A lot of times it's done in countries that get killed by imports. For
example in Japan their economy is such that a US import version of a CD
actually sells for less then the Japanese domestic version which is why you
always see things released there early and with extra tracks.
Jeff
on 8/13/02 7:29 PM, Oneaphex@aol.com at Oneaphex@aol.com wrote:
quoted 11 lines this is prolly a stupid question...
>
> this is prolly a stupid question...
> why do artists/labels release their albums with additional tracks in other
> countries so we have to pay 10 extra bucks to get 2 songs? is this just a
> money making trick?
>
> kaiser
>
> np: console "console yourself" (are there any other artist that make stuff
> like this?)
>