good point alex. columbia house and other record clubs are another addition.
the reason they can sell cheaply to you is that the artist receives no
royalty whatsoever. (that and selling your address to other companies).
yours,
dave
ps. just saw vic c last night with kristin h. great show. does your radio
promo have bonus tracks?
>With all the strong opinions being bandied about artist profits and so
>forth, is there anyone here who doesn't buy used CD's, especially ones that
>are labeled as promo cd's not for sale. I had never really thought about it
>before until I picked up a used Vic Chesnutt CD yesterday, trading in some
>stuff, most of which was also bought used. I mean, neither Vic Chesnutt nor
>Capitol records are seeing any profits from this transaction. The CD was a
>radio station promo, stamped that it is not for sale and can be recalled by
>the record company at any time, they didn't even see a profit from it being
>sold the first time around.
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