From AudioPig Sent Mon, Jul 13th 1998, 18:48
From AudioPig Sent Mon, Jul 13th 1998, 18:48
---------- > From: pj <xxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx> > To: xxx@xxxxxxxxx.xxx > Subject: (idm) Re: autechre import ban > Date: Monday, July 13, 1998 12:11 PM > > this is how the ban works: > > warp says "we wont sell these direct to you" so all u.s. distributors are shut out > going directly through warp as they usually do. > > they are then sent to other uk distributors who can be persuaded to ship > stateside. > i had heard that nothing was interested in "doing something for the indie shops". i > guess that means bringing in import copies and selling direct to the mom and > pop's. if nothing REALLY wanted to do something for the underground public they > would have released the autechre album at the same time as the u.k. they need to > have more consideration for the fan base that really cares and who put autechre > on the map in the first place. i think they are just waiting to add a couple of > tracks to the release and sell it as a 2 cd set (note: if this has been postulated before, i apologize. been off the list for a few days) <paranoia fuelled> the conspiracy theory: Warp and Nothing impose this "import ban" in order to sell two copies of the same cd to Ae fans. that is, word is spread about this ban all over the idm list and elsewhere, cd's "leak through" to stateside distributors anyway, folks "in the know" snatch up copies (for approx $20 u.s.) as soon as possible because they heard it's hard to get here and that no stateside issue is forthcoming. then, unexpectedly (sooner or later), Nothing puts out their own version with a couple bonus tracks not available elsewhere and, well, rabid fans get to pay another $13 for the same cd with extra stuff. sigh. end result: $35 laid down for one album. rumours can sometimes be dangerous to the wallet. this "import ban" thing, regardless if it's fully based in fact, may just be a good advertising/p.r. job thought up by the "reasonable people" at warp n' nothing. </paranoia fuelled> certainly there have been plenty of instances where cd's eventually got repressed in the u.s. with extra tracks ("drum n' bass for papa" comes to mind), but they didn't involve any sort of ban zanyness. and this doesn't really involve the 2Xlp pressing, for i doubt that Nothing is going to press any vinyl. thoughts? audiopig