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04-16-2003, 09:48 AM
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Stones Super Audio discs continue to roll...
http://www.highfidelityreview.com/ne...umber=10587062
The above is another quality story by Brian Moura. It tells of 1.65 million Stones albums sold outside the U.S. which is apparently big sales compared to previous efforts on this catalog.
This will help build the case for more superstar albums.
And let's not have another debate as to how many were to redbook buyers and SACD buyers...no one knows and in many ways it does not matter.
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04-16-2003, 10:04 AM
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| And let's not have another debate as to how many were to redbook buyers and SACD buyers...no one knows and in many ways it does not matter. |
If it doesn't matter, then why not just say "Stones Remastered discs continue to roll" in the thread title?
Just an observation.
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04-16-2003, 10:46 AM
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If it doesn't matter, then why not just say "Stones Remastered discs continue to roll" in the thread title?
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My thoughts exactly.
In fact, if it doesn't matter how many are being used for redbook and SACD - then why even start a thread on it in the first place? |
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04-16-2003, 11:24 AM
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I thought Lee was going to mention something about more Stones discs coming to SACD. I was mistaken.
Lee,
When did you obtain the position of High Fidelity Review's official SACD correspondant to the HTF? Congrats on the promotion.
J
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04-16-2003, 12:58 PM
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I thought Lee was going to mention something about more Stones discs coming to SACD. I was mistaken.
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I am reporting this because it will inevitably lead to more titles on Super Audio.
This is good news. A hirez format is doing well globally which creates more incentive for other supergroups to try hirez.
Why should any of you be disappointed with that?
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04-16-2003, 01:07 PM
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This is good news. A hirez format is doing well globally which creates more incentive for other supergroups to try hirez.
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Does everyone else get the feeling that we're just running around in circles on the Hybrid sales issue?
I guess we can say the jewel cases they come in are selling well also. |
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04-16-2003, 01:50 PM
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Why all the negativity to a informative post that tells of 1.65 million Stones albums sold outside the U.S.?
I feel this is a very good thing for BOTH highRez formats.
Yes this report favors SACD sales, It is also a motivator to the marketers of DVD-A as it proves huge profits are widely available when they bring the wanted music to the table for purchase.
I understand the turmoil between these two formats and the parties that developed them, LOTS of money at stake here.
But why all the negativity between the user's of these formats? Have you invested your retirement into either with a stock purchase?
Any good news to either is good news to the end users.
I don't think it matters what % total sold went to red-book users.
Labels can target BOTH user groups with a single distribution.
This alone cuts costs and is a big incentive to forge forward.
Just my $0.02
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04-16-2003, 03:08 PM
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The lesson I've learned from the Stones releases is that if I want to sell a ton of discs at a low cost, I release a double-disc greatest hits disc, popularly priced, in a Redbook-only format.
'Forty Licks' is the title that is really selling, dwarfing the others and beating them combined.
How could a record label look at the 'Stones sales and decide that high-res is the key to high sales?
The original CD releases of the original albums sounded pretty bad and there has been strong fan interest for remastered discs since before high-res was on the scene. And the lack of high-res sure hasn't hurt the demand for 'Forty Licks'. Probably cheaper to replicate, also.
I'd feel the same way if they were released in the 'other' format.
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04-16-2003, 03:10 PM
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What might be even more interesting info, is, the sales for the 4th month (say) after release, vs the sales for the original CDs, for some random month a year before they were released. *That* would tell us a lot.
Of course, still doesn't differentiate between CD and SACD buyers, but *would* differentiate between the remaster itself and the prior versions.
If it's not worth waiting until the last minute to do, then it's not worth doing.
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04-16-2003, 03:41 PM
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