[url=http://pillows.jp/p/information/newrelease/4969.html]Officially announced[/url] and available for pre-order on [url=http://kingeshop.jp/shop/contents1/pillows.aspx]King e-Shop[/url]!

Release date: [b]May 6th 2018[/b]

[img]https://i.imgur.com/L6R9qXB.jpg?1[/img]

[b]RUNNERS HIGH[/b]
2018年5月6日（日）発売
NAS-2048
￥3,000+税
ダブルジャケット仕様
キングレコード

＜SIDE A＞
Sad Sad Kiddie
インスタント ミュージック
Juliet
White Ash
NO SELF CONTROL
Wake Up,Frenzy!
＜SIDE B＞
Paper Triangle
Bran-new lovesong
Midnight Down
Borderline Case
RUNNERS HIGH
確かめに行こう

[img]https://i.imgur.com/bcedgBH.jpg?1[/img]

[b]HAPPY BIVOUAC[/b]
2018年5月6日（日）発売
NAS-2049
￥3,000+税
ダブルジャケット仕様
キングレコード

＜SIDE A＞
HAPPY BIVOUAC
RUSH
LAST DINOSAUR
カーニバル
Our love and peace
Crazy Sunshine
＜SIDE B＞
Back seat dog
Kim deal
Funny Bunny
Beautiful morning with you
Advice

These are "limited" releases and will only be available online from King e-Shop and at the live venues during the RETURN TO THRID MOVEMENT! TOUR Vol. 2.
If you're outside Japan, you can order them from King e-Shop via proxy service.
dimsim and a few other members have used and recommend these sites: [url=https://www.fromjapan.co.jp/en/]From Japan[/url], [url=https://zenmarket.jp/]ZenMarket[/url].

dat mid-air shot on the inside of the HB sleeve

I was hoping that spread from the RUSH PV would make it into the jacket and i'm glad that it did, now I want to know what the liner insert looks like.

I changed the title on the other thread to avoid future confusion. (I always planned to when this got announced for real.) Little Busters & PML are still in-stock, so it's not too late for anybody to pick these up.

[quote="Spike"]Little Busters & PML are still in-stock, so it's not too late for anybody to pick these up.[/quote]
I wonder when those things are gonna sell out. They are supposed to be "limited editions".

I don't think we have any way of knowing how many they've actaully sold. I've seen them making the rounds second hand on Discogs on Yahoo JP but who knows. Could either be a really high "limited" edition number, or a low number of sales.

"Limited" could also just mean "once we stop selling these they're done." i.e we're not going to re-issue these ever again on vinyl.

[quote="Spike"]"Limited" could also just mean "once we stop selling these they're done."[/quote]
Gotta be this. liiiiiiiiiiike "we'll stop pressing them once it's no longer profitable for us" Also the lack of a quantity figure (like limited to 1000 or something) + the fact that they've been in stock for this long surely means they're gonna keep pressing more copies for a while. I'm glad that Busters all over the world have ample opportunities to score a copy.

There’s also the fact that they are being sold exclusively from the one site/live venues. Analog is also a fairly niche market in Japan, so casual fans probably aren’t buying these. It could be a pretty low run, but “limited edition” could mean anything without having a number. Lostman and Busters have still only been available for 5 months, as well. It’s a pretty short amount of time to run out of stock.

Are the PML/LB ones "sold out" yet?

Immediately went to smj and preordered. Sad thing is I haven't listened to PML or LB yet. I'm doing that now though.

[quote="MyFoot"]Are the PML/LB ones "sold out" yet?[/quote]
See previous five posts.

Just a reminder that these come out in [b]LESS THAN TWO WEEKS.[/b]
Excited!

Just a reminder that Happy Bivouac [i][b]will[/b][/i] be mine forever.

Just arrived a couple hours ago.
https://imgur.com/a/CsBC0uU

I’ll write more detail when I get a chance to listen to ‘em.

Asked in the Discord but figured I'd crosspost since there was some discussion here regarding the art quality of the last jackets...any better this go round?

[quote="MyFoot"]Asked in the Discord but figured I'd crosspost since there was some discussion here regarding the art quality of the last jackets...any better this go round?[/quote]
It looks just as good/bad as the Lostman and Busters jackets to me. Personally, I don't really care if the covers aren't super hi-def. I'm not buying these to hang on the wall. Mafu ain't no hipster.

Here's the dynamic range;
[url=http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/147527]RUNNERS HIGH[/url] (Dynamic range score of 10. CD has 5.)
[url=http://dr.loudness-war.info/album/view/147528]HAPPY BIVOUAC[/url] (Dynamic range score of 10. CD has 5.)

Couple pictures of 'em on the turntable:

[img]https://i.imgur.com/SmN6eCF.jpg?1[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/TAkYjOz.jpg?1[/img]

RUNNERS HIGH has different pictures of the bear/ferret/polar bear on each side of the record:

[img]https://i.imgur.com/aAMprzp.jpg?1[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/Ql8BrKt.jpg?2[/img]

RUNNERS HIGH insert in front of the gatefold. The other side has lyrics:

[img]https://i.imgur.com/rg6skkg.jpg?1[/img]

Happy Bivouac insert in front of gatefold. Other side has lyrics:

[img]https://i.imgur.com/rrk38Lj.jpg?1[/img]

Also, here's a [url=https://i.imgur.com/ZV1JeJf.jpg?1]picture that kinda gives an idea about how they are shipped[/url] from King E-shop. They ship in a vinyl-ish sized cardboard box and are packed with thick-ish packing paper. Not sure how forwarding services operate and if they reinforce the packages for overseas shipping or not.