A couple things:
First off, sincere apologies for any problems you've encountered with the store. As you know, we care about the details and this was certainly NOT acceptable (and fucking infuriating on my end, too). Changes are being made and again... we are sorry about this.

Meanwhile, a few answers on other topics.

NTAE was recorded at 24/48 (which is what we currently use for everything for a variety of reasons), hence the highest version
that exists is the same.

The DE versions are at 24/96 because: we re-assembled the records from the original mix sources (some were analog 1/2", some were DAT, some were PT sessions) and our mastering engineer processed them in the analog world and recorded them back to digital at the higher resolution.
Keep in mind the digital downloads of the DE versions are what we are making the vinyl from - they are the vinyl configurations which in some cases differ from the CD.

When a track from Deviations says (Instrumental), that's because at some point that track had vocals on it. Those could be finished, a demo or just an outline.

Get off the internet and engage with live humans (or pets) - it's Xmas eve!