So now they are trying to get many people to pay for the same music for a third time, first for records, then for CDs, then again for this new remasters? Theoretically they should give at least a 50% discount on this for those who bought the CDs, however I know this won’t happen.
@jk98 wrote:
So now they are trying to get many people to pay for the same music for a third time, first for records, then for CDs, then again for this new remasters? Theoretically they should give at least a 50% discount on this for those who bought the CDs, however I know this won’t happen.
You left out 8-tracks, cassettes, etc.
But seriously, there’s not really anything wrong with it. No one is forced to rebuy anything. If you’re happy with your old CDs, keep on truckin’. And the remastering technology has improved, so the new issues should sound better.
It is nice and simple, people don’t have to buy it if they don’t want it. It’s not only The Beatles, but any artist that has been marketed long enough to go through the technology/format changes. Many people orginally bought vinyl, than bought the same on cassette for portable/car use, than bought CD for “better” sound quality, than bought digital downloads for phone/DAP use. All the same music and no 50% discounts! I have many different artists that I bought on vinyl,cassette & CD.
One thing for sure though, even when all The Beatles have passed, their marketing machine will still crank out product as long as it is profitable!
@jk98 wrote:
So now they are trying to get many people to pay for the same music for a third time, first for records, then for CDs, then again for this new remasters? Theoretically they should give at least a 50% discount on this for those who bought the CDs, however I know this won’t happen.
I think, like many others, that the Anthology CDs were released to try to offset the flood of bootleg CDs that were pouring out at the time. I have nearly 500 bootleg Beatles CDs/sets, all on stamped discs. I quit collecting them when they started coming out on CD-R as they were becoming home-brewed.
Many feel that the remasters are long overdue and they will sell quite well. They may also be another release to offset bootlegs. The current best sounding CDs are the Dr Ebbetts series of boots. He has halted production, stating that his work is no match to the upcoming releases due to the original tape sources and technology used.
And yes, sometime in the future, people will be buying it all again when another format emerges.
I spent well over $2000 today on The Beatles. The Anthology Sets (US and Import) with DVD Vinyl and books, New Remasters (US and Import {pretty sure they’re identical}), Vinyl copies of the albums Released Starting with Rubber soul and Ending with Magical Mystery Tour (US only), and the Import Vinyl releases of Yellow Submarine, Revolver, and The White Album. I also found a radio station with copies of Let it be and Abby Road on Reel- to-real for sale which will be constituting a trip to London to check out and test for authenticity. To complete my collection I need 4 more imports but I doubt I will ever get 2 of them in the condition I would need (Abby Road, and Please Please Me)
@conversionbox wrote:
I spent well over $2000 today on The Beatles. The Anthology Sets (US and Import) with DVD Vinyl and books, New Remasters (US and Import {pretty sure they’re identical}), Vinyl copies of the albums Released Starting with Rubber soul and Ending with Magical Mystery Tour (US only), and the Import Vinyl releases of Yellow Submarine, Revolver, and The White Album. I also found a radio station with copies of Let it be and Abby Road on Reel- to-real for sale which will be constituting a trip to London to check out and test for authenticity. To complete my collection I need 4 more imports but I doubt I will ever get 2 of them in the condition I would need (Abby Road, and Please Please Me)
Can’t compete with CB^^ but I’m in the middle of embedding art on 14 Beatles albums to load on one of my DAP’s. Only one of them is a new remaster ( Hard Day’s Night ) but I got inspired by reading this, and seeing the pub for the video game. I hadn’t listened to them for a while, it’s nice to re-visit them.
