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HMV, the ginormous British-based chain of media shops, must take some pleasure in the jumping of the gun. They famously suggested that Chinese Democracy might actually be coming out (on a specific date, no less) by offering preorders for the album through their website, leading an awful lot of people far less pessimistic than I to throw their money into the cosmos.

And, much to the chagrin of Radiohead fans who enjoy touching things (but not too many things), they recently bumped Radiohead's In Rainbows to preorder availability status, suggesting the record was coming out in physical, non-discbox form from the Parlophone imprint on December 3.

It's not.

According to Radiohead's publicity camp, negotiations for the standard release of In Rainbows are still underway, and nothing has been decided yet. Of course, In Rainbows actually is coming out in six days (OMG OMG OMG) for free-99, and you're gonna get that big box in early December should you shell out for it. But for those of you who absolutely cannot wait for the regular-ass in-store version, don't believe everything you read on the subject.

Chinese Democracy! LOL