Korgscrew
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Posted: July 25 2007, 13:40 |
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Quote (amazarak @ July 25 2007, 15:40) | What about good ol' vinyl? |
Unfortunately, CD and USB stick are the only two formats that have been confirmed to us. In theory, it would be possible for one of these companies who make limited edition vinyl pressings to licence it from Universal (as has been done with Tubular Bells just recently), but there'd have to be enough evidence of there being a demand for it. It's in fact possible to get single records cut direct from a master tape these days, so who knows...perhaps if there's enough demand, we can try to get a licence and do a limited run ourselves. I imagine the chances of them agreeing are slim, and it wouldn't be cheap, but if enough people here are interested, we can investigate it. I imagine the price would be fairly high (perhaps £25 per disc). Still, I think we might be getting a bit ahead of ourselves talking about that at this stage!
I'd personally be very interested to see (and hear! ) a high resolution digital release, but there's been no mention of it. If I get the opportunity to find out what kind of releases would theoretically be possible, I will. However, last I looked, sales of high resolution digital formats (DVD-A and SACD) were below those of vinyl. The majority of people just don't feel they need the extra quality over that of a CD (I could put forward a lot of arguments against that, but I'm not going to! ) and they like the convenience of MP3 - hence the fact that we're seeing a release on USB stick rather than any of the formats that might appeal to audiophiles.
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