Got mine within 2 days on free delivery from Amazon. Am loving it - can spend hours surfing the book from one link to the next. An electronic version would be good. Could have done with an index but, hell, it's already getting through enough trees as it is, and the cross refs come in handy.
The one thing I'm taking an issue with is Vini Reilly, who I adore, and whose entry plays down his contributions on Viva Hate by filtering Street's rather disparaging comments. What I find frustrating is that the 'Late Night, Maudlin Street' entry cites Street praising Vini's piano part on it, which is a nice touch, but what about the guitar playing, for crying out loud? The piano is a moment, but the Vini guitar is highly prominent from minute 4.00 on. Paresi's excellent drumming on it gets praise in his entry, but no ref to the guitar. For me the guitar playing is pure magic, hinting at the genius that could have come from Street's inspired pairing of Moz with Manchester's other guitar genius had things worked out. Reilly's unmistakable cadences and delay effects, the very nuanced emotional feel of it, in the context of one of Morrissey's great lyrics and performances is unbeatable. And he doesn't mention it!
This being my first post here and all, I have no idea if this topic has been discussed ever on this forum, but would be very keen to know if people here are similarly spellbound by this magical combination.