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Grex > Music2 > #154: Schoolkids II, and Music Retailing |  |
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mcnally
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response 134 of 247:
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Sep 30 22:52 UTC 1999 |
Yeah, there're basically two kinds of "CD singles" --
kind A, which sells for $5.99 - $7.99 usually has a popular song
and several other tracks, possibly "bonus remixes" or otherwise
unreleased songs.
kind B, which is far less common, sells for $2.99 or $3.99 and
usually has a huge hit song plus one B-side, just like the 45rpm
singles used to..
Neither kind really replaces the old 45rpm single, though..
Many artists don't release singles at all and of those who do, the
singles usually come out substantially after the album release,
sometimes not until well after the song has faded from the hit parade..
On the whole, record companies would much rather sell you a whole
album's worth of songs..
Perhaps "singles" will come back in the era of downloadable digital
music. One of the factors working against them at the moment is that
it costs just as much to produce a CD-single as it does to produce a
full-length CD (more, actually, on a per-disc basis, since you'll sell
far fewer of them but still have to pay for packaging, design, etc..)
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lumen
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response 135 of 247:
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Sep 30 23:57 UTC 1999 |
resp:134 As long as DJs are in demand, especially in making these
bonus mixes, I really don't see the demise of the CD single coming
quickly.
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eeyore
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response 136 of 247:
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Oct 7 02:26 UTC 1999 |
Actually, I adore the singles. :)
When I was up in Toronto, the price of cd's was incredible....a basic cd would
be $15....Canadian. Tower had Sarah McLachlan's Mirrorball on sale for
$10.99...canadian. I saw others on sale for @8.99 or $9.99.....and since I
bought 100 Canadian dollars for only 74 American.....man oh man were the
prices nice!!!! :)
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otaking
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response 137 of 247:
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Oct 7 02:42 UTC 1999 |
I need to shop in Canada more often. A collection of Shania Twain videos sells
for CAN$8. Tower charges US$10.
Imagine what used CDs would cost in Windsor...
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orinoco
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response 138 of 247:
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Oct 7 03:37 UTC 1999 |
<drools> All the more reason my friend Eric needs to go to Montreal and let
me visit him there. :)
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mcnally
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response 139 of 247:
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Oct 7 04:18 UTC 1999 |
Wow! Record prices have come down since the last time I shopped in
Canada. Prices were CDN$18-20 per disc at that time and the Canadian
dollar was doing significantly better against the American dollar.
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otaking
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response 140 of 247:
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Oct 7 16:15 UTC 1999 |
Even if CDs were CDN$18, it would still be cheaper than the US$18 that Tower
charges. Sure, you still have to consider the extra GST & PST, but it would
still be worth it in the long run.
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eeyore
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response 141 of 247:
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Oct 7 18:20 UTC 1999 |
Plus, if you have the patience to wait in line at the border, you can get the
GST back. :)
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otaking
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response 142 of 247:
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Oct 7 19:53 UTC 1999 |
That's true. You better make sure to save all of your receipts and ensure that
they all have the date and location of where you bought the stuff. You have
to prove that you bought it in Canada.
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orinoco
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response 143 of 247:
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Oct 7 20:40 UTC 1999 |
We do that every year on the way back from Canada, but that's because if
you're living there for three weeks the expenses add up. The GST saving on
a few CDs would almost not be worth the effort.
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otaking
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response 144 of 247:
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Oct 8 03:26 UTC 1999 |
Yeah, but if I made the trip, I'd want it to be worthwhile, considering the
cost of the drive and border crossings. I'd buy a whole stack of CDs or books.
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mcnally
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response 145 of 247:
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Oct 8 05:14 UTC 1999 |
Buy enough, though, and you run into the limits of your duty exemption..
Anyway, my thinking was that CD prices in Canada would have kept pace
with, or risen faster than, U.S. prices.. Apparently they've gone from
being somewhat higher to quite a bit lower..
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otaking
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response 146 of 247:
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Oct 8 15:09 UTC 1999 |
It's not like I plan to buy $300 worth of CDs. It would be nice, but I can't
afford that.
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dbratman
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response 147 of 247:
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Oct 13 18:17 UTC 1999 |
Be thankful you're not buying your CDs in the UK. Back in 1992 I saw a
stack of American rock imports at the Piccadilly Circus outlet of Tower
for 20 _pounds_ a crack. I could have brought over a stack and sold
them to friends at less than that, and still made myself a tidy profit.
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otaking
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response 148 of 247:
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Oct 13 19:42 UTC 1999 |
I found some really good CDs in the London Tower store when I went. They had
a decent bargain bin that was worth raiding. I came away with a Ryuichi
Sakamoto CD single and a limited edition Peel Sessions of Siouxie and the
Banshees for 2 pounds. The regular CDs cost 15 pounds, or roughly $24. Too
much for me.
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orinoco
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response 149 of 247:
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Oct 13 21:32 UTC 1999 |
<nods> British CD prices are ridiculous. I always assumed that 'imports'
(usually from Europe) are so high-priced here because prices are so high in
Europe, but #147 makes it sound like there's a worse markup going across the
Atlantic the other direction. Hmm...
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lumen
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response 150 of 247:
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Oct 20 23:14 UTC 1999 |
I figure it's yet another disadvantage of socialist policy in the
economy.
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krj
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response 151 of 247:
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Jan 4 15:29 UTC 2000 |
While doing Christmas shopping downtown, I stopped in on the new
Harmony House store. Maybe they hadn't finished stocking it yet.
But it didn't even meet the standards I expect from a Harmony House
store, in terms of stock, and it's hard to see how it's going to survive
near the corner of State and Liberty, with at least 7 other CD shops
within one block distance.
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mcnally
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response 152 of 247:
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Jan 4 16:08 UTC 2000 |
If my experience with other Harmony House stores is any indication,
they'll expect to make up for their small selection by charging extra
for the things they do stock..
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orinoco
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response 153 of 247:
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Jan 4 19:43 UTC 2000 |
I thought the row of computers with music site bookmarks was a nice touch,
but that was about all HH had to reccomend it when I stopped in a few days
ago.
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krj
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response 154 of 247:
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Jan 29 18:43 UTC 2000 |
If I remember the ad correctly, SKR is doing a stores-wide sale, 20% off
most everything in all three or four stores, for this weekend.
Has anyone investigated SKR's new store "Dubplate Pressure," which replaces
the old Schoolkids Annex? The new store seems oriented entirely towards
club DJs, I think. I don't seem to speak the language there.
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bruin
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response 155 of 247:
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Jan 29 23:24 UTC 2000 |
And I had a Dickens of a time figuring out what the "Dubplate Pressure" logo
read.
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carson
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response 156 of 247:
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Jan 31 19:21 UTC 2000 |
re #154: (?!)
(Dubplate Pressure is/was a vinyl store that is/was located
beneath some running store [Tortoise & Hare?] on Liberty.
same building as Dinersty, as I recall. I *hope* it's not an
SKR acquisition.)
(my experience from shopping there two years back: definitely
more for club DJs, with occasional hip-hop tracks. LOTS of
DJ competition videos. the guys running the place seemed to
be in it for the music rather than for the money.)
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scott
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response 157 of 247:
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Jan 31 21:46 UTC 2000 |
It seems to be part of the SKR family now. There was an article a month or
two ago about it; the idea was to keep the same guy but lighten the admin load
on him.
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orinoco
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response 158 of 247:
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Jan 31 22:22 UTC 2000 |
I've never been in, because they seem to favor vinyl and I don't have a
turntable.
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