At 13-3-00 -0500 12:30, you wrote:
quoted 31 lines In a message dated 3/13/00 5:21:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, cim_@hotmail.com>In a message dated 3/13/00 5:21:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, cim_@hotmail.com
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> * Most of the artists concerned just aren't interested in re-visiting areas
> they've already explored, both in terms of writing new material in that
> style or releasing/re-releasing older tracks. If they did it, it would
> probably only be if they were tempted with large amounts of money, which
> would be unlikely to be made back purely from re-issues.
>
> * Despite what you might say, the overall demand for it is NOT high, it is
> not a lucrative thing to do. There might be quite a few IDM kids who would
> buy it (lets guess a few hundred?) but there needs to be enough
> non-hardcore
> fans (these are the people who buy the bulk of a release) to buy it and
> make
> it worthwhile re-pressing. >>
>
>Those are two of the saddest reasons I've ever heard
>not to reissue anything. CiM, I think you and I had this
>discussion before, and I brought up Underground Resistance
>and the other Detroit labels who keep everything in print.
>It shouldn't have anything to do with money, it should have
>to do with great music, and whether or not 5,000 people
>want to buy it: that's why we have pressing sizes. It's also
>not like the artists have a lot to do with the record. Just
>ask them for their permission to put it out, bang, that's that.
>If the Detroit labels hadn't kept things in print, think how
>many people out there would have never heard stuff on
>Transmat, Metroplex, UR, etc. etc. This self-nullifying
>Kafka-esque notion of letting work disappear is ridiculous.
i agree somewhat with matt on this one.
money couldn't be an issue for repressings, as you can do a re-press of 500
copies or some - drop them at a distributor and probably they will sell.
a label has nothing to be happy about with hand-to-hand auction prices,
although maybe it could work out fine on image building (hence markant or
mask).
don't know what reasons could be - but most of all we can't force labels,
artists whatever to do so, to do what we like. if someone put a record in
100 copies like mask, it's their choice and of course you can find it
pretty dissappointing and all that, but i think we should respect that
all i can say is that lots of stuff pops up now and then, and that you
shouldn't pay to ridiculous prices (although again, you also should decide
for yourself of course..) - last saturday i heard rumours about a repress
of the old black dog things, as one four pack. - maybe someone just made a
joke.. .
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