Steven Wilson XTC’s Skylarking to be released in Dolby Atmos (Blu-Ray out September 27!)

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Ugh…my Amazon preorder was impacted by “supply chain issues”. No estimated delivery date at the moment. Really looking forward to this Atmos mix…
FYI, I got the same notice… And then when I kept hearing that others were already getting their discs, I went back into Amazon, canceled the pre-order, and re-ordered. I got a shipping notice literally the next day. 😱

This isn’t the first time I’ve had to do something like that, seems like pre-orders should get priority, but I know things get borked sometimes.
 
Just received mine from thesdeshop today. It's a dual-gatefold digipak. What's odd (to me) is that this is the first item I've gotten from them that wasn't factory polywrapped; it's just in a resealable plastic bag... it appears to be complete though, just no hype sticker of any kind (if there ever was one).
 
Just got mine today from squeezebox, my local brick and mortar store
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FYI, I got the same notice… And then when I kept hearing that others were already getting their discs, I went back into Amazon, canceled the pre-order, and re-ordered. I got a shipping notice literally the next day. 😱

This isn’t the first time I’ve had to do something like that, seems like pre-orders should get priority, but I know things get borked sometimes.
I eventually did the same and yep...stuff happens.
 
My copy sourced from SDE arrived in the mailbox yesterday. Not too impressed with the cardstock sleeve design that springs open and refuses to close flat once removed from the resealable plastic bag... Haven't had an opportunity to listen to it yet. Will report back.
 
Just opened up my copy, packaging leaves a little bit to be desired, I definitely prefer the slipcase design of the prior 5.1 version.

Don’t have Atmos but I’m really enjoying the surround instrumental version, so great to hear all the tasty guitar bits in Ballet for a Rainy Day and Earn Enough For Us! The opening to Big Day without Colin’s vocal is so different! So interesting. I hope that going forward with other remix projects Steven will mix the album instrumentally in surround, it’s definitely been worth shelling out for Skylarking again!
 
My copy sourced from SDE arrived in the mailbox yesterday. Not too impressed with the cardstock sleeve design that springs open and refuses to close flat once removed from the resealable plastic bag... Haven't had an opportunity to listen to it yet. Will report back.
I preserved the plastic bag, opening it with care. Fortunately it can be closed again and is not plastic to be broken to open.
After ripping both discs and scanning the Booklet and cardboard case I carefully inserted again in the plastic bag and put it in the discs shelf.

But yes... If you dont reinsert in the plastic bag, and you don't store it stuck between other disks, you have to tie it with a rubber band :(
 
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