November 2009 - Yello - mailman.xmission.com

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by Arno Natte 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

Hey guys, Bettween the blueray/dvd release buy or gift fight,I was busy with the Bostich remix. I'm almost ready now but does anybody know where to upload it and where to find something about rules and copyright stuff? Thanx Your's Immortal -- Arno Natte-Trillian Miles

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Touch Yello Deluxe - Tracklisting
by Jon Kamm 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

Glenn, I think the normal chain of events would be to release a standard DVD then down the road release the Blu-Ray version. That way they sell more standard DVDs If there is no Blu-ray version available the Blu-ray people will buy the standard version. To me Yello has made a smart choice They are appealing to the larger demographic. Then down the road they can have a special edition blu-ray package maybe with bonus items. Brilliant! One of the secrets to good marketing is always leave your customers wanting more. Don't blow your wad all at once. , Jonathan

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Kammagic vs. the Blu-Ray Devils from Outer Space
by klort＠hydrophilus.com 17 Nov '09

17 Nov '09

While I am not one for trendy iNternets acronyms, after following the latest would-have-been-best-kept-to-his-own-bad-self-but-for-your-entertainment-tonight-it's-not stream of conscious thought issued from the desk of the mighty iKamm, one springs quite prominently to mind: ROFLMAO!!! Yeah, gramma! Thanks for the gift, but I ain't payin'! This reminds me of the Olive Garden [a national chain of allegedly Italian-styled restaurants that stain the New Imperial Amerikan map] commercials that infect the television world. The closing tagline of each is, "When you're here, you're family." What, you charge your own family for dinner? It's an iGift! iKamm has spoken, y'all. Toe the line or face his iWrath. --gcr

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BluRay?
by Jon Kamm 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Glenn, You are making this way to complicated. All we know is Yello is not releasing Blu-ray at this time. Kevin Blanc guessed it was because it's cheaper to produce just the standard version. He is absolutely correct. It is. This may or may not be the reason they have chosen not to release Blu-ray. They could have many reasons. Maybe they will release a Blu-ray version tomorrow. Maybe they will never release a Blu-ray version. Who knows? You have no reason to complain about anything Yello decides to offer us. These are gifts they make available to us. We show our appreciation by paying them for their talents. To bash or badmouth their business practices is like telling your Gramma her gift sucks. It's just rude, disrespectful and very unprofessional. , Jonathan

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BluRay?
by Jon Kamm 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

I talked with Kevin Blanc. He says it was shot in 4k, but the whole post production was Full HD. Full HD is 1920x1080 4K is 4096 x 3112 about 4 times Full HD He says the master is done and ready if they choose to do Blu-ray at some point.

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Bostich and Oh Yeah samples available on Beatport!!!
by Jon Kamm 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

www.beatport.com then search for Yello.

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BluRay?
by Jon Kamm 16 Nov '09

16 Nov '09

Glenn, I don't think you are understanding the original comment: "Kevin said they may have chose not to do Blu-ray because it is a very expensive process. Understandable. " What was meant by an "expensive process" is that manufacturing, advertising and marketing two formats is much more expensive than manufacturing, advertising and marketing one. Understand? To me it makes sense. This is Yello's first DVD. By producing the standard format first they get a good idea of the size of their DVD market. Once they know that, they can percentage out how big the Blu-ray market will be. Smart marketing if you ask me. Not cynical. , Jonathan

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Touch Yello Deluxe - Tracklisting
by Jon Kamm 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

Glenn wrote: Sure, but this is pure marketing and sales strategy, and has nothing to do with BluRay being more expensive to make. So which is it, prohibitive costs or marketing strategy? ================= My response: Blu-ray is a small percentage of the DVD market. The group of people who are Yello fans that use Blu-ray is even smaller. They couldn't just release the DVD on Blu-ray. They would have to produce a standard package and a Blu-ray package. Choosing to just do the standard package is a much less expensive way to go. Everyone will buy the DVD. Technology snowballs. The Blu-ray process in 6 months will be less expensive then it is now. The market will be bigger. Those who want the Virtual concert on Blu-ray will always want it. Whenever they decide to release it those who want it will buy it. So it is a smart and less expensive choice to not release Blu-ray now and save it for a later date. Always leave your customers wanting more. They may be wanting to continue the Virtual Concert tour around the country. If thats the case after the tour would be a good time to release the high quality Blu-ray.

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Touch Yello Deluxe - Tracklisting
by Jon Kamm 15 Nov '09

15 Nov '09

Kevin said they may have chose not to do Blu-ray because it is a very expensive process. Understandable. I don't remember anyone confirming that the remix CD was going to be released with the DVD. They simply said a CD/DVD release was expected in Dec. Since the album had already been released it was assumed that the CD would be the remix CD. So since it's not I'm sure we can expect a separate remix CD in the future.

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Remix Contest?
by Jon Kamm 13 Nov '09

13 Nov '09

It was supposed to start on the Nov 17th (4 days from now) but still no info for it on the Beatport site. Its a mystery. Anybody have any clues?

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