Bowie Mercury Demos LP box on 28th June 2019

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  1. Daniel Plainview

    Daniel Plainview God's Lonely Man

    So at $20 record with $80 worth of photos and a box? Bite me. This is pathetic. There is no justification for this price. I wouldn't buy this even if the inside of the box was lined with fabric from Bowie's speedo.
     
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  2. TonyCzar

    TonyCzar Forum Resident

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    A lot of these copyright-preservation releases (Dylan, the Beatles, the Stones) are very hurdle-y. They're forced to "put it out", but they might not really want it being front and center of the catalog, representing the brand; or cannibalizing their own market.

    So you have vinyl, short-window streams, iTunes for a month, $100 albums like this, etc.

    Of course it's possible not to gouge, but what the copyright holders hear: "leaving money on the table".

    (But indeed, hats off to the Beach Boys for doing it right.)
     
  3. trackstar

    trackstar Forum Resident

    What in the F????

    The estate is doing a phenomenal job sabotaging the fan base as every release is rolled out...
     
  4. TonyCzar

    TonyCzar Forum Resident

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    Yeah, I'm easily letting "Space Oddity" pass me by, dying with its secrets, but I might feel differently when those titles appear.
     
  5. trackstar

    trackstar Forum Resident

    They would have sold a helluva more units (and made MUCH more $$) making these three separate releases a 3LP set for $50.

    Which something tells me one year from now, that release will actually happen.

    Mark My Words.
     
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  6. TonyCzar

    TonyCzar Forum Resident

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    I dunno. A giant 3LP dump of folky-demo Bowie is only for the hardiest of souls.

    Always leave them wanting more.
     
  7. RobCooper

    RobCooper Cobwebs & Strange

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    Plus if simply copyright preservation, they probably don’t care if people don’t want to pay for it! No one else should be able to make money from it...
     
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  8. TonyCzar

    TonyCzar Forum Resident

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    Exactly. It's a legal exercise, and while it would be nice to cover expenses, I'm sure that for some of these releases, the owners would be just as happy to sell 25 copies and toss the unsold physical product on the bonfire.
     
  9. mestreech

    mestreech Forum Resident

    I would !!!!
     
  10. TonyCzar

    TonyCzar Forum Resident

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    Laundered or not?
     
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  11. Neonbeam

    Neonbeam All Art Was Once Contemporary

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    The "the ongoing celebrations" bit just made me laugh out loud. Where exactly are these "going on"? In the wallet of the dedicated "fan"? As part of my private celebrations I will pull out my US original of "Man Of Words" (free) and spend the rest on a decent bottle of red! :evil:
     
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  12. mestreech

    mestreech Forum Resident

    Naaaaah. I wanna smell some Bowie :help::hide::yikes:
     
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  13. Daniel Plainview

    Daniel Plainview God's Lonely Man

    Use the DNA from his stray hairs to clone him.

    "Life is a pop of the cherry, when you're a clone."
     
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  14. kwadguy

    kwadguy Senior Member

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    The era of "issue archival album for the standard list price of an album" is long gone. They know that the only audience for these things is collectors and fanatics, and they are pricing accordingly.

    It's sad...
     
  15. footprintsinthesand

    footprintsinthesand Reasons to be cheerful part 1

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    :crazy::biglaugh:What In The World was I thinking

    Now those delicious stereo, professionally recorded non-brickwalled WG RCA cd's don't sound quite that expensive, do they ?
     
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  16. DBMethos

    DBMethos Forum Resident

    So true. It's blatantly taking advantage of the disposable income of the boomers and (some of) their children, who are the last generation(s) of physical music buyers. From a business perspective I understand it, but it leaves me cold.
     
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  17. Jmac1979

    Jmac1979 Forum Resident

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    oh it does? I didn't know. Boo, my fave Bowie period is 1974-1980
     
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  18. Jmac1979

    Jmac1979 Forum Resident

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    Wouldn't something like this work better as a RSD exclusive, like BOWPROMO was a few years ago. Of course, the fact that I have seen copies of BOWPROMO being slashed $20 below what it originally cost might say otherwise. I remember one store here had it for list price when it came out, then was sitting on so many of it that they dropped it to $35
     
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  19. gojikranz

    gojikranz Forum Resident

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    People complain about expensive 7” boxes so they put out a 12” at double the price :winkgrin: Gotta love it.

    I’m pretty sure I have a bootleg of this so no way I’m paying that much
     
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  20. pathosdrama

    pathosdrama Forum Resident

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    Simply ridiculous.
     
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  21. octophone

    octophone immaterial girl

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  22. octophone

    octophone immaterial girl

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    Just wait until it all comes out on a double CD in November for £13...
     
  23. Jmac1979

    Jmac1979 Forum Resident

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    I think I'm going to skip and I feel bad since I try to support every new release possible. $70 on Amazon.

    Are they making these in extreme limited quantities (given they're basically copyright fillers) in the guise that these are going to rocket in value in the future?
     
  24. Phillip Walch

    Phillip Walch Forum Resident

    Disgusting price. This is 'a more money than sense' purchase.
     
  25. Markyp

    Markyp Forum Resident Thread Starter

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    We should all chose the same day to preorder on Amazon and give them an influx of orders
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    And then all cancel 24 hours later with reason
    “Price too high”.

    That’ll flag something somewhere.
     
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