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I wonder if there will be future co-productions between them and other indie labels.

Please remove this thread. You are hurting my chances.

;-P

Looks like they all sold out in less than a minute. I was fortunate enough to get one. Clearly there is a demand for more contemporary releases from ERC I hope they keep it up.

I just encourage more rock titles in general, new and old. I would gladly sell my soul for a ERC pressing of The Zombies, Odessey And Oracle. Pleeeeease!

It was sold out at 12:58. I was waiting and decided to press refresh 2 minutes early and it was there. I clicked pre-order and it was sold out. 2 minutes early :(

I went to the website and was going back and forth between the Home page and Shop page, starting 5 minutes before it was set to go on sale for preorder. The site was showing the same thing - a photo of the WS title on the Home page and the Shop page had all the titles up to the last Miles Davis title - all sold out - but no WS title. The 2 minutes before 1pm PST, the first time the WS title was listed on the Shop page, it was listed as Sold Out. I was refreshing that page every 3 seconds! Sold Out 2 minutes before it went on sale. Something stinks.

Wow, I was logged in a hitting refresh every 5 seconds and it popped up at 9:56 already saying sold out. Not even a whiff!

Reminds me of those Craft Records.

This is God's way of telling me ERC no longer needs me!

As a semi-collector of things, when I have a break in an ongoing set I am liking, it makes it easier to stop. So, that may save me some change in the long run, but still bummed I missed this. I was looking forward to comparing pressings.

As a consumer, I loathe having to scramble on my time hoping to buy an item I desire, as well.

How can something sell out BEFORE the time they said it would be on sale? Inexcusable.

did anybody, except re-sellers??

I was also on the site a few minutes before 5pm GMT and it went live about 2 minutes early. It was sold out when I checked back at one minute past the hour. I'm happy for ERC as it's a great PR move and should elevate their visibility.

How much did they charge for this release?

But I think the "sold out" before on sale is a common glitch in these websites. I experienced this with a Craft limited release. It said sold out before the start of the sale. And then right after the start it became available. And then promptly sold out within minutes. I think the lesson is you can't jump the gun on the start time, there is an actual delay so even if you are perfectly on the mark you may miss and if it's a really high demand item you have to get lucky.

I was on the fence with this ERC edition, which I didn’t get my hands on anyway. I didn’t get the ERC Barbirolli Mahler 9th a few years back either, but back then I came across a 70’ies EMI UK box set with a sloid state cut that is phenomenal (records were mint and the price was the equivalent of 15 USD – and you also get the Mahler 6th). Today, instead of getting the ERC White Blood Cells, I bought the TMR 20th anniversary edition of White Blood Cells from a local record store in Copenhagen. Judging from the dead wax it’s the new TMR AAA US cut (WG) pressed at Pallas in Germany. The vinyl is totally flat and the sound is awesome. Just listened to it with my 11y-old son and compared it to my early 2002 V2 US pressing, which I beleive was cut from a digital file – we both agree that there’s no competition. I’m pretty sure that that the ERC tube cut is outstanding, and it would be interesting to hear from someone, who actually got the ERC tube cut and had the chance to compare it to a pressing that is still available.
Using solid state equipment (Rega P10, Apheta 3, Aria 2, Naim Nac 202, NAP250), I certainly hear the magic of tubes on the electric guitars on the original UK mono Rubber Soul (as compared to the version from the AAA Beatles mono box), but for those (like me) who did not get the ERC White Blood Cells, the Pallas pressing may be a worthy alternative (it was 35 USD).