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| From | <nonstoppop@cox.net> |
| Subject | Re: Reissue, repackage, repackage... |
| Date | Mon, 5 Jan 2004 18:55:20 -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!
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