On Thu, 7 Nov 1996 10:33:52 -0600 (CST), you wrote:
quoted 7 lines On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, g3 wrote:>On Thu, 7 Nov 1996, g3 wrote:
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>> This is bollocks. We don't export Aphex directly to the US in *any*
>> case.
>
>Yet they get here, via American distributors buying them from UK
>distributors.
There is nothing we can do about that, short of not selling any in our
territory.
quoted 2 lines Sire/Warner, for a heartless conglomerate, should be commended for sticking>Sire/Warner, for a heartless conglomerate, should be commended for sticking
>with Aphex Twin.
Absolutely. I am not criticising Sire/Warner in the slightest, I think
it's pretty amazing that they have done what they have done. They are
really getting behind the latest album.
quoted 2 lines As far as I know the US releases of SAW and I Care basically>As far as I know the US releases of SAW and I Care basically
>tanked,
Compared to Madonna yeah, but for a 'techno' artist they sold well.
quoted 2 lines You heard it here first (or maybe not) -- the next AFX record on Sire>You heard it here first (or maybe not) -- the next AFX record on Sire
>is going to sell more than the rest of his US releases combined.
I really hope it does. because at the moment the USA (relatively) is a
complete void for us at the moment. Very, very few (major) record
companies in the USA have the guts to put out anything that doesn't
have vocals, guitars and pop personalities.
That's just the way the US music industry works apparently.
g.