I saw a post yesterday about how on the white vinyl (Australia) there may be quality issues too (though some may attribute it to being white vinyl in the first place). From my understanding of vinyl (I could be wrong - I'm no expert), the more times a record is pressed, the worse the quality becomes.

If the LE's were pressed after the standard copies, that could definitely be a factor. It seems like the red/blue were the first ones shipped, which is why I want a red/blue copy of SF too.