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Here we go fast and furious: the copy of Transformers: The Score signed by composer Steve Jablonsky has just been listed on eBay!

Bidding starts at $25. Along with the signed CD of the Transformers orchestral soundtrack, you get a Certificate of Authenticity (I spent hours last night trying to figure out the right way to make that out, then wound up going for a pretty-much straightforward affair) verifying that this thing is what it claims to be and why we’re auctioning it. And just for fun, I’m gonna throw in a copy of the online petition – signed by Yours Truly – that may or may not have helped matters along but it sure seems to have raised a stink over the summer, didn’t it? šŸ˜›

100% of the proceeds from this sale will be going to help fund some music education projects in the public schools here ...

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There’s not nearly as much news about Transformers: The Score as I wish I could relay to y’all tonight. But here ’tis…

First, word is that Warner Records is still “scrambling” to distribute the score CD. Someone told me that this past week was something of “a shock” regarding demand for this album.

Amazon is still reflecting the shortage. Earlier on Friday morning the site said that it would again be in stock on October 20th. Right now it’s saying that the product “Usually ships within 1 to 3 weeks” although some who ordered the CD this past week said on Friday that they received e-mails from Amazon stating that their orders are either about to ship or are already on their way. As of this writing according to Amazon’s product page for Transformers: The Score it is holding strong at #35 in music sales and #4 in movie soundtracks. ...

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Tonight I’m still getting plenty of e-mails from folks telling me their tales of woe regarding their not being able to find Transformers: The Score anywhere.

How bad is this? Enough that I’m now feeling some regret at having some copies of the CD here, knowing that most people aren’t getting it.

So here’s my solemn vow, as an Eagle Scout…

Being that I cannot in good conscience listen to Transformers: The Score and feel right about that after knowing that most people cannot purchase it at all, I promise to no longer listen to Transformers: The Score until I have bought two copies of this CD at a traditional retail outlet. That will be an assurance to me that the CD is finally getting the distribution that it deserves.

Hey, I held off on kissing Lisa until our wedding ceremony. Abstaining from the Transformers score is an easy thing ...

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Just because yesterday was the release date, doesn’t mean that the struggle is over with. We won’t stop demanding Transformers: The Score …

Bigtime props to Mike Halverson for coming up with that awesome line!

(It’s a paraphrase of the ‘”Til all are one!” final quote from the 1986 animated Transformers movie, in case ya didn’t know šŸ™‚

Now, on to serious business regarding the problems still plaguing the release of the score CD…

Am still trying to get hold of someone at Warner Records about this, especially the Canadian distribution issue. It may take another day or so before I can come back with something definitive on that though, but will keep working on it. Keep your fingers crossed for tomorrow ‘cuz I hope to be able then to talk with someone who can provide some real skinny about what’s going down.

Now about the orders placed through Amazon.com, ...

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Okay, let’s try to make sense of this…

Earlier today reports came in that Transformers: The Score was being found at a number of stores across the United States. I’m wondering how many copies those places got though ‘cuz I’ve been asking these same folks who wrote in then and they all said that they got the last or next-to-last copy on the shelves. So some went out. But were they enough?

Apparently not ‘cuz the vast majority of people who’ve written me are saying that they can not find the CD anywhere where they live. Count me among those ‘cuz I haven’t been able to find it either. I’m going to Greensboro tomorrow (the “big city” south of us here in Reidsville) and will be checking out Best Buy, Target and other stores, to see if it turns up there.

Like I said before, I’m not going to be ...

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Transformer World 2005 is hosting multiple reports that Transformers: The Score, which went on sale today, is selling out all over the place.

Among the accounts…

– “Checked three stores today. Best Buy – Got in several copies, set them out before opening, sold out in less than an hour. This from a hardcore Transformers fan who works there. She didn’t even get her copy, as they were gone before she got to work. Target – They aren’t even in their computers according to the cat I talked to. Not sure if that’s legit or not. FYE – Got in several copies, sold out before eleven (when I was there).”

– “If you haven’t yet, try the “mega-bookstores”. Found the last copy at a local Borders. Didn’t check Barnes and Noble or a Books-A-Million, but I assume they might be carrying it. At the very least, check a Borders

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Just a friendly reminder that today, October 9th 2007, is the day that Transformers: The Score, the CD of Steve Jablonsky’s beautiful orchestral soundtrack from the movie Transformers, goes on sale.

I had hoped to have photos of it on the sales rack, but the Wal-Mart here in Reidsville doesn’t have it yet (they can be slow in putting new music and DVDs out anyway). But some reports have come in from Georgia, New Jersey, Wisconsin and Texas that the CD has been spotted at various Best Buy, Wal-Mart, Target and Fye stores. So, it’s out there. And it’s also on sale via iTunes as a digital download. I’m still hoping that everyone will buy the physical CD though ‘cuz it’s a wonderful thing to hold and behold.

I won’t be completely satisfied until I see it with my own two eyes and purchase a couple and see ...

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The doorbell rang just after 11 this morning.

Usually that means it’s Dad come by for a visit, ‘cuz he’s the only person who ever rings the doorbell: everyone else just knocks. So I took a looksee out the peephole to see if it was him.

It wasn’t. It was a lady in a FedEx uniform holding a package.

I thought that it must be something Lisa had ordered, because she’s all the time getting books and other stuff for her music classes. Although I had been told that something was coming to me via FedEx, but I wasn’t expecting that particular package until sometime next week. So I signed the lil’ computer pad thingy and the nice FedEx lady handed me the package and the first thing that I noticed is that it was addressed to “Chris Knight”.

The second thing that I noticed is that it was sent ...

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It arrived via FedEx today!

It’s not out in stores until this coming Tuesday!

It’s (GASP!) a legitimate copy!

It’s even signed by the composer!

I’m listening to it right now!

It sounds glorious!

And there is something very very cool coming soon regarding this, that is going to be for a good cause, that you are going to have the opportunity to take part in.

Review coming soon....

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