SA-CD.net - EMI Japan Classic SACD's

Post by snyder June 29, 2012 (1 of 3)
Does anybody in this forum have informations about the success or the failure of the EMI Japan Classic SACD's (or the Signature Edition that used the japanese SACD-Edition in the markets outside Japan) in terms of revenue or copies sold? And how successful are the Furtwangler SACD's of EMI Japan? How does EMI (or EMI Japan) think about it and will there be a second wave of SACD's?

Post by manticore4 June 29, 2012 (2 of 3)

Those are all some excellent questions. I purchased a fair number of the EMI Japan SACDs before the Signature Series was launched. I was able to sell the duplicate Japanese versions, and I have for now waited to buy any further Japanese EMI's, as one never knows what will end up in the second wave of Signature Series releases--if there *is* a second wave. That's the 15-or-35 dollar question...

Re: Furtwängler releases: I have all but about 5 of the Furtwängler EMI's, all four DG's, and all 6 of the Dreamlife releases (for those that don't know the Dreamlife SACDs, they are all sourced from vintage Melodya LPs: /alltitles/316) . I can't imagine that any of the EMI, DG, or (especially) Dreamlife titles have sold very well outside of Japan, given the age and condition of the source material. Nonetheless, I love all of them, though I can't say the upgrade was justified in some cases.

Post by Claude June 29, 2012 (3 of 3)
Good questions, but I think it would require someone with insider knowledge to answer them. There are generally not many japanese music fans (who might have picked up some info in japanese media) on english music fora (unlike other people from non-english speaking countries), and for a label representative to post on a public fora is simply not within japanese company culture.