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| Sprite |
Posted - 06/17/2004 : 11:50:56
I'm sure everybody knows by know that the Pixies concerts in the UK have met with ecstatic reviews in the notoriously fickle UK music press but here's an article from the online section of a daily broadsheet eulogising the DiscLive phenomena.
Can this band get anything wrong? Still No.1 on I-Tunes UK 
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1240227,00.html |
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| dayanara |
Posted - 07/31/2004 : 17:14:54
quote:
Originally posted by Smart Alec
I think this is all right though, since it's a radio appearance:
Frank plays "where is my mind" in the VPRO studio (the Netherlands)
http://3voor12.vpro.nl/3voor12/magazines/news/index.jsp?portals=2534202&magazines=10719222&news=15318470
"Love Bang Crash a waka waka"
That's got to be one of the most hilarious interviews with Frank I've ever heard. Felt like I was eavesdropping on one of his therapy sessions. |
| Smart Alec |
Posted - 07/31/2004 : 14:07:32
I think this is all right though, since it's a radio appearance:
Frank plays "where is my mind" in the VPRO studio (the Netherlands)
http://3voor12.vpro.nl/3voor12/magazines/news/index.jsp?portals=2534202&magazines=10719222&news=15318470
"Love Bang Crash a waka waka" |
| Smart Alec |
Posted - 07/30/2004 : 10:07:26
Ah, ok. So I did, just now.
"Love Bang Crash a waka waka" |
| jo |
Posted - 07/30/2004 : 03:10:14
you can edit the posts yourself and remove them, you know! |
| Smart Alec |
Posted - 07/30/2004 : 02:32:52
ah, I just read some posts in the FTP-topics thread, and it's clear to me now. I'm sorry for posting these. I can understand if they are removed. Too bad though, they are great recordings!
"Love Bang Crash a waka waka" |
| Smart Alec |
Posted - 07/30/2004 : 02:18:39
it's not an official release, is it?
I'm sorry, I thought that since this was a bootleg anyway, it would be ok to post it.
"Love Bang Crash a waka waka" |
| Peter Walker |
Posted - 07/30/2004 : 02:08:10
Unlikely to last long, once the moderators wake up..... it's a commercially available recording. |
| Smart Alec |
Posted - 07/30/2004 : 01:12:51
And here's MORE: {LINK REMOVED}
"Love Bang Crash a waka waka" |
| Smart Alec |
Posted - 07/30/2004 : 00:58:58
Since I'm new here I wasn't sure if I was allowed to open an new topic for this so I chose this thread since the name is appropriate for this too:
You can download the Pixies gig at Coachella here:
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"Love Bang Crash a waka waka" |
| matthew |
Posted - 06/17/2004 : 15:05:39
Second sight
Caramel Quin
Thursday June 17, 2004
The Guardian
This week, Pixies fans will be waking up with grins on their faces, just like they did a fortnight ago. Only now, rather than anticipating the seminal alt-rock band 's reunion gigs at Brixton Academy, they're waiting for the postman. And in doing so, they are part of something that could revolutionise the music industry.
At the sell-out gigs, fans queued up at a DiscLive.com merchandise stall to buy an unusual memento: a near-instant live album for $25 (£14). Within two hours of the last encore, they received emails with a link that let them download a burn-once CD image of the gig. Despite the quick turnaround, sound quality - taken straight from the mixing desk feeds - was not far off that of a shop-bought live album.
And this week they will receive the real thing. A fancy, limited edition double CD will arrive in the post. The discs will be similar to the ones they burned, but with finely-tuned production. The two-second pauses between tracks will be gone, for example.
All 1,500 albums for each of the four Brixton Academy nights, 6,000 albums in total, are sold out. As are the live CDs of all of the Pixies' North American gigs; they're already doing a roaring trade on eBay. DiscLive.com also offered a limited edition of 1,000 NetBurns of each Brixton night. For $18 (£10), you get the home-burned CDs. But only around 50 of each night had been sold at the time of going to press.
This shows that music fans aren't just willing to pay for music - that has already been demonstrated by iTunes - we're also still suckers for the physical product, the cute packaging, the limited editions. Given the choice of a gold disc or a proper one, we 'll pick the latter pretty much every time - even when both are legal.
The music industry needs to sit up and take notice. Album sales are flagging. According to the Official UK Charts Company, 8,750 sales in a week is enough to make it into the Top 40. The sales of these on-demand albums are significant, then. If the Pixies had done two more nights, the live albums would have made it on to the charts.
This is a new model for selling albums. And major record labels, not known for their love of new technology, are missing the trick. The Pixies aren't with a major. Its management approached DiscLive.com, seeing the CDs as a valuable way to make extra money.
It's time a major label was insightful enough to give it a try, and not just for live albums. Why not other albums on demand? That could be DJ sets or mix tapes, but again with bootleg-beating music quality and beautiful packaging. Even straightforward compilations could be revolutionised. Why should some record company exec dictate which 20 tracks best represent a band's career? Instead, each fan could customise the track list to feature their personal favourites - and receive it as a great-looking, gatefold, limited edition double CD.
Fans would get top-quality music and the fancy packaging.The industry would see increased album sales and extra revenue from live music. Everyone's a winner, except bootleggers. Technology as a weapon against music piracy for a change.
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