Mr. Tangent wrote:
quoted 2 lines <snip> did the Pole domestic cd ever come out on Matador? Any bonus
> <snip> did the Pole domestic cd ever come out on Matador? Any bonus
> tracks or differences?
The release of the Pole 2 illustrates the difference between release dates on
majors and bigger independents and smaller independents. The Pole 2 was
supposed
to come out on Matador and Kiff SM on February 23, but it was released
instead in early February (without any notification of "we've changed the date
to ..."). This happens quite often (pushing dates ahead) in the bigger
independent
world; the sly and robbie was also supposed to come out on feb 23; instead was
released on jan 12! i've seen it often enough to disbelieve release dates when
they're written
down by the label (big or small independent) on an advance promo. take a
smaller
independent, though, and
their release dates get pushed back and back (usually because they don't have
the
same amount of $ to play with). the john tejada, for example, was pressed and
ready
to be released in october, then november, then november, etc. it came out just
a week
ago commercially (ie. mid february). A 13 is a smaller independent, unlike the
Matadors
and the Palm Pictures. strange thing is, major labels are very strict
about their release dates and don't move them unless they make a big deal about
it.
try to go to a store on the day of release for a major label "product" and
you'll be
told "ah, we can't sell it till twelve noon or we get in trouble" cos they're
not allowed
violating the streetdate. yes, they get the records before streetdate, but
they're not allowed
to sell em. independents have more fluid release dates. you'll often see
commercial copies
in the stores before streetdate (sorry for all this Billboardish talk :))
so there's 3 different levels on release dates between the majors,
the large independents, and the smaller independents. pole 2 is same on both
matador
and kiff sm, to answer the question less longwindedly. andrew :)
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