Routemaster Repressed

[lunatrick]

I really don`t see the problem
as an artist you want your music to be available to as many people as possible who would want it.
Screw the collectors.

totally - every artist under the sun makes their material available to those who want it for as long as they want it - why wouldn't you?

I don't understand why the London crew don't just make every tune they've ever done for sale as a download.......if people want it why not? back in the real world the truly collectable is the limited edition copy that has never been played - just like comics etc. If you own the copyright then go for it....it's hard enough to make a living in this business. I've said the same to Steve Smitten in the past.

[Technologic]

totally - every artist under the sun makes their material available to those who want it for as long as they want it - why wouldn't you?

I don't understand why the London crew don't just make every tune they've ever done for sale as a download.......if people want it why not? back in the real world the truly collectable is the limited edition copy that has never been played - just like comics etc. If you own the copyright then go for it....it's hard enough to make a living in this business. I've said the same to Steve Smitten in the past.

Purely speculation, but I think most of the back catalogues will only be available on vinyl, the midi and audio files would probably be long gone, making getting the tracks available to download a real pain in the arse, not to mention poor quality.

Although i could be wrong.

[lunatrick]

Purely speculation, but I think most of the back catalogues will only be available on vinyl, the midi and audio files would probably be long gone, making getting the tracks available to download a real pain in the arse, not to mention poor quality.

Although i could be wrong.

nah I'm pretty sure all the orignal dat's would be stashed away -maybe not the midi files though..

[morbid]

I don't understand why the London crew don't just make every tune they've ever done for sale as a download.......if people want it why not? back in the real world the truly collectable is the limited edition copy that has never been played - just like comics etc. If you own the copyright then go for it....it's hard enough to make a living in this business. I've said the same to Steve Smitten in the past.

I agree, I own 80% of Stay Up, Routemaster, Smitten, Hydraulix, COSHH, Hazchem etc vinyl back catalogue but would shell out straight away for the lot as 320 mp3 or wav. purely to save the hassle of ripping them myself. I cant believe there arent masters for the majority of these tunes lying around somewhere. Theres big money to be made if they were made available digitaly.