At Date: Fri, 6 Aug 2004 12:32:42 Ralph wrote:

>BMG Germany Introduces No-frills and Deluxe Versions of CDs
>
>BMG Germany will begin selling CDs in three different versions: basic, 
>regular and deluxe. The basic version will include only minimum information 
>about the artist and the CD printed on the CD itself, similar to home-made 
>CDs, and will be priced at ¤9.99. There will be no artwork or lyrics. The 
>regular version, at ¤12.99, will include cover art and lyrics, while the 
>deluxe version will contain bonus content such as DVD. It will retail for 
>¤17.99. Front-line CDs are normally priced at around ¤19.99.

So...let's see if we have this straight:

$9.99 gets you crap music with no artwork.
$12.99 gets you crap music with artwork and lyrics to crap songs
$17.99 gets you crap music, artwork, lyrics to crap songs and a DVD filmed 
portion of how the crap was made.

That should turn the music biz around.

Jaimie Vernon,
Sig 1: "It isn't that people have stopped buying music, it's that people 
have stopped buying CRAP!"
Sig 2: "Radio killed the radio star"