"The Book of Souls" - Official pre-release thread (CONTAINS ALBUM SPOILERS)

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Adrian's Revenge said:
I work at Best Buy and I can confirm that (at least my store) we've got the Speed of Light singles in stock. They arrived today via UPS. It sucks that the t-shirts all seem to be extra large. That's a couple sizes too big.

Oh, and no, I can't take one early! Well, I could... but you know what I mean.
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If that's true - it will leak soon probably.
 
I checked the PO and we're supposed to get eight in. I only saw four in the box I opened up.

Earendil, I'll take a picture of the soft box tomorrow if I remember. I believe the cover has been online before; it's the same as the album cover but in black and white. I have no idea what the shirt looks like since it's inside the box, but I assume it's just Eddie with either "Book of Souls" or "Speed of Light." Probably Book of Souls. They're calling it an album t-shirt.
 
Meliegree said:
If that's true - it will leak soon probably.
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Doubtful. Stores get fined hugely for breaking release dates, and Best Buy isn't some mom and pop store that can get away with it. The record company and distributor will be notified. Whichever store broke the street date could also face retribution from the various parties involved, such as receiving more limited quantities or even zero product in the future. Now, music sales are essentially dead at Best Buy, so it probably wouldn't matter if a store sold it early. I'm just giving you the facts. I won't hold my breath for a leak.
 
There's a pic of the shirt and bundle on the Iron Maiden facebook page. Basically, the shirt is the Eddie from the cover just......reddish.
 
I'm guessing there is no b-side. This is less a real single than a coupon for the new album at Best Buy and a shirt.
 
Just 4 days to Speed Of Light!
And 25 to the album!

However, if they decide to put SOL up at midnight UK time, it will be a bit less since they're 6 hours ahead of me. That would be nice to have it Thursday at 6!
 
I'm really not sure when they'll do it. I sort of imagine it being morning here, but maybe not stroke of midnight. The single isn't even advertised for download on Amazon yet, and as far as we know it won't be in the shops here.
 
For Brasilian fans: The Book Of Souls will be available for sell on physical format only on Saraiva Megastores inside shopping malls across the country on September 5th (Saturday). Other normal Saraiva stores won't have it.
 
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Donner said:
There's a pic of the shirt and bundle on the Iron Maiden facebook page. Basically, the shirt is the Eddie from the cover just......reddish.
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Here it is for those who don't like FB:
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Also, I'm not sure if some are wondering if there will be a video for SOL, but I saw this. From https://www.facebook.com/thebookofsouls?fref=nf:
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Well, someone I cant trust 100%, maybe he just wanted to sound interesting, but I know he has some connections ( tickets, back stages, stuff like that) He got the last Gamma Ray album before anyone else, that I can affirm... Anyway, he says it sounds good, taht the chorus was kind of weird but cool. He said he just could listen to it twice and gives an early 8/10...
 
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