Often it is, yes - especially with the $/£ exchange rate being as it is at the moment.

I bought 3 records from Ecstatic Peace and the total was less than 30 quid including postage. Way cheaper than waiting for Volcanic Tongue to get them in.

Any bonus tracks on the UK pressing?

oh fuck...in my shity country a Micahael Jackson CD (not vinyl... you can't find this "fucked up-old" format) is like 15 Pounds... I'll pay for a Sonic Youth record 25 only to avoid internet orders
(when i'm buying from SY's on-line store, for 4 vinyls i'll pay double:(...not to mention the dead shipping time ...amost a mounth)... I think you guys should be happy for living in pretty nice countries...

wow, that sounds awful man. £25 is crazy!

seriously, almost all import CD's from here are like 15 Pounds... and the most radical albums that you can find are Nirvana albums (which is not a rare thing at all)... it's a pretty fucked-up thing, so that's why i gladly pay 25 for a Sonic vinyl... (by the way...i found a Beatles 2LP set and it was aprox 30Punds). It sounds crazy and sad, but from a medium salary you can buy 4 vinyls... and starve all mounth:)... that's why i think you guys should be happy to live in decent countries:)

I can get them all in my local record shop.
Sonic Nurse is Sonic Youth's greatest 00's album. Some people will argue that title goes to Murray Street but they are clearly wrong

The Destroyed Room is really not worth buying unless of course you're a completist like me.