Releasing an album only in Japan without even giving dates for UK or U.S. release is just asking for piracy in my opinion. The choice between waiting a few days and paying over thirty dollars and just downloading it seems like a no-brainer to me. Now if I could purchase it at my local music retailer for $16.99, that would be another matter (is the album EVER going to be released in the U.S. or what?). Apparently us European and American orb fans just aren't a priority. Jason

From: "-> rachel" <rachel@migoto.com> Reply-To: What were the skies like when you were young?<orb@mailman.xmission.com> To: What were the skies like when you were young? <orb@mailman.xmission.com> Subject: [Orb] the purchase debate Date: Sun, 15 Jun 2003 20:55:02 -0700

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orb (for the record, I own about 90% of it, and everything that I could find I purchased). I just think its reasonable for me, as the person about to pay $35, to listen to something a bit before I have to spend my hard earned cash on it.

and you did - there's a free track on that Japanese website, and two of the other tracks have been readily available.... that should be enough to whet your appetite (or discourage you altogether). as someone who did pay the $37 to have it shipped from Japan, i'll be damned if i'm going to facilitate or encourage someone downloading an album which is readily available for purchase. yes, its expensive, but if you want the luxury of listening to it before its domestically available, you pay the price or suck it up and wait.

just my two cents... you all can do whatever you want, but you won't find my copy of the album floating around the net...

:-P rachel

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