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.