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1189.1 | and another thing.............. | CHEFS::HARRISR | Goosenargh! | Mon Oct 25 1993 14:09 | 4 |
| I also object to having to pay between eight and sixteen pounds for the
privalige of owning a better version of a Cd single.
Rich.
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1189.2 | | JURA::PELAZ::MACFADYEN | Get a load of this | Mon Oct 25 1993 19:10 | 10 |
| I've never heard that CD singles come out in 'better' versions in the US.
Something else to feel resentful about, where true.
I do quite like the CD single format. It costs very little more than a 12"
vinyl single (itself a very satisfactory format) but seems often to offer
more tracks - although five versions of one song is not necessarily better
than one version of one song.
Rod
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1189.3 | no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no no | CHEFS::HARRISR | Goosenargh! | Mon Oct 25 1993 19:32 | 37 |
1189.4 | | WOTVAX::FIDDLERM | Destroying the balance I kept | Mon Oct 25 1993 19:41 | 14 |
| CD singles in the US are not very expensive as I recall, usually around
the 2.99 pounds mark I think. Yes, you do often get different mixes n
longer versions n stuff on import singles. I think I have some KLF
singles with loads of different stuff on. Try looking in the mail
order sections of the Music Press, or get an American pen pal!
Mikef
PS
It seems easy to pick up CD singles cheaply when they have fallen out
of the charts. Shops like Woolies often sell them for 1.99, even Asda
has often had some cheapo goodies! Although I am still looking for the
limited edition of the last New Order single (World), the one in the
cardboard box if anyone has seen it?
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1189.5 | | JURA::PELAZ::MACFADYEN | Get a load of this | Mon Oct 25 1993 19:44 | 6 |
| Re .3: I understood your point perfectly well. I was making a different
point. But maybe I was just importing bad EF-type ratholing practices into
this file.
Rod
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1189.6 | | BREW11::WALLACE_J | | Mon Oct 25 1993 20:57 | 15 |
1189.7 | the next wave.... | GRANMA::FDEADY | everything's fine... just fine.. | Mon Oct 25 1993 22:42 | 10 |
| re. CD-I
I think this means CD-Interactive. With the correct audio equipment
you are able to re-mix the songs. There is a note in either MUSIC or
RADIO_RADIO that talks about the CD-I technology, and someone had seen
Todd Rundgren demonstrate it at a CD shop. I also bought the new TR CD,
I did not care for it initially. However, after playing it several
times I have begun to enjoy it. I do think they should change the CD's
title to "Rundgren Raps" ;^)
fred deady
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1189.8 | Serious bit, followed by a cheapshot | BOOZER::RANKINE | | Tue Oct 26 1993 03:11 | 14 |
| I read that one of the reasons for US CD singles having more tracks on
them is that the US culture of music buying is more 'album' based. The
enticement of extra tracks is to try to encourage more purchases of
singles. Also there is restriction in the UK that in order to be
called a 'single' the Cd must not contain more than 4 tracks. Some
artists get round this by including non-named tracks, or by merging 2
tracks together, so that they appear as 1.
IMHO I would have thought that less tracks of George Michael and Lisa
stansfield would have been a BONUS :-) :-)...but I need to put this in,
otherwise people would think that Im capable of writing a serious note
!!
Paul
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1189.10 | I blame the teapersons (PC header) | BREW11::RANKINE | | Wed Oct 27 1993 21:36 | 8 |
| Well so much for the party political broadcasts, and back to the base
topic.....
re -1 I read that whatever George Michael earnt from a sale, Sony made
SIX TIMES that amount, not the 3 times in previous note... nice
business to be in, eh ?
Paul
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1189.11 | And it follows that....... | CHEFS::HARRISR | Goosenargh! | Thu Oct 28 1993 12:01 | 12 |
1189.12 | printf("Hi Rich"); | IOSG::GILESL | | Thu Oct 28 1993 15:39 | 17 |
| From the legality point of view I would have thought that they can
charge what they want, it's just they wont charge too much because you
the consumer will not buy it. I belive this is called Supply and
Demand, but being a techy I dont know too much about business.
They have been lobbying in the UK to lower CD prices, but the record
compaies are laughing cos people are still buying them, they may feel
that they are getting a raw deal, but if you think it's such a raw deal
then you are not going to buy it really are you....
I reckon that if people in the UK are going to get a cut in CD prices,
they ought to stop buying them....
Linsey
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1189.13 | | COMICS::WEGG | Some hard boiled eggs and some nuts. | Fri Oct 29 1993 11:50 | 24 |
1189.14 | Nice try, wrong format | CHEFS::HARRISR | Goosenargh! | Fri Oct 29 1993 12:01 | 5 |
1189.15 | They'll rip you off..if you let them | BREW11::RANKINE | | Fri Oct 29 1993 18:03 | 18 |
1189.16 | Yup | IOSG::GILESL | | Fri Oct 29 1993 18:44 | 6 |
| In answer to .-1 anyone know anywhere cheap to by CD's in Reading then
?
Linsey
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1189.17 | Green River? | FORTY2::ASH | Mail Interchange Group, Reading | Mon Nov 01 1993 17:55 | 5 |
| The ONLY independent CD stockist in Reading (centre, anyway) is in the Bristol
& West Arcade - Green River it's called, I think. Not sure about prices, but I
know Trev Warwick used to shop there, so they won't be high!!
grahame
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1189.18 | CD singles in the US | WECROW::HILL | In casual pursuit of serenity. | Mon Nov 15 1993 17:26 | 17 |
| Well, having read this note I thought I might have hit on a unique idea
for christmas gifts for my nieces back in the UK. So, I've been checking out
CD stores looking for bargain CD's with more that four tracks. It seems that
not all stores stack CD singles and those that do stock a wider selection of
cassette singles. The prices seem to vary from $5.49 to $6.99 and most only
have two or three tracks listed. $6.99 in MA meands $6.99 plus 5% tax so that's
$7.34. The exchange rate has been somewhere in the region of $1.50 recently so
that works out to about 4.89 pounds.
The packaging seems to vary too from the basic 2 track CD in a cardbord sleeve to
the more expensive CD's in a proper plastic CD case.
The CD club I use for most of my purchases are real cheap. I think they
manufacture the CD's under license and they never seem to have the newer stuff,
but as I'm mostly buying the stuff from my youth I guess it doesn't matter.
It's difficult to see how much I pay because the offers are different each month
but it works out cheaper that the store specials.
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