Remember my little rant about the gluttony of certain record labels? I can basically boil it down to one, and though they put out great stuff, the way in which they like to do their little announcements and then continue to try and trump others is getting a little irritating to not only me but to other labels. So, last week FSM starts preorders for a 15 CD Rozsa set at $180. Then Intrada announces two two CD sets, one of which is a complete release of Back To The Future. Before anyone can even breathe, another label today announces THREE releases at once, one a two CD set. And two of them are what could only be called as blockbuster. This sort of gluttony knows no precedent as far as I can see - because the third, while not blockbuster is, for some, even more desirable, Les Baxter's Panic In The Year Zero. The other two? A two CD complete The Fugitive (the Harrison Ford movie version) and Jerry Goldsmith's Innerspace. But, none of this is the point - the POINT is they announced today. But they don't start taking orders until noon on Tuesday. So, in essence they screw up release plans for anyone else by basically making it a two-step deal. Again, completely unheard of. I was the only one announcing next week - I planned it carefully. But now we have announcement today that no one can actually order until Tuesday, which, in essence, is the REAL announcement. And, that's another seventy bucks for people to spend their hard-earned money on. I now have to push our announcement to Wednesday at midnight, maybe Thursday, and possibly into next week, although FSM has two more titles that are being announced and also maybe next week or the week after. I literally cannot keep up, and the game-playing is getting just a little nauseating. I certainly do not want this, our first release from a prominent studio, to get lost in the shuffle, because it's an incredible release, and I've got an equally terrific one following that. I could announce them both together but why do that to people? At least give a week or two of breathing room. I gotta tell you.
