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Dec 4, 2013 - 1:00 AM
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Spymaster
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I'm all for corporate profit and I certainly don't have an issue with the titles - some stunners in there - but a $120 box set, a dozen discs limited to 3000 or less (many, I'm sure, far less than that across Varese and Quartet) and numerous "buy me now!" autograph incentives.... at a time when family is supposed to come first, the postal system is at its slowest and least secure, various "authorities" are on higher alert, etc etc just frustrates a tad. With the exception of a few festive titles, these CDs could have come out any time of the year. Yes, Varese, much of this is aimed at you.
It'll be interesting to add up the total $$ cost of titles released over this 2 week period (and the postage - which is now almost as much as the CD itself!)
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It's only a problem if things are selling out in days rather than months.
As long as things don't sell out you can wait.
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Does anybody really buy EVERY release that is announced?
I love the labels offering as much as possible. I choose what I really want to have and wait for what I might like and leave out what I do not need.
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Does anybody really buy EVERY release that is announced?
I love the labels offering as much as possible. I choose what I really want to have and wait for what I might like and leave out what I do not need.
Agree here. It's an embarrassment of riches, and I have zero problems with it. A number of the releases I don't care for, so the more that are released, the more variety to choose from and likelihood of something released that I really want or have wanted for a very long time. The more releases that come out, the more that sell, the higher variety introduced, the more likely we are all to finally get our hands on that special grail that we have wanted for so long.
The more releases that are unveiled, the higher the numbers, is a sign that the record labels are doing well, they are selling well, the film score market is healthy, and that's great to me because these releases are so important as is the preservation and availability of this treasured film score music we love so much. In these days that the future of film music released in CD format is questionable and more and more releases are digitally available, I celebrate the healthy and abundant schedule of CD releases from these truly amazing and hardworking labels.
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Only those who have grown up in a time where there actually are many labels who release scores can cry foul here.
I was a young score fan when there was only Varese, and most scores were not released at all, some only with one track on an LP with filler pop songs.
I LOVE these times where almost everything is made available.
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It's only a problem if things are selling out in days rather than months.
As long as things don't sell out you can wait.
Exactly this. To put things in perspective, for Black Friday 2012, La La Land released the following titles: Die Hard With a Vengeance, The Untouchables, and Home Alone 2. I forget whether the 15 disc Star Trek: TOS set was part of this batch, but it was also released around this time. Anyway, all of these titles are still available from La La Land and/or your favorite soundtrack retailer. The days of less than 24 hour sell outs are by far the exception and not the norm. We will see what Varese offers on Monday, but I doubt any of those titles will be instant sellouts, except maybe an LP reissue limited to 1,000 copies. And even that isn't a certainty.
Personally, I am glad that there are all of the releases close to the holidays. And I say that as someone who wasn't in a position to buy any of the La La Land releases, or several recent Intrada releases. The cds are out there, and I know that eventually I will be able to get most, if not all, of the releases I want over the course of 2014.
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Dec 4, 2013 - 8:09 AM
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LeHah
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As clarification unasked:
I am in complete agreement with those who have stated that the labels are doing a gold standard job at releases. Ten years ago, we'd be salivating at the mere possibility to have some of these things and now here they are (and after a great deal of labor, no doubt). I cannot thank some of these people enough for the work they have done over the years - and I've thanked some of them by phone and email, which seems the very definition of pittance compared to how much I enjoy some of the albums.
In fact, the above paragraph is its self a pittance, as I do feel strongly enough to write for several more paragraphs but, for right now, let me put that aside for a short apology.
That is to say - I do hope that my earlier statement in this thread wasn't coming off as some backhanded compliment. If we all got what we wanted in life, life would probably be very boring. I certainly would be driving around in an Aston Martin V8 Vantage Volante with Gillian Anderson and Emmy Rossum next to me... Okay, that doesn't sound boring at all, but maybe if I did it too much, it would be?
Ahem, anyway...
To those that say "Keep the releases coming! If you can't afford it, no big deal!" - I half agree with that sentiment. My money woes should not prevent others from buying something they want - I truly loathe those people that crop up like crabgrass to complain that there is nothing they want in a Varese Club announcement, as if labels existed only to appease one bloody f***ing person - but there is a modicum of personal / personal identification frustration involved when something you really wanted for a long while is staring you in the face and you just. can't. afford. it.
I am thankful that the one thing I really wanted from LLL this month was something I could afford - Superman Returns, a really great bit of scoring - and while I wish I could afford the Lethal Weapon box, I was able to afford the Star Trek one last year, so you take the punches when you get hit. You shrug it off as best you can.
However, as the bills mount (especially following the yuletide tradition of seasonal debt) and paychecks shrink, looking for a second job part-time just so you have a little more "kitty in the till" (yes, I am old) makes it feel less like an enjoyable hobby and more like an addiction. An itch that only spending money can scratch. And that doesn't sit well with me for reasons that are nebulous to myself.
Thats just where I'm coming from and is not a blanket statement or larger argument for others to cling to as evidence of their own situations. To those that get what they want, good on you! But if you have a job offer, let me know because I'd like to be amongst your ranks once again.
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Only those who have grown up in a time where there actually are many labels who release scores can cry foul here.
I was a young score fan when there was only Varese, and most scores were not released at all, some only with one track on an LP with filler pop songs.
I LOVE these times where almost everything is made available.
My gripe is not with the quantity ot quality of the releases, its with the timing (see the thread header).. Would the world havecome to a shuddering stop if these titles had come out in... let's say February?
As other have suggested, the LLL titles will be around for a while. But watch out for Quartet and Varese. And the 1000 limited run of the Doctor Who box in Jan!
But the world will not come to a shuddering stop when these titles all come out in December, either.
And you have already stated how to proceed.
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But the world will not come to a shuddering stop when these titles all come out in December, either.
Yes, but why not release a few more during the year and have the LETHAL WEAPON box as the Black Friday release. I want a few of the other LLL releases before the LW box I am not one to have my credit card maxed out to make sure I get everything I want to purchase.
I forgot about the Doctor Who Box, guess that just bumped the LLL's LW box down a few spaces. The Ten Commandments Box set is first.
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