How Do I Find Out What Albums are Out of Print?

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Is there some authoritative source that notes which albums are currently out of print? Moreover, whatever happened to Infinite Zero (the label set up by Henry Rollins and Rick Rubin dedicated to re-introducing criminially out-of-print albums to the market place)?

Thanky

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 14:28 (twenty-two years ago)

What an awful business plan that would be:

Dear Buttplug Savings & Loan,

I am asking for a capital loan so that I can start up a quarterly publication to keep track of record albums that are currently unavailable for purchace.

Please make cheque payable to:

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 14:39 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't know how up-to-date it is, but AMG has a guide on their pages (red square) that says whether an album is in print or not.

― King Kobra (King Kobra), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 15:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Didn't there used to some sort of publication (perhaps published by a distributor) that was kind of a catalog for what was in-print for a given business quarter?

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 15:14 (twenty-two years ago)

I can't believe I spelled "purchace"! Whattajerkiam!

― Horace Mann (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 15:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Is there some authoritative source that notes which albums are currently out of print?

Do you just want something general, or are you wondering aboot specific bands/labels? Because I would assume just going to the label web sites would be somewhat helpful.

Moreover, whatever happened to Infinite Zero

I believe it folded when American Recordings split with Warner Bros. A good deal of the stuff they reissued was Warner-related, and they already had Rhino for that sorta thing.

― Vic Funk, Wednesday, 18 June 2003 15:42 (twenty-two years ago)

FWIW, many so-called "definitive" places where you'd expect to find out if an album is out of print or not -- especially e-commerce sites like Amazon -- are often wrong.

My old label's releases would often be shown as out of print on these sites, when the truth of the matter is that they were in print, but simply were not stocked by the 1-stop distributor that many of the big online stores use to supply their indie swag. But, it's better from an appearance standpoint for Amazon to stay release X is out of print rather than admitting that they only buy indie product from Y supplier and if Y supplier doesn't have it, tough shit.

― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 15:47 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey, my friend and I were just talking about Infinite Zero the other day. What other stuff did they put out besides Gang of Four, Flipper, the Monks, Trouble Funk and the Contortions?

― Mike Ouderkirk (Mike Ouderkirk), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 17:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Iceberg Slim, too, Mike.

― Baked Bean Teeth (Baked Bean Teeth), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 17:46 (twenty-two years ago)

devo, right?

i guess technically all of the releases on my label are "out of print" since all of my distributors have returned the stock, so you can't order anything from anyone. even though i have hundreds of copies of everything just lying around.

― j fail (cenotaph), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 17:53 (twenty-two years ago)

They also did some Suicide related stuff (solo albums?), as well as a Matthew Shipp cd and a Fred McDowell cd. Pretty eclectic and great reissue program.

― Mr. Diamond (diamond), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 18:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Alex if you are serious - I can ask Joe Foster who runs Revola Records - probably the grooviest cat of 'em all...

― doom-e, Wednesday, 18 June 2003 18:10 (twenty-two years ago)

"Suicide related stuff (solo albums?)"

Yup, they brought Alan Vega's European releases stateside.

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Wednesday, 18 June 2003 23:24 (twenty-two years ago)

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