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Many will enter, but few will win a chance to purchase the sixth-- and, indeed, final-- installment in Jay Reatard's Matador 7" series, which will be available for preorder today (September 16) at 3 p.m. EDT. The disc, which pairs "No Time" with B-side "You Were Sleeping" (as expected), will appear in a quantity not likely to last through 3:02, so you'll want to get yourself good and prepared.

Right at 3:00, an email address will appear at preorder.matadorrecords.com, to which you'll want to send an email with "Jay Reatard" as the subject line. Matador notes that you'll want to register with the label's online store first, and make sure to send that "Jay Reatard" email from the address connected to your account. If you're one of the very lucky few who will actually snag the record, Matador will email you within the hour with further instructions, and you can spend the rest of the afternoon bragging about it on your Tumblr or whatever.

Of course, whether you win or lose, both those jams and more will appear on Matador Singles '08, an overview of the whole series due out October 6 in the UK and the next day in North America. As for Jay's next move, he's currently crafting the follow-up to 2006's Blood Visions that he spoke with Pitchfork's Nitsuh Abebe about in that recent Pitchfork.tv interview, and he'll hit the road hard this fall on a ton of dates around North America and the UK/Ireland.

Jay:

09-25 Memphis, TN - New Daisy Theater *
10-11 Columbia, MO - Mojo's
10-12 Chicago, IL - Congress Theatre (Riot Fest)
10-12 Chicago, IL - Double Door (Riot Fest afterparty)
10-14 Fort Wayne, IN - Brass Rail
10-15 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
10-16 Toronto, Ontario - Sneaky Dee's
10-17 Ottawa, Ontario - Babylon
10-18 Montreal, Quebec - Cabaret Music Hall
10-19 Quebec City, Quebec - Le Cercle
10-21 Halifax, Nova Scotia - Halifax Pop Explosion
10-22 Cambridge, MA - Middle East (Upstairs)
10-23 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's (CMJ)
10-26 New York, NY - Santos Party House
10-27 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
10-28 Washington, DC - Black Cat
10-29 Charlottesville, WA - Outback Lounge
10-30 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506
10-31 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse #
11-01 Atlanta, GA - Lenny's
11-16 Dublin, Ireland - Green Synergy Festival
11-18 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowlands 2
11-19 Manchester, England - Deaf Institute
11-20 Leeds, England - The Faversham
11-21 Liverpool, England - Korova
11-22 Nottingham, England - Bodega
11-23 Bristol, England - The Cooler
11-24 London, England - Old Blue Last
11-26 London, England - The Belvedere
11-27 London, England - Banquet Records (in-store)
11-28 Brighton, England - Engine Rooms

* with the Black Keys
# with Deerhunter, Pylon, Times New Viking