Originally Posted by
sup_fan
George also discusses the 2-fers in the discography to Randy's latest Diana book. he mentions that, at the time, no one really knew just how long cds would last. look at the short time 8-tracks were popular. then cassette tapes. so there could very well be new formats on the horizon. so they wanted to get the catalog out there and, like you said, drive sales.
it's also interesting that at this time they started to tap into the vaults. with the 25th Anniversary set in the mid-80s, they finally released a healthy amount of vault content. i think Harry and George both mentioned how hard it was to convince Execs to do this - the thinking being no one would care or be interested in this "stuff." but the strong response to 25 led to the cd Never Before Release Masters. and then of course the subsequent Anthologies started to use other content and then the Expanded Editions.
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