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Random music news for Saturday, December 12, 2020

December 12, 2020December 12, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Apple, Box Sets, Conan O'Brien, Def Leppard, Google Play Music, Grimes, Nielsen, Radio, Sonos, Super Bowl, TikTok, Whale, YouTube Music

Question: Humans have created hundreds of breeds of dogs. Why hasn’t anyone bred a dog that lives longer? Just a

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Random music news for December 31, 2018

December 31, 2018December 30, 2018 Alan Cross 2 Comments Auld Lang Syne, Box Sets, Chris Vrenna, David Bowie, Grammy Awards, Green Day, Nine Inch Nails, Salt-N-Pepper

One last time for music news in 2018. And how will you spend your December 31? New Year’s Eve! Here

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Music Industry 

This court ruling could put a crimp into labels releasing album remasters and box sets

November 3, 2018November 2, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Box Sets, Music Modernization Act, Reissues, Remasters

Record labels are always looking to squeeze the most out of the music in their catalogues. One way to do

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Music Industry 

How Long Can the Reissue Craze Continue?

July 31, 2017July 30, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Box Sets, Reissues

Like a lot of people, I’m buying fewer CDs these days. If I want to sample something, I’ll just fire

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Why All the Expensive Box Sets? Not the Reason You Think.

November 12, 2016November 12, 2016 Alan Cross 5 Comments Box Sets, Copyright

Yesterday saw the release of Bob Dylan: The 1966 Live Recordings, a 36 CD(!!!) box set chronicling Zimmy’s touring life that year. It

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Random Music News for Wednesday, October 5, 2016

October 5, 2016October 5, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Box Sets, David Bowie, Donald Trump, Frances Bean Cobain, Howard Manshein, Nunavut, Oasis, Ramones, Stevie Wonder, Supersonic, White Stripes

And how are we feeling today, Blue Jays fans? Let’s move away from baseball to talk about music news for

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Music Industry 

How Much Bigger Can the Vinyl Box Set Bubble Get?

January 16, 2016January 15, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Box Sets, PIxies, Pretty Things

I have a ridiculous number of box sets in my collection with more and more of them consisting of deluxe

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Music Industry 

It’s the Most Marketed Time of the Year for Music

November 12, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Box Sets, Music sales, Q4

So far, this has been a dismal year for record sales pretty much everywhere on the planet. Outside of Taylor

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