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In Reply to: RE: Has the industry lost its ability to creat or discover new art or is it all product? posted by Steyr on October 30, 2009 at 07:15:54
Pretty much. Just another way to torque ageing boomers out of their money. It is an industry that is on its death-bed but rather than change and adapt they continue to pump out the same old stuff.
Don't get me wrong I am a HUGE Beatles fan. I have absolutely no interest in these 'new' releases. I already have 500+ vinyl versions on the shelf. I would much rather spend my money on truely 'new' music than visit the same stuff over-and-over again.
IMO the only interesting Beatle's product that has come out in the past 30-40 years is 'Live At The BBC', killer album, and perhaps 'LOVE'. The Anthology series was interesting, but basically a one-time listen and back to the shelf. The re-release of 'Yellow Submarine' was also somewhat interesting since we got a real re-mix of these songs.
For this Beatles fanatic the new releases = yawn. But the conversations regarding these latest versions has been a blast! That has been the only interesting thing for me and has confirmed my decision to pass on this latest set of releases.
Now if you don't already own the Beatles the latest releases are great. Why were they only released on RBCD? Why not SACD? Or better yet hi-rez downloads? Or true analogue on LP? This entire project could have been done much better, but why bother? They appear to be selling as-is.
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