At 11:04 AM 11/17/2003 -0800, ronald and karen sanchez wrote:
>Well as Amoeba is full of promos and such, it might not necessarily be cut
>outs you are seeing. Last time I was in Cali, I seem to remember seeing
>loads of promos at Amoeba for albums that hadn't even come out yet!! This
>is great for the consumer, but not so good for the artist, who paid for
>these! Weren't they meant to go to media and radio?

I swear that some labels that have gone under have done so because they
flooded the market with promos.  I don't think I ever paid full price for
an album on either Zero Hour or Big Deal: why bother when you can get a
promo for $1.95 a month before the album even hits the shops?

The last time I was in the dollar room at Nuggets in Kenmore Square, it was
*still* loaded down with promo copies of Big Deal releases in white
cardboard sleeves.  When one of dozens of used record stores in Boston has
at least six promo copies of one of your releases, it's proof that you're
sending out way too many promos.

S

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