Bad news for those outside of the USA:
Told that the Black Friday release may be delayed in some areas. Companies who had taken pre-orders for the vinyl in Europe have been notifying purchasers that the release will be late (December 7 seems to be the new date) or cancelled altogether. Amazon France for instance, which was able to provide "Red Hill Mining Town" the week of release in 2017, has notified people that their orders for this new release have been cancelled. FNAC is now showing the December 7 release date and haven't cancelled orders.
Further, its been confirmed by my contact at Universal, and with multiple retailers that in Canada the record will definitely be delayed. It will not be available tomorrow in store is what we are told. And the shops have heard anywhere from "early next week" to "hopefully late in the week".
The record has reached stores in the USA, and should be available tomorrow as expected there. But if you are shopping outside of the USA, it may be worth an advance call to your record shop to check that they have received the item if possible.
