I sometimes wish the majors would put release notes on the web for
download. It might even help sell some titles.
At least give us a second chance on all the incorect dates on their
reissues.
js
Don Cox wrote:
> On 27/10/07, Tom Fine wrote:
>
>> I bet there were more than 40,000 released 1982-present BUT I would
>> also bet there are fewer than 40,000 still in print. It's amazing how
>> many classical titles have been taken out of print in the last few
>> years. Jazz too, for that matter.
>>
> Many have gone out of print and then been reissued later, perhaps in
> bargain packages.
>
> Once a company has a digital file, the cost of a straight reissue is
> quite low, especially if the booklet is reduced to a single sheet.
>
>> The one likely-profitable commercial venture I know of that makes some
>> of this out-of-print classical material available in full CD
>> resolution (as opposed to junk formats like lossy iTunes) is ArkivCD:
>> http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/AlbumGroup;jsessionid=DB9430E149BE60523CFAF6CA8BF3CB61?album_group=8
>> as of this AM, 4245 formerly out of print titles available there.
>>
>> If anyone is _really_ interested, the head buyer at Arkiv or Amazon's
>> head buyer for classical can probably provide a good estimate as to
>> the number of SKU's (individual barcode CD's) now in print.
>>
> I guessed the number from a sample count I did of the new (really new)
> releases last August, which was just over 100. The number of releases
> was much lower for the first few years.
>
> So I thought around 1200 new recordings per year over nearly 30 years
> might be as many as 40,000. Could be fewer.
>
> The bar codes would count every reissue as a separate product.
>
> Regards
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