On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, AeOtaku@aol.com wrote:
quoted 13 lines * Despite what you might say, the overall demand for it is NOT high, it is> * 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
I think the point Simon is alluding to here is the parochial tendencies
of this list. Yes, you have people posting that they'd buy reissues of
whatever, but in reality you're only talking about a couple of hundred
people at best. More of a question of not wanting to lose money, than
seeking to make lots of money.
quoted 7 lines not like the artists have a lot to do with the record. Just> 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.
>
On one of the other occasions when this topic has appeared, the
impossibility of obtaining all the Art/Music/etc. you want was pointed
out. If labels can keep all their releases in print then good for them,
but that doesn't mean that labels who can't or won't should
(necessarily) be condemned.
Adam
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