Re: The Box (Botch?) Set

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In article <9008081753.AA02806@sunstroke.SDSU.EDU> you write:
|> 
|> Oh dear, I have a bad feeling EMI are going to cock-up this
opportunity to do 
|> justice to Kate's catalogue.  
|> 
|> These are all very official, not really hard to get (at some time or
another) 
|> b-sides and single releases...
|> ...
|> What about all the other material : the "Tour of Life" work, the
studio demos, 
|> the soundtrack songs, the real rarities (The Magician, Brazil, Another Day, 
|> Ibiza, etc.) ?
|> 
|> Wouldn't a set with extra tracks (b-sides and recordings from those
periods) 
|> on the album CDs plus a couple of extra discs for the rarities, alternative 
|> mixes and live work all with special edition booklets be so much more 
|> attractive to KaTefans and prospective KaTefans alike and thus increasing 
|> sales? (sorry about the run-on sentance)     

With respect, I must say that I find this reaction surprising.
It's one thing to be disappointed about it, sure we all are.
But I never expected even the remotest chance existed of them doing
it another way.  Did anyone really expect EMI to pull all the stops out?
For that matter, Kate has never really acknowledged her demo work;
did anyone really expect her to officially release any of it??

I for one am surprised that they are releasing SO MANY b-sides.
I expected them to put one rareties CD in the package only.
So I'm pleased about that.

I think the real battle is whether the b-sides etc. will be available
outside of the package.  This is where, for me, the potential disappointment
lies.  If we are going to try and influence these proceedings at all,
I think we should focus our attention on this one issue.  IMHO.
Matthew Diamond
matt@maps.cs.cmu.edu