That's an excellent way of dealing with it.
I saw part of the American Music Awards and it made me realize how old our crowd is.
If they want to maximize sales, they need to come up with methods of marketing a physical CD on all of these projects.
Adele's record-breaking sales over the past few days proves once and for all that cd's are NOT dead, contrary to what some people are trying to make us believe.
http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.co...les-us-market/
You simply cannot compare potential sales of an album from a top tier artist versus catalog or vaulted material from artists that no longer have any real selling power in today's music market. Releases by labels like Hip-O Select cater to a niche market with a very limited audience. Producing physical CDs for these type of specialty releases usually do not result in the kind of sales that artists like Adele can generate.
http://www.radiofacts.com/diana-ross...n-iconic-film/
Track listing inluded
I was thinking this was a made up story.. still no links for purchase..yet..
And the CD section at Target, this past weekend, has been reduced to one aisle and 3 end caps from 3 aisles and 6 end caps. They now only carry new releases, greatest hits and a few other selections from various genres. But, you're right, you can buy CD's everywhere, they are not dying.
Last edited by thommg; 11-25-2015 at 12:20 PM.
Barnes And Noble has added a huge aisle of brand new VINYL releases..
Check this out:
http://www.detroitnews.com/story/new...lage/17918361/
Andy Skirow has referred to it on Facebook
Absolutely whitesoxx. Adele is a phenomenon. There are tons of babyboomers willing to spend money on cds.
Bumping up the original thread for further discussion, as there seems to be three new topics now on the same subject, lol. We love our Miss Ross.
Loving the album! I've listened to it twice this morning. As someone else already pointed out, the ballads are especially gorgeous. I love hearing Miss Ross sing, "Ain't Nobody Bring Me No Bad News". One of the highlights for me. Also hearing her sing, "Mean Ol' Lion" and "So You Wanted to Meet the Wizard" is amazing. Both of her performances on these songs are amazing and hilarious.
Universal has no problem issuing an expanded CD edition of "The Beach Boys Party":
They have bankrolled an extensive Blue Note Vinyl campaign as well, 10" vinyl Lp repro's are kind of obscure.
So it is not "downloads only" for everybody...
Los Angeles – October 22, 2015 – In November 1965, The Beach Boys released Beach Boys’ Party!, a creative and well-loved album of covers mixed with separately recorded party sounds created by the band members, their families and friends. ‘Party!’ was a Top 10 Billboard hit, quickly going Gold and spawning the timeless No. 2 smash hit, “Barbara Ann.” To celebrate the popular album’s 50th anniversary, The Beach Boys have overseen a remixed, remastered and expanded edition, Beach Boys’ Party! Uncovered and Unplugged, which removes the overdubbed festivities from the 12-track original album’s mix and adds 69 more songs and dialog tracks culled from all of the band’s ‘Party!’ recording sessions. To be released worldwide on November 20 by Capitol/UMe, the 2CD and digital album also includes photos from the sessions, package essays by Beach Boys historians Alan Boyd and Craig Slowinski, and notes by the new edition’s producer, Mark Linett. A vinyl LP edition of the ‘Party!’ album’s original 12 tracks, remixed and remastered in the ‘Uncovered and Unplugged’ style, will follow on December 11.
Over the course of several long sessions at Western Recorders in Hollywood, California in August and September of 1965, The Beach Boys recorded what was, essentially, the first “unplugged” rock & roll album, with instrumentation limited to acoustic guitars, bass, bongos, harmonica and a tambourine. Joined in the studio by a few friends and collaborators, the band ran through many of their favorite songs of the time, including hits by The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and others, even spoofing two of their own biggest hits – “I Get Around” and “Little Deuce Coupe” -- with self-parodying renditions. The Beach Boys’ version of The Regents’ “Barbara-Ann” [[released by The Beach Boys minus the title’s original hyphen), included on the album, leapt up the Billboard singles chart and became one of the band’s signature songs, beloved by fans around the world.
“The ‘Party!’ album was a result of the pressure Capitol Records was putting on us for another album,” explained Beach Boys founding member Mike Love. “And we didn’t really have time to develop the type of album we wanted to develop, which Brian was working on, called Pet Sounds… So we said, ‘Well, what can we do quickly and easily?’ And we decided to do this party album.”
“Mike was saying, why not a party album and we can act like we are [at a party], and just be ourselves on tape, you know?” recalled Beach Boys founding member Brian Wilson. “And that’s what happened. It was a very spontaneous album.”
After the band wrapped recording sessions for the album’s songs -- plus many additional songs -- they returned to the studio with friends and family in tow, for a three-hour session to record party sounds and chatter to be mixed with the songs for the freewheeling Beach Boys’ Party! album. Removed from this new ‘Uncovered and Unplugged’ edition, the mixed-in party sounds remain intact on the original album, which was most recently remixed in stereo for reissue by Capitol in 2012.
I'd still take a physical over download for artists I've enjoyed for a long time
I hope they do farm this out somewhere for a physical release and I hope they do that for others
Amazon Best Sellers # 2
Go Diana !!!!!!
Send a link to that if you can
Amazon Best Sellers R&B [[forgot to mention the R&B part) now #3, down from #2
http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers...music_1_3_last
I wonder if Universal feels Motown has less value than the Beach Boys?
The download explains just how versatile Diana was.
in addition to amazon, the Ross/Wiz is still Top 20 on the itunes R&B album chart as well..with literally zero promotion except for on line fan postings and chatter
Guess that means Diana still has it.
Custom Art for Diana Ross Sings Songs From THE WIZ
Last edited by Marcus; 11-29-2015 at 08:47 PM.
Still seems to be #3 on that R & B Chart!
Very nice, SupremeBoy!
I downloaded the cd last night, and Erykah Badu quietly released a cd on the Motown label as well last week, so I had to download that as well last night. I've got a lot of listening to do!
They said vinyl was dead too. Streaming is cheap and it keeps your music in one box or another. 1000's of tracks in your phone or i pad or computer, Something happens to that box or if you don't back it up in another box , then you shit out of luck , period. Gotta buy em again . Change the medium and your files are obsolete. [[VHS ,CASSETTE ,BETA ) They eventually will make it hard for you to put music on CD. You will have to bury me with my Vinyl and the CD's I have too. They don't freeze or crash and I can pull them out when I want to enjoy them.
Vinyl is enjoying a massive comeback and I'm enjoying that
Diana Ross Sings The Songs From The Wiz is wonderful funky trip down the yellow brick road!
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