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The Stones have become masters of music marketing. How many times have they released these same songs? I have all of these songs on multiple releases so because there is nothing "new" on this I'm taking a pass. I already have Paris Stripped limited edition from another release, this is for the completist. Or a newbie.

To tell the truth, I do not understand your complain. In DVD(or Bluray)/2CD format the concert was available only as rather expensive and hard to get WARD records release from Japan. Not all people could get it and afford to pay those ridiculous prices. The audio portion was available as digital download. But not all collectors do like downloads and streaming. So, this worldwide release actually covers the gap and lets you to put on the shelve another nice package. Not to mention vinyl release for youngsters and millennials .

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The Stones have become masters of music marketing. How many times have they released these same songs? I have all of these songs on multiple releases so because there is nothing "new" on this I'm taking a pass. I already have Paris Stripped limited edition from another release, this is for the completist. Or a newbie.

To tell the truth, I do not understand your complain. In DVD(or Bluray)/2CD format the concert was available only as rather expensive and hard to get WARD records release from Japan. Not all people could get it and afford to pay those ridiculous prices. The audio portion was available as digital download. But not all collectors do like downloads and streaming. So, this worldwide release actually covers the gap and lets you to put on the shelve another nice package. Not to mention vinyl release for youngsters and millennials .

I think we can look to Maya Angelou for some guidance here, when she says when people tell you who they are, believe them.

I know why the caged bird sings……

I just ordered this after reading through this whole thread!

I received an email from that French boutique selling the 3 45's stating that the mail is running very late due to the vast amount of deliveries this holiday season. Y'all still celebrating Christmas over there?!?!!?!?

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I received an email from that French boutique selling the 3 45's stating that the mail is running very late due to the vast amount of deliveries this holiday season. Y'all still celebrating Christmas over there?!?!!?!?

Yes. Is it wrong?
As a matter of fact Portuguese post hit a record this holiday season for me. The parcel from Japan arrived to Portugal on November 2, 2023, but was delivered to my door only on January 5, 2024 .

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The Stones have become masters of music marketing. How many times have they released these same songs? I have all of these songs on multiple releases so because there is nothing "new" on this I'm taking a pass. I already have Paris Stripped limited edition from another release, this is for the completist. Or a newbie.

Where else is the audio release available?

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BitchKeepsBitchin
The Stones have become masters of music marketing. How many times have they released these same songs? I have all of these songs on multiple releases so because there is nothing "new" on this I'm taking a pass. I already have Paris Stripped limited edition from another release, this is for the completist. Or a newbie.

Where else is the audio release available?

In Japan it was already released on Ward Records seven years ago on dvd or blu ray plus 2cd.

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BitchKeepsBitchin
The Stones have become masters of music marketing. How many times have they released these same songs? I have all of these songs on multiple releases so because there is nothing "new" on this I'm taking a pass. I already have Paris Stripped limited edition from another release, this is for the completist. Or a newbie.

Where else is the audio release available?

In Japan it was already released on Ward Records seven years ago on dvd or blu ray plus 2cd.

And it's available for download and streaming. Same for Brixton and Paradiso.

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The Stones have become masters of music marketing. How many times have they released these same songs? I have all of these songs on multiple releases so because there is nothing "new" on this I'm taking a pass. I already have Paris Stripped limited edition from another release, this is for the completist. Or a newbie.

We need people to keep buying this stuff because that keeps the accountants happy. And happy accountants mean financing for future projects of stuff we haven’t heard before is more likely.

Got the vinyl single this evening from the postman.
It's the orange one (I didn't even know there were three different versions to choose from). It looks very nice, collector's item.

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I received an email from that French boutique selling the 3 45's stating that the mail is running very late due to the vast amount of deliveries this holiday season. Y'all still celebrating Christmas over there?!?!!?!?

Yes. Is it wrong?
As a matter of fact Portuguese post hit a record this holiday season for me. The parcel from Japan arrived to Portugal on November 2, 2023, but was delivered to my door only on January 5, 2024 .

But that doesn't make sense to me. I just ordered these earlier this week, so all holidays should be concluded by now, no? Are you saying that they're still digging out from the holiday 'rush'??

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I received an email from that French boutique selling the 3 45's stating that the mail is running very late due to the vast amount of deliveries this holiday season. Y'all still celebrating Christmas over there?!?!!?!?

Yes. Is it wrong?
As a matter of fact Portuguese post hit a record this holiday season for me. The parcel from Japan arrived to Portugal on November 2, 2023, but was delivered to my door only on January 5, 2024 .

But that doesn't make sense to me. I just ordered these earlier this week, so all holidays should be concluded by now, no? Are you saying that they're still digging out from the holiday 'rush'??

To tell the truth - I do not know. It might be something to do with local post service. I ordered a lot from Japan recently. The parcels usually made to Europe within a week and afterwards are on hold by local post for another 2-3 weeks. But it is incoming case and in Portugal. It might be some similar jam for France. You know, after they enforced that stupid VAT payments in 2021 international mail from/to EU became kind of unpredictable.

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I received an email from that French boutique selling the 3 45's stating that the mail is running very late due to the vast amount of deliveries this holiday season. Y'all still celebrating Christmas over there?!?!!?!?

Yes. Is it wrong?
As a matter of fact Portuguese post hit a record this holiday season for me. The parcel from Japan arrived to Portugal on November 2, 2023, but was delivered to my door only on January 5, 2024 .

But that doesn't make sense to me. I just ordered these earlier this week, so all holidays should be concluded by now, no? Are you saying that they're still digging out from the holiday 'rush'??

To tell the truth - I do not know. It might be something to do with local post service. I ordered a lot from Japan recently. The parcels usually made to Europe within a week and afterwards are on hold by local post for another 2-3 weeks. But it is incoming case and in Portugal. It might be some similar jam for France. You know, after they enforced that stupid VAT payments in 2021 international mail from/to EU became kind of unpredictable.

Got it. Well, France deliveries definitely seem to take longer. When HD was released, they were among my last to get here, though Germany actually came in last......but the replacements were here in less than a week!?!?

Received 2 of the 3 vinyl singles/magazines today! Orange and White. Still awaiting the Black vinyl. Magazine looks great - amazing photo of Mick on the cover. Always amazed how all things from the same shipper don't show up at the same time.

For live songs from the Wood era to me the Paradiso, L'Olympia and Brixton are the best shows they ever did with Ronnie along with the stripped down 1978 tour.

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Received 2 of the 3 vinyl singles/magazines today! Orange and White. Still awaiting the Black vinyl. Magazine looks great - amazing photo of Mick on the cover. Always amazed how all things from the same shipper don't show up at the same time.

Did you receive a shipping notice or did the package just show up in the mail unannounced? I placed an order two weeks ago but haven't heard squat since then.

Just showed up. Took about two weeks. Still missing the black vinyl. Tomorrow will be 30 days which is the max they say to give it. Hope they send a replacement no charge.

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Just showed up. Took about two weeks. Still missing the black vinyl. Tomorrow will be 30 days which is the max they say to give it. Hope they send a replacement no charge.

Thanks. I'll just have to be patient.

Love Totally Stripped Amsterdam, so just purchased Totally Stripped Paris from Fnac - they still have copies for sale at base price (checked discogs and those prices are jacked up a bit)

Question for those who have ordered from FNAC before, are they fairly reliable? Did you use PayPal?

Asking because last time I ordered out of country using Amazon France my information apparently was given everywhere and I got lots of overseas phishing attempts, junk, fake bills etc

thx

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Love Totally Stripped Amsterdam, so just purchased Totally Stripped Paris from Fnac - they still have copies for sale at base price (checked discogs and those prices are jacked up a bit)

Question for those who have ordered from FNAC before, are they fairly reliable? Did you use PayPal?

Asking because last time I ordered out of country using Amazon France my information apparently was given everywhere and I got lots of overseas phishing attempts, junk, fake bills etc

thx

I do not know how it works for overseas but for EU destinations FNAC France is a reliable vendor. And it accepts paypal. Never had problems with them. No strange mails or information shared with other companies. Sometime they just send me an add or a request for a review, that is it.

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Love Totally Stripped Amsterdam, so just purchased Totally Stripped Paris from Fnac - they still have copies for sale at base price (checked discogs and those prices are jacked up a bit)

Question for those who have ordered from FNAC before, are they fairly reliable? Did you use PayPal?

Asking because last time I ordered out of country using Amazon France my information apparently was given everywhere and I got lots of overseas phishing attempts, junk, fake bills etc

thx

I do not know how it works for overseas but for EU destinations FNAC France is a reliable vendor. And it accepts paypal. Never had problems with them. No strange mails or information shared with other companies. Sometime they just send me an add or a request for a review, that is it.

thank you, appreciate it! .. Anyone in the U.S. use them?