Hem's TWELFTH NIGHT album release pushed to October

So...is the album they're currently selling at the Delacorte a version just for the theatre? I'm a tad confused now.

Yeah... it's already at the Delacorte. With the additional songs.

Where is Fancy Bred? is quickly becoming my new favorite thing.

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I'm pretty confident the album being released in October is the same one they're selling at the Delacorte. I don't think the band can afford to cut two different albums. The press release says 28 tracks; the album available now has 28 tracks. I'm sure they'll be the same.

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I wondered if maybe there were only a limited number printed to be sold at the theater since the run of The Bacchae is so short. But that doesn't completely make sense -- because they could easily ship out any extras if they made too many, and that doesn't explain the big gap between now and October. If they're already cut, it shouldn't take two months to make more. But at the same time, I also can't imagine there would be two versions of the album. I'm relatively confident the one I have is IT. It's got all of the cut songs they said it would, and it's not like, the Twelfth Night cast album, it's a Hem album of music from Twelfth Night, "featuring" the singers.

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So this is a snippet of the message I just got back from Nettwerk:

"SHIPPING UPDATE: The physical release is now Oct.27 so all pre-orders will not be sent out till then. For everyone who orders the pre-sale they will be getting their CD signed as an added bonus as the date has been delayed for so long."

I should have asked about the Public Theatre version but oh well. At this point I hope it does get released with proper packaging at minimum.

It's a shame, because the longer they delay the release the fewer albums they're likely to sell. Already, by not releasing the album during the Twelfth Night run there's probably a significant drop-off in the number of people who would even know an album exists, much less be moved to purchase. Now, with an October delay it's going to be much, much worse.

I'm assuming it will only be Hem, although I'd be pleasantly surprised if we get a few of the Broadway actors.

One nice thing might be this--if true--that is in the Playbill press release. Might make the delay worth it for me.

"Bonus material, including instrumental and vocal passages cut from the production, will also be featured on the disc.

Does anyone know what's going on with this album? When is it being released? When will those people who pre-ordered it receive it? Then again, maybe it was just me...