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Not Keane again! Supermarket sales -what's always there?
What is it about supermarket markdowns of CDs that some items of 'product' always seem to be there?
I was in Sainsburys today and was not surprised to see these sale items:
Elton John/FleetwoodMac/Pet Shop Boys/Santana greatest hits
Hope and Fears by Keane - they must have really over-produced copies of this CD as copy after copy can be flicked through.
Back to Black by Amy Winehouse - how many versions did this come in?
Various strange 'collections' - usually dodgy packages of poor quality live jazz recordings or Motown greats such as Marvin Gaye. Usually one or two good tracks and a lot of filler.
Glasvegas - maybe didn't take off quite as planned
And of course loads of Chillout/Acoustic/Love compilations.
Mind you, I was take aback to see grammy awardwinning Raising Sand by Plant and Krauss down to a mere six pounds - did the Led Zep fans shun it? (The undoubted bargain was The Who Live at Leeds for three pounds.)
Anyone else know of other supermarket sales regulars?
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They're cheap because the labels have discounted them
in the main. And they're there because they tend to sell steadily.
not like the old days in Safeway where...
the MFP label offered: The Move ~ Firebrigade and Procul Harum ~ A Salty Dog in amongst the Vesta and Sharwoods for all of £1.49. They weren't assured to be all in stereo and one fifty was a fair wedge, so I never indulged. shame.
Sparks
I bought Indiscreet By Sparks in Scunthorpe Co-op in 1979 for 25p. There were about 40 copies in a basket. Everyone I knew had a copy and we all loved it.
Why do those discounted compilation albums always have live versions of songs - are they cheaper to license?
Live versions on compilation albums
In short: yes, they are cheaper to licence.
In some cases it might be that the artist doesn't have access to the masters for the original song - the record company may hold on to them. So someone approaches the artist or the artist's publishing company to ask to use a song on their compilation; the artist wants the money and publicity but can't give them the original because their previous record label owns it. There isn't much in it for the record label (particularly if they have no other artists on this compilation) so it's much easier for the artist to give the compilers a live version of a song - it's fine with their publisher, fine with the artist, and the original record label need not be involved because the artist should have a right to re-record the song.
There are always 3 CD compilations....
...of genres as varied/dreadful as Songs from the Shows to Panpipe Moods, but also with Folk, Country, Jazz and Reggae selections, sometimes not hald bad. Even if ony 10 or so tracks, fom 50 odd often, make the grade, theu aere often only £5.99 or less. Handle and pick with care. I also recall the pleasure of picking up the shockingly packaged Cajun Dance Party CD for 99p, which, I noted ahead of purchase, was actually by, in very small print, the Balham Alligators. It is actually very good.
The Mod father
Has Paul Weller's recent Pissed Uncle at a Wedding romps scared off his usually obsessive Mod Squad? His latest was available in my local branch of Sainsburys for five squid.
22 Dreams was £3 in Fopp last week.
Still didn't buy it as I hate The Jam, although my iPod loves them - but not now due to my new star ratings (see http://www.wordmagazine.co.uk/content/rating-music-on-your-ipod).