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Post by rockandroller on Aug 20, 2019 10:49:02 GMT
Hello all,
I was wondering why only some of the Beatles albums that were released in the United States are available on CD? Somewhere I read
that it was because the surviving members of the Beatles and the heirs of the deceased members could not agree on the amount of
royalties that would be paid to them. Is this correct or is there some other reason? Thank you...
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henryj
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Post by henryj on Aug 20, 2019 12:21:34 GMT
I'm not seeing much in the way of CDs by ANY artist any more. CDs seem to be going out of style. New cars don't even have CD players any more.
But I just went to the Amazon site and saw most of them there. Beatles '65, Beatles VI, Yesterday and Today.
I did buy a copy of Yesterday and Today in a store a few years ago. My wife hated the cover, so I peeled and stuck the included trunk cover over the butcher cover.
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Post by pothos on Aug 20, 2019 12:24:12 GMT
I buy CD and vinyl. I am not one for buying from streaming Still got cassettes as well. I think there will be a shilf back to formats you can hold.
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henryj
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Post by henryj on Aug 21, 2019 22:46:20 GMT
I would love to see a return to tangible media. I would also like to see brick-and-mortar retailing make a comeback, but that might require face-to-face interaction. The younger generation doesn't seem to be into that. Homeschooled and everything.
Hope I didn't offend anyone.
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Post by Amadeus on Aug 21, 2019 22:51:53 GMT
So henryj, you have a 2nd state butcher sleeve!
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Post by pothos on Aug 22, 2019 10:45:15 GMT
I actually think the return of the indie record shop will expand (In the UK) at least although they have to stay ahead of multi billion companies. Record labels need to support the traditional outlets more. As for it being a youth issue using technology. My interaction with my family changed overnight. All bar one have the internet and that is due the issues with broadband in the vicinity. My much older relatives do not phone to talk just like their children and just text. I held out against a mobile for ages but I got told off for never been available despite having the same landline for 40 years. I think it is a cultural shift that will to some extent reverse to the old system partly because I feel there is a backlash looming from users, bands and their fans (all young. My gut feeling is that we are close to a point of a new interaction with tech because of their owners. Oddly it feels (IMHO) from reading historical culture that we are at a point exactly like the period before R&R and The Beatles here is the UK. Heavily prescribed music (Larry Parnes now Simon Cowell) and a loss of a coheriant UK musical culture. So here's the thing. The Beatles are coming to throw everything up in the air.
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