too, but in the mail they say, they send it for the new price, not for 60GBP
60 quid, and it arrived this morning! 
Still sealed in the Saville designed box...
Bargain! :)
johnny james wrote: The big question is.....are you going to open it?
Nah, no real need - as per Rocket Mick, I'm going to keep it minty mint! :)
Nick King wrote:
johnny james wrote: The big question is.....are you going to open it?
Nah, no real need - as per Rocket Mick, I'm going to keep it minty mint! :)
I remember opening Palatine and discovering all 4 CDs were missing (From HMV , fancy that eh?)
Mind you , with this vynyl boxset you'd be able to tell by the weight if the vynyls weren't in there?
Just opened mine.
Large grey hessian box with no writing. Contents:
Unknown Pleasures - One black textured card sleeve (no writing or artwork) containing one white card inner sleeve (rounded corners, no writing). 12" slab of 180g vinyl with one black label and one white label (no writing).
Closer - One White card sleeve (no writing or artwork) containing one white card inner sleeve (rounded corners, no writing or artwork). 12" slab of 180g vinyl with black labels (no writing or artwork).
Still - Hessian bound (with white ribbon) containing grey gatefold sleeve (no writing or artwork) and two grey inner sleeves (rounded corners, die cut, no writing or artwork). 2x12" slabs of 180g vinyl with white labels (no writing or artwork).
Inside back of box: "Joy Division - in memory" plus tracklistings and 'limited to 3000' text.
Nice item. Very Saville & Co. No time to play it now though. Back to work (Zzzz...)
Nick King wrote:
johnny james wrote: The big question is.....are you going to open it?
Nah, no real need - as per Rocket Mick, I'm going to keep it minty mint! :)
FANCY nick SOME PEOPLE ACTUALLY play em.BEGGARS BELIEF!
Folks in the US should buy the box directly from Rhino. Much cheaper!!! Heck, probably even cheaper if sent to the UK:
http://www.rhinorecords.com/store/ProductDetail.lasso?Number=330684
Mine arrived this afternoon. I opened it after a couple of minutes deliberation. I thought the artwork would be reproduced - its just a plain black sleeve, a plain white sleeve, and a hessian sleeve. Talk about being underwhelmed. Glad I didnt pay £120 for it though.
