why don't more music companies/labels release 2fers?

**ol'skinflint** · August 16th, 2007, 12:55 AM

the ones I own by Change and Cerrone are among my favorites, I'd MUCH rather have good 2fers than single CDs full of all sorts of single edits, alternative mixes/versions, instumental versions and others that I feel are just there to take up space. Just imagine great 2fers from Casablanca, Prelude, Marlin, Salsoul and other great disco labels. I'd love that!

**Paulo** · August 16th, 2007, 07:03 AM

Maybe it is because CD sales have dropped drastically around the world with a lot of CD stores closing its doors. Blame it on the the illegal internet downloads (soulseek, emule, ares, etc...)... which, by the way, took away all the fun of collecting or finding a record in a store.

There's no point in releasing a CD (even if it is a two offer) that only very few people will buy and the rest of them will copy or download. It seems the CD format is headed for extinction. What a shame!

**buckaroo** · August 16th, 2007, 08:39 AM

Originally Written by Paulo

Maybe it is because CD sales have dropped drastically around the world with a lot of CD stores closing its doors. Blame it on the the illegal internet downloads (soulseek, emule, ares, etc...)... which, by the way, took away all the fun of collecting or finding a record in a store.

The blame lies squarely at the feet of the record companies and big stores. Here in the UK, the shops like Tower which have gone under, for years charged far too much money for CDs, especially imported ones. The Best of Change cost something like £17.99 over here when released - This was ridiculous, as it didn't have all their best tracks, and I paid about £3 - £4 for each of their LPs on vinyl years before.

And If you wanted to collect some good old 70s and '80s jazz funk or fusion, forget about going into the record shops, because they were over-priced too. An LP by Patrice Rushen, or Freddie Hubbard would set you back about 18 quid (nearly $40 American) It was just sheer greed. Did the artist's sales suffer because of this? In some cases it certainly did. Patrice Rushen has said publicly in the past, that people were not interested in her new stuff, but even her back catalogue wasn't exactly easy to buy. Youngsters don't have the urge to look at LP covers and sniff the vinyl like us. They'll happily DL some songs onto their media player - And I don't blame 'em for that.

A few years ago, a British MP Gerald Kaufman, tried to sue the music industry into reducing their prices. And of course, he failed.