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Posted: June 21 2011, 08:08 |
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| Quote (Pat Gleeson @ June 20 2011, 12:57) | Steady on ...
Anyone - including you - is entitled to a viewpoint. Universal are not a charity. I will be getting this release for the reasons I outlined earlier, but I think it's not unreasonable to expect more in the way of rarities, epecially given the regard Mike Oldfield fans have for this work, and the wealth of unreleased material that bridge that very intriguing 3 years between Ommadawn and Incantations. Remixed excerpts and a section of a presumably released DVD are not representative of a 'Deluxe' issue, and pale in comparison to the HR and Ommadawn reissues. This is a bad reflection of the attitude I was referring to - they could have pushed the boat out a bit more. |
But, as I've said before on this thread, Incantations is twice the length of a standard MO album, but we're still only getting the same package of 2 CDs + DVD.
There simply isn't the space for any more extras and other gubbins because of the extended running-time of the original album.
Now, Universal could have given this package an extra disc, because I certainly agree there's a lot of other stuff in the vaults that could've potentially been included.
But just because Universal won't run to the cost of an additional disc doesn't (IMO) indicate any bad attitude on their part, as you seemed to suggest.
Let's face it, Mike Oldfield is no longer a huge draw in the record shops these days, and it seems to be just a small hardcore who are buying these re-issues. As such, I'm surprised and delighted by the effort that's going into these releases, all things considered.
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Sorry for the vulgarity, but I think I haven't downloaded a single note from the Net which is not from a lossless file (FLAC or WAV) for more than three years, now. I've come to absolutely detest mp3s and "digital" releases in general, so it really nags me when someone releases a single or a bonus track (or whatever) only on iTunes - which essentially means only as an mp3. I sort-of hated Mike O. and his record company/management when they did that ("Cook's Tune"), but then I sort-of forgave them as the piece is great. But I still cannot bear with the fact that not releasing it physically was an intentional move on their side. As someone stated in this thread, making CDs is not expensive at all for record companies - they do cost like peanuts. But companies are quick to realize that there's more market for digital releases than for physical ones, because the former stuff is very obviously less pricey than the latter. 
I sincerely hope that the people at Universal won't decide to pursue that road. 
