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Originally Posted by Toilet & Bowels
agreed, stick b-sides and non-album tracks on their own compilations, there's no need to spoil the running of a great album by sticking tuff titty rap or satan is boring on the end.
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I have some fancy re-issue of 'live at the witch trials'. Other than the main album (the only one of theirs I nearly never listen to), it's just guff.
From a fans point of view, I don't see the point. I have all the Mogwai Young Team out-takes on tape (somewhere, they may have been lost). I don't really need to re-buy the album. If I want a rarity, I'll download it, and there's usually good reason something's a rarity (i.e., it's not as good/ guff).
From a marketing point of view, I don't see the point. People new to the band won't buy it, people who're faint fans won't bother and the hardcore surely can't be a large enough market. Maybe prior to the whole downloading shizzy, when you had to write letters to fanzine writers (I have some exceptionally rare Radiohead stuff on tape that I've still not seen online) and exchange some rubbish for a tape of something that you really didn't care about once you'd left school, it makes sense. But otherwise, just cock.
Having said that, I really admire Trent Reznor's tiered approach to fans: those who don't care, get it free; Those who care a bit, get it cheap; Those who like physical things, get it at normal (and a bit); those who like fancy things, get it at a bit more; those obsessive knobs who'll buy any old cack, pay the studio bills and buy me a new conservatory. Smart business acumen.