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Maybe because when Logan's Run came out, people weren't frenzied by this "hurry-hurry" mania to snap things up before they're sold out. Or maybe because Airplane is actually more popular? Who knows. Cheers
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AIRPLANE (3000 units) sold out in a matter of days and as much as I love what Elmer did there, I don't really think of it on the same level as LOGAN'S RUN....I mean really....really? Different taste's, who can really say. Perhaps with Airplane being a Paramount title there was a mad rush to buy to prove to Paramount that there was a market for other Paramount treasure's... Not to mention the ebayers who would have bought numerous copies to sell as 'Rare Paramount release's' once the title had sold out...
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When FSM's LOGAN'S RUN came out, there wasn't this deluge of speculators snatching up CDs strictly for resale on E-Bay. We just did not have the fast sell-outs back then that we experience today. When did this trend take off exactly? I noticed it more myself around 1-2 months into Intrada's fornightly releases...
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Jun 10, 2009 - 7:25 AM
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soop.broth
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The Logan's Run issue has perplexed many of us on this board for years. The quick sellout of Baby, The Lost Legend (also a Goldsmith 3,000 pressing release) adds to the confusion. It is far inferior to Logan's Run (imo). I'm also constantly puzzled about the lack of a sellout for The Time Machine. FSM's CD is a knockout... the sound, the presentation, the restoration, the booklet... it is simply perfect. And the score, of course, is a magnificent and imaginative classic score. But what REALLY freaks me out is that FSM's Captain Nemo And The Underwater City, which is only 1,500 copies, still hasn't sold out. It seems like almost any piece of garbage Varese or Intrada put out at this number will sell out in 48 hours. But Angela Morley's score is off-the-charts beautiful and engaging. (disclaimer: Varese and Intrada very rarely release "garbage"). I just can't figure out why people buy what they buy sometimes.
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I think the answer is obvious. Most of the Logan's Run score has been available on all formats over the years and Airplane only once with dialogue and sound effects. Nuff said.
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Also Intrada's three Amazing Stories albums are still around after three years? Yeah, they're thirty bucks apiece, but you often hear of FSMer talking about the three or four albums they ordered at once, not it's not entirely a financial issue. I don't think Jerry is as big a draw as other composers personally, although I will buy the majority of Goldsmith limited stuff but much less of other composers myself. As for those Amazing Stories CDs, I have only given each of them a single spin.
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As someone else has stated, Logan's Run had been widely available on two prior occasions - first from us on Bay Cities, and then from Chapter Three. And 3000 is a lot of units. It is the rare 3000 unit title that sells out quickly and a good many of those 3000 are going to dealers all over the country. And even two years ago this frenzy was not like it is now and ONLY involved the 1000 unit Varese and Intrada titles back then - no other label sold out in a day or two and frankly neither did Varese or Intrada up until that time. It was always three or four or five days. But I think things may be changing - with our last two releases, Tom Jones and God's Little Acre, we sold out very quickly at Kritzerland, but frankly we didn't have that many to sell - but I notice that SAE still has some God's Little Acre, and it took them a week to sell out of Tom Jones. A week is nice - gives everyone a chance to get it without feeling all hurried and crazed. I'm sure SAE doesn't mind having the title for a week and they do eventually sell out of it. The 3000 units are something else, which is why, despite the dire predictions of a quick sellout for In Harm's Way, it hasn't happened.
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