From: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org (basia-digest) To: basia-digest@smoe.org Subject: basia-digest V12 #44 Reply-To: basia@smoe.org Sender: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-basia-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "basia-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. basia-digest Wednesday, August 8 2007 Volume 12 : Number 044 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Re: Out of.. print? ["49ersphil@tiscali.co.uk" <49ersphil@tiscali.co.uk>] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 08:11:48 +0100 (GMT+01:00) From: "49ersphil@tiscali.co.uk" <49ersphil@tiscali.co.uk> Subject: Re: Out of.. print? >----Original Message---- >From: 49ersphil@tiscali.co.uk >Date: 06/08/2007 9:27 >To: >Subj: Re: Out of.. print? > >I think that it's part of a wide strategy where record companys and >retailers are seeing the changing trends in the buying of music and are >reacting by giving us what we want/what they want us to want. > >This subject has come up on other groups that I belong to and there is >real concern for the future of the traditional record store. >Supermarkets now sell CD's/DVD's amongst many other thousands of items >in their quest to be a "one stop shop", The consumer has downloads >available to obtain the majority of their wants and such as Amazon, >EBay and other online facilities to get most of their "hard copy" >products. I have heard that the sound quality of downloads have been >criticised in some quarters but my hearing and my audio equipment is >not good enough for me to detect the difference. > >The way the wind seems to be blowing with more traditional buyers is >that they seem to be more excited by deluxe versions of old material >(180 gram vinyl, bonus tracks, CD+DVD double packs, 24-bit remastering, >whatever) and not that many people seem to want to walk into a >dedicated music shop and buy a regular CD anymore. Therefore only >specialists who really know their stuff and can draw in music buffs >seem to be able to cover their costs. > >As we have seen with the Basia contract and promotional problems there >is just no money around these days and the bean-counters have had their >way and our choices are limited as a result. > >I have noticed that TSI fetches virtually nothing on EBay, so I don't >suppose it's worthwhile for most retailers to stock it unless it's >relaunched with the outtakes and promo videos on a CD/DVD remastered >doublepack "Legacy Edition" with miniature LP sleeve artwork :) > > > >>----Original Message---- >>From: marzenie_99@yahoo.com >>Date: 05/08/2007 5:28 >>To: >>Subj: Out of.. print? >> >> >>I'm just not finding the albums in stores anymore. I even went on >Amazon to grab a cover for the site (everything being in storage) and >TSI is not even available directly from Amazon, but from other vendors >only. >>This is all making me wonder if the albums are going out of print. >They are available on download services so this might not matter as >much as it did in the past, but I wonder, you know? >> >>--Leslie O. >> > > > > >__________________________________________________ >Tiscali Broadband only B#7.99 a month for your first 3 months! http: //www.tiscali.co.uk/products/broadband/ ------------------------------ End of basia-digest V12 #44 ***************************