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For about the 9,000th time, film music labels don't get download rights. Is there something you're not understanding about that? IF Stylotone is actually negotiating download rights, then perhaps that is why they need to charge this much money - IF. I know, but Stylotone does it. And it's a regular price for a double LP cut at 45rpm. They do it, and how they do it you do not know. That's the pretty simple answer. Again, I ask you why you cheerlead a label and don't buy the product you're cheerleading. Tell everyone why you haven't purchased one Stylotone issue, all of which have these downloads you so clearly admire but don't partake of.
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I doubt they have a license to sell any download versions. More likely the download versions are technically provided for free when buying the LP packages. If they had a license to sell the downloads, I assume we'd be able to buy them right now for any titles that are sold out in LP/CD form. Yes! Of course. That simple point was eluding me, but there it is. Not licensing for downloads. That said, I wonder how say MGM would react if, say, Quartet offered a free hi-rez download with a CD purchase? A download that could be shared a million times with a million people. The details are what we don't know - we don't know anything about how these are being done, although I do know that Khartoum had to go through MGM.
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There is absolutely no reason why they couldn't have some kind of tiered setup, where one could purchase the LP or CD only. There is one very obvious reason: It might make them less money. I mean, once the mastering is done, and the licensing, and all that, with this set they can charge roughly two-and-a-half times what they would likely charge for the one or the other, likely at only marginally higher manufacturing costs. Now you might say "But they would sell more copies to make up for it," and maybe they would and maybe they wouldn't. They don't know, I don't know, you don't know. All they're doing is guessing and hoping. So could you say it was a mercenary decision? Sure. But if they have the rights, they run the risk, they can do as they choose. It may ultimately be a smart financial decision, or a foolish one, but it isn't inexplicable. Everything you say rings true. But let's not lose sight of the other obvious point I was trying to make, which is that their decision to package the releases this way is a bit of a "fuck you" to their customer base, that base reasonably consisting of many members of this board. I understand that you like to play the role of devil's advocate many times, Schiffy, but don't you find it hard to defend them? Were any of us, including you, in the position to make a decision on how this release was packaged and sold, do you think we would make the same choice they did?
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Say what you will about Stylotone's business model. But the deluxe edition of Khartoum and the deluxe yellow vinyl edition of Twisted Nerve sold out. -------------------------------------------------- I can say this about the sellout - you can still get it from Amazon UK easily. So, not really. And Khartoum is even easier to get. Really? Amazon.UK has one copy of Khartoum available -- at £90.98. Funny that - two weeks ago there were about ten copies available, all much cheaper. Perhaps Stylotone bought them back.
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Feb 15, 2019 - 12:52 AM
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They do it, and how they do it you do not know. That's the pretty simple answer. Again, I ask you why you cheerlead a label and don't buy the product you're cheerleading. Tell everyone why you haven't purchased one Stylotone issue, all of which have these downloads you so clearly admire but don't partake of. I already replied. I'll have a 24-bit DAC soon. Over the years, I have owned thousands of CDs, sometimes many times for the same recording to have the better one for scores I really like. And the 24-bit format is simply the best. So yes, when a label offers it, it's great. I'm not sure I'll own Marnie though, because it's not my favourite Herrmann (I rarely play the Varèse recording). Khartoum doesn't interest me at all, and barely Twisted Nerve.
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Say what you will about Stylotone's business model. But the deluxe edition of Khartoum and the deluxe yellow vinyl edition of Twisted Nerve sold out. -------------------------------------------------- I can say this about the sellout - you can still get it from Amazon UK easily. So, not really. And Khartoum is even easier to get. Really? Amazon.UK has one copy of Khartoum available -- at £90.98. Funny that - two weeks ago there were about ten copies available, all much cheaper. Perhaps Stylotone bought them back. Khartoum, Twisted Nerve (yellow and black versions) are all available on Stylotone's website. Tell Bob DiMucci As I said, Bob, easy to find. Cat got your tongue?
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As of about twenty years ago Universal had half-inch 4-track with the three-channel music of both "MARNIE" and "TORN CURTAIN" in their inventory, no reason to think they are not still there. Now if Stylotone included a three-channel SACD or download, I would purchase.
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