AT Date: Mon, 5 Jan 2004 19:07:03 Chris wrote

>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.

The marriage of audio and DVD's as bonus material is the newest line of 
defense for the likes of Future Shop, Best Buy, Blockbuster and a number of 
retailers whose retail business is 60% DVD vs. 40% audio sales. We have not 
been able to get two live CDs into any of these retailers...but they've 
warmed to the idea of carrying them if we amalgamate the DVD and the CD 
portions into a single package.

Jaimie Vernon,
Bullseye

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