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Yes! I highly suggest collectors to NOT ever buy resell price of Assai. I looked up “Chemtrails” Assai edition on Discogs and saw some ridiculous resell prices. Ya’ll just print your own at that point 😂
 
Another thing I forgot to mention is that I dislike the idea of them opening up a sealed records. If I were running the business, I would slip the Obi strip on the newly sealed record.
Also, it appears Assai did not include the hype sticker that says “Limited edition green vinyl + alternative cover” that comes with all indie exclusive pressings - based on the image shared. 
 
That’s a big no no for collectors. The album is no longer “mint” in that case. 
 
Also, I looked it up and it appears they sell these Assai exclusives at just the same price as retail, which is great to know! 
Again, not saying they’re ripping people off - but they can indeed do a lot better. It just takes more time, research, and most importantly passion to answer why they’re creating these Obi strips. 

I love the idea of Assai putting Obi strips on their records to create an exclusive feel to the pressing, and the idea of supporting local record stores is dope! and it’s a cute homage to Japanese pressings 
 
My only gripes I have with this company is they put little-to-no-effort in designing these strips. If you look at Japanese obi strips, there’s a lot of text and info about the album/artist, and there’s better design composition. The graphic designer behind these aren’t really creative tbh. It feels like they literally google translates the artist’s name on top of a strip of paper, and they called it a day. I hope they are not charging extra or more than retail price because that would be a huge rip-off.
There’s not even a premium feel to it because they write on the strip with a Sharpie, when they can have something pressed or debossed on top.
 
Sorry, for complaining but I also bought an Assai record from them once, and was very underwhelmed w their “exclusive” pressing.

Here it is! 

I said I’d have a hot girl summer with my A&W necklace but at this point I wouldn’t hold my breath 

I don't know any French but I'm translating the interview through Google Translator. So I'll slowly be posting what I have.
 
First page of the screenshot:
 
Second page:
 
Third page:
 
Fourth page:
 
Fifth page and final (I think?):
 

On the second page the interviewer asks her if she gets panick attacks and she talked about Coachella and the tensions with North Korea (LFL era lol)
 
Then she's asked if she watches her own concert videos and she doesn't enjoy it because she's a control freak and sees everything that's wrong
However, she enjoys watching her acapella jazz soundchecks

I'll post more later

Lemme try to upload it somewhere lol
 
and yes it's a couple of double pages and single ones with pics we've already seen: title track single, Amazon variant cover, green variant cover, original cover, the other one where she's smiling it's on the back of certain versions, and there's also a 2012 pic
 
 

I received my dark version today. So they are reaching the EU now. The quality of the cover pic is not amazing however. The pics inside seem to be the same as those in the colored version as it looks like. 

The last times they always did and the 2nd press always differed from the first one (for chemtrails it was so much better), so I guess it  is not unlikely. 

The last times they always did and the 2nd press always differed from the first one (for chemtrails it was so much better), so I guess it  is not unlikely. 

Thanks for the info - only what exactly do you mean by "title track photo shoot" please? I guess it's just 3 double pages with maybe 3 photos inside or so as usually, right? However, would be perfect if you can share a few pics, they don't have to be good quality. Just to see what's inside. (17 Euro for people abroad... Would like to know what's inside to decide if I buy or not) 

All merch incl. lighters, necklaces, jackets etc. will ship then from there. At least if they don't decide to give the UK merch stock to the US people after selling everything at the pop up store in LA, lol. Maybe we can wait for September then or get cancelled :-P (I am afraid the whole merch is still in the US and not on the way to UK already.) 
 

Thanks for the info - only what exactly do you mean by "title track photo shoot" please? I guess it's just 3 double pages with maybe 3 photos inside or so as usually, right? However, would be perfect if you can share a few pics, they don't have to be good quality. Just to see what's inside. (17 Euro for people abroad... Would like to know what's inside to decide if I buy or not) 

what the heck? and Earthquakes just leaked how weird… but I’m assuming that when she was making Blue Banisters, she was going through her songs done with Barrie and she found Earthquakes and well, she had the idea for A&W and sent that to Jack 

I might post later this week if it doesn't come out first

Got my dark version too today 
im really glad I went with this one I love the contrast of the pink/bw

 

The last times they always did and the 2nd press always differed from the first one (for chemtrails it was so much better), so I guess it  is not unlikely. 

I received my dark version today. So they are reaching the EU now. The quality of the cover pic is not amazing however. The pics inside seem to be the same as those in the colored version as it looks like. 

The last times they always did and the 2nd press always differed from the first one (for chemtrails it was so much better), so I guess it  is not unlikely. 

The last times they always did and the 2nd press always differed from the first one (for chemtrails it was so much better), so I guess it  is not unlikely. 

I think so, too. Depends on the light also. I guess if someone takes a photo in warm sunlight or warm room light, it might look more yellowish. However, the color is lovely, and not really a neon. Quite the middle between pastel and neon. 
 
Thanks! :-) 

i know we're talking about the indie green but this is what i was thinking about the amazon pink purple. the next pressings might actually be baby pink especially since so many people complained and got refunds so this early purpley one might end up being more rare. but i do imagine the indie green will slightly vary with each pressing bc that seems to happen whenever lana's coloured vinyls get repressed (or even when different regions get different pressings)

I think so, too. Depends on the light also. I guess if someone takes a photo in warm sunlight or warm room light, it might look more yellowish. However, the color is lovely, and not really a neon. Quite the middle between pastel and neon. 
 
Thanks! :-) 

I think so, too. Depends on the light also. I guess if someone takes a photo in warm sunlight or warm room light, it might look more yellowish. However, the color is lovely, and not really a neon. Quite the middle between pastel and neon. 
 
Thanks! :-) 

I’m confused. So, this is more like a digital streaming party than a listening event at a physical location?