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Re: I'm irritated at EMI . . .

From: pptjc@vaxk.bton.ac.uk (It's in the trees... It's coming...)
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 1994 15:46:48 GMT
Subject: Re: I'm irritated at EMI . . .
Newsgroups: rec.music.gaffa
Organization: University of Brighton, Brighton, England
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In article <Pine.3.87.9404111112.A17208-0100000@crl.crl.com>, "Karen L. Newcombe" <kln@crl.com> writes:
>
>Is anyone else bothered by EMI suddenly acting like one of those bootleg 
>outfits?  You know, the ones who issue the same recordings over and over 
>in different packages trying to cash in on Kate?  
>
>While I think TRS CD Single is lovely, I think Kate must have a stockpile 
>of songs other than previously released ones they can draw on.  Obvious 
>attempt to promote other albums in catalogue.
>
>And splitting the two versions of TRS into two CDs in two separate weeks 
>REALLY bugs me.  I work in marketing and don't like to see this sort of 
>cheesy crap associated with God and Her Music!
>
>Whew!  There, I feel better now . . . but you can bet I'll write to EMI 
>and KBC and gently express my discomfort . . .
>
>Karen Newcombe
>kln@crl.com      No bees, no peaches.
>
>>No I'm not particularly bothered by it and as she does so little
>>promotion I can't blame the record company. The second cd in the
>>set was priced quite competitivly at #1.99 and if I can spend a 
>>little amount of money to improve Kate's chart profile and 
>>perhaps introduce a few more people to her music then I can live
>>without a pint-and-a-half for one week!
>>
>>Peter Chow
>>Lost_on_a_vax_at_University_of_Brighton.uk