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If FSM prints the last 500 copies, there's no hurry anymore. The people that have waited 2-3 years to buy this, suddenly upset that they missed out, would STILL wait.
They may, or they may have been prompted by this to take the plunge. But either way, a lot of the people who've posted here about missing out WILL get it eventually.
Yavar
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Couldn't just 100 be pressed? I've seen in these reports from Lukas how they will press odd numbers of like 2300 of a 3000 title so just because they could do 500 more, couldn't they decide to do just a part of that, a little at a time in relation to demand?
I ordered this on day one, so it doesn't matter to me, but I think some clarification on this would be helpful.
If FSM where to press just 100 more, who would be first in line? The speculators! And then we will have pleas to press 100 more! What will happen is, in 5-6 months Kritzerland will start re-issuing these individually, you know it is going to happen, since so many people are saying they missed out on it.
I did not buy this when it first came out, but I did get at the end of last year and I still have not opened it. Too many other titles jumped in front of this. I will get to it some day.
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You know whose fault it was that I missed out on this? Mine. So I won't ask FSM to do anything differently. If I find a copy for a more affordable price, great: if I don't, well, I'll live.
Right now there are many on this Forum who underestimate FSM's latest project, but once some people have received their copies and reported their views on the new 5CD BEN-HUR, sales for the set may accelerate in a way similar to the recent Treasury sales.
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Poor Lukas. He doesn't deserve any of this criticism.
Of all the entrepreneurs in the soundtrack business I think he was the most patient and took the most risks since his first FSM album in 1998, putting out a reasonable 3000 copies per release, with often 20 releases a year, more often than not with little prospect of a quick return. Most of these releases sat there, month after month, year after year, but being a soundtrack lover himself, Lukas did this primarily for soundtrack lovers like you and me. He set the benchmark for great production values and well-researched and informative booklets with complete track-by-track liner notes.
When other soundtrack retailers started to cut their runs to 2000 copies or 1000 copies in order to make a faster return, Lukas struggled to maintain his 3000 run for the longest time, but even he was finally forced to cut his losses and reduce quantities. Yes, if a certain release was doing well, he pressed more than he had originally agreed to, but that revenue went to subsidize other new releases that he knew some collectors still sought as well as to compensate for other releases that were underselling.
Inevitably some collectors have turned on him and blamed him for their own poorly thought-out purchasing habits... and yes, for their acquired sense of entitlement.
A few more runs around the spina and the chariot race is over for Lukas at FSM. He will have completed the race, perhaps somewhat bruised, but with his wits and integrity intact. He has fought the good fight at the service of all those who appreciate his efforts and consider his achievements a victory.
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Absolutely Mr Komar
Poor Lukas indeed... all he's done is gone and produced hundreds of best quality and/or definitive editions of great soundtracks to film music fans that the big-suits in the big studios wouldn't have. I can't imagine how he must feel. I mean, how DARE he? If only there was an Oscar for this...
This set clearly had a lot of time and effort (and money) thrown at it by several individuals and the result was a set retailed at a not unreasonable price (given the number of discs). Perhaps it might have been split but then maybe some of the individual CDs might not have sold so well... or may not even have been pressed at all. I know times are tough and some genuine fans are resentful of the so-called "speculators" with eBay accounts, but the set has been available for a period measured in years.
Mine is on it's way (to the UK) and I got it by sheer chance and fortunate timing on Feb 22. How? Well, "Land of the Pharaohs" was recently on TV here and I watched it, recalling that some preferred Tiomkin's score of that film to the Hermann/Newman masterpiece (which makes the otherwise bland "The Egyptian" such essential viewing). Well that being the first FSM title I bought (elsewhere), I Googled for LotP and was directed here... Well of course I couldn't help but notice the then yet-to-be-released "Ben-Hur" set. Therein was a link to this Treasury set and I had to have a look, and then went over to the SAE site.
I kept thinking of reasons not to buy given the price, but continued to look around the FSM site. Now I'm probably going to annoy someone by admitting that in my panic AFTER I'd seen the blog where it was officially stated that stock was down to the low 50s, I misread and misunderstood the notes on "King of Kings" (one of my favourites since I was a kid). For some reason I thought that it was saying the box ALSO contained the "Rhino" OST version which I don't have, and this was the final reason to order, less than a day since I knew of the box's existence, and I'd never even heard of "The Power"! Then after my order confirmation I looked again the following day (I had saved the page link) and it was GONE... and I panicked again, until I received my shipping confirmation!
Well I may be naive, but now I had to find a copy of that Rhino set online, and I have, and was compelled to order that too, and now some things I was intending to buy (inc. non essential food and of course alcohol) will not be. Let me make amends to the envious to say that if you can't find something, ask Google [other search engines are available], and JUST KEEP LOOKING. I've just Googled for the Treasury set today, Saturday 25 Feb, and, em, found it NEW IN STOCK on an independent British record retailer's site, at normal price. It's sold out at source yes, but some third party non-speculative non pound/dollar-signs-in-their-eyes retailers may have it still. If you want it and are fortunate to be able to buy, search NOW. Stop reading this. NOW.
So for FSM [Lukas?] still reading: I'm sorry you're intending to close down production soon. Who's going to press "Witchfinder General" UK OST now??? Sorry this is so long. [Edit: Speling Misteak correction in my very first post... now that's what grinds MY teeth]
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