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From: police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of David
Sent: February 13, 2008 5:16 PM
To: mathew@wattobay.com
Cc: police@mailman.xmission.com
Subject: Re: [Police] Re: Police Digest, Vol 59, Issue 10That's the thing I don't get:If The Police are so eager to cash in, why haven't they released all the unreleased material in the vaults? Sure they can spread the releases out to pad their retirement, but it just seems like it would be easy for them to cash in on things like releasing bootlegs on the cheap (I'd buy digital shows at $5 a pop!), releasing the current tour shows to fans for $10-$15 each, or who knows what. I don't know why, but it makes me feel like they're on auto pilot instead of actually doing the tour for the fans... meh.Hell, Sting should just release his gig with Ross and let it soar to the top of the charts! :-)
On Feb 13, 2008 7:06 PM, Mathew Hoffman <mathew@wattobay.com> wrote:
Maybe they should just do what the late great Frank Zappa did......
Gather up all known and unknown bootlegs from all sources, clean them up and
release them!
Cheers from down here
[mailto:police-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Mitch Darby
Sent: Thursday, 14 February 2008 10:59 AM
To: police@mailman.xmission.comSubject: RE: [Police] Re: Police Digest, Vol 59, Issue 10Ross wrote:
> Wasn't Brand New Day his best selling album?
I think I may have heard that as well.
> I think the reason for the tours success is nostalgia. I really
> don't think a new album would be all that big. In fact I think
> it would do worse than most popular bands today.
That's possible. The likes of Nelly Furtado and Justin Timberlake could
possibly produce bigger hits. But I think a new Police album would sell as
well as any Sting album (or a new Eagles album for that matter).
> The demographic for the band is older, and most don't even bother
> buying many CD's anymore.
That's possibly true. I've read a number of articles that state that CD
sales have declined with the popularity of digital downloads. However, I
think the older demo still buys more CD's than the younger demo (who, I've
read, prefer to download their purchases).
I still buy CD's.
Mitch
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