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From:
William L Samuels
To:
Discreet
Cc:
Date:
Tue, 2 Jul 1996 00:56:00 -0700 (MST)
Subject:
Re: (idm) limited editions
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On Tue, 2 Jul 1996, Discreet wrote:
quoted 12 lines I can't speak for Grant at Rephlex, but as a person who runs a label I can> I can't speak for Grant at Rephlex, but as a person who runs a label I can > certainly understand why people release limited editions of records. When > you press up a record the fact is your tying up a good deal of your money. > Obviously this increases with the more records you press. Next you sell to > your distributors on 30 or 60 day terms. Most distributors are well > meaning, but ask any label how prompt most are with payments... Fact is, > your lucky if you see any money back on a release for close to 90 days. If > your a small label this can cripple your release schedule for 3 months if > you do a large run on a release. I personally would rather put out more > releases than just flog one for that long. How about not dissing labels for > this until you've tryed to run your own. As for all the childish fighting > shit going down, I've got better things to do than delete these messages.
That's a good point! I am glad that you mentioned that. I never saw it from that angle before.