Fear of a Blank Planet pre-ordering 03-23-2007 Please note that Fear of a Blank Planet will *not* be available to order from the band directly, at least not until after the release date. What we need you to do this time is buy the album from regular retail outlets, and from within your own country (so if you're in Europe please order it from your local store, rather than from the US for example).
The album is being released in 2 different forms; the first is a regular crystal case edition with a 12 page booklet. The second is a deluxe 2 disc set, which contains the stereo CD, and a full 5.1 surround sound mix of the album on DVDV (which also includes 24 bit high resolution stereo). Both discs are housed inside miniature card LP sleeves, and come in a box with a 40 page book of Lasse Hoile images. Both Roadrunner in Europe, and Atlantic in the USA have pressed a limited number of these special editions. They differ slightly in that the US edition has 2 separate single card sleeves for the discs, while the Roadrunner edition has both discs housed in a single gatefold card sleeve. It's possible for US customers to pre-order both editions of the album from Newbury Comics with a signed booklet. The European edition is released on 16th April, the US edition on 24th April.
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The Special Edition sold out instantly. Some efforts are being made to see if there is going to be any further pressings of this item.
This has been strong testimony as to the growth in the band's popularity in the last year or so. A similar package (CD/DVD-V DTS 5.1 + book) for the previous Deadwing album is still available and has actually been reduced in price in recent weeks on Burning Shed which handles most PT items.
Posted by: Tim McDonnell | May 02, 2007 at 09:48 AM
UPDATE: The Special Edition of FOABP appears to be in short supply. I ordered it from three places, rec'd two and the other cancelled. The standard CD is readily available....
Posted by: Tim McDonnell | April 27, 2007 at 11:35 PM
This music is simply too good to wait. Can't say how I know. Get it as soon as you can and then the DVD-A will just be the icing on the cake!
Posted by: Tim McDonnell | April 15, 2007 at 10:20 PM
If you are prepared to wait until later in the year around september time the Full DVDA will appear for this.
Posted by: Keith | April 12, 2007 at 07:21 AM