From Kiya Babzani Sent Mon, Jul 13th 1998, 17:20
From Kiya Babzani Sent Mon, Jul 13th 1998, 17:20
> > the import ban is NOT holding up well, two of the distributors i get
> > weekly
> > fax sheets from out of the five have the new autechre album listed on
> > cd
> > and vinyl, and i called them and they knew nothing about the import
> > ban,
> > and they said "too late, we already have it, it's not like im sending
> > them
> > back"
> > so ha ha ha, to trent reznor.
> >
> Erm... isn't the whole point of having a domestic release is that it
> will be priced 'normally' and so will reach a wider audience? If you
> lot go and buy the import maybe they'll not bother in the future and
> you'll be forever paying ridiculous import prices. Why don't they just
> release it simultaneously?
the prices aren't as ridiculous as you say. let's take a example.
most electronic music that was later released domestically, like plug's
drum n bass for papa, which was later released by nothing records. if you
go into a music store dnb for papa is selling for about 15.99, or 14.99.
look at the other domestic (US) electronic music release prices, they're
about the same, 16 or 15 dollars, it's sort of rare to find electronic
music on sale anywhere.
then look at the price of the new autechre album for instance, the import:
straight from modernmusic:
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AUTECHRE:lp5:CD: $19.99
AUTECHRE:lp5:VINYL: $18.99
it will be here on wednesday. i was very unsure how many to get, so if you
let me know asap i can be sure that eveyone who wants one, gets one
it is in fact export banned, but where there is a will....
the cd will be out domestic at an unspecified date and the lp is not slated
for domestic release
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there you go
20 dollars for the cd and 19 for the vinyl, which isn't even going to be
released in the US. a four dollar difference for the cd. i think i speak
for most autechre fans when i say that 4 (3 if you're getting the vinyl)
dollars isn't a huge amount if you're going to end up getting the release
months before the domestic.
that's my only point. import prices have dropped due to music stores like
modernmusic, bent crayon, and many others ordering so many damn copies of
everything. now if nothing records was planning on releasing it the same
week then it'd be a different story.
-kiya
i am a copier.
we are not all copiers.