Various ways of pre-ordering Stadium Arcadium
Since many people asked, I looked up into ways of pre-ordering Stadium Arcadium. And, here’s what I found out.
Amazon.com offers both the limited edition black box and the standard 2Cd pack. Click on the given links to pre-order.
Amazon.de offers the black box for 72 Euros, the regular double CD as digipak for roughly 18 ‘ and the version in hard pack for roughly 23 ‘.
Amazon.co.uk offers the digipak, the hard pack and the black box, but the prices have not been announced yet.
As noted on the official site and on a couple of other sites, iTunes also has a pre-order offer. There’s been a possibility to order the album for roughly 20 dollars, but only for fanclub members. The bonus to 28 existing songs (Dani California is unlocked instantly as one buys this…) are band commentary, the “making of Dani California” video, digital artwork. Also, everyone who preorders the album on iTunes is eligible for Ticketmaster presale for North American tour dates (to be announced) and also to win a customised iPod with logo and band signatures engravated at the back + the whole RHCP back catalogue. There’s another chance to win another of those iPods, but the contest is open to fanclub members only.
Fanclub members can also pre-order the limited edition black box for 46 dollars, but the preorders haven’t started yet. In addition to that, 10 of the pre-ordered box sets will be signed by the band and randomly sent out.
According to a research some fellow fans have done, all of the above offers are pretty affordable, compared to the prices in stores.
Oh…since the black box has been mentioned so many times in this news item, here’s what the official press release says about it:
The Limited Edition 8-panel digipak contains 2 cd’s and a DVD. The box is a 3D-image shadow box containing a 28-page plus cover booklet containing lyrics and band photos. Bottom of box has compartments that hold various “toys” including a velvet bag containing 3 small marbles and a “shooter” marble, a wooden spinning top with four interchangeable “art” toppers, notes from each member of the band, and a fake matchbook that is really a miniature notepad. DVD contains of the Dani California (video), track by track interviews with the band and making of Dani California video.
