Re: Those EMI dorks!

["Larry J. Hernandez" <alundra@flash.net>]

"G. Jeffrey Gower" <jgower@mtholyoke.edu> wrote: 

Hi folks.  I just joined the list recently, and decided to go ahead and 
update my worn Kate LPs with CD versions.  So far I have NFE, TD, and
HOL 
from the EMI-Manhattan label,

---This "Manhattan" line was (is? I never went for it) one of the 
   worst marketing schemes ever put over the public. Not only are 
   most of the credits missing, to my ears, hearing a friend's 
   Manhattan CD, the music quality itself is poorer than original 
   EMI (import) or original American releases. 


and as to be expected of EMI (the half-wits 
they are), they have excluded all lyrics and LP insleeve stuff like 
photos, credits, etc..  

---I guess blame can be placed on EMI in England, but wasn't their 
   American counterpart responsible for the Manhattan line? Anyone? 
   

I am somewhat used to this but it never fails to 
really anger me that they would go ahead and reissue recordings but
leave 
out such important info.

---Ugh. Sorry to hear that you could actually get "used" to this. 
    Especially considering that it's Kate! :) 

Just to save a few $ I guess - what dweebs!  Oh 
well, I am glad that Columbia (who put out TSW CD) didn't do the same.

---That's only becaue the Columbia release is an original American 
   release. One day, it too may suffer the same fate as the other 
   Katealbums, if we are lucky to see a rerelease. 

I guess it is no big deal when you know all the lyrics and stuff by
heart 
like most of us do, but for newcomers it is really a shame to miss out
on 
the extras.  Sorry if this has been covered ad nauseum.....

Jeff

---Man, Jeff, you've got some patience.  It is a VERY big deal 
   to me. Consumers must demand their money's worth. I think many 
   people complaining is the best way to change things. I believe 
   that MCA was forced to upgrade their cheap rereleases because of 
   public outcry.  

   May I suggest that your next CD be the Japanese release of 
   _Lionheart_?  You simply will not (cannot) be dissatisfied.  :-) 
 
Larry (alundra@flash.net)  "Spend a lot my time, looking at blue,
                            No wonder that I blew it." -KT