Enfant Terrible wrote:I originally ordered a copy from the OS (for me). I'd also ordered a copy from the Faber website later (as a gift for my Dad - he has good taste!). He'll be getting the standard copy now!
Anyway, just got a tracking number form the OS order saying it'd be delivered today by Hermes. Looking on the OS I was interested to see that if you pay for courier delivery (which was the only option given for the ltd book) it would be a tracked EXPRESS service...
"Courier shipments to UK delivery addresses are sent via myHermes or DPD, both are tracked express services. Courier shipping is offered as an option where Standard delivery is also available or as the sole option where the shipment has a high weight or value.
Courier - £6.95 flat rate to all UK destinations."
Well, a whole week to deliver is clearly not express. They've very cheekily charged for an express service but just sent a cheapo standard delivery.
I found a number for digital stores who run the OS shop, and called them. They said they would refund the delivery cost. If anyone else wants to do the same their number is 0845 052 7506.
Thanks for this. I phoned today as still haven’t received my special edition - I am in the UK and received my despatch email over a week ago.
Apparently these were recalled as were incorrectly labelled (likely the postage issue you outline above) and will be resent. My postage charge is being refunded.
Page 93...Neil was "happy and in love.In the sixties and seventies"..BUT he said his first boyfriend arrived in late 80ies...so Neil was happy with girlfriend?
I finished reading whole Neil s comments in his book by the time he came on stage at Hackney, of course I was dissapointed that I did not discover "No More Ballads", "Inside",and specially no comments about his recent boyfriends..
I know "only young pop stars should talk about their lovelife".
I think it's overstated how song lyrics don't work on the page. It's true that they flow better when you know the tune, but even if you don't know the tune, as long as you know that it is a lyric it's easy to make the adjustment of expectation that it's not necessarily going to have a regular poetic metre. I've enjoyed many collections of lyrics whether I know the tunes or not. Admittedly these are mostly other genres of lyric (either the likes of Cole Porter or W S Gilbert or the likes of Dylan) and Neil's might not stand up to scrutiny so well, but I'd be delighted to see if they do.
As for the poem, he'd written it anyway, I think it's good, and it seems a logical home for it. I don't see the problem there.
