Re: about the $4.95 Cd's

["Tom Lambrecht" <hideo@concentric.net>]

 jeff and concern-ed loopers

remember the inceredible 1/3 price CD's

got my entire 10 cd order for $53 and change . . . some pretty esoteric
stuff, too ranging from Inlakesh (didgeridu trance group) to Dino Saluzzi 
on
ECM and Squarepusher's rotted note . . .

(yeah, Kim--only one guy--I know)

all seem to be the original manufacturor's discs (and I have one or two of
them from the library for comparison)

so, happy endings for all and the threat to the recording industry is not
the MPEG after all, right . . .

BUT WAIT . . .

i go back to the site with a list of about 25 things or so I want to get . 
.
.

my bookmark comes up as a screen displaying "no SKU available" or something
to that effect

i click on the music box and about a dozen Cds appear--Backstreet Boys,
Jamiroquai and that ilk . . .  at $8.95 apiece (and WAY overpriced at that)

and that is it--apparently their entire music selection--I punched Miles
Davis in to the search box that formerly gave me a page of $4.95 selections
and "no match found"

the golden goose is dead--undoubtedly killed by Tower, CDNow and everyone
else who want to make an honest 200% markup on those little silver frisbees

probably just as well--I'd never make my own noise with all these $5 Cds
flowing in  ;)

drone on~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Tom Lambrecht
hideo@concentric.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Collins <collinsclan@sprintmail.com>
To: Tom Lambrecht <hideo@concentric.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: about the $4.95 Cd's


>Tom,
>
>Did you get the CD's yet? I'm sure the people on LD would like to know how
>your dealings with them went.
>
>Jeffrey Collins
>
>A Strange View of Music
>
>Showcasing the music of
>Jeffrey Collins and Ken Rubenstein
>
>www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stadium/1429/STRANGETONES.html
>
>"I TRUST IMPULSE, CREATIVE INTUITION, AND UNMOTIVATED
>SPONTANEITY, BUT ABOVE ALL RESPONSIVE ACTION WITH
>AS MANY FILTERS THAT ONE CAN AVOID." Robert Rauschenberg
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Tom Lambrecht <hideo@concentric.net>
>To: Collins <collinsclan@sprintmail.com>; Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com
><Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>
>Date: Thursday, June 03, 1999 2:08 PM
>Subject: Re: about the $4.95 Cd's
>
>
>>Jeff:
>>
>>I checked this site and ran a couple of my usual "stump the record club"
>>choices thru and these guys had 'em including a locally
produced-extrremely
>>small production disc--
>>
>>thought to myself, "there's no way K-Tel could have tooled up a run of
>>this--sooooooo I ordered a couple of things to check it out
>>
>>In th event that these are produced by K-Tel, by copyright law, don't the
>>artists have to be paid royalties on these discs anyway . . .?
>>
>>(I thought the Internet was the only place where that was'nt the case)
>>
>>anyway, keep you posted as I am an advocate of artists getting their
>>royalties as much as anyone else on this list
>>
>>Tom Lambrecht
>>hideo@concentric.net
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Collins <collinsclan@sprintmail.com>
>>To: Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com>
>>Date: Thursday, June 03, 1999 12:17 PM
>>Subject: about the $4.95 Cd's
>>
>>
>>>I think that anyone who orders from this place at myshopnow will not 
>only
>>>end up getting a CD that is NOT like the original but will take some 
>well
>>>deserved $$ out of the artist hands. Now do you really want to cheat an
>>>artist who's work you admire?
>>>
>>>Jeffrey Collins
>>>
>>>A Strange View of Music
>>>
>>>http://www.geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Stadium/1429/STRANGETONES.html
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>