No Numb in Holland?

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TeCHno PoP · #16 Post by **TeCHno PoP** » Wed 04 Oct 2006, 12:02 am

Technotrancemix wrote:I would love to be able to get the 2trk cardsleeve singles that are released in the EU. I have very few of them

I hate 2 trk EU cardsleeves. I only love the UK 2 trk slimcase editions.

Technotrancemix · #17 Post by **Technotrancemix** » Wed 04 Oct 2006, 6:52 pm

TeCHno PoP wrote:I hate 2 trk EU cardsleeves. I only love the UK 2 trk slimcase editions.

I only want them to help build my collection

dVTB · #18 Post by **dVTB** » Tue 24 Oct 2006, 9:42 am

Especially for the Dutchies on this forum:

Plato sells the new DVD and Double-CD rather cheap, with free delivery (no postage costs) all through the Netherlands

A Life In Pop - docu dvd
http://www.plato.nl/plato/view.php?catalogue_id=173842
€ 19,99

Concrete - Live dubbel cd
http://www.plato.nl/plato/view.php?catalogue_id=173843
€ 23,50

My good friend (and fellow PSB fan) Maarten can be contacted for further information and ordering: maarten @ plato.nl (without the spaces)

Plato The Hague also ordered all Numb formats on import. They cannot yet guarantee delivery, though.

Lleonard Pler · #19 Post by **Lleonard Pler** » Tue 24 Oct 2006, 10:08 am

adiba wrote:
Lleonard Pler wrote:It looks like 'Numb' will only be released in UK and USA then.

Like 'Minimal', 'Numb' is not being released in Spain either. We even had 'London' released here... so it's a strange situation.
How do you know what is released in Spain? Because sometimes I don't know whether to order singles from an online shop (more expensive) or wait in case it's released here (cheaper)

¿Cómo sabes los singles que se van a publicar en España? Porque a veces no sé si pedirlos online (más caros) o esperar a ver si se publican aquí (más baratos)

Just search for Pet Shop Boys at www.emispain.com.

adiba · #20 Post by **adiba** » Tue 24 Oct 2006, 3:38 pm

Lleonard Pler wrote:
adiba wrote:
Lleonard Pler wrote:It looks like 'Numb' will only be released in UK and USA then.

Like 'Minimal', 'Numb' is not being released in Spain either. We even had 'London' released here... so it's a strange situation.
How do you know what is released in Spain? Because sometimes I don't know whether to order singles from an online shop (more expensive) or wait in case it's released here (cheaper)

¿Cómo sabes los singles que se van a publicar en España? Porque a veces no sé si pedirlos online (más caros) o esperar a ver si se publican aquí (más baratos)

Just search for Pet Shop Boys at www.emispain.com.

Thanks! Gracias!

kimphilby · #21 Post by **kimphilby** » Tue 24 Oct 2006, 4:30 pm

Holland is an inconsequential record sales market and PSB an inconsequential act within. Go to Germany, download from itunes (etc) or get it sent mail order.

dVTB · #22 Post by **dVTB** » Wed 25 Oct 2006, 12:45 am

kimphilby wrote:Holland is an inconsequential record sales market and PSB an inconsequential act within. Go to Germany, download from itunes (etc) or get it sent mail order.

Actually I already went to Germany last weekend, without success! Perhaps PSB want me to resign as a fan? What's the plan? It seems I have to get through more and more trouble finding a regular, current PSB single. Shame.

BTW: I refuse to pay for mp3 downloads.

kimphilby · #23 Post by **kimphilby** » Thu 26 Oct 2006, 3:03 pm

Actually I already went to Germany last weekend, without success! Perhaps PSB want me to resign as a fan? What's the plan? It seems I have to get through more and more trouble finding a regular, current PSB single. Shame.

Maybe you should. You'd have less in your life to be embittered by.

BTW: I refuse to pay for mp3 downloads.

Well you're a thief then.

dVTB · #24 Post by **dVTB** » Thu 26 Oct 2006, 4:15 pm

kimphilby wrote:
Actually I already went to Germany last weekend, without success! Perhaps PSB want me to resign as a fan? What's the plan? It seems I have to get through more and more trouble finding a regular, current PSB single. Shame.
Maybe you should. You'd have less in your life to be embittered by.

You're probably right, in fact. But I love music too much.

kimphilby wrote:
BTW: I refuse to pay for mp3 downloads.
Well you're a thief then.

Oh, that's new to me!

I'm prepared to buy PSB cd-singles and albums in record stores, I will even travel for it , if necessary. If unavailable I will order stuff (which is what I'm doing at the moment when it comes to Numb), but if all my attempts to buy Numb fail, I'm certainly NOT going to buy mp3 downloads online.

Unlike you, I don't plan to be a slave of record companies, rather than a music consumer.

kimphilby · #25 Post by **kimphilby** » Thu 26 Oct 2006, 4:42 pm

Unlike you, I don't plan to be a slave of record companies, rather than a music consumer.

It's not being a slave torecord companies, its paying for a product of which somebody else owns the publishing and copyright.

dVTB · #26 Post by **dVTB** » Thu 26 Oct 2006, 6:08 pm

*yawn* I always do so with PSB releases and many other releases as well, with a cd collection of way more than 1000 cd's. I am willing to pay for Numb cd2 and even cd1, but I'm not going to pay money to download a bunch of mp3's.

kimphilby · #27 Post by **kimphilby** » Thu 26 Oct 2006, 6:59 pm

*yawn* I always do so with PSB releases and many other releases as well, with a cd collection of way more than 1000 cd's. I am willing to pay for Numb cd2 and even cd1, but I'm not going to pay money to download a bunch of mp3's.

Whatevs

dVTB · #28 Post by **dVTB** » Tue 04 Sep 2007, 4:35 pm

*topic kick*

I need somebody to confirm or deny that Numb was/wasn't released in the Netherlands. To my best knowledge, Numb was NOT released here: EMI even stated so. But a fellow fan claims that cd2 was released in the Netherlands.

Does anybody know?

gareth · #29 Post by **gareth** » Tue 04 Sep 2007, 5:04 pm

dVTB wrote:*yawn* I always do so with PSB releases and many other releases as well, with a cd collection of way more than 1000 cd's. I am willing to pay for Numb cd2 and even cd1, but I'm not going to pay money to download a bunch of mp3's.

When CD's came out did you refuse to buy them and stick with vinyl or cassettes?

It's called progress by the way!

I'm sure Gardner can help with the Numb question...........

dVTB · #30 Post by **dVTB** » Tue 04 Sep 2007, 5:29 pm

gareth wrote:
dVTB wrote:*yawn* I always do so with PSB releases and many other releases as well, with a cd collection of way more than 1000 cd's. I am willing to pay for Numb cd2 and even cd1, but I'm not going to pay money to download a bunch of mp3's.
When CD's came out did you refuse to buy them and stick with vinyl or cassettes?
It's called progress by the way!
I'm sure Gardner can help with the Numb question...........

You were reacting to a very old comment I made, almost a year ago. But it's still very valid: I'm not a slave of the record industry. I will NEVER be paying money for mp3's.

It's not called progress, it's called laziness: record companies wanting to earn money without giving a decent product in return. When CD's were released, it was an improvement in sound quality (for approximately 99% of all music buyers).

Mp3's are one step BACK in sound quality, since the sound is compressed. Mp3's are computer files, not products. Even if you buy computer software, you get original cd's, packaging, etc.

As for the answer to my question: the psb-catalogue website states that several of the Numb formats where printed in the Netherlands. Yet this doesn't mean these cd-singles were widely available in the Netherlands. See the "London" single, for instance. Formats printed in NL, but not available in Dutch shops.

Like I wrote earlier in this topic, some of contacts informed me that "Numb" was NOT going to be released in NL. I simply need to know if it actually wasn't released, or that 1-2 formats found their way to Dutch shops.