Comments on: Parton Reissues On the Way

By: Have the London office call the Nashville office. Please. « Country Universe

Wed, 21 Feb 2007 03:52:58 +0000

[...] the London office call the Nashville office. Please. Nary a month ago, I reported with mixed feelings that Sony BMG was reissuing three Dolly Parton albums from the 1970’s – Jolene, Coat of Many [...]

By: Brody

Brody — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:39:50 +0000

Hey Kevin, I came across this same article this morning. I’m wondering if reissues even sell, and if there is any studies on it. I think albums should generally be reissued posthumously. Although it does seem a little gimmicky, it keeps her in the news and is a good marketing move.

Paul, I think the article mentions that there will be four bonus tracks and hopefully they’re not lacking in artistic merit.

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 15:04:52 +0000

Kevin – let’s see how these CDs are priced before we consider them a ripoff. More to the point, let’s hear how well the tracks are remastered and see how many bonus tracks are added – RCA has been very hit and miss, sometimes doing an astounding job on a reissue and sometimes doing a shortchange.

Also, I must point out that sometimes there was a good reason for a track to remain unissued – such as lack of artistic merit !