This is the unknown I spoke about earlier in this thread. We know that Libera has ended its contract with Warner and has gone independent; we can see this in their "Libera at Christmas" album. Aside from whatever exclusive deal they have in Japan with Wisteria/Libera-Records, which appears to include tour funding, they seem free to do whatever they want. So the unknown factor is: What are the terms of their deal in Japan? Are they allowed to release the same album outside Japan independently? Is the album exclusive to Japan? Are the release dates exclusive?JimmyRiddle wrote: <span title="Mon Apr 17, 2017 8:06 pm">8 years ago</span> Well with only two weeks to go, highly doubtful that the full production release will be available from whoever is distributing for them i.e. Warner Classics...and I can't fathom in what other capacity it would be offered too the concert attendees which would not breach their contractual agreement with the record label? It could show up on the selling desks in physical form even before appearing via online vendors. I'd be surprised if that is the case. I'm going for end of May, early June availability outside of Japan.
Obviously, we do not have answers to these questions but the way this album release goes down will indicate the likely scenario.
If I had to guess I would say that album will be released internationally not long after the Japan release as you said Jimmy but it remains to be seen.
If there is a restriction in release dates it is minimal or nonexistent. As for the DVD I am sure that this will be exclusive to Japan just like the Angel DVD was. We may eventually see everything on the DVD uploaded to YouTube, but I doubt it will be sold outside Japan; although I hope to be wrong.
