Well, you could just not buy them. If I counted the number of times I've bought Elton John reissues over the years, my right hand would have more than five fingers.

It never surprises me that record companies re-re-re-re-issue the same material over and over again. Sometimes I bite, others, not so much. Like you, I think this might amount to a good measure of overkill, but there might be fans who never bought the Ryko or Rhino reissues.

Let the marketplace set the path, and let the marketplace beware...
---- Christopher Kouzes <Christopher.Kouzes@btol.com> wrote: 
> I just saw this on Billboard. C'mon...what is this, the 4th time they've
> been made available? Even the money grubber Gene Simmons hasn't made his
> fans re-buy all the old Kiss records like this (though you've got to
> imagine he's jealous as hell of Costello semi-successfully pulling it
> off):
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> <<Universal Music Enterprises has acquired 11 albums from Elvis
> Costello's early catalog, with plans to re-release the artist's material
> via reissues, deluxe editions, compilations and box sets. 
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> The albums acquired begin with Costello's 1977 debut, "My Aim Is True,"
> and continue through "This Year's Model" (1978), "Armed Forces" (1979),
> "Get Happy!!" (1980), "Almost Blue" (1981), "Trust" (1981), "Imperial
> Bedroom" (1982), "Punch the Clock" (1983), "Goodbye Cruel World" (1986),
> "King of America" (1986) and "Blood and Chocolate" (1986).
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> Although these albums have already been reissued in expanded form by
> Rykodisc as well as Rhino, UME promises its new versions will be the
> "definitive reissues." The company also plans to produce limited edition
> releases for its Hip-O Select imprint, DVDs of videos and concerts and
> usher Costello's music into new formats such as ringtones.
> 
> "A Pekingese in a tuxedo could sell you 'My Aim Is True,' you know,"
> Costello told Billboard in May 2001, when the Rhino reissue campaign
> launched. "When you've got a record that maybe didn't reach its audience
> in its time, you have to use a bit of imagination in the way that you
> present it, to make it seem as if it might be worth investigating
> now.">>
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