I had to take a walk and get away from my computer for a little while as today’s pre-orders have consumed my every minute. It has been both an exciting and a frustrating day today. I am sorry that some of you have had troubles with our store, but from the sounds of it, a lot of you were able to pick up copies of the Vinyl Collective exclusive color of The 59 Sound.

As most of you know, the extreme amount of traffic to the Side One Dummy website and webstore caused their site to crash and at this moment, you can’t order copies of the Blue 59 Sound w/ a Gaslight Anthem T-shirt. I have some good news. We have struck a deal with our good friends and will be offering the blue vinyl plus t-shirt tomorrow at 12 pm pacific time.

Because our shipping is set up slightly differently than Side One’s, we will be charging a handling fee of $1.00 per record and instead of $14, we will be selling the LP/shirt for $15. Our shipping rates are a lot less expensive than Side One’s so it should all work out.

One thing I have to mention is that in the event that you already got a white and/or black copy of The 59 sound, I ask that you please not ask to combine it with the order you place for the blue vinyl and t-shirt. This is already gonna be a lot of work so I appreciate you honoring this request. Thanks!