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Thread #109023 Message #2279470
Posted By: BB
04-Mar-08 - 02:31 PM
Thread Name: In Search of Nic Jones CD
Subject: RE: In Search of Nic Jones CD
Dick said: "I also fail to see why CD-Rs --the only medium in which this limited-volume material can afford to be produced economically--is "bogus"."
Pavane had already said: "I believe it is not too expensive to get proper CD's pressed in the small quantity which a folk release would require (I am sure have seen quotes for 500 or 1000.)"
Most folk labels of the likes of WildGoose, Fellside, etc. initially have 500, or at the most 1000, pressed at a time, and in the case of any Nic Jones recording, selling 500 would, I'm quite sure, be no problem at all. Ralphie, you probably know what the sales of 'In Search of Nic Jones' and 'Unearthed' have been, just to prove the point. I know that the likes of Wildgoose and Fellside don't *just* produce CDs for the love of it, but to make at least some profit. Pity CD can't do it the same way - and they don't have the initial recording costs either!