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| From | "Michael Bennett" <mrhonorama@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: I love Elvis, but enough... |
| Date | Wed, 02 Aug 2006 23:29:22 -0500 |
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Bryan --
I know that you've written about this before, and from the (new) label's
perspective, it's obvious why they'd want to put out something different
than the prior label. But if the artist owns the masters, he might want to
think about charging his fans once, twice, three times, etc. for the same
product with a few more extras each time. I think this is simply asking too
much. Because the one point on which I will disagree with you on is that
multiple reissues, each adding more material, is not for the fans. It's
only to charge them for their loyalty, in a not very honorable manner.
Mike Bennett
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>From: "Bryan" <munki100@pacbell.net>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: <audities@smoe.org>
>Subject: Re: I love Elvis, but enough...
>Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 20:05:25 -0700
>
>>I know, shut up and just don't buy. I don't. But as long as people
>>do, they will continue to do this. Continue to treat the customer with
>>disrespect, and they will return the favor.
>
>Okay, more anger....let me ask you this....pretend you're either
>a record label who has the chance to issue Elvis Costello's
>catalog ...would you want to make sure you're doing something
>that hasn't been done before, i.e. more unreleased stuff, better
>packaging, etc., or would you just release the same 12-track
>album that first came out on CD in the 80's?
>
>Or let's pretend you're Elvis Costello -- you own your masters,
>you want them to stay in print, you want to keep getting a better
>royalty rate, etc. What would you do? Only give the labels the
>same 12-tracks to keep the album in print and only make the
>bonus stuff available online to Apple iTunes? (for instance)....
>Or would you try to keep your fans happy by giving them more
>stuff...the tracks will get out eventually, illegal downloads or via
>friends sharing the CDs or whatever...
>
>Ok, so you're a fan -- why not burn the tracks from the Rhino
>reissues and trade those in at your favorite store (or sell them
>here like Rick Bilious does) and buy the new ones? Or keep the ones you
>have and get the added bonus material (if they
>even make bonus tracks available on the Universal titles) from
>your friends, or d/l them from Kazaa or someone....?
>
>I feel your pain -- but seriously, it's something labels and artists
>have to think about.
>
>Bryan
>
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