Just to advise that CD Japan now collect the VAT with the order and the last few deliveries from them came via DHL straight to my door with no add on charges. I have just ordered Piano Man and the total came to a tad under £60 including delivery and VAT and I don't expect to pay any other charges. Also I was able to pay in JP yen with my global payment card which avoids the foreign currency transaction fee from the bank and is available at no extra cost on my account. So the only variable is the actual exchange rate when completing the payment. Hope that helps.
Don't be sorry, I'm sure someone will be buying your copy.
Many (or at least some) of the surround mixes on Sony Japan's 7" SACD series have previously appeared on a Sony disc in the past, but I can't recall even one of the fresh new ones (vintage quad) appearing later on a less expensive release? Someone may correct me. But it looks like when they do go the distance and release a rare one, it thus far never appears again in that sought after lower cost edition. Like "Wired" in quad, I am not expecting a nicer-priced SACD to come along in the US, nor Santana III in quad in the US.
Isn't it more like $60-ish, when you include currency conversion and shipping?1
It’s not like I’ve been waiting for this and am anxious about it. I have a lot of surround music to listen to. Maybe not as much as @Clement, but it’s still more than I think I’ll be able to catch up to in the next five years, and there will be plenty more to come along in the meantime.
energy that the stereo mix has given my muscle memory over the decades. There is also a bit of unbalanced volume going on the rears to my ears. Some of the instruments are much louder in the rear mix than they probably need to be. Still much better than the god-awful Atmos mix on the Nylon Curtain. 
I think that 8 out of 10 is not a bad score! If you like the artist I would go for it. The SACD will be more discrete sounding than the SQ and with much better fidelity than the Q8!
That isn't this.
Depending on whether you bundle the purchase with other titles, how your bank does conversions, whether you pay in yen, etc. the price can vary, a bit.
Of course, if they did toss in a cool scarf, I'd wear it. Pretty chilly around these parts.
Pre-order happily placed, along with an order for Welcome (Santana). The shipping for ordering 2 discs somewhat offsets the increased price of Piano Man. Besides, when PM goes out of print I expect it to command some serious prices on the usual sites. Inevitably, someone will be posting on QQ, complaining about how they missed out on the initial release and that they subsequently are being asked to sell an internal organ to buy an OOP copy.
It's even cheaper right now - less than $28. The lowest price I've ever seen for this set.
