Labels that allow you to buy their material on CD-R/DVD as mp3/similar

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Do you know of any?

How much do you think they could charge? Could they get away with more than what you would pay for a conventional audio CD, considering the dramatically increased volume of material on the format? This would presumably require some changes in the law regarding royalties on a track-by-track basis and subsequent allocations to all the people involved in each recording. I can't think of another reason why it hasn't taken off but I wish it would.

― $V£N! (blueski), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 13:55 (twenty years ago)

I've seen some bootlegs, but thats about it (which isn't saying much)

I's support such a move - especially with some dance labels say AREAL 12"s 1 - 25 all on one CD - satisfy cost effectiveness/usefulness of MP3s/desire for physical posession/liner notes (thinking of AREAL notes on their releases. + With with vinyl's hold on dance (though changing) I think you argue a reduced royalty rate with the artists - it'd be targeting a different market.

― Jedmond (Jedmond), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 14:56 (twenty years ago)

There was that Farmer's Manual thing on DVD, what was it, like 20 hours of material? Also Sagan has several hours of live stuff on the DVD + I remember a Mute comp with a full CD-R of MP3s.

― Mark (MarkR), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 15:18 (twenty years ago)

It's too much like hard work calculating royalties etc. I think for bigger labels it's not worth their time and the smaller ones have a hard enough time convincing people of their legitimacy that they'd consider CD-R's to be a backward step.

― A / F#m / Bm / D (Lynskey), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 16:17 (twenty years ago)

Why does it have to be a CD-R?

― Jedmond (Jedmond), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 18:44 (twenty years ago)

>Farmer's Manual thing on DVD, what was it, like 20 hours of material?

actually, it's almost four days of material

Lesser also released his entire pre-Matador catalog on a single mp3 CD ROM in 2002.

I'm not sure most people would go for paying more than than what they're already used to for CDs/DVDs, it's the medium not the content.

I'm definitely interested in extended length formats, there's a lot of music that only starts making sense after it's been playing for half a day or so.

― milton parker (Jon L), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 20:06 (twenty years ago)

This is funny. Me, I'm more like, "Uh, can you guys stop releasing half-assed, bloated CDs? 30-40 minutes, all good songs, thank you..."

― John 2, Friday, 22 April 2005 15:14 (twenty years ago)

overall I'd agree with you, but I can hardly wait to buy the two DVD version of Leif Inge's 9 Beet Stretch

― milton parker (Jon L), Friday, 22 April 2005 18:03 (twenty years ago)

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