the NPGMC is a good idea but nothing could take the place of buying the actual cd..the sound was so much better when i bought the retail on Tuesday sure the booklet was nice to have and the packaging but the main thing is the sound and right now nothing beats getting the actually cd

I didn't get a chance to download from NPGMC but I know that music coming from a computer sounds different than it does from a CD so I didn't have a problem waiting for the CD to come out. It's fun for me to go to the "Wrecka Stow" anyways.