Post by Rick SF August 3, 2005 (1 of 4)
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Maybe this is an impractical idea, but here goes.
There should be some way to use the power of the internet to organize SACD supporters as a buying bloc to encourage the reissuing of certain titles in this format. If a label were presented with the prospect of guaranteed sales if they released a certain title, I would think they be more likely to release titles on SACD.
I, for one, would be willing to spend far more than usual for an SACD if it were a favorite performance which otherwise would never be released.
This is just a rough idea. It would seem like most classical reissues on CD aren’t expected to sell that many units, and typically they are for sale at midprice or budget. Even if “guaranteed sales” only covered the additional expense of remastering and releasing it as a hybrid SACD, the label would still have the option to market it to the normal CD buying public. Any comments or ideas?
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Post by akiralx August 4, 2005 (2 of 4)
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Rick SF said:
Maybe this is an impractical idea, but here goes.
There should be some way to use the power of the internet to organize SACD supporters as a buying bloc to encourage the reissuing of certain titles in this format. If a label were presented with the prospect of guaranteed sales if they released a certain title, I would think they be more likely to release titles on SACD.
I, for one, would be willing to spend far more than usual for an SACD if it were a favorite performance which otherwise would never be released.
This is just a rough idea. It would seem like most classical reissues on CD aren’t expected to sell that many units, and typically they are for sale at midprice or budget. Even if “guaranteed sales” only covered the additional expense of remastering and releasing it as a hybrid SACD, the label would still have the option to market it to the normal CD buying public. Any comments or ideas?
You are proposing the 'Society Edition' idea which surfaced in the 1930s, when enthusiasts for the music of Wolf, Sibelius and others agreed to buy sets of records before they were actually made, rather than remastered.
I'm all for it but I think the sheer number of recordings available might mean that the enthusiasts for a certain one would be small - for example I'd promise to buy an SACD remaster of Szell's CBS/Sony Tchaikovsky Fifth, but how many would join me?
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Post by Oscar August 4, 2005 (3 of 4)
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Me, for one.
We should not underestimate the power of internet, it could be a good tool to organise this type of society, or, at least, to give the labels a "good" hint at what the market is interested.
Also, with internet merchants such as MDT, and their special offers, it should be much easier to channel sales.
best regards,
Oscar.
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Post by Claude August 4, 2005 (4 of 4)
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I think if music labels wanted to know how successful some reissues will be they would already have created a sort of pre-order scheme. I haven't seen anything like that (except labels taking into account pre-orders by record stores). It's not a new situation related to SACD, this problem has always existed since the first reissues.
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