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| From | Christopher <plattc@optonline.net> |
| Subject | Re: Reissue, repackage, repackage... |
| Date | Mon, 5 Jan 2004 19:07:03 -0500 |
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> > Yep, she did. As I understand it, the booklet concept of the new
> > packaging was how she'd wanted to do it originally, but didn't have
> > the budget for it. Once she was able to do it, she decided
> to make it
> > worth buying again for the die-hard fans (which she must
> have realized
> > would be the only takers anyway) by adding the bonus CD of live
> > material and b-sides. Maybe not the nicest gesture to those who
> > bought the original, but at least there was a thought to
> the fans in
> > putting together the content of the end product.
>
> Maybe it's just because I'm a cynic, but, while I find it
> very easy to believe that Aimee Mann is reissuing her CD for
> all the right reasons, I find it very HARD to believe that
> Columbia reissued the Thorns CD because they felt like they
> really ought to have included that bonus disc of acoustic
> versions all along. If that was the case, then they
> should've done what Elektra did with the Cure's most recent
> best-of: release it from the get-go as a limited edition
> 2-disc set with a second disc of acoustic versions of all the
> songs. That's all I'm asking, really: give the fans a
> reason to buy the album right off the bat. Don't try to
> figure out a way to make them buy it a second time...at least
> not quite so quickly after its initial release. I'm resigned
> to buying reissues 5 years down the line with B-sides tacked
> onto an album...but not 5 MONTHS later!
>
I completely agree. Crappy and exploitive behavior by a major. That
said, I do seem to notice bonus material getting packaged up-front a lot
more, though. F'rinstance, Josh Rouse's newest had a DVD bonus from the
very beginning, Old 97s "Satellite Rides" had a limited bonus from its
initial release, and if I were following good essay form, I'd come up
with a third example too, but my brain is fried from a long long day.
C
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