Like "March", "Free For All" has been OOP since its original release and has
never been reissued. Its good to have "March" back in print, but I'd rather
have any outakes, live trax, non-album sides, remixes, etc.

I still see copies of "Free For All" at dollar stores and used CD bins. I
guess
BMG thought it was going to be as big a seller as "March" and pressed up more
copies than it sold. It was released right when dammed grunge hit and got
buried.


Billy


At 10:57 PM 8/21/2004 -0700, you wrote:
>I recently bought (from Columbia House) the remastered version of March by
>Michael Penn.  It contains bonus tracks from Free for All, which was the
CD he
>released after March.  In fact, it has all of Free for All but one track (or
>maybe two).
>
>My question is, why would the record company do this?  Wouldn't that
>cannibalize sales of Free for All?
>
>Bill Weitze
>
>NP:  Meat Puppets II
>  
Billy G. Spradlin
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