I just bought the CD reissue of

[ol'skinflint]

Spark's "Number 1 in Heaven." Am I the only one wondering how these tiny little here today, gone tomorrow record labels (Hot Productions, Ambassador Soul Classics, Rebound Records) manage to get their hands on 25 year old master recordings? Do they get them from the studio where the recordings were made, the artists, the publishers? I'd really like to know because I'm thinking of trying to do it myself, and I've tried to contact a couple of these labels and got no response...

[eddie]

Who is your distributor? That's more or less what you need.
I know Collectables/Wounded Bird/Spy uses Bayside and many independant artists use Select-o-Hits to get their product into Tower, Fye, Sam Goody, ect. You will have to abide by a buyback agreement if the titles do not sell.
The economic feasability is probably not that high. A company like Rhino will have to manufacture them unless you want to invest a huge some of money. Probably after the CDs are pressed, you will pay $7 for them and they are yours to get rid of.
Collectables has a mail order house called Nina's Discount Oldies and has a Website at Oldies.com which is printed on all of their Cd releases. I would say go with a pressing of 5,000 pieces because that is about how many will sell over 5 years or so.

You may also want to look at promoting through CD baby, listing using Buy It Now on ebay, half.com, and Amazon. The companies that hold the copyright to the sound recording (not the song) may not want just anybody to distribute, license, or make their product.

I'm personally into buying original soul/disco/jazz/funk/quiet storm albums on Cd. I'm not into 12" or remixes unless their tight. I have no desire to collect abridged 45's nor the space for common Lps. I just got original albums on CD by Graham Central Station, DD Bridgewater, Trammps, Blue Magic, Stacy Lattisaw, Stanley Turrentine, and Kleeer. The are Collectable product which I paid $9 for and was well worth it.

Great discussion!